University Relations and Marketing

In addition to regular title, registration and plate fees, the OSU Beaver plate has a $40 surcharge due when first ordered and at each registration renewal. Additionally, you will need to pay a one-time plate fee and replacement fee. Complete details can be found on the Oregon DMV website. 

Approximately $35 of the surcharge goes back to support OSU Athletics and university strategic initiatives.

Yes! Like other Oregon license plates, the OSU Beaver plate may be customized for an additional DMV charge. Please inquire with the DMV about the application process.

We will also be holding an auction for plates numbered BV 00002 - BV 00020. The funds generated directly support OSU Athletics. The auction will run from Jan. 20-31. You do not need to have previously purchased a voucher to participate in the auction. To participate, please register or text BEAVPLATES to 243-725. 

If you do not purchase a low number from the auction, you will be issued a number in the DMV’s local inventory when you go to redeem your voucher.

The OSU Beaver plates will be available April 7, 2025. 

• After completing your online purchase, a paper voucher will be mailed to the address supplied.
• Once the plates have been issued (April 7, 2025) and you’ve been notified by email by OSU, take your original paper voucher to any Oregon DMV location to redeem. You will need to complete the appropriate DMV form(s) and pay registration and other fees due (contact the DMV for details).
• Your purchase of a voucher is a transaction between you and Oregon State University. If your voucher is lost, stolen or damaged, contact University Marketing for a replacement.
• The sale of the voucher is a fundraising activity of Oregon State. The DMV does not and will not control the means or manner of the sale and distribution of vouchers.

Beginning April 7, 2025, you will be able to purchase them directly at any Oregon DMV office, by mail or online.

Yes, you can maintain your current custom 6-character configuration on an OSU Beaver plate, for an additional DMV charge. Applications for replacement custom plates are accepted at the DMV.

Souvenir plates are not available. OSU Beaver plates are only available with passenger vehicles registered in the State of Oregon.

To give the OSU Beaver plate voucher as a gift, sign as a purchaser and complete the bottom “Transfer of Voucher” section in the name of the person receiving the gift. Be sure that you also sign as transferor in this section.

If your voucher is lost, stolen or damaged, contact University Marketing for replacement.

No problem. Your vehicle registration and your OSU Beaver plate are two different things. Here are two scenarios:

• Scenario 1. Getting a plate AND renewing your registration. 
  When replacing another type of plate with an OSU Beaver plate at renewal, you pay the registration fee for the vehicle type, the replacement transaction fee, submit a pre-paid voucher or the OSU Beaver plate surcharge and the plate manufacturing fee.
• Scenario 2. I already have a plate and registration. 
  When you replace another type of plate with an OSU Beaver plate other than at renewal, you will pay the replacement transaction fee, submit a pre-paid voucher or the OSU Beaver plate surcharge and the plate manufacturing fee.