Same boat as you. I got sequential legacy; placed an order on March 31 and still haven’t gotten anything. More on reddit.com

Hello, So with Specialty plates (in my experience) have only been able to process after the vehicle is licensed under your name (specifically for sequential plate numbers). Now with the dealership, they'll (most likely) take care of all the paperwork, so you may need to wait for the new standard license plates to arrive. If you're doing a sequential plate, you have to give the information pertaining to the car (License plate number, Vin, etc). If the plate is a non-sequential, fully custom plate (custom lettering that you want), then (I believe) you can begin that now but it does take a lot longer. **CORRECTION** You can NOT begin the custom plate application (either on the California Department of Motor Vehicle's website or by filling out a form REG17) until AFTER receiving your standard plates and having the vin number of the vehicle. My apologies for the initial mistake. However, from my last conversation with the DMV (and AAA), the 60s legacy plates (yellow on Black, if that's the one you're referring to) are temporarily unavailable in the standard sequential configuration. Not sure when that will change, but at this very moment, they are not available. Now I've not really dealt with Leased cars before, but if your registration expires after your lease contract date is up, I do not believe you need to pay for the registration (but I could be wrong). For the fees, you will need to pay to order the plates on top of the registration fee ($50 to get the plates and $40 per year for registration). If you want to forfeit the plates, they will need to follow the car and the dealership will fill out paperwork to terminate the lease contract and take back the car (thus ending liability for you on the car). Not sure if I covered everything you were looking for but let me know if you have any further questions. Also, I do want to note that I have no affiliation to the California Department of Motor Vehicles or AAA. This is solely based on my experience alone. I would only use my information provided to supplement additional research, verify the validity with representatives of either the CA DMV or AAA, and proceed with caution. More on reddit.com

Hi guys and gals, I'm thinking of upgrading my California plates to the yellow on black old-school 60s style. I remember having these on my old 67 Mercury Cougar back in the days (ok I'm not that old-school it was hand me down family car) that had these cool plates. TMR597 was the number. Very... More on civicx.com

Of course. It's not a one-time cost. Other people in the future may want it. If you want to retain the rights to it, you have to pay to retain it. More on reddit.com