Current orange blossom license plate, with 'Sunshine State' slogan | |
Current series | |
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Slogan | County name Sunshine State In God We Trust |
Size | 12 in × 6 in 30 cm × 15 cm |
Material | Aluminum |
Serial format | AB1 2CD ABC D12 Z12 3BC |
Introduced | December 2003 |
Availability | |
Issued by | Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
History | |
First issued | January 1, 1918 (pre-state plates from 1905 to December 31, 1917) |
The U.S. state of Florida first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1918, when the state began to issue plates, becoming the last of the contiguous 48 states to do so.[1][2]
Florida used numeric county codes on its license plates between 1938 and 1977, with the order of the codes based on the populations of each of the state's 67 counties according to a 1935 census. There was also code 68 on plates ordered from the state tag office in Tallahassee, and code 90 on replacement plates. The letter O is not used on any type of plate. The new format for Florida Passenger plates is AAA A00 through ZZZ Z99. The current county name plates will use the same format in a different range when the current inventory runs out. Stickers black on yellow Standard Passenger Plates New base NFB C40SUNSHINE STATE. I cannot tell the difference between a zero and the letter O on a license plate, unless you consider the plate’s sequence. And with personalized plates, one has no knowledge if it is an O. SUMMARY: License Plates in Florida As a Florida resident, you must have a FL license plate to operate your vehicle on public roads. You will apply for a license plate in person when you register your vehicle for the first time.
Plates are currently issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Only rear plates have been required since 1922.
- 1Passenger baseplates
- 3Non-passenger and specialty plates
Passenger baseplates[edit]
1918 to 1974[edit]
In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes.[3] The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Florida license plate that complied with these standards.
Image | Dates issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format(s) | Serials issued | Notes |
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1918 | White serial on black flat metal plate; vertical '1918' and 'FLA' at left and right respectively | none | 12345-A | Coded by horsepower class (A) | Horsepower classes were B (25 hp and under), C (26-40 hp) and D (41-60 hp). | |
1919 | Embossed black serial on orange plate with border line; 'FLA 1919' at right | none | 12345-A | Coded by horsepower class (A) | Horsepower classes were B (22 hp and under), C (23-27 hp), D (28-35 hp) and E (36 hp and over). This continued until 1922.[4] | |
1920 | Embossed red serial on gray plate with border line; 'FLA 20' at left | none | A-12345 | Coded by horsepower class (A) | ||
1921 | Embossed white serial on brown plate with border line; 'FLA 21' at right | none | 12345-A | Coded by horsepower class (A) | ||
1922 | Embossed white serial on green plate with border line; vertical 'FLA' and '22' at right; vehicle weight on aluminum tab at bottom left | none | C-12-345 | C-1 to approximately C-94-000 | ||
1923 | Embossed orange serial on dark blue plate with border line; state outline at right with 'FLA 23' below; vehicle weight on aluminum tab at bottom left | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 123-000-C | ||
1924 | Embossed white serial on black plate with border line; state outline at right with 'FLA 24' below; vehicle weight on aluminum tab at bottom left | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 156-000-C | ||
1925 | Embossed orange serial on green plate with border line; 'FLA' within state outline at right with '25' below; vehicle weight on aluminum tab at bottom left | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 250-000-C | ||
1926 | Embossed yellow serial on black plate with border line; 'FLA' within state outline at right with '26' below | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 491-000-C | ||
1927 | Embossed white serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA-27' centered at bottom | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 409-000-C | First use of the full state name. | |
1928 | Embossed yellow serial on maroon plate with border line; '1928 FLORIDA' at bottom | none | 123-456-C | 1-C to approximately 391-000-C | ||
1929 | Embossed yellow serial on dark blue plate with border line; '19-FLORIDA-29' at bottom | none | C-123-456 | C-1 to approximately C-321-000 | ||
1930 | Embossed white serial on dark green plate with border line; 'FLORIDA–1930' at bottom | none | 123-456 | 1 to approximately 324-000 | ||
1931 | Embossed white serial on maroon plate with border line; '1931–FLORIDA' at bottom | none | 123-456 | 1 to approximately 313-000 | ||
1932 | Embossed orange serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA–1932' at bottom | none | 123-456 | 1 to approximately 288-000 | First use of weight classes: all-numeric serials were used for vehicles weighing 3,000 lb and under, and serials with D prefixes for vehicles 3,001 lb and over.[4] | |
D12-345 | D1 to approximately D75-000 | |||||
1933 | Embossed black serial on orange plate with border line; '1933–FLORIDA' at bottom | none | 123-456 | 1 to approximately 235-000 | Weight classes same as 1932, but with D used as a suffix instead of a prefix. | |
12-345D | 1D to approximately 58-000D | |||||
1934 | Embossed white serial on black plate with border line; 'FLA.' centered at top; weight class letter and '34' stamped on locking bar, displayed to left and right of state abbreviation respectively | none | T12-345 123-456 D12-345 W 1-234 | Coded by weight class | Weight classes were as follows: T (2,050 lb and under), no letter (2,051 to 3,050 lb), D (3,051 to 4,050 lb) and W (4,051 lb and over). This continued until 1942.[4] | |
1935 | Embossed black serial on yellow plate with border line; 'FLA.' centered at top; weight class letter and '35' stamped on locking bar, displayed to left and right of state abbreviation respectively | none | T12-345 123-456 D12-345 W12-345 | Coded by weight class | ||
1936 | Embossed white serial on red plate with border line; 'FLORIDA 1936' at top | none | T12-345 123-456 D12-345 W12-345 | Coded by weight class | ||
1937 | Embossed white serial on green plate with border line; '1937 FLORIDA' at top | none | 12-345T 123-456 12-345D 1-234 W | Coded by weight class | ||
1938 | Embossed yellow serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '38' at top right | none | T1-1-234 T10-123 1-12-345 10-1-234 D1-12-345 D10-1-234 W1-1-234 W10-123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | First use of county codes. | |
1939 | Embossed red serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '39' at bottom right | none | 1T-1234 10T-123 1-12345 10-1234 1D12345 10D1234 1W-1234 10W-123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1940 | Embossed white serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '40' at top right | none | 1T-123 10T-123 1-12345 10-1234 1D12345 10D1234 1W-1234 10W-123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1941 | Embossed red serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '41' at bottom right | none | 1T-123 10T-123 1-12345 10-1234 1D12345 10D1234 1W-1234 10W-123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1942–43 | Embossed orange serial on dark blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '42' at top right | none | 1T-123 10T-12 1-1234 10-123 1D12345 10D1234 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW-12 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Revalidated for 1943 with dark blue tabs, due to metal conservation for World War II. Weight classes were as follows: T (2,000 lb and under), no letter (2,001 to 2,500 lb), D (2,501 to 3,500 lb), W (3,501 to 4,500 lb) and WW (4,501 lb and over); this continued until 1948.[4] | |
1944 | Embossed black serial on yellow plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '44' at top right | none | 1T-123 10T-12 1-1234 10-123 1D12345 10D1234 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW-12 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1945 | Embossed yellow serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '45' at bottom right | none | 1T-123 10T-12 1-1234 10-123 1D12345 10D1234 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW-12 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1946 | Embossed white serial on dark blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '46' at top right | none | 1T-123 10T-12 1-1234 10-123 1D12345 10D1234 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW-12 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1947 | Embossed white serial on forest green plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '47' at bottom right | none | 1T-123 10T-123 1-1234 10-123 1D12345 10D1234 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1948 | Embossed yellow serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '48' at top right | none | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-123 1-12345 1-1234A 10-1234 10/12345 1W12345 10W1234 1WW1234 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Weight classes same as 1942–47, except D used for the 2,001 to 2,500 lb class and no letter for the 2,501 to 3,500 lb class. This continued until 1962.[4] | |
1949 | Embossed red serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '49' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-123 1-12345 1-1234A 10-1234 10-123A 1W12345 10W1234 1WW1234 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | First use of the 'Sunshine State' slogan. | |
1950 | Embossed blue serial on orange plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '50' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-123 1-12345 1-1234A 10-1234 10-123A 1W12345 10W1234 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1951 | Embossed dark green serial on yellow plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '51' at bottom right | 'KEEP FLORIDA GREEN' centered at top | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-123 1-123456 10-12345 1W12345 10W12345 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Plates with eight-character serials (counting the dash, if present) were an inch longer than plates with serials of seven characters or less. This practice continued until 1956. | |
1952 | Embossed orange serial on blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at top left and '52' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-123 1-123456 10-12345 1W12345 10W12345 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1953 | Embossed blue serial on orange plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at bottom left and '53' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W12345 10W12345 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1954 | Similar to 1952 base, but with '19' at bottom left and '54' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' as on 1952 base | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W12345 10W12345 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1955 | Similar to 1953 base, but with '19' at top left and '55' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' as on 1953 base | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W12345 10W12345 1WW-123 10WW123 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1956 | Embossed white serial on blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '56' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1T-1234 10T-123 1D-1234 10D-1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW-1234 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | First 6' x 12' plate. | |
1957 | Embossed blue serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at top left and '57' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1T-1234 10T-1234 1D-1234 10D-1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW-1234 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1958 | Embossed white serial on dark green plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '58' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1T-12345 10T-1234 1D-1234 10D-1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW-1234 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1959 | Embossed dark green serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at top left and '59' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1T-12345 10T-1234 1D-1234 10D-1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1960 | Embossed yellow serial on royal blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '60' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1T-12345 10T-1234 1D-12345 10D-1234 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1961 | Embossed navy blue serial on lemon yellow plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at top left and '61' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1T-12345 10T-1234 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
1962 | Embossed blue serial on white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '62' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Weight classes same as 1948–61, except D used for all vehicles 2,500 lb and under. This continued until the cessation of weight classes and county codes in 1977.[4] | |
1963 | Embossed white serial on blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at top left and '63' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
January 1964 – January 1965 | Embossed blue serial on orange plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '64' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
February 1965 – February 1966 | Embossed gold serial on red plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '19' at top left and '65' at top right | '400TH ANNIVERSARY' centered at top | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Commemorated the 400th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine, the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in the continental United States. | |
March 1966 – March 1967 | Embossed white serial on blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '19' at bottom left and '66' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-12345 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
April 1967 – April 1968 | Embossed white serial on black plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '67' at top left and '68' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
May 1968 – May 1969 | Embossed white serial on red plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '68' at bottom left and '69' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
June 1969 – June 1970 | Embossed white serial on green plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '69' at top left and '70' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
July 1970 – June 1971 | Embossed white serial on blue plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '70' at bottom left and '71' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D-12345 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
July 1971 – June 1972 | Embossed orange serial on reflective white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at bottom; '72' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at top | 1D123456 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
July 1972 – June 1973 | Embossed green serial on reflective white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '73' at bottom right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D123456 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | ||
July 1973 – June 1974 | As 1971–72 base, but with '74' at top right | 'SUNSHINE STATE' as on 1971–72 base | 1D123456 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class |
1974 to present[edit]
Image | Dates issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format(s) | Serials issued | Notes |
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July 1974 – March 1977 | Embossed red serial on reflective white plate with border line; 'FLORIDA' centered at top; '75' at top left | 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | 1D123456 10D12345 1-123456 10-123456 1W123456 10W12345 10/W-123456 1WW12345 10WW1234 10W/W12345 | Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10) and weight class | Monthly staggered registration introduced July 1976, with each plate expiring in the same month as the registrant's birthday.[2] Revalidated with stickers until 1980. | |
April 1977 – February 1979 | Embossed green serial on reflective white plate; 'FLORIDA' centered at top | none | ABC 123 | AAA 000 to approximately FBN 999 | Issued only to new registrants. Letters I, O and Q not used in serials. County-name sticker added at bottom in 1978. Revalidated with stickers until 1987. | |
February 1979 – February 1984 | Embossed green serial on reflective white plate; orange state map screened to left of center behind serial; 'FLORIDA' centered at top | County name centered at bottom | ABC 123 | FBP 000 to YZZ 999; AIA 000 to YQZ 999 | 'M' and 'Z' series in the ABC 123 serial format reserved for dealers and rental vehicles respectively. After YZZ 999 was issued in late 1982, serials with I and Q as the first and/or second letters were issued, before the 123 ABC format was introduced. Revalidated with stickers until 1992. | |
February 1984 – June 1986 | 123 ABC | 000 AAA to approximately 999 KTG | ||||
June 1986 – November 1991 | Embossed red serial on reflective white plate; green state map screened to left of center behind serial; 'FLORIDA' centered at top | County name centered at bottom | ABC 12D | Exclusively from AAA 00A to approximately JUQ 99Z; intermittently from JUR 00A to approximately KGW 99Z | Early plates used a lighter shade of green for the state map, while some plates manufactured during 1988 featured a smaller-size state name. Letter O not used in serials (this practice continues today); 'M' series reserved for dealers and 'Y' and 'Z' series for rental vehicles. Replaced from 1992 through 1996 as part of five-year plate replacement cycle. | |
November 1991 – November 1994 | As 1979–86 base | County name centered at bottom | ABC 12D | Intermittently from JUR 00A to approximately KGW 99Z; exclusively from KGX 00A to approximately RWV 99Z | ||
November 1994 – July 1997 | County name or 'SUNSHINE STATE' centered at bottom | Exclusively from RWW 00A to approximately XBQ 99Z; intermittently from XBR 00A to approximately XDQ 99Z | 'Sunshine State' slogan reintroduced on all plates in Dade County. | |||
July 1997 – February 1998 | Embossed green serial on reflective white plate; citrus orange graphic over green state map screened in the center; 'FLORIDA' screened in orange and yellow centered at top | County name or 'SUNSHINE STATE' embossed in green centered at bottom | ABC 12D | Intermittently from XBR 00A to approximately XDQ 99Z; exclusively from XDR 00A to XZZ 99Z | 'Sunshine State' plates issued in Dade County (renamed Miami-Dade County in late 1997); county-name plates in all other counties. | |
February 1998 – early 1999 | AB1 23C | CY0 00X to IZ9 99Z | ||||
A12 34B | I00 00V to L99 99Z | |||||
early 1999 – 2000 | A12 BCD | A00 AAA to approximately B99 FWB | ||||
2000 – December 2003 | County name | A12 BCD | B00 FWC to approximately I99 YXW | Issued in all counties except Miami-Dade County. | ||
'SUNSHINE STATE' | T00 AAA to approximately X99 FTJ | Issued in Miami-Dade County. First use of a separate serial block for this county. | ||||
December 2003 – August 2004 | Embossed green serial on reflective white plate; orange blossom graphic over green state map screened in the center; 'MYFLORIDA.COM' screened in green centered at top | County name | A12 BCD | I00 ZAA to approximately K99 AAR | Issued in all counties except Miami-Dade County. | |
'SUNSHINE STATE' | X00 FTN to X99 ZZZ | Issued in Miami-Dade County. | ||||
August 2004 – March 2009 | County name | A12 3BC | A00 0AA to N99 9ZZ | Issued in all counties except Miami-Dade County. Wider serial dies introduced 2006. | ||
March 2009 – July 2015 | 123 ABC | 000 MAA to 999 RZZ | ||||
July 2015 – mid-2018 | A12 BCD | Y00 AAA to Z99 ZZZ | ||||
mid-2018 – present | AB1 2CD | IA0 0AA to IP8 4CR (as of August 26, 2019) | ||||
August 2004 – late 2006 | 'SUNSHINE STATE' | A12 3BC | P00 0AA to X99 9ZZ | Issued in Miami-Dade County. Dies changed from narrow set to wider set mid-production. | ||
late 2006 – November 2009 | 123 ABC | 000 HAA to 999 LZZ; 000 VAA to 999 YZZ; 000 TAA to 999 TZZ | Issued in Miami-Dade County, as well as alternate choice in all other counties. In 2008 state changes mandatory 5 year license plate replacement to 6 years. | |||
November 2009 – present | ABC D12 | AAA A00 to NAD K11 (as of August 31, 2019) | Issued in Miami-Dade County, as well as alternate choice in all other counties. 'M' series reserved for motorcycles. State changes mandatory 6 year license plate replacement to 10 years. | |||
October 1, 2008 – present | 'IN GOD WE TRUST' | 123 4AB | 000 0GA to 999 9YZ | Issued in all counties as no-cost alternative issue. Progression of first letter in the 123 4AB serial format: G, H, I, J, B, P, Q, T, U, V, X, Y. | ||
123 45Z | 000 00Z to 999 99Z | |||||
Z12 3BC | Z00 0AA to Z09 8QL (as of August 26, 2019) |
County coding, 1938–77[edit]
Florida used numeric county codes on its license plates between 1938 and 1977, with the order of the codes based on the populations of each of the state's 67 counties according to a 1935 census.[2] There was also code 68 on plates ordered from the state tag office in Tallahassee, and code 90 on replacement plates.
Code | County |
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1 | Dade |
2 | Duval |
3 | Hillsborough |
4 | Pinellas |
5 | Polk |
6 | Palm Beach |
7 | Orange |
8 | Volusia |
9 | Escambia |
10 | Broward |
11 | Alachua |
12 | Lake |
13 | Leon |
14 | Marion |
15 | Manatee |
16 | Sarasota |
17 | Seminole |
18 | Lee |
19 | Brevard |
20 | St. Johns |
21 | Gadsden |
22 | Putnam |
23 | Bay |
24 | St. Lucie |
25 | Jackson |
26 | Osceola |
27 | Highlands |
28 | Pasco |
29 | Columbia |
30 | Hardee |
31 | Suwannee |
32 | Indian River |
33 | Santa Rosa |
34 | DeSoto |
35 | Madison |
36 | Walton |
37 | Taylor |
38 | Monroe |
39 | Levy |
40 | Hernando |
41 | Nassau |
42 | Martin |
43 | Okaloosa |
44 | Sumter |
45 | Bradford |
46 | Jefferson |
47 | Citrus |
48 | Clay |
49 | Hendry |
50 | Washington |
51 | Holmes |
52 | Baker |
53 | Charlotte |
54 | Dixie |
55 | Gilchrist |
56 | Hamilton |
57 | Okeechobee |
58 | Calhoun |
59 | Franklin |
60 | Glades |
61 | Flagler |
62 | Lafayette |
63 | Union |
64 | Collier |
65 | Wakulla |
66 | Gulf |
67 | Liberty |
68 | State Tag Office |
90 | Replacements |
Non-passenger and specialty plates[edit]
Non-passenger[edit]
The state issues many non-passenger types of license plates to various vehicle classes and types.
Image | Type | First issued | Serial format(s) | Notes |
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Amateur Radio | FCC call sign | |||
Antique | 123 456 BB1 234 IB1 234 | Issued to cars and trucks that are at least 25 years old. | ||
Antique Motorcycle | Q123456 | |||
Apportioned | A12 34B | Annual plates. Issued in pairs. | ||
City Government | 123456 XB1234 | 'City' legend. | ||
College | 1234 | |||
County Government | 123456 TB1234 | 'County' legend. | ||
Custom Vehicle | 2008 | VAB1C | ||
Dealer | MAB 12C NA1 23B PA1 23B | |||
Disabled Person | 123456 Y1ABC Z1ABC YA12B ZA12B | |||
Disabled Person – Motorcycle | 1234 WA1B XA1B | |||
Ex-Prisoner of War | EX-POW 1234 | |||
Fleet | GAB 123 | |||
Honorary Consul | 1 123 | |||
Horseless Carriage | 12345 | |||
Horseless Carriage - DMV | ||||
Horseless Carriage - Permanent | ||||
Indefinite | YA1 23B | |||
Manufacturer | A12 345 | |||
Member of Congress | 1 12 | Serial is district number. | ||
Motor Scooter—driver under 21 years old | 12ABC | |||
Motorcycle | 12345A 1234AB MBCD12 | E, K, L, N and R used as first letters in the 1234AB serial format. | ||
Pearl Harbor Survivor | 1234 | |||
Permanent Trailer | C12 34A 123 4CA | Permanent plates. | ||
Seminole Indian | 1234 | |||
Sheriff | ZAB12 | |||
Temporary registration | P-123456 Q-123456 R-123456 S-123456 ABC1234 | |||
Truck over 5,000 lb. | N12 34A | County name or 'SUNSHINE STATE' slogan at bottom. Issued in pairs with the validation sticker placed on the front plate. | ||
Transporter | G12 34A | |||
Wrecker | D12 34A E12 34A | 'WRECKER' legend. |
Specialty[edit]
Florida has offered over 120 specialty license plates to its motorists, most for an extra fee. Some of these plates are no longer issued, while others have been redesigned since they were first issued.
Only Virginia and Texas have offered more specialty plates than Florida.[5]
Image | Type | First Issued (Redesigned) | Serial format(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Passenger - personalized | 2003 | One to seven characters selected by registrant. Specialty plates may be personalized; however, some specialties are limited to five characters. | ||
A State of Vision | 2006-07-01 | XA123 | ||
Agriculture Keeps Florida Green | 1997-04-01 | VAB 123 | ||
Agriculture Education | 2006-07-01 | JA 123 | ||
American Red Cross | 2002-07-01 | 123AB | ||
Animal Friend | 2004-07-01 | ABC12 | ||
Aquaculture | 2004-07-01 | AB1 234 | ||
Barry University | 1998-07-01 | |||
Bethune-Cookman College | 1997-02-15 | |||
Challenger/Columbia | 1987-01-01 (2001, 2005) | ABC 123 TA123 TA1BC | ||
Choose Life | 1999-07-01 | CAB1D | ||
Clearwater Christian College | 2002-10-01 | A1BC | ||
Conserve Wildlife | 1998-07-01 | CA123 CA12B CA1BD | ||
Disabled Veteran | 1234 | |||
Discover Florida's Oceans | 2004-07-01 | DAB12 | ||
Donate Organs | 2006-07-01 | Y123A | ||
Eckerd College | 2002-10-01 | E12 345 | ||
Edward Waters College | 2002-10-01 | B1AB | ||
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | 2002-10-01 | |||
End Breast Cancer | 2002-07-01 | KAB1C | ||
Everglades River of Grass | 1998-07-01 | EA12B | ||
Family First | 2004-07-01 | FA1 234 | ||
Family Values | 2004-07-01 | VA1 234 | ||
Fish Florida | 2003-10-01 | JA1BC | ||
Flagler College | 2002-10-01 | C1AB | ||
Florida A&M University | 1987-10-01 | |||
Florida Atlantic University | 1987-10-01 | A123B | ||
Florida College | 2002-10-01 | L1ABF | ||
Florida Corrections Foundation | 2007-10-01 | 1CAB | ||
Florida Gulf Coast University | 1997-11-01 | |||
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences | 2002-10-01 | |||
Florida Institute of Technology | 2002-10-01 | |||
Florida International University | 1987-10-01 | I123A | ||
Florida Marlins | 1995-07-01 | |||
Florida Memorial University | 1999-07-01 | FAB1C | ||
Florida Panthers | 1995-06-01 | P123A | ||
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches | 1998-07-01 | RA12B | ||
Florida Southern College | 2002-10-01 | D1AB | ||
Florida State University | 1987-10-01 | S1ABC S1234 VA123 WA123 WA12B | ||
Go Fishing | 1997-03-15 | |||
Gold Star Family | 2008-04-01 | 1GAB | ||
Golf Capital of the World | 2002-07-01 | JA1 23B | ||
Helping Sea Turtles Survive | 1998-02-01 | RAB 123 | ||
Horse Country | 2008-10-01 | 12HAB | ||
Hospice – Every Day Is a Gift | 2003-07-01 | 123HA | ||
Imagine | 2004-07-01 | 123 4FA | ||
In God We Trust | 2008-10-01 | IAB12 | ||
Indian River Lagoon | 1995-02-15 | R1234 R123A R12AB | ||
Invest in Children | 1995-05-01 | 123 CAB 123 DAB | ||
Jacksonville Jaguars | 1995-06-01 | J123A | ||
Jacksonville University | 2002-10-01 | |||
Keep Kids Drug Free | 1998-07-01 | KA123 | ||
Kids Deserve Justice | 2004-07-01 | |||
Live the Dream | 2004-07-01 | DA1 234 | ||
Lynn University | 2002-10-01 | E1AB | ||
Miami Dolphins | 1995-04-01 | D123A | ||
Miami Heat | 1995-06-01 | L123A | ||
Motorcycle specialty | 2003-10-01 | |||
NASCAR | 2007-10-01 | 12NAB | ||
New College of Florida | 2002-07-01 | N123 N12A | ||
Nova Southeastern University | 2002-10-01 | S1AB | ||
Olympic Spirit | 1994-01-01 | G12AB | ||
Orlando Magic | 1995-06-01 | |||
Palm Beach Atlantic University | 2002-10-01 | F1AB | ||
Parents Make a Difference | 2004-07-01 | |||
Play Tennis! | 2008-10-01 | |||
Police Athletic League | 1997-02-15 | PA123 PA12B | ||
Protect Florida Springs | 2007-10-01 | P12 345 | ||
Protect Florida Whales | 2002-07-01 | WAB1C | ||
Protect Our Reefs | 2003-07-01 | RAB1C | ||
Protect the Panther | 1990-10-15 | LAB 123 MAB 123 | ||
Protect Wild Dolphins | 1998-07-01 | DA12B DA1BC | ||
Purple Heart | 12345 | |||
Ringling School of Art and Design | 2002-10-01 | U1AB | ||
Rollins College | 2002-10-01 | |||
Saint Leo University | 2002-10-01 | |||
Saint Thomas University | 2002-10-01 | H1AB | ||
Salutes Firefighters | 2002-10-01 | YA1BC | ||
Salutes Veterans | 1989-10-01 | DAB 123 SAB1C | ||
Save Our Seas | 2004-07-01 | RAB12 RAB1C | ||
Save the Manatee | 1990-03-16 (2008) | HAB 123 IAB 123 | ||
Scouting Teaches Values | 1997-02-15 | 123 SAB | ||
Share the Road | 1999-06-10 (2007) | 123 EAB EAB1C | ||
Southeastern University | 2002-10-01 | W1AB | ||
Special Olympics Florida | 1994-01-01 | SAB 123 | ||
Sportsman National Land Trust | 2004-07-01 | VAB12 | ||
State of the Arts | 1995-02-01 | FAB 123 | ||
State Wildflower | 1999-07-01 | WAB 123 | ||
Stetson University | 2002-10-01 | |||
Stop Child Abuse | 2003-07-01 | 123SA | ||
Stop Heart Disease | 2003-07-01 | S12 345 | ||
Support Autism Programs | 2009-09-01 | |||
Support Education | 1994-10-01 | 123 ABC | ||
Support Homeownership for All | 2006-07-01 | QA123 | ||
Support Law Enforcement | 2002-10-01 | PAB1C | ||
Support Our Troops | 2007-10-01 | 12TAB | ||
Support Soccer | 2004-07-01 | 123 4SA | ||
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1998-04-01 (2008) | B12AB B1ACD | ||
Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Tampa Bay Rays | 1997-03-01 (2008) | |||
Tampa Bay Estuary | 1999-06-10 | TAB1C | ||
Tampa Bay Lightning | 1995-06-01 | |||
Trees Are Cool | 2007-10-01 | 12CAB | ||
U.S. Air Force | 2003-07-01 | ABC1D | ||
U.S. Army | 2003-07-01 | BAC1D | ||
U.S. Coast Guard | 2003-07-01 | 123VA | ||
U.S. Marine Corps | 1999-07-01 | UAB1C | ||
U.S. Navy | 2003-07-01 | NAB1C | ||
U.S. Paratrooper | 2003-07-01 | 123WA | ||
United We Stand | 2002-07-01 | 123 UAB | ||
University of Central Florida | 1987-10-01 | C123A | ||
University of Florida | 1987-10-01 (1997, 2007) | F1ABC GAB1C HAB1C | ||
University of Miami | 1989-10-01 | H123A H12AB X12AB | ||
University of North Florida | 1987-10-01 | N1234 | ||
University of South Florida | 1987-10-01 | U12AB | ||
University of Tampa | 2002-10-01 | X1AB | ||
University of West Florida | 1987-10-01 | W1234 W123A | ||
Visit Our Lights | 2008-10-01 | VA12B | ||
Warner Southern College | 2002-10-01 |
Discontinued types[edit]
Image | Type | Dates issued | Serial format(s) | Notes |
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ALL | Thru 1976 | County and weight coded | YOM excluded | |
Passenger Trailer Truck | 1977–1985 | ABC 123 AB 1234 A 12345 | ||
Challenger (Specialty) | 1986–1995 | ABC 123 | Redesigned base with 5 digit alpha numeric serials are valid | |
ALL | 1986–1997 | ABC 12D | ||
ALL | 1997–2002 | A12 BCD | I12 ABC and J12 ABC were grandfathered serials only if renewal date was after Sept 2009, regardless if on Citrus or myFlorida.com base. These grandfathered plates will be replaced with the ABC D12 serial on the plate's tenth renewal. | |
Girl Scouts | GA12B |
References[edit]
- ^'Old Florida License Plates'. LeatherLicensePlates.com. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^ abcSimpers, M. R. (September 18, 2015). 'Florida License Plates'(PDF). Antique Automobile Club of Cape Canaveral. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
- ^Garrish, Christopher (October 2016). 'Reconsidering the Standard Plate Size'. Plates. Vol. 62 no. 5. Automobile License Plate Collectors Association.
- ^ abcdefTanner, Eric N. 'Florida License Plates'. allaboutlicenseplates.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^Pascale, Jordan (November 30, 2015). 'Virginia offers more specialty license plates than most states. Here's why'. The Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, VA. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Florida&oldid=918339055'
In the United States, the appearance of license plates is frequently chosen to contain symbols, colors, or slogans associated with the issuing jurisdiction, which are the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the 5 inhabited U.S. territories, and Native American tribes, each of which independently registers motor vehicles. Regular-issue license plates for passenger vehicles typically have 5-7 characters, with specialty or vanity plates having up to 8 characters in some states. This article describes the designs and serial formats for regular-issue plates.
- 2Serial coding
Trends in serial formats[edit]
Visualization of the number of characters in license plate serial formats in the United States, based on current serial formats for passenger plates as of April 2018. The arrangement of the characters may vary.Random coding - Plates issued based on available numbers in non-sequential order.
Coded issuance - Plates coded by month of expiration
Coded issuance - Plates coded by county of issuance
Sequential issuance - 6-character plate (1 letter, 5 digits)
Sequential issuance - 6-character plate (2 letters, 4 digits)
Sequential issuance - 6-character plate (3 letters, 3 digits)
Sequential issuance - 6-character plate (4 letters, 2 digits)
Sequential issuance - 7-character plate (7 digits)
Sequential issuance - 7-character plate (2 letters, 5 digits)
Sequential issuance - 7-character plate (3 letters, 4 digits)
Notes: - Only the current passenger standard-issue serial format is depicted. Previous serial formats and optional issues are not depicted.
- Florida uses 6-character serial numbers, but the combinations vary. The most popular issue consists of 4 letters and 2 digits, but alternate standard issues contain 4 digits and 2 letters.
- Maine uses a varying number of digits, but most Maine plates consist of 4 digits and 2 letters.
- Nebraska uses sequential-issuance 3-letter, 3-number plates for its most populous counties and county-coded plates for the rest of the counties.
Formats for license plate numbers may be consistent within the state. For example, Delaware and Rhode Island were formerly able to use six-digit all-numeric serials due to their low respective populations; both now use five-digit serials, with Delaware using a letter and four digits, and Rhode Island using two letters and three digits. Several populous states use seven-character formats of three letters and four digits, including 1ABC234 in California and ABC-1234 (or variations thereof) in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Other seven-character formats include Connecticut and Illinois, which use AB-12345, and Maryland, which uses 1AB2345.(Texas used a AB1-C234 until recently.)
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Many less-populous states, such as Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and South Carolina use a 3-letter, 3-number format in the format ABC-123, 123-ABC (sometimes both at the same time), or some variant thereof with mixed numbers and letters. Florida and New Jersey both use four letters and two numbers: Florida uses an ABC-D12 format, while New Jersey uses an A12-BCD format. Florida also uses an optional two-letter, four-number format for its no-cost 'In God We Trust' plates.
Serial coding[edit]
License plate numbers are usually assigned in ascending order, beginning with a starting point such as AAA-001. Thus, an observer familiar with the sequence can determine roughly when the plate was issued. In a few cases, numbers have been assigned in descending order. For example, when Virginia switched to seven characters for its standard issue in 1993, numbers beginning with AAA-1000 were already in use for extra-cost, optional-issue plates; therefore, the new standard license plates were issued in descending order from ZZZ-9999.[1]
Expiration date[edit]
In some states, the month of expiration or the county of registration is incorporated into the plate's serial. The last number on a Massachusetts license plate indicates the month the vehicle's registration expires (for example, 1234 AB would expire in April, the fourth month; 0 indicates October expirations; and X and Y were used for November and December expirations, respectively, on commercial plates and pre-1978 passenger plates). The same applies to the first number or letter on West Virginia plates (1 to 9 for January through September, and O, N, and D for October, November, and December expirations, respectively). Additionally, the first letter of Missouri passenger plates denotes the month of expiration. The month's position within the calendar year corresponds roughly to the letter's position within the alphabet; i.e. the letters progress from 'A' and 'B' for January to 'Y' and 'Z' for December. Maine trailer plates start with two digits and a dash, as all plates expire on the last day of February, and the first two digits of the plate are the year it expires.
County of issuance[edit]
Although increasingly few states place the full name of the county of registration explicitly on their standard-issue plates, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee continue the practice. However, Georgia allows drivers to choose the slogan 'In God We Trust' in place of the county name where the vehicle is registered, and Florida allows its residents to choose either 'Sunshine State' or 'In God We Trust' in place of the county name. Florida also terminated a practice by which plates registered to rented vehicles had the letter Y or Z as their first digit, which led to targeting of rental cars for theft.
In Alabama, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming, a one- or two-digit number representing the county of issue begins a license plate number. Standard-issue Idaho license plate numbers begin with a single-letter or a number-letter code representing the county of issue. County codes have been based on historical population figures, the county names in alphabetical order, or some combination thereof. Other states like Indiana and Tennessee also once used the practice, with Tennessee discontinuing in the 1980s and Indiana in 2008.
Only three places in the United States use letters to designate a residence where a vehicle was registered. In Hawaii, the license plates have a unique letter designation based on the island counties that residents purchased or registered the vehicles from; a vehicle with a registration number beginning with H or Z is registered in Hawai‘i County, one beginning with K is registered in Kaua‘i County, one beginning with M or L is registered in Maui County, and one beginning with any other letter (and not containing H, K, L, M, or Z) is registered in the City and County of Honolulu. In Idaho, the first one to three characters are used to designate the county of residence/registration. For example, all vehicles registered in Ada county start with 1A, vehicles in Twin Falls County start with 2T and vehicles in Valley county start with V (as there is only one county that starts with the letter V). In the US territory of Guam, the license plates use the first two letters that are coded by village of issuance, for example, 'TM-1234' refers to a vehicle that was registered by a person who lives the village of Tamuning.
Several states do require vehicles to display county codes, but these codes are not part of the serial. Indiana and Ohio display two-number county codes, while Kansas plates display two-letter county codes, but these codes are placed on a sticker or are printed in the corner of the plate in a smaller font size. Texas places the county name only on the windshield registration sticker, where the car's license plate number is also printed.
Skipping characters[edit]
For various reasons related to visibility and readability, some states and territories exclude certain letters from use in their license plate serial formats. The most commonly skipped characters are I, O, and Q, with some states using only one or two of the three while others will skip all three of these letters. Other states, such as Colorado, Georgia and South Carolina have gradually adopted one or more of these letters over a course of years after previously skipping them in order to accommodate the demands of population growth and depletion of available serial combinations. The most common argument behind skipping I, O, and Q is that they can be too easily confused with 0, 1, and other characters, particularly when there isn't adequate spacing or divider between numbers and letters.
California currently only uses I, O, and Q in between two other letters, for example '1AQA000'. A unique example of character use is Texas, which used to issue serials using all 26 letters but currently skips all vowels along with the letter Q on passenger plates (as these letters are reserved for truck plates).
In amateur radio license plate issues, all states that have them available, except Pennsylvania & Tennessee, use a unique slashed zero character in place of the standard '0' character due to lack of spacing between letters and numbers. In Pennsylvania, the die used for the number '0' is different than the one used for the letter 'O' since the state's number dies are taller and narrower than its letter dies. Iowa is a unique example in the use of this character, which began using the slashed zero beginning in 2012 on all standard passenger plates as opposed to the traditional symbol for zero to differentiate it from the letter 'O' which is also used.
Persons with disabilities[edit]
In the states, special plates displaying the International Symbol of Accessibility are issued to persons with disabilities that entitle them to special parking privileges. Alternately, a placard, which in some jurisdictions can be hung from the rear view mirror, may be issued; the placard has the advantage of being transferred from vehicle to vehicle.
Current standard-issue passenger plate designs and serial formats[edit]
The following tables give information on license plates currently being issued, with 2014 or later expiration dates, for private (non-commercial) use on passenger vehicles by the governments of the fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the five inhabited U.S. territories, and Native American tribes. Information on serial numbering patterns is also given. Older designs and serial formats previously issued may still be valid for continued usage in certain jurisdictions; these are noted in a separate table below.
In addition to 'regular' passenger plates, all jurisdictions also provide plates for other types of vehicles that may only be roughly similar in design and layout. Additionally, there has been an increasing trend in the field of 'specialty' plates to promote specific causes or interests. To keep this table as simple as possible, most of these alternate types of plates will not be noted. More information may also be found within the individual articles for each state, as linked within the table. Exceptions to this guideline may be made for specialty plates that are available at no extra cost to the motorist, as these tend to be seen more commonly on the roads.
Jurisdiction | Image | First issued | Type & slogan | Design | Plate style | Serial format |
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Alabama | January 2, 2014 | Standard issue Heart of Dixie (in small print) | lake and forest graphic | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Numerically coded by county:[2]
| |
Alaska | January 2010[4] | Standard issue The Last Frontier | blue on gold with state flag | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | |
American Samoa | 2011 | Standard issue Motu O Fiafiaga | black on reflective graphic featuring Fatu Rock | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 1234 | |
Arizona | 2008 | Standard issue Grand Canyon State | dark green on desert landscape | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC1234[5] | |
Arkansas | 2006 | Standard issue The Natural State | black on a diamond background, representing Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro[6] | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC[7] | |
California | Late 2011 | Standard issue dmv.ca.gov | dark blue on white with red state name graphic and slogan printed in red at the bottom | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 1ABC234[8] | |
Colorado | 2000 | Standard issue | Dark green on reflective white grey and green Rocky Mountains scene graphic. Some versions have full color | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123-ABC, ABC-123 (the second serial set is limited to characters that were unused previously, such as Q). | |
Connecticut | 2000 | Standard issue Constitution State | dark blue on blue and white gradient fade | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | AB•12345 (2015–present) 1AB•CD2 (2013–2015) 1ABCD2 (2013) 123•ABC (2000–2013)[9] | |
Delaware | 1959 | Standard issue The First State | gold on navy blue | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123456 (variable number of digits) | |
District of Columbia | April 2017 | Standard issue End Taxation without Representation; jurisdiction name displayed as 'District of Columbia' | blue on reflective white with red flag separator | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | AB-1234 | |
2001 | Optional issue: www.washingtondc.gov[10] | |||||
Florida | December 2003 | Standard issue myFLORIDA.com with county name[11] or 'Sunshine State' | green on reflective white with state map and citrus orange graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC D12 (2009–present) 123 ABC (2006 to 2009) A12 3BC (2003 to 2009) | |
October 1, 2008 | Optional issue myFLORIDA.com with 'In God We Trust' slogan | 123 4AB | ||||
Georgia | May 2012 | Standard issue Peach State with county name or 'In God We Trust' sticker | black on reflective blue with hills, peach tree, and peaches | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC1234 | |
May 2012 | Optional issue GEORGIA with county name or 'In God We Trust' sticker | black on reflective white | ||||
Guam | February 27, 2009 | Standard issue Tano Y Chamorro | black on reflective white with grey latte stone and three red bougainvillea flowers at center[12] | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by municipality of issuance AB 1234 | |
Hawaii | 1991 | Standard issue Aloha State | black on reflective white with rainbow graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| |
Idaho | 2008 | Standard issue Famous Potatoes | black on reflective white with red gradient and dark blue mountain scene | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| |
Illinois | January 2017 | Standard issue Land of Lincoln | Reflective gradient blue-to-white with white Chicago and Springfield skyline and gray Abraham Lincoln graphic at far left; state name screened in black at top | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | AB 12345 (2017–Present) AB1 2345 (2016)[13] | |
Indiana | January 2017 | Standard issue Dark blue serial on reflective country scene graphic featuring a covered bridge; expiration date, year, county number and recycling symbol in corners clockwise from top left | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123A 123AB 123ABC | ||
Optional issue In God We Trust | black on white with American flag graphic | ABC123 | ||||
Iowa | April 2018 | Standard issue black numbers on reflective graphic plate with blue sky, white city skyline, farm and wind turbine, and green grass field; 'IOWA' screened in white centered at top; county name screened in black centered at bottom | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | ||
Kansas | April 2007 | Standard issue dark blue on light blue gradient with state seal graphic and county code sticker | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC | ||
Kentucky | 2005 | Standard issue Unbridled Spirit | Standard issue dark blue on light blue graident with county name sticker | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC | |
2011 | Optional issue In God We Trust | |||||
Louisiana | 2005 to 2010; 2013, and 2016 | Standard issue 'Sportsman's Paradise'; black on yellow-pink gradient with pelican graphic in center | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 (through 2016) 123 ABC (2016 – present) | ||
Maine | 1999 | Standard issue Vacationland | black on reflective white with a chickadee and pine tassel graphic at left | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 1234 AB (variable number of digits preceding space) | |
Maryland | September 2016 | Standard issue Maryland Proud | Black on reflective white with Maryland flag graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 1AB2345 | |
Massachusetts | 1988 | Standard issue The Spirit of America | red on reflective white | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by month of expiration:
| |
Michigan | 2013 | Standard issue Pure Michigan | blue on reflective white with blue wave at bottom | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 1234 | |
2007 | Optional issue Spectacular Peninsulas | green and blue with Great Lakes outline on reflective white with black characters | 1AB C23 | |||
2014 | Optional issue The Mackinac Bridge | white to yellow fade and blue with stylized Mackinac Bridge in background with black characters | ABC 123 | |||
Minnesota | June 2009 | Standard issue Explore Minnesota.com, 10,000 Lakes | black on reflective white with lake scene graphic | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123-ABC | |
Mississippi | October 2012 | Standard issue 'Birthplace of America's Music' | dark blue on guitar graphic and 'Celebrating Mississippi's Creative Culture' with county name | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | |
Missouri | October 15, 2018 | Standard issue Bicentennial | dark blue on white with red and dark blue waves, light grey state seal, and dark blue '1821 * 2021' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by month of expiration AA1 B2C | |
Montana | January 2010 | Standard issue Treasure State | white on blue with white state outline | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| |
Optional issues:[14] replica 1989 Centennial base replica 1991 'Big Sky' base replica 2000 base replica 2006 'Big Sky Country' base | blue on white with gold and maroon graphics | ABC123 | ||||
black on light blue gradient with multicolor state outline | Coded by county of issuance:
| |||||
black on light blue with blue and tan graphics | ||||||
black on light blue gradient with multicolor state outline | ||||||
Native American tribes | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | |
Nebraska | January 2017 | Standard issue 1867; 2017 | black on reflective white with Sower statue from the Nebraska State Capitol | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123[15] Or coded by county of issuance:[16]
| |
Nevada | November 1, 2016 | Standard issue Home Means Nevada | black numbers and state-shaped separator on sky blue plate; stylized multi-colored mountain range at bottom; 'NEVADA' screened in black serifed letters centered at top | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123·A45 | |
New Hampshire | January 1999 | Standard issue Live Free or Die | green on Old Man of the Mountain graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 4567 (2000–present) 123 456 (1999)[17] | |
New Jersey | 2007 | Standard issue Garden State | black on yellow gradient fade | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | D12-ABC (2010–present)[18] ABC-12D (2007–2010) | |
New Mexico | 1989 | Standard issue Land of Enchantment | red on yellow with turquoise yucca graphics and red Zia sun symbol | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123-ABC | |
2010 | Standard issue upper: Land of Enchantment lower: New Mexico USA | yellow on turquoise with large yellow and red Zia sun symbol | ABC-123 | |||
New York | 2010 | Standard issue Empire State | dark blue on reflective gold | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 | |
North Carolina | 1982 | Standard issue First in Flight | blue on reflective white with Wright Flyer graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-123 (1982-1985)[19] ABC-1234 | |
2015 | Standard issue First In Freedom[20] | blue on reflective white | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 | ||
North Dakota | November 2016 | Standard issue Legendary; Peace Garden State | black on light blue gradient fade to sunrise with prairie scene and buffalo graphic | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1989 | Standard issue Hafa Adai | dark blue on white with seal in center | Embossed on screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | |
Ohio | June 7, 2010 | Standard issue Birthplace of Aviation, county name sticker in black to be centered at bottom | blue on white various slogans in gray with a red border | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 1234 | |
Oklahoma | January 2017 | Standard issue TRAVELOK.COM | Screened black on reflective blue with state-shaped separator; scissor-tailed flycatcher in the middle, mountains on the left, oceans in the background and Explore above the state name | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-123 | |
Oregon | 1990 | Standard issue dark blue on fir tree and mountain graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC (2004–present) ABC 123 (1990–2004) | ||
Pennsylvania | 2006 | Standard issue visitPA.com | blue on white with yellow and blue bars | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 | |
Puerto Rico | 2011 | Standard issue Puerto Rico Does It Better/Puerto Rico Lo Hace Mejor | black on white with green gradient at bottom and grey building in background | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-123 | |
Rhode Island | 1996–2019 | Standard issue Ocean State | dark blue on stylized grey and white ocean wave graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123456 (2007–present[21][22] AB-123 and 12345 (1996–2007) | |
2019[23] | Beautiful Rhode Island (top), Ocean State (Bottom) | white on dark blue with the Reliance in the upper left corner | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | N/A | ||
South Carolina | January 2016 | Standard issue While I Breathe, I Hope. | black on white and blue background with palmetto tree in center | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | |
January 2016 | Optional issue In God We Trust | black on white with American and South Carolinian flags on the left. | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 1234AB | ||
South Dakota | January 2016 | Standard issue Great Faces. Great Places. | blue on Mount Rushmore graphic | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| |
Tennessee | 2011 | Standard issue www.tnvacation.com | black on mountain scene with county name sticker | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting |
| |
Texas | July 2012 | Standard issue The Lone Star State | black on white with 5-point star in the upper left corner. | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 | |
Utah | Late 2007 | Greatest Snow on Earth and Life Elevated | dark blue on skier graphic[24][25] | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | A12 3BC | |
Life Elevated | dark blue on graphic of Delicate Arch | A12 3BC[26] | ||||
2017 | In God We Trust; United We Stand | dark blue on white | 1A2BC | |||
Vermont | 1985 | Standard issue Green Mountain State | white on green with small white tree in top left corner | Debossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 (1990–present) 12AB3 (1989) 1AB23 (1988) 123A4 (1986–1987) 1A234 (1985) | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 2017 | Standard issue Transfer Centennial | white on blue ocean background with orange island maps | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by island of issuance:[27] ABC 123, ABC 123 (for St. John) | |
Virginia | March 1, 2014 | Standard issue Virginia is for Lovers | blue on white | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234[28] | |
Washington | July 1998 | Standard issue Evergreen State | dark blue on white with light blue Mount Rainier graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC1234 (2010–present) 123-ABC (1987–2010) | |
West Virginia | 2006[29] | Standard issue Wild, Wonderful | blue on white with state name in dark blue bar | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by month of expiration:
| |
Wisconsin | June 2000 | Standard issue America's Dairyland | black on reflective white with stylized lake and farm graphic | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 (2017-present) 123-ABC (2000-2017) | |
Wyoming | January 2016 | Standard issue Screened black numbers and Bucking Horse and Rider on graphic plate featuring the Green River Lakes and Squaretop Mountain against a cloudy blue sky; golden yellow rope border around plate | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
|
Plate types no longer issued but still valid[edit]
Plates with the following designs and serial formats are no longer being issued but may still be valid for use in certain instances. This table does not include year of manufacture registrations.
Jurisdiction | Image | Dates issued | Type | Plate style | Serial format | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | early 2007 – October 2013 | Optional issue God Bless America | dark blue on American flag background | AB12345 12345AB[3] | Being replaced upon expiration, October 2013 to October 2014. | |
Alaska | 1981 – late 2004 | 'The Last Frontier'; blue on gold with state flag | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | Valid. | |
late 1997 – late 2004 | 'Gold Rush Centennial' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | |||
January 2, 2008 – December 31, 2009 | 'Celebrating Statehood 1959–2009'; dark blue on mountain landscape background | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC123[30] | |||
American Samoa | ||||||
Arizona | 1980–1996 | white on maroon | Embossed serial; Reflective characters on nonreflective background | ABC-123 | Valid. | |
1996 – late 2007 | desert scene with embossed serials | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123•ABC | |||
Arkansas | ||||||
California | 1963–1969 | yellow on black | Embossed serial; Non-reflective background | ABC 123 | Valid. | |
1969–1980 | yellow on blue | Embossed serial; Non-reflective background | 123 ABC | |||
1980 – January 1987 | 1ABC234 | |||||
January 1987 – October 1987 | 'The Golden State' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
October 1987–1995 | blue on white with red embossed state name | |||||
1995–1998; 2000–2011 | blue on white with red screened state name | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
1998–2000 | 'Sesquicentennial – 150 Years' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
Colorado | 1978–2000 | embossed mountain scene | Reflective embossed serial; Non-reflective background | Coded by county of issuance: AB-1234, ABC-123, ABC1234 | Valid. | |
Connecticut | ||||||
Delaware | white on black | up to 12–345 | Valid. | |||
silver on black | up to 123456 | |||||
yellow on blue without slogan | up to 123456 | |||||
District of Columbia | 'A Capital City' | 123–456 | Valid. | |||
'Celebrate & Discover' | 1991 – November 2000 | AB-1234 (1997–2000) 123–456 (1991–1997) | ||||
2001 | blue on reflective white with red flag separator and 'WWW.Washingtondc.gov' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | BB-1234 | |||
2001 – July 2013 | blue on reflective white with red flag separator and 'Taxation without Representation' with jurisdiction name displayed as 'Washington, D.C.' | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | AB-1234 | |||
Florida | December 2003 – early 2009 | green on reflective white with state map, citrus orange graphic, and myFLORIDA.com with county name | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | A12 3BC | Being replaced on a ten-year rolling basis. | |
December 2003–2006 | green on reflective white with state map, citrus orange graphic, and myFLORIDA.com with 'Sunshine State' slogan | |||||
Georgia | 1997 – December 2003 | '..on my mind' | 123 ABC 12345 QA 1234 AB 1234 ABC | Valid. | ||
December 2003 – May 2007 | www.GEORGIA.gov | ABC 1234 | ||||
May 2007 – May 2012 | GEORGIA.gov | ABC 1234 | ||||
Guam | black on reflective white with map graphic in center, 'Tano Y Chamorro' | Coded by municipality of issuance:
| Valid. | |||
Hawaii | ||||||
Idaho | dark blue on reflective white with red gradient and dark blue mountain scene, 'Famous Potatoes' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| |||
Illinois | July 2016 | 'Land of Lincoln': red on blue gradient fade with Abraham Lincoln portrait graphic in center | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | AB 12345 (2017–Present) AB1 2345 (2016) A12 3456 (2006–2016) 123 4567 (2001–2006)[31] | Valid for 10 years. | |
Indiana | ||||||
Iowa | 1997 - late 2011 | blue on reflective white farm scene foreground and skyline background | Embossed or screened serial; Reflective sheeting[32] | 123 ABC[33] | Valid. | |
Kansas | January 2001 – April 2007 | state capitol | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | Valid. | |
Kentucky | ||||||
Louisiana | 1993–2001; 2004–2005 | 'Sportsman's Paradise' without pelican | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | Valid. | |
January 2002 - early 2004 | 'Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial 1803–2003' written in early 18th-century lettering and has the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial logo as the separator[34] | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
2011–2012 | '200 Years' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC123 | |||
2014 - 2015 | www.louisianatourism.com Bicentennial, Battle of New Orleans, 1815–2015 blue on reflective white with silhouette of Andrew Jackson on horse at left | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
Maine | ||||||
Maryland | February 1986 – early 2005 | no slogan | 1AB C23 (2004–2005) ABC 123 (1986–2004) | Valid. | ||
early 2005 – June 2010 | www.Maryland.gov black on reflective white with state crest in center | 1AB C23 | ||||
Massachusetts | green on white (coded by month of expiration) 'The Spirit of America' (coded by month of expiration) | 123-450 120-ABC | Valid. Maybe subject to replacement if found to be illegible during annual motor vehicle safety inspection. | |||
Michigan | 1996–2007 | Optional issue 'Great Lakes Splendor' | 1AB C23[35] | Valid | ||
1996 | Optional issue 'World's Motor Capital' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 12 12 ABC | Valid | ||
2007–2013 | Optional issue 'www.Michigan.gov' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 1234[36] | Valid | ||
2013–2014 | Optional issue The Mackinac Bridge yellow to orange fade and blue with stylized Mackinac Bridge in background with white characters. | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | Valid | ||
Minnesota | circa 2000–2008 | blue on reflective white with lake scene graphic, 'Explore Minnesota; 10,000 lakes'; second slogan displayed in small blue gradient across bottom of plate | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-123 | Being replaced on a seven-year rolling basis. | |
2008–2009 | black on reflective white with lake scene graphic, 'Explore Minnesota; 10,000 lakes' | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123-ABC | |||
Mississippi | ||||||
Missouri | ||||||
Montana | 2006–2009 | black on grey and white gradient with mountain graphic; 'Big Sky Country' | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | Coded by county of issuance:
| Valid if permanently registered. | |
Nebraska | ||||||
Nevada | white on blue | A12345, AB1234, ABC123, 123ABC | ||||
New Hampshire | ||||||
New Jersey | 1959–1969; 1970–1973 | black on tan, non-reflective, state abbreviated 'N. J.' | ABC-123 | Valid. | ||
1969–1970 | black on tan, reflective, state abbreviated 'N. J.' | ABC-123 | ||||
1973–1977 | black on tan, non-reflective, state abbreviated 'N. J.' | 123-ABC | ||||
1977–1979 | black on tan, non-reflective, full state name | 123-ABC | ||||
1979–1985 | buff on blue, non-reflective | 123-ABC | ||||
1985 | ABC-123 | |||||
1985–1992 | ABC-12D | |||||
1992–1993 | black on yellow and white gradient, reflective, sticker boxes | ABC1234 | ||||
1993–1999 | AB-123D | |||||
1999–2007 | ABC-12D[37] | |||||
New Mexico | 1999–2010 | Land of Enchantment hot air balloon | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | NM1234 1NM234 12NM34 123NM4 1234NM AB 123 ABC123 | Valid. | |
New York | 2001–2010 | dark blue on reflective white with blue bars (upper blue bar has the state name over a skyline of Niagara Falls, the Adirondack Mountains, and New York City; lower bar includes the words 'The Empire State' in white) | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234[38] | Valid. | |
North Carolina | 2007–2011 | red on reflective white with blue and red graphics, 'First in Flight' | ABC-1234 | Valid. | ||
North Dakota | 1993–2015 | black on light blue gradient fade with prairie scene graphic, 'Discover The Spirit' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-123 | Valid through 2016 | |
Northern Marianas Islands | ||||||
Ohio | 1996–1998 | dark blue on gold gradient fade 'The Heart of it All' | ABC 1234 | Valid. | ||
1998–2001 | dark blue on gold gradient fade 'The Birthplace of Aviation' | ABC 1234 | ||||
2001–2003 | red, white, and blue 'Ohio Bicentennial' | AB12CD | ||||
2004–2010 | dark blue on reflective white with state seal ('Sunburst') graphic and red and blue bars | ABC 1234 | ||||
2010–2013 | 'Beautiful Ohio': dark blue on rolling hills with farm, distant skyline, and airborne biplane | ABC 1234 | ||||
Oklahoma | 2009 - 2016 | 'Native America': dark red on white and blue with photograph of Sacred Rain Arrow sculpture | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123ABC | Valid until expiration. | |
Oregon | 1956–1959 | gold on blue | 1A-1234 | Valid. | ||
1959–1964 | gold on blue with 'Pacific Wonderland' slogan | |||||
1964–1974 | gold on blue | ABC 123 (A-M corresponds to January–December, skipping I) | ||||
1974–1988 | blue on gold | ABC 123 (A-M corresponds to January–December, skipping I; N and later series had no month correlation) | ||||
1988–1990 | blue on light green tree graphic | ABC 123 (A-M corresponds to January–December, skipping I, N-series had no month correlation) | ||||
Pennsylvania | 1999–2004 | blue on blue, white and yellow gradient, 'www.state.pa.us' | ABC-1234 | Valid if retained by current owner on current vehicle. May not be transferred to new vehicle. | ||
Puerto Rico | 1986–2007 | Standard issue black on reflective white with Fortaleza graphic, 'Isla del Encanto' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | valid | |
Optional issue black on reflective flag graphics, 'Cincuentenario 1952–2002' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | ||||
2007–2011 | Standard issue black on reflective blue with Fortaleza graphic, 'Isla del Encanto' | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 ABC-123 | |||
Rhode Island | ||||||
South Carolina | summer 2008 – December 2015 | Standard issue travel2sc.com black on orange, white, and blue gradient with palmetto tree in center | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 | ||
South Dakota | ||||||
Tennessee | 2006–2011 | black on mountain scene with 'The Volunteer State' and county name sticker | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | 123-ABC | valid | |
Texas | 2009–2012 | black on Davis Mountains and sky background with a lone star and streaks of red and blue in the upper-left corner | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | AB1-C234 | Valid. | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | ||||||
Utah | 1972–1985 | black on white | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 123 ABC-123 | Valid. | |
1985–2008 | blue on white with skier graphic, 'Ski Utah!', and 'Greatest Snow on Earth' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC | |||
1992–2008 | dark blue on Delicate Arch background; 'Centennial' | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123 ABC[26] | |||
2002 | 2002 Winter Olympics commemorative plate with snowflake logo above 'Salt Lake 2002' and the Olympic rings; 'Olympic Winter 2002'[39] | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | 123A4 | |||
Vermont | ||||||
Virginia | 1979–1994 | dark blue on white with blue state name in sentence case | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 (1994) ABC-123 (1979–1993) | Valid. | |
1994 – July 2002; 2007 – February 28, 2014 | dark blue on white with blue state name in all capital letters | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234[40] | |||
July 2002–2006 | 400th Anniversary | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC-1234 | |||
2006–2007 | Jamestown America's 400th Anniversary | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ||||
Washington | ||||||
West Virginia | December 2002 – early 2006 | blue on reflective white with state name in dark blue bar, 'Wild, Wonderful / www.callwv.com' | Coded by month of expiration:
| Valid. | ||
Wisconsin | ||||||
Wyoming |
Diplomatic license plates[edit]
Diplomatic license plates are issued by the United States Department of State to accredited diplomats.
Prior to 1984 license plates for diplomatic vehicles were provided by the jurisdiction where the foreign mission was located. The District of Columbia provided license plates for missions headquartered in the capital, and New York provided plates for members of the United Nations, etc. Upon passage of the Foreign Missions Act in 1984 registration authority for foreign mission vehicles was centralized with the U.S. Department of State.[41][42][43][44]
From 1984 until August 28, 2007, all plates issued followed the pattern of a letter identifying the status of the owner, followed by the two-letter country code, followed by a random three or four-digit number (S AB 1234). For member countries of the Organization of American States (OAS), a subset of that numbering pattern was allotted to vehicles based at those countries' missions to the OAS. Plates issued to cars based at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City were issued in the reverse format, with the three or four-digit number first, followed by the two-letter country code, followed by the status code (1234 AB Sonic the hedgehog 2 download sega. S).
The location of the status codes, either as the first or last character, allows the city of assignment to be easily identified because representatives of certain countries are limited to travel in a certain radius from their base. The status codes used until 2007 were 'C' for Foreign Consul; 'D' for Diplomat; 'S' for Non-Diplomatic Staff; and 'A' for the OAS. Status codes used for U.N. personnel until 2007 were 'A' for the U.N. Secretariat; 'D' for U.N. missions and diplomatic personnel; and 'S' for U.N. Staff. The rights of the driver and car under diplomatic immunity are defined by this status code.
The country codes are unique to each particular country, but do not correlate to ISO Country Codes or other standards format. For example, in the system used until 2007, France is 'DJ' rather than 'F', and Australia is 'XZ' rather than 'AUS'.
Jurisdiction | Image | Dates issued | Type | Plate style | Serial format | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. Dept. of State | 1984 – December 31, 2008 | Standard issue; red, white, and blue background with 'DIPLOMAT', 'CONSUL' or blank at top, and black serial centered on a white background | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | A AB1234 A 12345 1234AA A 12345 A | Expired | |
U.S. Dept. of State | Unknown – December 31, 2008 | Standard issue; red, white, and blue background with 'DIPLOMAT', 'CONSUL' or blank at top, and blue serial centered on a white background | Screened serial; Reflective sheeting | A AB1234 A 12345 1234AA A 12345 A | Expired | |
U.S. Dept. of State | August 28, 2007 - Current | Standard issue; black serial on sky blue background, concave curved red top with the Dept. of State seal, 'DIPLOMAT', 'CONSUL' or blank at top center, and Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) logo | Embossed serial; Reflective sheeting | ABC 1234 A 123456 1234 ABC 123456 A | Valid |
License Plate 0 Vs O
U.S. diplomatic plate country codes | |
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Codes | Country or Organization |
AA | Congo |
AB | Taiwan (Issued with 'E' status code)[45][46] |
AC | Ivory Coast |
AE | Uzbekistan |
AF | Japan |
AH | Madagascar |
AJ | Panama |
AK | Cape Verde |
AQ | Syria |
AU | Uganda |
AV | Israel |
AW | African Union |
AX | Marshall Islands |
BL | South Africa |
BV | Solomon Islands |
BW | World Bank |
BY | Solomon Islands |
BZ | Iraq |
CB | Cambodia |
CC | Ethiopia |
CE | Moldova |
CG | Marshall Islands |
CK | Namibia |
CM | Micronesia |
CN | International Organization |
CS | Afghanistan |
CT | Bhutan |
CU | Botswana |
CV | Myanmar (Burma) |
CW | Cameroon |
CX | Burundi |
CY | China |
DA | Colombia |
DB | Costa Rica |
DC | Cuba (UN only) |
DD | Cyprus |
DF | Dominican Republic |
DG | Ecuador |
DH | Ivory Coast |
DI | South Africa |
DJ | France |
DK | Greece |
DL | India |
DM | Iran (UN only) |
DN | Denmark |
DP | Bangladesh |
DR | Slovakia |
DZ | Palau |
FC | Soviet Union (discontinued) |
FF | Antigua & Barbuda |
FG | Central African Republic |
FH | Ireland |
FJ | Lebanon |
FK | Kenya |
FL | Liberia |
FM | Libya |
FN | Malta |
FP | Morocco |
FR | Philippines |
FS | Netherlands |
FT | Qatar |
FV | Sri Lanka |
FW | Vatican City |
FX | Sierra Leone |
FZ | Suriname |
GC | Sweden |
GD | Ukraine |
GE | Azerbaijan |
GG | Zambia |
GM | Turkey |
GN | Turkey |
GP | Albania |
GQ | North Korea (UN only) |
GX | Vanuatu |
GY | Chile |
HB | Tonga |
HD | Argentina |
HL | Saint Lucia |
HM | Andorra |
HN | Mongolia |
HV | Belgium |
HW | Guatemala |
HX | Benin |
HY | Guinea-Bissau |
HZ | Haiti |
JB | Honduras |
JC | Kuwait |
JD | Mauritius |
JF | Nigeria |
JG | Portugal |
JH | Somalia |
JJ | Chad |
JK | Turkey |
JM | Yugoslavia (discontinued) |
JP | Tunisia |
JQ | Togo |
JS | Slovenia |
JT | Croatia |
JY | Cyprus |
KB | Monaco |
KD | Eritrea |
KE | Georgia |
KG | Equatorial Guinea |
KH | Hungary |
KJ | Lithuania |
KK | Fiji |
KL | Jordan |
KM | Jamaica |
KN | Gabon |
KP | Luxembourg |
KQ | Israel |
KR | Malaysia |
KS | Mexico |
KT | Namibia |
KU | São Tomé and Príncipe |
KV | Saudi Arabia |
KW | Seychelles |
KX | Sudan |
LC | Venezuela |
LD | Vietnam |
LG | Turkey |
LH | Israel |
LJ | Israel |
LK | European Economic Communities |
LM | Macedonia |
LN | Saudi Arabia |
LR | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
LW | Germany |
MF | International Monetary Fund |
MG | Unknown, Seen in Sterling, VA July 2018 |
MK | Djibouti |
ML | Diego Garcia |
MN | Comoros |
MP | Bahamas |
MW | Maldives |
NA | Oman |
NB | Papua New Guinea |
NC | Paraguay |
ND | Romania |
NQ | Angola |
NX | Malaysia |
PA | Austria |
PB | Barbados |
PC | Belize |
PD | United Kingdom |
PF | Bolivia |
PG | Belarus |
PH | Czech Republic |
PI | Israel |
PK | Norway |
PL | Chile |
PM | Brunei |
PR | Argentina |
PS | Zimbabwe |
PV | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
QA | Yemen |
QD | Burkina Faso |
QL | St. Kitts & Nevis |
QM | Bulgaria |
QN | Laos |
QP | Latvia |
Lesotho | |
QR | Malawi |
QS | Mozambique |
QT | New Zealand |
QU | Nicaragua |
QV | Niger |
QW | Poland |
QX | Pakistan |
QX | Iran (DC only) |
QY | Yemen |
QZ | Indonesia |
RB | Rwanda |
RC | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
RD | Senegal |
RJ | Template:Country data African Union Mission (seen in DC 2017 park outside African Union Mission) |
RL | Uruguay |
RM | Unknown, Seen DC July 2013 |
RO | Romania |
RQ | Unknown, Seen DC February 2011 |
RV | San Marino |
SF | Czech Republic |
SG | Israel |
ST | Dominica |
SX | Soviet Union (discontinued) |
TC | Mali |
TF | Algeria, Iraq (DC Only) |
TG | Canada |
TH | Egypt |
TJ | Germany |
TK | Liechtenstein |
TL | El Salvador |
TM | Iceland |
TN | Nepal |
TP | Mauritania |
TQ | Mali |
TR | Italy |
TS | Iraq (UN only) |
TT | Guyana |
TU | Guinea |
TV | Ghana |
TW | Gambia |
TX | Finland |
TY | Grenada |
TZ | Peru |
UA | Bahrain |
UF | Estonia |
UH | Spain |
UX | Trinidad & Tobago |
VF | Thailand |
VG | Tanzania |
VH | Switzerland |
VJ | Brazil |
VK | Singapore |
VL | Swaziland |
VM | Nauru |
WB | United Arab Emirates |
WD | South Korea |
WM | Samoa |
WZ | United Kingdom |
XA | Bangladesh |
XC | Fiji |
XD | Myanmar (Burma) |
XE | Ghana |
XF | Turkey |
XG | Norway |
XY | Ireland |
XZ | Australia |
YA | Armenia |
YJ | Tajikistan |
YK | Kazakhstan |
YM | Moldova |
YR | Russia |
YT | Turkmenistan |
YY | Kyrgyzstan |
YZ | Azerbaijan |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^'License Plates'. Licenseplates.cc. 2010-10-10. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^12345A1 issued to trucks
- ^Plus remakes of serials issued on previous bases: 1234, 12345, 123•456, A•123, AB•123, AB•1234
- ^'District of Columbia: Department of Motor Vehicles – Services – Plates – Taxation without Representation Plates'. Dmv.dc.gov. Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^except Miami-Dade County
- ^'DRT launches new license plates'. Marianas Variety, Guam Edition. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13.
- ^Plus A12 3456, 123 4567, 12 345, 123 456, AB 1234, ABC 123, A12 345 as remakes of serials issued on previous bases.
- ^'License Plates'. Motor Vehicle Division. Montana Department of Justice. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^In Douglas, Lancaster, and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska.
- ^In all other counties, Nebraska.
- ^Plus 1234, 12345, and ABC123 as remakes of serials issued on previous base.
- ^'ALPCA Garden State Region » Blog Archive » New Format Plate Spotted in the Wild!'. Alpcagardenstate.org. 2010-07-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
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- ^webmaster. 'NCDOT: First in Freedom Plate'. www.ncdot.gov. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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- ^NBC 10 News (15 November 2017). 'Rhode Island license plate redesign on hold until 2019'. WJAR Providence News. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^Lisa Riley Roche (26 January 2007). 'New license plates sought: 'Life Elevated' would combine with 'Greatest Snow on Earth' slogan'. Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^Medley, Tracy (27 February 2007). 'Utah Gets a New License Plate Slogan: 'Life Elevated''. New West. NewWest.Net. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ abFirst letter progressing backwards from Z.
- ^C: St. Croix, JA: St. John (because of shortage of population), T: St. Thomas
- ^Progressing forward from VAA-1001.
- ^Also issued 1995 – December 2000.
- ^'License Plates'. Licenseplates.cc. 2010-10-10. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^Plus 12 345, 123 456, AB 1234, ABC 123, A12 345 as remakes of serials issued on previous bases.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2010-09-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved September 7, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^Regulation License Plate to Commemorate Louisiana Purchase BicentennialArchived July 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^A12 34B issued to light trucks.
- ^AB 12345 issued to commercial vehicles.
- ^'Jim Moini's License Plates'. Moini.net. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^Plus ABC-123, 1AB-234, A1B-234, A12-3BC, AB1-23C as remakes of serials issued on previous bases.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^Progressing backwards from ZZZ-9999.
- ^Luxner, Larry (October 2007). 'State Department Unveils New Design for Diplomatic Plates'. The Washington Diplomat. The Washington Diplomat. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^Nebel, Claude (2007). 'New Look for U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Plates'. Police Chief. Alexandria, Virginia: International Association of Chiefs of Police.
- ^Levanthal, Brian (August 28, 2007). 'New Diplomatic License Plates Unveiled'. U.D. Department of State Archive. U.S. Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^'Old-v.-New Diplomatic and Consular License Plate Comparison Chart'. U.S. Department of State Archive. Office of Foreign Missions, Bureau of Diplomatic Security. June 20, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^Taiwan’s representatives in the US are given diplomatic license plates (2015/02/25)Archived January 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Formosa News of Formosa Television. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^駐美代表處 掛上外交車牌, CNA (ROC). Retrieved February 25, 2015.
External links[edit]
- Website for Automobile License Plate Collectors' Association
- licenseplates.cc – lists high and low license plate
- FindByPlate.com – License Plate Lookup tool, with sample designs for all US states
- unitedstateslicenseplate.com – list of all US license plates
Florida License Plate Lookup
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