In a world of rapidly improving technology and growing fears of surveillance, people might wonder why there’s a bar code on some Nebraska license plates. Who exactly uses that bar code, ...

In other states, license plate codes are issued based on where the owner lives. Montana is one of a handful of states that uses county codes on their standard plates. The process began in 1933 ...

The decision stems from the case of Nashville resident Leah Gilliam, who in 2010 applied for and received a license plate with the code 69PWNDU. The plate references "pwned u," an online gamer ...