The popularity of the new blackout license plates continues to rise. We talk;ked about it yesterday morning with Marshall County Treasurer Jarrett Heil during our Open Forum show on News Talk 1230 KFJB.

Now comes word that the DOT is going to start offering generic versions of the new blackout license plate next week at your county treasurer’s office to help meet the demand.  D-O-T spokesman, Daniel Yeh says the plate orders have been brisk and they’ve had nine-thousand sold they began offering them July 1st., many more than anticipated.

Yeh says the wait time for personalized blackout plates has been four to six weeks, and they hope that offering a standard version of the blackout plate will ease some of that demand.