License plate (United States)
The license plates in the United States are issued by the individual states . A nationwide, uniform number plate does not exist, apart from certain official license plates and diplomatic license plates .
The license plates usually contain the name of the state at the top, at the bottom either the motto of the state (e.g. for Florida : The Sunshine State ) or less often (e.g. in Georgia ) the name of the county , in which the license plate was assigned. The Indian reservations issue their own license plates, which are based on the same principle, but indicate the Indian nationality and mostly also the state.
In addition to the usual number plates, the individual states also have themed labels that, for example, bear the logo of a certain organization or university. There are also signs for various hobbies and interests. The license plates for the individual states can generally be viewed and selected for the state on the website of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The state of Virginia has the largest selection, with more than 200 topics.
The license plates are numbered separately for each state. The color scheme varies from state to state and usually changes every few years. So have z. For example, currently Washington, DC blue text on a white background, New York blue on a yellow background, New Jersey black text on a yellow gradient, and Pennsylvania dark blue text on a white background with a blue border above and a yellow border below.
For an extra fee it is possible to receive a license plate of your choice, where you can choose the text for the license plate yourself, as long as it has not already been assigned and is not offensive. Many citizens use their license plates as a form of personal expression or to announce their hobbies. For example, you can see “ANN'SBMW” (“Anns BMW”), “LUVDOGS” (I love dogs) or “XLR8” (accelerate) on the street. In California , special characters (heart, star, hand and plus signs) are sometimes allowed on license plates. An example of such a license plate is “DOG ♥ R” (dog lover).
The license plates for trucks, agricultural vehicles and limousines vary compared to the car license plates and are mostly kept very simple. There are special license plates for diplomats, senators and government vehicles. Military vehicles in the USA, unless they are privately owned, do not have license plates.
In some states (e.g. Florida ) only the rear number plate is required; Some vehicle owners put a picture on the front in such cases, such as the sea eagle, the hometown or the US flag. For some time now, foreign license plates or brand names have also been used for this purpose; especially European ones that match the vehicle manufacturer's country, e.g. B. Italian on a Ferrari .
The individual states
Alabama
- Motto: Stars Fell on Alabama , until 2002 Heart of Dixie , before that Cotton State or Yellowhammer State
- Letter and number arrangement: 9A999A or 99A999A since January 2002,
- 47A9A9A from 2005, initially in Madison County with the identification number 47, now also 1A11A1 and 47A11A1.
- Since 2014, license plates with two letters and four (codes 1 to 9) or three digits have been issued. The first two digits (only the first digit for single-digit codes) indicate the countycode:
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1 to 3: most populous counties:
- 1: Jefferson ( Birmingham ), 2: Mobile ( Mobile ), 3: Montgomery ( Montgomery );
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4 to 67: other counties in alphabetical order:
- 4: Autauga ( Prattville ), 5: Baldwin (Bay Minette), ... 47: Madison ( Huntsville ), ... 67: Winston ( Double Springs );
- 70 and 80: additions:
- 70: replacement mark, 80: additions
Alaska
- Motto: Celebrating Statehood 1959–2009 ,
- “The last Frontier” (1982–2008), “North to the Future” (1966–67, 1970–75), “The Great Land” (1968–69), “1867 1967” (1966–67)
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 999 for a short time in 1973 and then again since late 1975
Arizona
- Motto: Grand Canyon State since 1940 , until 1939 Marcos de Niza
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA 9999 since 2008, previously 999 AAA (since 1998), before that AAA 999
Arkansas
- Motto: The Natural State , until 1989 Land Of Opportunity
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: 999 AAA since 1996, previously AAA 999
California (California)
- Motto: The Golden State (until October 1987)
- Sign: Until 1986, yellow letters on a blue background. Today white background, dark blue letters, red lettering "California", without a motto. Until the mid-1990s, the lettering was in block letters, from the mid-1990s it has been a curved cursive font.
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 1AAA999 since April 1980, previously 999 AAA. The first digit is a number from 1 to 8:
- 1 as the first digit: edition from April 1980
- 2 as the first digit: edition from January 1986
- 3 as the first digit: Issue from 1992
- 4 as first digit: edition from January 1998
- 5 as the first digit: edition from January 2003
- 6 as first digit: edition from 2007
- 7 as the first digit: edition from mid-2013
- 8 as the first digit: edition from mid-2017
Colorado
- Motto: Centennial State (not used on license plates)
- Colorful (1950–55, 58–59, 73–74), Centennial (1975–76)
- Sign: Black letters on snow-capped Rocky Mountains, the background color varies (standard is dark green)
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA-999 since 2016, previously 999-AAA from 2000, before that AAA9999 with countycode:
- Each county was assigned specific groups of letters.
Connecticut
- Motto: Constitution State since 1974
- Shield: blue writing
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AA-99999 since 2015, previously 9AA-AA9 from 2013, before that 999-AAA from 1990
- Special feature: All vehicles only have one rear license plate!
Delaware
- Motto: The First State or Diamond State (since 1999 the design from 1942 has been used again without a motto and only with the abbreviation DEL.)
- Letter and number arrangement: 999999
District of Columbia with the capital Washington DC
- Sign: Nation's Capital was on the signs until the 1980s , since then either A Capital City or Celebrate & Discover , and more recently the website www.washingtondc.gov or Taxation Without Representation
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AA 9999 since 1997, previously 111 999
Florida
- Motto: Sunshine State (1949–1950), Keep Florida Green (1951), Sunshine State (1952–1964), 400TH ANNIVERSARY (1965), Sunshine State (1966–1977).
- Sign: The name of the county appears with or in place of the motto, as does an orange map of Florida or a green map with an orange in front of it. Recently, "www.myFlorida.com" has been added to the label above.
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA A99 (since 2011?), Previously A99 9AA (since 2004), previously A99 AAA, in the early 1990s AAA 99A
Georgia
- Motto: Georgia ... on my mind , Peach State (1940–1941, 1947–1970)
- Sign: The sign says the motto or www.GEORGIA.gov . Usually the name of the county appears on the sign as well or instead.
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 9999 since the end of 2003, previously 9999 AAA since June 2001 (only given for a short time?), Before that 9999 AAA
- Note: There are many license plates with only two initial letters that have a special meaning, e.g. B. BC for Fight Breast Cancer, CF for Firefighter, DC for Animal Friendly, DV for Disabled Veteran.
Hawaii
- Motto: Aloha State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 999 since 1980; the letters indicate the registration area:
- AAA to GZZ, JAA to JZZ, NAA to NZZ, PAA to PZZ and RAA to TZZ: Honolulu
- HAA to HZZ and ZAA to ZZZ: Hawaii
- KAA to KZZ: Kauai
- LAA to MZZ: Maui
Idaho
- Motto: Famous Potatoes or Gem State
- Letters and numbers: K 99999, K 999999, 9A 9999, 9A 99999, 9A AA999, 9A 999AA, 10B 9999, 10B A999. The county codes that are at the beginning of the identifier are:
- 1A: Ada ( Boise ); 2A: Adams (Council);
- 1B: Bannock ( Pocatello ), 2B: Bear Lake ( Paris ), 3B: Benewah (St. Maries),
- 4B: Bingham (Blackfoot), 5B: Blaine (Hailey), 6B: Boise ( Idaho City ), 7B: Bonner ( Sandpoint ),
- 8B: Bonneville (Idaho Falls), 9B: Boundary (Bonner's Ferry), 10B: Butte (Arco);
- 1C: Camas (Fairfield), 2C: Canyon ( Caldwell ), 3C: Caribou (Soda Springs), 4C: Cassia ( Burley ),
- 5C: Clark (Dubois), 6C: Clearwater (Orofino), 7C: Custer (Challis);
- E: Elmore (Mountain Home);
- 1F: Franklin (Preston), 2F: Fremont ( St. Anthony );
- 1G: Gem ( Emmett ), 2G: Gooding (Gooding);
- I: Idaho (Grangeville);
- 1J: Jefferson (Rigby), 2J: Jerome (Jerome);
- K: Kootenai ( Coeur d'Alene );
- 1L: Latah ( Moscow ), 2L: Lemhi (Salmon), 3L: Lewis (Nez Perce); 4L: Lincoln (Shoshone);
- 1M: Madison ( Rexburg ), 2M: Minidoka ( Rupert );
- N: Nez Perce ( Lewiston );
- 1O: Oneida ( Malad City ); 2O: Owyhee (Murphy);
- 1P: Payette (Payette), 2P: Power (American Falls);
- S: Shoshone (Wallace);
- 1T: Teton (Driggs), 2T: Twin Falls ( Twin Falls );
- V: Valley (Cascade);
- W: Washington ( sage )
Illinois
- Motto: Land of Lincoln
- Letters and numbers: from July 2001: 999 9999, from 2006: G99 9999, then the letters X, A, H, P and Y.
Indiana
- Motto: Hoosier State
- Sign: Instead of a motto, the internet address www.in.gov is on the sign. 1999 to 2003 The Crossroads of America was on the license plate.
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9 A 9999, 99 A 9999, 9 AA 999, 99 AA 999.
- The numbers in front of the letter (s) indicate the countycode:
- 1 to 92: all counties in alphabetical order:
- 93 to 99: additional codes for populous counties, military:
- Signs issued after December 27, 2012 do not have a county code.
Iowa
- Motto: Natural Resources or Hawkeye State (not on the license plate!)
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: 999 AAA since 1996, previously: AAA 999
- Special features: The name of the county in which the vehicle was registered is at the bottom of the license plate.
Kansas
- Motto: Sunflower State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA 999 since 1988, 999 AAA since 2007
- Special features: The county that issues the license plate is shown in abbreviated form on a sticker at the top left:
- Examples of the two-letter abbreviations:
- BA: Barber ( Medicine Lodge ), CK: Cherokee (Columbus), CQ: Chautauqua (Sedan),
- GE: Geary (Junction City), HV: Harvey ( Newton ), JO: Johnson ( Olathe ), KM: Kingman (Kingman),
- LB: Labette (Oswego), LN: Linn (Mound City), ME: Meade (Meade),
- MG: Montgomery (Independence), MP: McPherson (McPherson), RN: Reno (Hutchinson),
- SD: Sheridan (Hoxie), WY: Wyandotte ( Kansas City )
Kentucky
- Motto: Bluegrass State or Nature's finest
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: 999 AAA since 1998, previously AAA 999
- Specifics: The county issuing the license plate is indicated at the bottom of the license plate.
Louisiana
- Motto: Sportsman's Paradise or Pelican State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA 999 from 1993, previously 999A999, in which the middle letter indicated the police district.
- List of police districts:
- A: Baton Rouge , B: New Orleans , C: Raceland, from approx. 1980: Gray, D: Lake Charles, E: Alexandria ,
- F: Monroe , G: Shreveport, H: Leesville, I: Lafayette , K: Opelousas, L: Covington,
- N: New Orleans (additional), X: Baton Rouge (additional) and orders by email
Maine
- Motto: Vacationland or Pine Tree State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9999 AA since 1990, previously 99999 A; from 2008 also 999 AAA
- Special features: In the case of the two-letter license plates, the series was initially issued with two identical letters (AA, BB, CC etc.), followed by other letter combinations from 1992 (AB, AC, ... BA, BC etc.)
Maryland
- Motto: Old Line State
- Shield: In the middle of the shield is the coat of arms of the state.
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9AA A99 since 2004, previously AAA 999
Massachusetts
- Motto: The Spirit of America or Bay State (only recently; before that there was no motto)
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 99A A99 since November 2001 in the order 10A A00 to 99Z Z00, then 10A A10 to 99Z Z10 etc., before that 9999 AA
Michigan
- Motto: Great Lakes State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 9999 since 2006 (from the registration number AFP 9000), before that AAA9999, before that until the end of 2004 AAA 999
Minnesota
- Motto: 10,000 Lakes or North Star State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 999 since 1997, before and recently again 999 AAA
Mississippi
- Motto: Feels Like Coming Home or The South's Warmest Welcome or Magnolia State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 999 AAA since the end of 2002 and previously from 1974 to 1976 in larger counties, before that AAA 999
- Specifics: The county issuing the license plate is indicated at the bottom of the sign.
- The counties were each assigned three-letter codes.
- County codes for Mississippi (ten counties each have two registration offices, each with their own groups of letters):
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- The numbers in brackets indicate the output order. They refer to two-letter series of the type XXA – XXZ.
Missouri
- Motto: Show Me State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AA9 A9A, previously 9AA 99A since early 2006, previously 999 AAA
Montana
- Motto: Big Sky Country or Treasure State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9-99999X or 99-9999x, before that 99 9999 or 9C 9999 (since January 2006)
- Special features: Counties with only one number had the letter C after this number, counties with two numbers had - without letters - only one serial number. The hallmark of most Approval districts currently with the letter A .
- County Codes for Montana:
- 1: Silver Bow ( Butte ), 2: Cascade ( Great Falls ), 3: Yellowstone ( Billings ), 4: Missoula ( Missoula ),
- 5: Lewis and Clark ( Helena ), 6: Gallatin ( Bozeman ), 7: Flathead ( Kalispell ), 8: Fergus (Lewistown),
- 9: Powder River (Broadus), 10: Carbon (Red Lodge), 11: Phillips (Malta), 12: Hill ( Havre ),
- 13: Ravalli ( Hamilton ), 14: Custer (Miles City), 15: Lake (Polson), 16: Dawson (Glendive),
- 17: Roosevelt (Wolf Point), 18: Beaverhead (Dillon), 19: Chouteau (Fort Benton),
- 20: Valley ( Glasgow ), 21: Toole ( Shelby ), 22: Big Horn (Hardin), 23: Musselshell (Roundup),
- 24: Blaine ( Chinook ), 25: Madison (Virginia City), 26: Pondera (Conrad), 27: Richland ( Sidney ),
- 28: Powell ( Deer Lodge ), 29: Rosebud ( Forsyth ), 30: Deer Lodge (Anaconda), 31: Teton (Choteau),
- 32: Stillwater (Columbus), 33: Treasure (Hysham), 34: Sheridan (Plentywood),
- 35: Sanders (Thompson Falls), 36: Judith Basin (Stanford), 37: Daniels ( Scobey ),
- 38: Glacier (Cut Bank), 39: Fallon (Baker), 40: Sweet Grass ( Big Timber ), 41: McCone (Circle),
- 42: Carter (Ekalaka), 43: Broadwater (Townsend), 44: Wheatland (Harlowton), 45: Prairie (Terry),
- 46: Granite (Philipsburg), 47: Meagher (White Sulfur Springs), 48: Liberty (Chester),
- 49: Park (Livingston), 50: Garfield (Jordan), 51: Jefferson (Boulder), 52: Wibaux (Wibaux),
- 53: Golden Valley (Ryegate), 54: Mineral (Superior), 55: Petroleum (Winnett), 56: Lincoln ( Libby )
Nebraska
- Motto: Cornhusker State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: The counties Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy (Metro area) have been issuing license plates with the letter / number combination AAA 999 since 2003. The county may appear on the license plate below. All others and the above Counties up to 2002 output identifiers with the letter / number combination 9-A9999 or 10-A999 and 10-AA99.
- County codes for Nebraska:
- 1: Douglas ( Omaha ) until 2002, 2: Lancaster ( Lincoln ) until 2002, 3: Gage ( Beatrice ),
- 4: Custer ( Broken Bow ), 5: Dodge ( Fremont ), 6: Saunders ( Wahoo ), 7: Madison ( Madison ),
- 8: Hall ( Grand Island ), 9: Buffalo ( Kearney ), 10: Platte ( Columbus ), 11: Otoe ( Nebraska City ),
- 12: Knox (Center), 13: Cedar (Hartington), 14: Adams ( Hastings ), 15: Lincoln ( North Platte ),
- 16: Seward (Seward), 17: York (York), 18: Dawson ( Lexington ), 19: Richardson ( Falls City ),
- 20: Cass (Plattsmouth), 21: Scotts Bluff ( Low ), 22: Saline (Wilber), 23: Boone (Albion),
- 24: Cuming (West Point), 25: Butler ( David City ), 26: Antelope (Neligh), 27: Wayne County (Wayne),
- 28: Hamilton ( Aurora ), 29: Washington ( Blair ), 30: Clay (Clay Center), 31: Burt (Tekamah),
- 32: Thayer (Hebron), 33: Jefferson ( Fairbury ), 34: Fillmore ( Geneva ), 35: Dixon (Ponca),
- 36: Holt (O'Neill), 37: Phelps ( Holdrege ), 38: Furnas (Beaver City), 39: Cheyenne ( Sidney ),
- 40: Pierce (Pierce), 41: Polk (Osceola), 42: Nuckolls (Nelson), 43: Colfax ( Schuyler ),
- 44: Nehama (Auburn), 45: Webster ( Red Cloud ), 46: Merrick ( Central City ), 47: Valley ( Ord ),
- 48: Red Willow (McCook), 49: Howard (Saint Paul), 50: Franklin (Franklin), 51: Harlan (Alma),
- 52: Buffalo ( Kearney ), 53: Stanton (Stanton), 54: Pawnee (Pawnee City), 55: Thurston (Pender),
- 56: Sherman (Loup City), 57: Johnson (Tecumseh), 58: Nance (Fullerton), 59: Sarpy (Papillion) until 2002,
- 60: Frontier (Stockville), 61: Sheridan (Rushville), 62: Greeley (Greeley), 63: Boyd (Butte),
- 64: Morrill ( Bridgeport ), 65: Box Butte ( Alliance ), 66: Cherry (Valentine), 67: Hitchcock (Trenton),
- 68: Keith (Ogallala), 69: Dawes ( Chadron ), 70: Dakota ( Dakota City ), 71: Kimball (Kimball),
- 72: Chase (Imperial), 73: Gosper (Elwood), 74: Perkins ( Grant ), 75: Brown ( Ainsworth ),
- 76: Dundy (Benkelman), 77: Garden ( Oshkosh ), 78: Deuel (Chappell), 79: Hayes (Hayes Center),
- 80: Sioux (Harrison), 81: Rock ( Bassett ), 82: Keya Paha ( Springview ), 83: Garfield ( Burwell ),
- 84: Wheeler (Bartlett), 85: Banner (Harrisburg), 86: Blaine (Brewster), 87: Logan (Stapleton),
- 88: Loup (Taylor), 89: Thomas (Thedford), 90: McPherson (Tryon), 91: Arthur (Arthur),
- 92: Grant (Hyannis), 93: Hooker (Mullen)
Nevada
- Motto: Silver State
- Letter and number arrangement: 999-AAA since 1984, previously 999AAA
New Hampshire
- Motto: Live free or die or Granite State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 999 9999 since 2001, previously AAA999
New Jersey
- Motto: Garden State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: A99-AAA since 2010, previously AAA 99A from 1985 to 1993 (up to HZZ 99Z) and since 1998 (from JAA 10A)
New Mexico
- Motto: Land of Enchantment
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA999 since 2000, previously briefly AA999, prior to that 999AAA
new York
- Motto: The Empire State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 9999 since January 2001, previously AA9 99A
North Carolina
- Motto: First in Flight (since 1983, before that without a motto, only in 1977 there was a brief motto: First in Freedom ), also Tar Heel State
- Letter and number arrangement: AAA-9999 since 1985, before that AAA-999
North Dakota
- Motto: Discover the Spirit (above), below on the Peace Garden State sign
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA-999 since 1979, before 999-999
Ohio
- Motto: Birthplace of Aviation, Erie… Our Great Lake or Buckeye State
- Arrangement of letters and digits: the combination of letters and digits shows the number of admissions (allocation until 1981):
- numbers only: Franklin ;
- A to ZZZ: Franklin ;
- A0A1 to Z0Z5: Franklin ;
- AAA1 to ZZZ5: Franklin ;
- A1 to N7000: Franklin , to P7000: Delaware , to R5000: Marion , from R5001: Morrow , S: Knox ,
- AA1 to QZ999: Cuyahoga , RA to SF: Lake , SG to TK: Ashtabula , TL to TT: Geauga ,
- 1A to 3000M: Lucas , up to 2000P: Wood , up to 3000Q: Ottawa , up to 8000R: Sandusky ,
- 1AA to 999FZ: Hamilton , to GU: Clermont , to HB: Brown , to HN: Highland , to HU: Adams ,
- to JT: Scioto , to JX: Pike , to KM: Ross , to KW: Fayette , LG to LQ: Clinton ,
- to MZ: Butler , to NK: Preble , to SG: Montgomery , to SX: Greene , to TY: Clark ,
- to US: Miami , to VJ: Darke , to VU: Shelby , to WD: Champaign , to WQ: Logan ,
- up to XA: Hardin , up to XM: Auglaize , up to XX: Mercer , up to YF: Van Wert , up to ZJ: Allen ,
- to ZT: Putnam , to ZZ: Paulding ;
- A1A to E1999R: Summit , ES to FM: Portage , FN to HF: Trumbull , HG to KZ: Mahoning ,
- LA to MD: Columbiana , ME to QK: Stark , QL to QP: Holmes , QQ to QZ: Coshocton ,
- RA to SB: Tuscarawas , SC to SH: Carroll , SJ to SQ: Harrison , SR to TP: Jefferson ,
- TQ to UN: Belmont , UP to UZ: Guernsey , VA to WA: Muskingum ,
- WB to WF: Morgan , WG to WL: Noble , WM to WQ: Monroe , WR to XG: Washington ,
- XH to XW: Athens , XX to YG: Perry , YH to YN: Hocking , YP to YR: Vinton ,
- YS to YZ: Jackson , ZA to ZG: Meigs , ZH to ZN: Gallia , ZP to ZZ: Lawrence
- (The dash in these examples indicates a number from 1 to a maximum of 9999.)
- Since the end of 1996, license plates with three letters and four digits have been issued: AAA 9999.
Oklahoma
- Motto: Native America (until 1988 Oklahoma is OK!, Until 2004 OK! ) Or Sooner State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: 999 AAA since 1996, initially in larger counties, previously AAA 999
Oregon
- Motto: Cultural Trust or Beaver State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: 999 AAA since 2004, previously AAA 999
Pennsylvania
- no current motto, former motto: Keystone State
- Sign: The license plate reads visitPA.com (Pennsylvania tourism website), previously the sign said WWW.STATE.PA.US (Pennsylvania government website)
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 9999 since 1991, previously AAA 999
Rhode Island
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- Motto: Ocean State (until 1971 Discover )
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 99999 and AA-999 (simultaneously), since 2007 999-999 (initially from 710-000 to 999-999, then from 600-000, now from 500-000)
South carolina
- Palmetto State or changing mottos and graphic elements
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 999 AAA and 999 9AA (simultaneously)
South Dakota
- Motto: Great Faces-Great Places or Mount Rushmore State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9AA 999 and 99A 999, towards the end of 2006 also 99A AA9 (so far only in County 44 ). The first digit or the first two digits indicate the county that carried out the approval, e.g. B .:
- from 1 to 9: most populous counties:
- 1: Minnehaha ( Sioux Falls ), 2: Pennington ( Rapid City ), 3: Brown ( Aberdeen ),
- 4: Beadle (Huron), 5: Codington (Watertown), 6: Brookings (Brookings), 7: Yankton ( Yankton ),
- 8: Davison (Mitchell); 9: Lawrence ( Deadwood );
- from 10 to 64: other counties in alphabetical order:
- 10: Aurora (Plankinton), 11: Bennett (Martin), 12: Bon Homme (Tyndall), 13: Brule ( Chamberlain ),
- 14: Buffalo (Gann Valley), 15: Butte (Belle Fourche), 16: Campbell (Mound City), 17: Charles Mix (Lake Andes),
- 18: Clark (Clark), 19: Clay ( Vermillion ), 20: Corson (McIntosh), 21: Custer ( Custer ),
- 22: Day (Webster), 23: Deuel (Clear Lake), 24: Dewey (Timber Lake), 25: Douglas (Armor),
- 26: Edmunds (Ipswich), 27: Fall River (Hot Springs), 28: Faulk (Faulkton), 29: Grant (Milbank),
- 30: Gregory (Burke), 31: Haakon (Philip), 32: Hamlin (Hayti), 33: Hand (Miller),
- 34: Hanson (Alexandria), 35: Harding (Buffalo), 36: Hughes ( Pierre ), 37: Hutchinson (Olivet),
- 38: Hyde (Highmore), 39: Jackson (Kadoka), 40: Jerauld (Wessington Springs), 41: Jones (Murdo),
- 42: Kingsbury (De Smet), 43: Lake ( Madison ), 44: Lincoln ( Canton ), 45: Lyman (Kennebec),
- 46: McCook (Salem), 47: McPherson (Leola), 48: Marshall (Britton), 49: Meade ( Sturgis ),
- 50: Mellette (White River), 51: Miner (Howard), 52: Moody ( Flandreau ), 53: Perkins (Bison),
- 54: Potter (Gettysburg), 55: Roberts ( Sisseton ), 56: Sanborn (Woonsocket), 57: Spink (Redfield),
- 58: Stanley (Fort Pierre), 59: Sully (Onida), 60: Tripp (Winner), 61: Turner (Parker),
- 62: Union (Union), 63: Walworth (Selby), 64: Ziebach ( Dupree );
- 65 to 67: Foreign-administered counties and dissolved counties:
- 65: Oglala Lakota (Hot Springs in Fall River County ), 66: Washabaugh, dissolved in 1983, now part of Jackson County , 67: Todd (Winner in Tripp County )
Tennessee
- Sign: Volunteer State or background and motto can be selected from a range of templates. Different associations and institutions can have their own motifs approved.
- Letters and numbers arrangement: A99-99A (since 2011), previously 999 AAA (since early 2006), previously AAA 999
- Special features: The name of the county is on the bottom of the sign.
Texas
- Motto: Lone Star State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: XX9 X999 (without vowels, since mid-2009), previously AAA 999 (from 2007 to 2009), before 999 AAA (since late 2004), before A99 AAA, in the early 1990s AAA 99A (each without vowels )
- Signs with the new arrangement XXX-9999 have been in circulation since 2012.
Utah
- Motto: Ski , including Greatest Snow on Earth or Beehive State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: A99 9AA (female skier) and Z99 9AA ( Delicate Arch ) since the end of 2007, before that 999 AAA since 1985, before that AAA 999
- Now it is a red stone arch.
Vermont
- Motto: Green Mountain State
- Sign: green background, white letters
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA 999 since 1990, before that 99AA9
Virginia
- Motto: The Old Dominion or Mother of States
- Schild: The 400 year celebrations in 2007 are currently being mentioned.
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: AAA-9999 since 1993, before that AAA-999
Washington
- Motto: Evergreen State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA9999 (since 2010), previously 999-AAA (since 1987), previously AAA-999
West Virginia
- Motto: Until the end of the 1970s: Mountain State , since then Wild, Wonderful
- Letters and numbers arrangement: 9AA 999 and OAA 999, NAA 999, DAA 999 since 2000, previously 9A 9999 and in between AAA-999 and AAA 999
- Note: The first digit stands for the month of approval (January to September). The letters apply in the following way: O for October, N for November and D for December instead of a number.
Wisconsin
- Motto: America's Dairyland , also The Dairy State or Badger State
- Letters and numbers arrangement: AAA-9999 since 2017, 999-AAA from 2000-2016, previously AAA-999
Wyoming
- Motto: Cowboy State or Equality State
- Arrangement of letters and numbers: In 2009, new signs with a pure combination of numbers replaced the previous ones. The key figures for the counties were retained. The IDs from 10 are no longer on top of each other, but next to each other. Previously, signs with the letter and number arrangements 9 999A or 99AA or 19 (1 above, 9 below) 999 A or 99 AA were used. The number in front indicates the county:
- 1: Natrona ( Casper ), 2: Laramie ( Cheyenne ), 3: Sheridan (Sheridan), 4: Sweetwater ( Green River ),
- 5: Albany ( Laramie ), 6: Carbon ( Rawlins ), 7: Goshen ( Torrington ), 8: Platte ( Wheatland ),
- 9: Big Horn ( Basin ), 10: Fremont ( Lander ), 11: Park ( Cody ), 12: Lincoln ( Kemmerer ),
- 13: Converse ( Douglas ), 14: Niobrara ( Lusk ), 15: Hot Springs ( Thermopolis ), 16: Johnson ( Buffalo ),
- 17: Campbell ( Gillette ), 18: Crook ( Sundance ), 19: Uinta ( Evanston ), 20: Washakie (Worland),
- 21: Weston ( Newcastle ), 22: Teton ( Jackson ), 23: Sublette (Pinedale), 99: Rental / Fleet
Federal authorities, diplomats
There are several special labels at the federal level . The overwhelming majority concern regular federal company vehicles, the General Services Administration is responsible for this. Some of these license plates contain the inscription "For official use only" (only for official use [of the vehicle]). The legal basis is 41 Code of Federal Regulations 102-34.145; the list regarding the allocation of vehicles to the federal authorities is contained in GSA Bulletin FMR Bulletin B-11.
military
Domestically used military vehicles of the United States Armed Forces were given military vehicle license plates; the United States Marine Corps was part of the United States Navy .
Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security (Fleet Program) assigns license plates to the vehicle fleet in its own division.
Diplomats / diplomatic missions (accreditation by the US State Department)
The US State Department has been issuing uniform license plates for vehicles of the diplomatic corps since the 1980s, with variants for the first letter.
Others
- Doctors in the United States are given special labels that begin with the abbreviation MD for Medical Doctor. This allows doctors on duty in the US to park virtually anywhere and for free.
- In some US states, drivers who have been caught drunk behind the wheel are given special license plates that indicate that the driver has to comply with driving license requirements. For example, he may only drive his vehicle for business purposes.
Web links
Commons : United States License Plate - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
- Registration of all US states from 1969
- Hundreds of images of license plates from every state in America
- Virginia license plates
Individual evidence
- ^ California Special Interest License Plates. California Department of Motor Vehicles, accessed July 10, 2011 .
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Alabama
- ↑ Information about the codes in Alabama
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Alaska
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Arizona
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Arkansas
- ↑ Information about the license plates in California
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Colorado
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Connecticut
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Delaware
- ↑ Information about license plates in the District of Columbia
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Florida
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Georgia
- ↑ Explanation of the two-digit first letters in Georgia ( memento of the original from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Hawaii
- ↑ Current license plate allocation in Hawaii ( memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about license plates in Idaho
- ↑ Information about the codes in Idaho
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Illinois
- ↑ Highest license plate numbers in the states of the USA and in the provinces of Canada
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Indiana
- ↑ Information about the codes in Indiana
- ↑ Information about license plates in Iowa
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Kansas
- ↑ Information about the codes in Kansas
- ↑ Information about license plates in Kentucky
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Louisiana
- ↑ Information about the codes in Louisiana
- ↑ Information about license plates in Maine
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Maryland
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Massachusetts
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Michigan
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Minnesota
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Mississippi
- ↑ Highest registration numbers in the individual counties of Mississippi ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about license plates in Missouri
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Montana
- ↑ Information about the codes in Montana
- ↑ Information about license plates in Nebraska
- ↑ Listing of the counties of Nebraska with their codes ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about the codes in Nebraska
- ↑ Information about license plates in Nevada
- ↑ Information about the license plates in New Hampshire
- ↑ Information about the license plates in New Jersey
- ↑ Information about the license plates in New Mexico
- ↑ Information about the license plates in New York
- ↑ Information about the license plates in North Carolina
- ↑ Information about the license plates in North Dakota
- ↑ Information about the codes in Ohio
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Ohio
- ↑ Information about license plates in Oklahoma
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Oregon
- ^ Pennsylvania Tourism Website
- ^ Pennsylvania government website
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Pennsylvania
- ↑ Information about license plates in Rhode Island
- ↑ Information about license plates in South Carolina
- ↑ Information about the license plates in South Dakota
- ↑ Information about the codes in South Dakota
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Tennessee
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Texas
- ↑ Information about license plates in Utah
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Vermont
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Virginia
- ↑ Information about the license plates in Washington
- ↑ Information about license plates in West Virginia
- ↑ Information about license plates in Wisconsin
- ↑ Information about license plates in Wyoming
- ↑ Information about the codes in Wyoming
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.dcplates.net/OFM.htm
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23 North American member states of the United Nations :
Antigua and Barbuda |
Bahamas |
Barbados |
Belize |
Costa Rica |
Dominica |
Dominican Republic |
El Salvador |
Grenada |
Guatemala |
Haiti |
Honduras |
Jamaica |
Canada |
Cuba |
Mexico |
Nicaragua |
Panama |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
St. Lucia |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Trinidad & Tobago 1 |
United States
Dependent Areas:
US Virgin Islands |
Anguilla |
Aruba |
Bermuda |
BES Islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba) |
British Virgin Islands |
Curacao |
Greenland |
Guadeloupe |
Cayman Islands |
Martinique |
Montserrat |
Puerto Rico |
Saint Barthélemy |
Saint-Martin |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
Sint Maarten |
Turks and Caicos Islands
1 Lies on the South American continental shelf.
License plates of the states of:
Africa |
Asia |
Europe |
South America |
Oceania