Specialty "Choose Life" License Plates

>
> Mr. Farkus,
>

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) received your request for records
pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on February 1,
2019. Specifically, you seek...

1. "Records that contain information on how many specialty "Choose Life"
license plates were sold from 1997 onwards".

In response to request number 1, a review of VA DMV databases shows data
available from February 2014 to the present. It is in the table below.
There is no fee for this information.

Month/Year CHOOSE LIFE VIRGINIA CHOOSE LIFE VIRGINIA HANDICAPPED Monthly
total
Feb-2014 93 4 97
Mar-2014 95 2 97
Apr-2014 72 1 73
May-2014 105 4 109
Jun-2014 77 3 80
Jul-2014 80 3 83
Aug-2014 86 2 88
Sep-2014 85 2 87
Oct-2014 60 2 62
Nov-2014 64 0 64
Dec-2014 76 0 76
Jan-2015 40 1 41
Feb-2015 47 0 47
Mar-2015 69 3 72
Apr-2015 58 0 58
May-2015 70 0 70
Jun-2015 62 2 64
Jul-2015 94 2 96
Aug-2015 86 2 88
Sep-2015 88 2 90
Oct-2015 81 0 81
Nov-2015 60 3 63
Dec-2015 69 2 71
Jan-2016 49 2 51
Feb-2016 61 1 62
Mar-2016 77 3 80
Apr-2016 51 0 51
May-2016 66 1 67
Jun-2016 60 1 61
Jul-2016 77 1 78
Aug-2016 78 0 78
Sep-2016 78 1 79
Oct-2016 67 2 69
Nov-2016 63 2 65
Dec-2016 59 2 61
Jan-2017 55 2 57
Feb-2017 67 2 69
Mar-2017 77 1 78
Apr-2017 56 1 57
May-2017 49 1 50
Jun-2017 72 0 72
Jul-2017 64 2 66
Aug-2017 85 0 85
Sep-2017 57 0 57
Oct-2017 76 1 77
Nov-2017 40 1 41
Dec-2017 58 0 58
Jan-2018 61 0 61
Feb-2018 51 0 51
Mar-2018 67 1 68
Apr-2018 71 1 72
May-2018 76 1 77
Jun-2018 56 1 57
Jul-2018 71 0 71
Aug-2018 90 1 91
Sep-2018 45 0 45
Oct-2018 65 0 65
Nov-2018 43 1 44
Dec-2018 47 0 47
Jan-2019 58 3 61

Thank you,
April Rogers

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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: <requests@muckrock.com>
> Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 1:29 PM
> Subject: Virginia Freedom of Information Act Request: Specialty "Choose
> Life" License Plates
> To: <vivian.cheatham@dmv.virginia.gov>
>
>
>
> Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
> FOIA Office
> P.O. Box 927412
> Richmond, VA 23284
>
> February 1, 2019
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the
> following records:
>
> Records that contain information on how many specialty "Choose Life"
> license plates were sold from 1997 onwards.
>
> The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
> this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
>
> In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
> me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
> the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
> CD-ROM if not.
>
> Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
> look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business
> days, as the statute requires.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mackenzie Farkus
>
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Hi Mr. Farkus,

The numbers are for total Choose Life license plates sold for those years
each month. That would be the $25.00/each annually. Your request did not
ask for the Choose Life plates which are personalized (the extra
$10.00/each annually fee).

Thank you,
April Rogers