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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.15.29.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="29" heading="Refusal to Issue Registration Plates.">
  <text>The Administration may refuse to issue or rescind issuance of a registration plate containing letters, numbers, emblems, terms, symbols, logos, or a combination of them which:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Is identical to one already issued by the Administration;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Is being requested for a fraudulent or deceptive purpose;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Has a scatological or sexual meaning or connotation;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Contains profanities, epithets, or obscenities;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Communicates a message of any kind about any of the following characteristics of a group of people:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Race,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ethnic or national origin,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Color,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Religion,</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Disability, or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Sexual orientation;</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Makes reference to the commission of illegal acts; or</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>Contains any other combination that the Administrator finds unacceptable within the law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>