Pretend you're in prison and make a license! California 1915 1939 1945 1956 1963 1969 1984 1987 1993 1998 AIDS UCLA Accepts letters, digits, .+-/:*#! , space, and a few special characters. Some plates allow any number of characters; others allow seven characters max, or eight with at least one space. Graphics adapted from R.T. Brandon's Blank Plates page and the CA DMV's search page. The ...