About Us
The License Tag Plant began manufacturing tags for the Division of Motor Vehicles in 1927 at Central Prison.
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In 2001, the operation was relocated to a new facility at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, making North Carolina the first state to utilize female offenders in the production of license tags.
The tag plant manufactures an average of 16,000 tags per day (approximately 3 million per year) utilizing a workforce of 61 offenders and 6 staff.
On an annual basis, the plant uses about 820,000 pounds of aluminum and 895,000 yards of sheeting.
The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles offers more than 300 options of collegiate, sports, special interest group, charity, club or other
organization specialty tags.
Our tag plant prepared diligently to handle the new state law enacted in 2021 to replace tags that are 7 years or older with driver’s annual registration.
