List of all rejected personalized Virginia license plates in 2013
| Submitted | Jan. 2, 2014 |
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From: Andrew Mickert
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
This is a request for a list of all personalized license plates that were rejected by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for the year 2013. If available I am also looking for:
The reason for the rejection of the personalized plate.
The vehicle make and model.
The City and County where the applicants vehicle would be registered.
I am NOT looking for any personal identifiable information such as first and last name, street number, street name.
I am a resident of the State of Virginia and Loudoun County.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,
Andrew Mickert
From: Andrew Mickert
Ms, Cheatha, (vivian.cheatham@dmv.virginia.gov)
On January 2, 2014 the FOIA request below was sent in. I have not heard back from the Department on my FOIA request, which exceeds the five day response time per the statute.
Please let me know the status.
Thank you,
Andrew Mickert.
From Andrew Mickert on Jan. 2, 2014:
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
This is a request for a list of all personalized license plates that were rejected by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for the year 2013. If available I am also looking for:
The reason for the rejection of the personalized plate.
The vehicle make and model.
The City and County where the applicants vehicle would be registered.
I am NOT looking for any personal identifiable information such as first and last name, street number, street name.
I am a resident of the State of Virginia and Loudoun County.
I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.
In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,
Andrew Mickert
From: Cheatham, Vivian (DMV)
Mr. Michert:
According to our records, DMV responded to your request on January 3, 2014. Please check your records and let us know if you did not receive our correspondence.
Vivian Cheatham
Vivian Cheatham
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
DMV Executive Office
2300 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23269
(804) 367-6606
(804) 367-2296 (Fax)
Vivian.Cheatham@dmv.virginia.gov
From: MuckRock
Hello,
The DMV response was not received. Please resend?
Thank you.
From: Owens, Andrew (DMV)
Hello Mr. Mickert,
My name is Andrew Owens, with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles - I assisted in responding to your initial request for information in early January. We believed Sunni Brown responded to that request, but I understand you did not receive DMV's email. Therefore, I am re-sending our response. To assure that we receive each other's correspondences, you can communicate with me directly.
You requested: (1) a list of personalized plates that were rejected in 2013; (2) the reason for the rejection; (3) the vehicle make and model; and (4) the localities of vehicles with rejected plates.
In response to your first request, DMV has readily available a list of license plates that have been rejected. DMV does not have a record showing the reason for rejection of specific plates; however, you can review the personalized plates guidelines online at: http://www.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/#personalized_policy.asp.
Your third and fourth requests involve vehicle and driver information that is privileged pursuant to Va. Code § 46.2-208.
In DMV's response that you did not receive, Ms. Brown included the list that DMV maintains of rejected personalized license plates. I am working to retrieve that document, and will provide it as soon as possible. It is possible that the size of the document caused the email to be non-deliverable, so I will confirm with you when sending it that you receive it.
Thank you,
Andrew
Andrew Owens
Legal Services Analyst
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
2300 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220-0999
Office: (804) 474-2238
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From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 2, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Owens, Andrew (DMV)
Hello Andrew,
I believe you previously mentioned that you have a website to which DMV can send a large file. Please send that website information to me, and I will attempt to have the file sent to you through that. If it does not work, DMV will send the data to you on a CD through normal mail.
Thanks,
Andrew
From: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
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