LICENSE PLATE

ORDER YOUR ROSE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE LICENSE PLATE TODAY

$20 of every license plate order goes right to Rose Island to support our mission to maintain the history and environment of this important 18-acre Narragansett Bay island.

To order your plate, download, fill out, sign and return this form to the RI DMV – Application for Charity License Plate. Or head to the DMV website to order it online – DMV Website for Online Order

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • $42.50 - INCLUDES A SET OF TWO PLATES FOR FRONT AND BACK OF VEHICLE

    • $20 of the order will go to the state to make the plates.

    • $2.50 is a “technology surcharge” for the DMV.

    • Note: $20 of the $42.50 is a tax-deductible charitable donation to the Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamilton Trust. as is the $10 registration renewal surcharge every two years thereafter.

  • Yes. When you switch to the Rose Island plate, your current plate number is transferred to the new plate. Just think of it as ordering a new background design for your existing plate.

  • The license plate design will allow us to take applications for up to 6-digit plates.

  • Only Rhode Island Passenger plates qualify for the Rose Island plate. Commercial, Combination, or other non-passenger plates do not qualify. 

  • Once you have your Rose Island plate, all subsequent two (2) year renewals of the Rose Island plate will incur a $10 fee, all of which will be donated to the Rose Island Lighthouse & Fort Hamilton Trust.

  • You must already have a Rhode Island registered car to get a Rose Island plate.

  • When you order your new plate, the DMV will send you your plates to your registered address with new stickers and certificates. The customer upon receiving their new plates can destroy or recycle their old plates.

  • The sail numbers – 18 and 70 – are a shout out to the year 1870, which is when the Rose Island light first shone on the Narragansett Bay. Thank you to Ross Cann, AIA and team at A4 Architecture in Newport, RI for their donated design and also to Kara Acosta for the use of her sailboat art.

  • Thanks should be given to Jan Slee for his multi-year effort to see the license plate project through and to RI State Senator Dawn Euer and RI State Representative Lauren Carson for their efforts in getting the plate approved.

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