----------------------------------------- >>>>> LICENCE PLATE STICKER SERIALS <<<<< ----------------------------------------- Research by Andrew Turnbull, ALPCA #10240 ----------------------------------------- 6:38 PM 3-15-26 Letters used: c = County code y = Year m = Month of expiry ------- ALABAMA ------- 1978: All-numeric 1979-80: cc-000000 1981-82: 00-0000000 (00 prefix on all) 1983-2019: cc-000000 Number of digits after hyphen variable 1979-98; 6 digits with leading zeroes from 1999 on. 2019-: Plate number ------ ALASKA ------ 1964-65: P00000 (passenger; DL,F,FH,LT,T,X prefixes used on non-pass types) 1967: P-000000 (passenger; same non-pass prefixes plus CB) 1969-84: All-numeric (S00000 for mc/trailer 75-84) 1985-2000: A000000 (A00000 for mc/trailer 85-94) 2001-present: A000000, or prefix letter plus plate number. Prefix letters: 85 A 85 B (mc & trailer) 86 M 87 N 88 P 89 R 90 S 91 T 92 U 93 V 94 W (last year for unique mc/trailer stickers, pairs) 95 A 96 B 97 C 98 D 99 E 00 F (all variations) 01 G 02 H (beware of eBay plates with fake "L522178" stickers) 03 J 04 K 05 L 06 M 07 N 08 R 09 U 10 A 11 B 12 C 13 D 14 E 15 F 16 G 17 H 18 J 19 K 20 L 21 M Permanent P, Z Seasonal stickers have higher serials than regular stickers; introduced 1988. ------- ARIZONA ------- 1957-62: No. 000000 1963-68: P 000000 1970-77: A 00000 (serial letters restart at A each year) 1974,76: A 00000 and 00000 A overflow Observations: 70 B,H,J 71 A,B,D,E,F,G,J 72 A,C,D,F,G,J red serial; K black serial 74 A,C,E,G,J,L; A suffix 75 H; L suffix 76 A,B,C,E,K,R,V; A,B,C,E suffix 77 A,C,D,G,H,K,L,R,S,T Highest serial letter seen 1978: 0A 0000 (Y) 1979: 0000 A0 (X) 1980: 00000 A (Y) 1981: A 00000 (X) 1982: 00000 A (Y; I confirmed) 1983: 0A 0000 (V; Q and leading digit 0 confirmed) 1984: 00A000 (P) 1985: 000A00 (X) 1986: A00000 (X) and 0A0000 (E) 1987: AA0000 (KN, but NE seen on Jan) 1988: 0000A0, 00000A (confirm) and 0000AA (NF) Emission Non-emission 1989: A0000A (BL-HQ,MB,PB) (MT-NA,SH) 1990: 00AA00 (BY-GT,LJ-MR) (KV,NU,TA) 1991: 000AA0 (CZ-JU,LF-MJ) (BA-BK,KL-KU,SU) 1992: 0AA000 (DP-JN,LC-MJ,PV) (AG,KB-KX) Emission Non-emission 1993: A000000 (B,D) (A) 1994: " (G,H,J,L) (E,F,K) 1995: " (N,P,R) (M) " 000000A (B) (A) 1996: A000000 (B,S,T,V) (A,R,S357796) 1997: 000000A (E,S,T,V) (R,S,D) 1998: 00000A0 (A,B,C) 0A00000 (A,B) 1999: " (D,E,F) " (C,D) 2000: A000000 (M) A000000 (A) " 000000A (A,B,C) 000000A (M) 2001: 000000A (E,F,G) A000000 (D,E) 2002: " (H,J,K,L) " (F,G) 2003: " (N,P,R) " (K,L) 2004: " (S,T,V) " (M,N) 2005: " (W,X,Y) " (R,S) 2006: 00000A0 (C,D,E,F) 0A00000 (A,B) 2007: " (H,J,K) " (F,G) 2008: " (N,P,R) " (L,M) 2009: " (V) " (S) 2010: 0000A00 (A) " (Y) PERM: A000000 (A,B) 000A000 format also seen on 04-05 emissions; 000B000 on 07 emissions. Some 2007-10, all 2011-present: Plate number ("N" on emission stickers, "A" on non-emission stickers) -------- ARKANSAS -------- 1969-78: All-numeric, A00000, or A000000 1979-84: A00000 or A000000 and 00000A or 000000A, usually alternating 1985-88: 1979-84 formats and y00000y 1989-94: 1979-84 formats and yA00000, 0000000 (90 only?) 1995-97: 1989-94 formats and yy00000 1998: 1989-94 formats and XA00000 1999-2008: A000000 and 000000A, usually alternating 2009-present: Plate number Prefix/suffix letters: Formats: 69 A All-numeric or A 00000; A000000 overflow 70 A,B,C,D All-numeric or A 00000 71 E " 72 A,D " 73 H " 74 N,T " 75 D,F,I " 76 R,S,T,V,X " 77 B,C,D " 78 S,T,U,V,Z " 79 A,C,G,H,P A 000000 80 A,C,F,R,U,V,Y000000 A 81 G,R,U,V A 00000 82 A,K,M,P 00000 A 83 C,E,S,V,W,Y A 00000 84 I,L,Q,R 000000 A 85 D,Z A 00000 (light blue) 86 G,H,K A 00000 87 Q,R,T,W 00000 A 88 F,Z 00000 A (light blue) 89 J,N,R A 00000 (thin font) 90 T,X,Y,Z,A,B 00000 A (Futura Condensed) 91 E,F,I,J,K A 00000 92 M,R,S,T,W 00000 A 93 Y,A,E,F A 00000 94 G,J,K,N 00000 A 95 P,R,T,V,X,Y A 00000 96 A,D,G,H 00000 A 97 L,P,R,S A 00000 98 V 000000 A 99 W,X A 000000 00 A,B A 000000 01 D,E A 000000 02 G,H 000000 A 03 K,L,M A 000000 04 N,P,R 000000 A 05 S,T,W A 000000 06 X,Y,Z 000000 A 07 A,B A 000000 08 D,E 000000 A Correlated digits seen (coincidence?): BTJ787 70 C98137 BVE525 70 B69225 (first two digits torn) BVL651 71 E02151 BVL652 71 E02152 Other serials and formats seen (often of a different variation): 84 B277023 (black prefix) 85 5402754-5405035 (dark blue) 87 7821097 88 8J32524, 8K27653 (dark blue) 89 9A33571, 9G78444, 9H93897 (Franklin Gothic font) 90 0G,0N,0T,0V00000, 1200785 (Helvetica Condensed) 91 1A,1N43430 92 2G,2H,2J,2M00000 93 3G,3K,3X16672 94 4G,4K,4N,4T,4V00000 95 5C,5F,5H,5J,5K,5V,5X00000, 9540273 96 6A,6J,6P,6T00000 97 7T86078, 9729705 98 XA,XE,XT,XX23083 ---------- CALIFORNIA ---------- 1955-62: All-numeric; 8-digit overflow (62) 1964-74: All-numeric; A 0000000 overflow 1975-present: A 0000000 (Some 2012-17 stickers have plate number as serial instead.) 55 sticker serials pick up where 55 tabs leave off; 7501062 confirmed. Prefix letters: 64 A 0974500 65 A 1994312 66 A 1766734 67 A 3173636 68 A 3322nnn 69 B 3673272 70 C 3623029 71 D 5294286 72 E 6038036 (M on staggered m/c) 73 F 2645123 (M on staggered m/c) 74 G 6807271 (M on staggered m/c) 75 H 8334278, K 5131076 (L on staggered m/c) 76 J 6501100 77 N,P 4910244 78 R,S 79 T,U 7687399 80 W,X 9789390 81 Y,Z 82 C,D 9835674 83 F,G,H 84 J,K,L 85 M,N (D 2061127 - 2259387 overflow seen by Dec) 86 P,R,S,T 87 U,V,W,X 88 Y,Z,A,B 1409852 89 B 5947119, C,D 9429898 90 E,F,G,H 91 J,K,L,M 92 N,P,R,S 93 T,U,V,W,X 94 Y,Z,A,B 95 D,E,F,G 96 H,J,K,L 97 M,N,P,R 98 T,U,V,W 99 Y,Z,A,F 00 A,B,D,E 0330777 01 G,H,J,K 02 L,M,N,P 5312760 03 P 8592107,R,S,T 04 U,V,W,X 05 Y,Z,A,B 06 C,D,E,F 07 G,H,J,K 08 L,M,N,O 09 R,S,T,U 6508122 10 V,W,X,Y 11 Z,A,B,C 9798313 (Z 4702988 seen with odd serial font; fake?) 12 D,E,F,G 13 H,J,K,L 14 M,N,P,R P (2-digit) 15 S,T,U,V Z (2-digit) 16 W,X,Y,A U (2-digit) (Fake L 3022016 sticker seen with wrong font) 17 B,C,D,E V (2-digit) 18 F,G,H,J W (2-digit) 19 K,L,M,N X (2-digit) 20 P,R,S,T Y (2-digit) 21 A,B,C,D A prefix on PFR (Permanent Fleet) sticker. "ACTM" on stickers from 1996 on. Some 2-digit stickers from 2012-14, 2020-21 have plate number as serial. -------- COLORADO -------- 1961: A 000000 (A & B seen, plus C on dealer plate) 1976-NOV 79: No. 000000 "Passenger" and county code "A-01" - "A-63" on stickers, 1976. DEC 79-present: A 000000 County name on stickers, 1978-NOV 80. Prefix letters: Jan-Nov Dec 78 - "No." 79 "No." A,B 80 D,E F,G (All vehicles) 81 J,M 82 N,P,R,S Emission Non-emission 83 D,E A,B 84 G,J,K G,H 85 L,M N,P 86 R,S T,U 87 A,B D,E 88 G,H,J K,L 89 P,R,T R,T 90 V,A,B C,D 91 F,G H,J 92 K,L,M N,P 93 S,T R,U 94 A,B,C D,E 95 F,G,H J 96 L,M,N P,R 97 S,U V 98 X,Y B 99 D,E,F I Replacement? (Blue/white) 00 J,K,L N,O M 01 PRST,X U,V 02 W,X,Y,Z A,B 03 C,D,F G,H (All vehicles) 04 I,J,K,L,M 05 O,P,S,T 06 V,W,X,Y,Z 07 A,B,C,D 08 F,G,H,J 09 L,M,N,O 10 P,R,S,T,U,V190608 11 V,W,X,Y,Z,A 12 B,C,D,E,F 13 H,I,J,K,L,M349839 14 M,N,O,P,R,S 15 S,T,U,V,W,Y 16 Z,A,B,C,D,E,N,Q 17 F,G,H,I,J,K,M,Q 18 O,P,R,S,T,V,Q 19 W,X,Y,Z,A,C,Q 20 D,E,F,G,Q "Q" stickers seen 2016 and later as initial stickers on special-issue flat plates. Some 20-21 stickers seen with plate number, possibly replacing "Q" stickers. 20 sticker seen with all-numeric serial 0017604026. 22 stickers seen with all-numeric serials 0022905278 - 0023524373; new format? ----------- CONNECTICUT ----------- 1995-2012: CT0000000 (CT000000 on some 1997-99) Serials are not continuous from month to month. -------- DELAWARE -------- 2006-present: Plate number -------------------- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -------------------- 1968-2004: All-numeric. "No." before number 1968-69; "DC" 70, 79-04. Last 2-3 digits correlate with plate number on plates for new registrants, 1968-88. Month stickers, 1984-97: A 000000 Prefix letters Jan A Feb B Mar C Apr D May E Jun F Jul G Aug H Sep I Oct J Nov K Dec L ------- FLORIDA ------- 1976-2001: All-numeric. On 1976-80 stickers, serial is continuous from month to month. 8 digits with leading zeroes from 1987. 2001-03: All-numeric, or plate number (only). 2003-present: Plate number plus 8-digit all-numeric control number. "Vehicle" on stickers 2001-2010/11. Observations: 1976 green: 042732 - 7203832 1976 red 1977 1978 1979 1980 Jan 107715-730664 235489-919445 724023-1374204 044459-884610 Jan Feb 1052174-1260601 1242681-1320623 1556041-1971198 1194351-1603685 Feb Mar 1539004-1653681 1486048-1773153 2285409-2571349 1657109-2233853 Mar Apr 1982517-2329783 2237197-2402573 2711815-3061104 2265157-2669879 Apr May 2637333-2655830 2467154-2645870 3497257-3688844 3113208-3293071 May (3866524 Jun 79?) Jun 3648438-4269322 3058792-4247370 4001365-4956848 3379077-4612346 Jun (47nn934 Jun 80?) Jul 4397744-4886199 5570853-6012453 5364941-5729863 Aug 5231631-5376486 6143245-6505317 5775226-6377887 4787993-8480640 Plain 80 Sep 5561071-6025348 6698688-6987807 6446487-7005345 Oct 6111010-6459466 7412857-7598548 7049968-7673635 Nov 021225-367934 7075856-7095433 8235459-8321169 7894534-8177039 Dec 776872-929603 7245310-7753755 8470309-8887692 8328522-8823840 Overflow (9048554 5/78) (8686112 6/80) (8731982-8772548 Plain 80) Control number significance unknown; not continuous from year to year: 2/03 03556056 3/03 04002971 3/04 02783915 3/05 02226094 3/06 03320036 ------- GEORGIA ------- 1972-78: A 0000000 (Weight class codes A,B,C,D,E appear as serial letters) 1979-81: W 0000000 1982-87: 0000000 ("W" code appears elsewhere on the sticker) 1988-91: W 0000000 1992: 0000000 W 1993-99: W 0000000 2000-01: W 0000000 or plate number. 2002-present: Plate number. County name on stickers, mid 2007-present. ------ HAWAII ------ 1970-78: 0A 0000 (Honolulu), A 00000 (other counties) Sticker serials do not match plate numbers, but same pool of county code letters used for both. Honolulu Hawaii Maui Kauai (County code letters: ABCEFNPRTWX HZ ML K ) 1970: M 00000 1971: 7N 0000 H 00000? 1972: 1973: 2F,4W 0000 M 00000 1974: 7E,3W 0000 1975: 4F,1N,4N,7N,8N,7W,5X 0000 1977: 5N,8W 0000 1978: 7F 0000 "Passenger" on 1970-78 stickers. Motorcycle stickers through 1979 have "MTC" and no county code. 1979-2006: A 00000 (all counties) 2007-15: A 00000 or plate number. 2016-present: Plate number Serials may or may not be continuous from month to month. 1979: F 00000 1980: A,E,N 00000 H 00000 M 00000 K 00000 also HR 00558 "Passenger" on 1979-80 stickers. 1980 GOVT stickers use county code "X." 1981- serial survey: Hon 7/82 E 27805 Hon 8/82 F 33574 Hon 7/85 N 30923 Hon 2/86 B 27450 Hon 5/86 F 24401 Hon 11/86 A 13610 Hon 12/87 E 45353 Hon 5/88 W 27467 Hon 2/89 A 26715 Hon 6/90 N 31002 Hon 4/91 C 36226 Hon 10/91 W 57190 Hon 1/92 A 21779 Hon 4/92 E 42529 Hon 5/95 F 25875 Hon 2/96 T 05261 Hon 8/97 X 04924 Hon 4/98 X 66569 Hon 9/98 F 09238 Hon 2/99 B 31142 Hon 6/99 T 26234 Hon 4/01 E 04517 Hon 5/01 F 09488 Hon 6/01 T 46745 Hon 7/01 W 38147 Hon 8/02 E 26409 Hon 12/02 X 31150 Hon 1/03 A 34043 Hon 4/03 E 20877 Hon 12/03 E 41211 Hon 1/04 F 33281 Hon 3/04 W 19819 Hon 5/04 A 13340 Hon 8/04 E 44564 Hon 5/05 F 14584 Hon 5/08 V 32302 Hon 6/08 B 38671 Hon 1/09 A 41769 Hon 5/09 F 07407 Hon 8/09 X 45278 Hon 10/10 T 29500-29663 Hon 3/11 C 24896 Hon 10/13 B 07087 Hon 11/13 C 12665 Hawaii 6/81 H 01746 Hawaii 2/82 H 09597 Hawaii 2/83 ? 12819 Hawaii 11/90 H 88924 Hawaii 7/91 H 50708 Hawaii 11/91 H 89288 Hawaii 11/99 H 89536 Hawaii 2/00 Z 09652 Hawaii 8/00 H 62391 Hawaii 12/01 Z 97080 Hawaii 5/02 Z 34359 Hawaii 7/02 H 51061 Hawaii 2/03 Z 08552 Hawaii 5/03 Z 33560 Hawaii 9/03 H 71393 Hawaii 11/03 Z 84021 Hawaii 9/04 Z 64160 Hawaii 3/05 Z 16303 Hawaii 12/05 H 96567 Hawaii 8/07 Z 59493 Hawaii 4/08 H 24627 Hawaii 7/08 H 53431 Hawaii 8/08 H 57250 Hawaii 9/08 H 71689 Hawaii 10/08 H 77999 Hawaii 11/08 Z 83231 Hawaii 7/09 H 53822 Hawaii 9/09 H 69569 Hawaii 12/09 H 97949 Hawaii 1/10 H 04311, Z 00823 Hawaii 11/11 Z 82806 Hawaii 8/15 Z 14634 Maui 7/86 M 52411 Maui 8/91 M 73733? Maui 2/94 L 38062 Maui 1/98 L 92982 Maui 5/99 M 26836 Maui 4/00 L 99538 Maui 12/00 L 23233 Maui 11/01 M 87976-91678 Maui 10/03 M 36850 Maui 12/04 M 78009 Maui 1/05 M 94837-96614 Maui 10/05 L 38320, M 36937 Maui 4/06 L 37248 Maui 11/06 M 49237? Maui 1/07 M 81552 Maui 2/07 M 97590 Maui 4/08 L 25195 Maui 5/08 L 40547 Maui 11/08 M 37363 Maui 8/09 L 79163 Maui 10/10 M 08507 Maui 12/10 M 43583 Maui 2/19 M 43708 Maui 6/19 M 68700 Kauai 3/96 K 21010 Kauai 5/96 K 30976 Kauai 5/98 K 34165 Kauai 5/00 K 34330-34453 Kauai 2/01 K 13722 Kauai 1/02 K 00810 Kauai 4/03 K 34877 Kauai 1/04 K 01415 Kauai 1/05 K 01408 Kauai 1/06 K 03928 Kauai 3/06 K 21894 Kauai 5/06 K 42983 Kauai 1/07 K 04101 Kauai 1/08 K 11678 Kauai 4/09 K 45100 Kauai 1/10 K 14304-14669 Kauai 2/10 K 20173-20232 Kauai 5/10 K 54350-54534 Kauai 8/10 K 80955 5/82 Hon MC: B 45941 2/85 Hon MC: A 50993 8/87 Hon MC: X 50839 8/89 Hon MC: R 60840 3/94 Hon MC: W 65951 1/95 Haw MC: H 00207 11/96 Haw MC: H 02681 12/84 Maui MC M 01168 (unique MC stickers presumed discontinued after 1996) ----- IDAHO ----- 1969-2010: All-numeric ("Auto" on 1983-86 stickers). 1976-77 serials are continuous from month to month; 1986-2010 serials are not. 2008-present: Plate number. Serial samples: 76 red 013667-417374 (489134 on motor home) 5/76 00238-45366 6/76 70218-115858 7/76 171093-1190321 8/76 207478-236575 9/76 261876-300253 10/76 373076-379855 1/77 00357-42798 2/77 111710 5/77 261138 6/77 325247 7/77 395889 8/77 518921 9/77 529659-556487 10/77 585559 86 022823 - 114845 11/86 01030 12/86 02222 4/87 07046, 45223 5/87 46899 7/87 32270 11/87 00775 11/88 034762 2/99 005203, 103584 3/99 035297 6/99 027326 12/99 005920, 012021 5/07 007943, 218252 -------- ILLINOIS -------- 1979-87 A 0000000 1988-2008: yA0000000 2007-present: yA0000000 and plate number. 2011-present: yAAA00000 and plate number. Prefix letters: 79-88 89- Jan none A Feb none B Mar A C Apr B D May C E Jun D F Jul E G Aug F H Sep G J Oct H K Nov J L Dec K M B Trk L P (89-90) M/C M R (89-01) Temp T 0Z (01) Serial letters seen following month code prefix on many 2011 and newer plates: AC,BA,BB,BC,BD,DP,DY,EA,EB,EE,EJ,GJ,GL,MX,NB,OQ,OT,RG,SB,SD,TA,TB,TJ,WH,XA,YB,ZH serials seen. Significance unknown. Possibly a branch office code? "NEW PLATE" seen in lieu of a sticker serial 2019. ------- INDIANA ------- 1970-76 month: No. 000000, A 000000 overflow (serial letters A,B,C,E seen) No leading zeroes. 1982: A0000000P On many plates (but not all), the last 2-3 digits correlate with plate number: A0222729P 71A7629 A0690012P 94C5112 A1194771P 30C1071 A1810123P 71L 223 A1994467P 91C 167 A2050565P 93V 665 A2253459P 49E7459 A2296089P 99K1289 A2617911P 20E7911 A2858272P 93C6372 A2910030P 99H3230 A2919566P 99C3366 (A2973998P sticker high) JAN through JUN expirations. (82 "A0009734RV" sticker seen in yellow/red on RV plate 72914RV.) 1983-92: A ccA0000 Serial following prefix has same format as, but is different from, plate number. Leading zeroes on county code. Prefix letters: A 85,88 B 83,86,89,92 C 84,87,90 (RV sticker E4880387 in normal colors seen 84. F71A0568 RV sticker seen 90. D02D0102 "Deal" sticker seen 92.) 1993-98: y0000000 0 Significance of last digit unclear; all values seen. 1998-present: Plate number. "Pass" repeated in background 1982-92. "Indiana" repeated in background 1993-present. ---- IOWA ---- 1974-97: cc-000000 (cc-F00000 seen on 85 trailer & motorcycle) 1997-2005: cc-A00000 Prefix letters: 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 Jan A N B P C R D S E Feb B P C R D S E T F Mar C R D S E T F U G Apr D S E T F U G V H May E T F U G V H W J Jun F U G V H W J X K Jul G V H W J X K Y L Aug H W J X K Y L Z M Sep J X K Y L Z M A N Oct K Y L Z M A N B P Nov L Z M A N B P C Dec M A N B P C R D 2005-present: Plate number plus mmyyyy01 (example: APR 2009 973TLM 04200901) ------ KANSAS ------ 1977-88: cc 000000 1989: ZZ 000000 1990: A 000000, A1 000000 1991-2013: All-numeric. 92 and 12 serials may have started at 6000000. 94 serials may have started at 4000000; 6000000 bloc used for 95-size version. 00 serials may have started at 5000000. 13 serials may have started at 3000000. 0000000 or 1000000 starting number assumed other years. 2013-present: Plate number. "Auto" on 1977-2008 stickers. -------- KENTUCKY -------- 1976-81 All-numeric. Serials appear to be allocated in blocks alphabetically by county, then further subdivided by month from 1978 on. County name on stickers, 1978-81. Observations: 76 0004065 Adair 76 0012037 Allen 76 0327479 Clinton 76 0334017 Crittenden 76 0395196 Boyle (out of sequence) 76 0425430 Fayette 76 0473870 Fayette 76 0690914 Henderson 76 0707368 Henderson 76 0833027 Jefferson 76 0952162 Jefferson 76 0988064 Jefferson 76 1295664 Lincoln 76 1410578 Marshall 76 1602027 Pulaski 77 0002993 Adair 77 0009204 Allen 77 0358577 Clinton 77 0489560 Fayette 77 0744799 Henderson 77 0745183 Henderson 77 1123757 Jefferson 77 1135796 Jefferson 77 1257867 Kenton 77 1441257 McCreary 77 1690945 Pulaski 12/78 0000007-0000010 Adair 12/78 0032224 Barren 12/78 2010748 Nelson 12/78 2410111 Supplemental 2/79 0257391 Calloway 2/79 0292731-0313826 Campbell 2/79 0506522 Daviess 2/79 0597598 Fayette 2/79 0806090-0807762 Green 2/79 1312882-1331471 Jefferson 2/79 1518224-1523493 Jessamine 4/79 1524712 Jessamine 2/79 1549990-1602302 Kenton 10/79 1631771 Kenton 2/79 1936667 Menifee 2/79 1969780 Montgomery 2/79 2250199 Spencer 2/79 2353636 Wayne 11/80 0367080 Carter 2/80 0569236 Fayette 2/80 0849977 Hardin 2/80 1066874-1223552 Jefferson 4/80 1378631 Jefferson 2/80 1538993-1592488 Kenton 11/80 1616485 Kenton 2/80 1720669 Livingston 2/80 1921593 Metcalfe 6/80 2273643 Warren 1/80 2345n43 KY-supplemental 2/81 5124988 Boyd 2/81 5302103 Campbell 2/81 5373049-5384030 Christian 1/81 5526129 Fayette 2/81 5581199 Fayette 2/81 5743401 Hardin 5/81 5982316 Hopkins 2/81 6248313 Jefferson 11/81 6480786 Jefferson 2/81 6556173 Kenton 11/81 6625352 Kenton 1/81 7356992 KY-supplemental 1982-2015: A000000 1982-83 serials appear to be allocated in blocks by county and month; no discernible patterns from 1983 (green) on. Observations: 3/82 A010448 Allen 6/82 A217325 Calloway 4/82 A784248 Muhlenberg 2/82 A854078 Jefferson 3/82 B256634 Kenton 4/82 B262267 Kenton 2/82 B307114 Green 6/82 B474921 Marshall 5/82 B532565 Montgomery 2/82 B857968 Kenton 2/83 D001082 Adair 2/83 D002767 Adair 2/83 D003074 Adair 3/83? D004522 Adair 10/83 D006260 Adair 7/83 D338841 Clark 2/83 D408562 Edmonson 2/83 D428593 Fayette 2/83 D48nnnn Fayette 6/83 D505395 Fayette 12/83 D523623 Fayette 2/83 D594473 Graves 1/83 D622080 Greenup 2/83 D789791 Jefferson 2/83 D889018 Jefferson 2/83 D892777 Jefferson 11/83 E102662 Jefferson 12/83 E114877 Jefferson 2/83 E128958 Jessamine 4/83 E132337 Jessamine 4/83 E132462 Jessamine 3/83 E938711 Jefferson 7/83 F322426 (green) Jefferson 9/83 F650323 (green) Kenton 10/83 F795212 (green) Henderson 7/84 G944310? Carter 10/84 H096960 Jefferson 6/83 H930804 (green) Floyd 6/83 H937872 (green) Hardin 7/85 P320213 Kenton 1/85 P356491 Carter 6/85 P792419 Marshall 5/85 P879646 Hardin 11/85 R409533 Jefferson 10/85 R479389 6000 truck 1/84 S063174 (early format) 6000 truck 2/84 S354504 Kenton 1/85 T251714 Taylor 8/85 T430577 Campbell 12/83 U218340 (green) 6000 truck 1/98 K597631 Jefferson 4/98 L534643 Pulaski 7/98 M589365 Warren 8/98 M666833 Taylor 9/98 N205608 Pendleton 5/08 M645512 Pulaski 7/08 N686438 Fayette 12/08 N183932 Kenton 9/08 P468412 Daviess 12/08 S281801 Kenton Prefix letters: 82 A,B 83 blue D,E 83 grn F,H 84 G,H,S 85 P,R,T 86 A,B,C 87 D,E,F 88 G,H,J 89 K,L,M 90 R,S,T 91 V,W,X,Y 92 E,F,G 93 K,M,N 94 P,R,S 95 W,X,Y 96 A,B,C,D 97 F,H,J,K(12) 98 K,L,M,N 99 P,R,S,T,V 00 A,B,C,D,E 01 H,J,K,L,M 02 N,P,R,S,T 03 V,W,X,A,B 04 C,D,F,G,J 05 K,L,M,N,P,R 06 S,T,V,W,X,Y 07 A,B,C,D,F,G,J 08 K,L,M,N,P,R,S 09 A,B,C,D,F,J 10 M,N,P,R,S,T,V 11 A,B,C,D,F,G,J 12 K,L,M,N,P,R,S 13 V,W,X,Y,A,B 14 C,D,G,J,L 15 P,R,V 2015-present: Plate number. --------- LOUISIANA --------- 1977-03/05: All-numeric Serials appear to be numbered continuously in order of production 1978-82, 1983-2005. Stickers may occasionally appear out of chronological order due to production irregularities and the juxtaposition of 2- and 4-year validations. Observations: 77 0001707 - 1228330 78 0241602 79 2828484, also T 5665464 80 2244842 - 2918967 81 3282779 - 7560339 3/82 8257131 - 9109451 4/83 0388444 1/84 2539791 3/85 11353661 4/85 11516977 7/85 11638156 8/85 11720221 2/85 12366676 7/86 13539116 9/86 13713090 4/86 14333888 11/86 14738251 3/87 15187125 1/87 15950796 4/88 17176147 - 18069298 7/88 17314774 - 18197997 2/88 17953850 12/88 18584936 2/89 19789131 8/91 23867203 10/91 23937687 1/91 24052836 11/91 24428844 9/92 MC 26717372 4/92 27646271 3/93 30730694 4/93 30754253 8/93 30929234 9/93 MC 30991935 10/93 31008166 7/94 MC 32489693 1/92 32607582 2/92 32650681 2/92 32654390 3/92 32758337 - 32773267 8/92 32969978 - 33008160 9/92 33041344 - 33064593 11/92 33204261 1/93 33673774 1/93 33706768 4/93 33857770 - 33959044 8/93 34097260 8/93 34139628 10/93 34257908 12/93 34366512 1/94 36027188 2/94 36132663 2/94 36196889 4/94 36460327 8/94 36704263 10/94 36903884 - 36907226 12/94 37051717 7/94 37398479 10/96MC 37844031 3/95 38448546 7/95 38610048 8/95 38750793 - 38806134 1/95 39141719 9/95 39582337 11/95 39691774 7/97 39823094 4/96 40486450 - 40487541 9/96 40837166 11/96 40943770 1/96 41047729 1/97 43317877 8/97 43830379 10/98 45663358 7/98 46267104 8/00 46836618 9/00 46853961 8/99 47822954 3/01 48981926 4/01 MC 49366806 1/00 49568003 4/00 49877154 7/00 50127225 11/00 50442981 - 51268955 12/00 50483761 01 52128081 - 53889119 03 MC 54170818 - 54383060 02 55045137 - 55628299 04 MC 55906408 02 56552966 03 56951084 - 57448662 05 MC 57882604 2003-present: Plate number. Commercial and trailer stickers from 1985 have lower serial numbers; not included above. ----- MAINE ----- 1969-2009: All-numeric. 2009-present: All-numeric (standard stickers) or A000000 (online renewals). 1975-88 serials are not continuous from month to month. 7 digits with leading zeroes from 1996. 8 digits with leading zeroes from mid-2015. 2004-present numbering appears to be continuous from year to year. Month stickers also serialized; number of leading zeroes parallels year stickers; numbering resets shortly after change to black print. 1991-present motorycle and trailer stickers are identical to passenger, but distributed singly. Special serial blocks exist in later years; earlier years overlap. 1987 05990 (starting number 00001) 1988 464755 1989 992855 1990 985066 1991 972631 1992 927513 1993 984673 1994 906735 1995 1001962 1996 0902648 (starting number now 0000001) 1997 0923733 1998 1060209 1999 1066683 2000 0072066 (green singles for MC/trailer) 2000 1041342 (white pairs; low 0004272, overlap confirmed) 2001 1140084 2002 1156741 2003 1175480 2004 1123925 2005 1538458-2592551 2006 3030904-4083920 (7683759 singles) 2007 4541439-5614121 (8226950-8290453 singles) 2008 6069310-7097515 (8761942 singles) 2009 0056959-1072483, A055163 (9130378-9156536 singles) 2010 1562522-2574264, A157603 (9748993 singles) 2011 3011715-4048280, A246821 (7690757 singles) 2012 4512743-5514339, A314565 (8212670 singles) 2013 6121078-7047646, A404950-A431194 (8704609 singles) 2014 0031187-1030611, A590681-A630732 (9057681 singles) 2015 1511670-1771951, A649902-A755632 01859047-02518838 (Feb 15) 2016 03010150-04037062, A784542 (7539808-7577790 singles) 2017 04512269-05543151, A927975-A962340 (08148032 singles) 2018 06011585-07111293, B159115-B222486 2019 00026338-01087589, B295554 (09103231-09189548 singles) 2020 01605675-01962865, B505161 2021 03490517 2022 04606313 -------- MARYLAND -------- 1972-2008: All-numeric Usually 7 digits with leading zeroes (but 6-digit seen on 82 trailer plate.) 1972-86 single stickers for motorcycles and trailers probably have a different starting number. "MD" before number 1982-86. 1986-2005 serial numbering is semi-continuous from year to year, with odd years' serials picking up where even years leave off. Practice briefly suspended after 04-05, then resumed for 07-08, 09-11 before being discontinued altogether. 2009-present: All-numeric for new registrants, plate number for renewals. ------------- MASSACHUSETTS ------------- 1970-94: No.000000 6 digits with leading zeroes 1970-71, 10/74-1980, 1985-94 7 digits with leading zeroes 12/71-1974 No leading zeroes 1981-84 Serials not continuous from month to month. Spot observations: 12/70 252598 green/white 12/70 278401 1/71 046458 1/71 117514 red/white 2/71 065174 2/71 116518 red/white 3/71 065657 3/71 118018 red/white 4/71 123573 5/71 087421 6/71 117012 red/white 8/71 116428-172260 red/white 9/71 115519 red/white 10/71 083828 10/71 115519 red/white (note duplication) 12/71 001972 12/71 0103400-0259862 (black serial, not red) 12/71 251014 red/white 1/93 108721 3/93 000266 4/93 055482 8/93 120428 9/93 085010 10/93 165041 12/93 017224 12/93 MC 092344 11/94 non-pass 167911 12/94 Comm 482312 95 271202-783141 12/95 043480 (Red/white 71 sticker has very small "CA-27-3 000M-9-68-948160" line at bottom) Single stickers for trailers carry "No.T" prefix 1971. "No.MC" seen on 73 motorcycle sticker. 1995-2003: No.000000, then A.000000 overflow Prefixes confirmed: 95 C 96 No,B 97 98 A,B 99 A,C 00 B 01 No,A,B,C 02 No,A,B,C 03 No 2004-present: No serial. (Some through 05 still have blank sticker box with "No.") -------- MICHIGAN -------- 1972-98 (and sporadically afterward): All-numeric. Serials below 1 000000 preceded by "No." 1972-88; leading zero used 1989 on. Some stickers issued to plate types as long-term validations have serials in the 9 bloc. 1998-present: Plate number plus control number in following formats: RAA000 (mail order renewal) 000A000 (Secretary of State branch office issue; leading digits indicate branch) 2020 stickers seen with plain issue date after SoS code ("166 12062019") Trailing digits indicate ordinal issue day; central or final letter character indicates issue year: 97 H 98 J 99 K 00 L 01 M 02 N 03 P 04 R 05 S 06 T 07 V 08 W 09 X 10 Y 11 Z 12 A 13 B (T on some mail order?) 14 C (V on some mail order?) 15 D 16 E 17 F 18 G "P" seen on some 2013-15 stickers before both serial numbers; indicates payment of State Park permit fee. --------- MINNESOTA --------- 1966-70: No. 0000000 1972-73: All-numeric 67, 70 stickers appear to start at 2000000; 73 at 3000000. 1975-76: No serial. 1977: P 000000, P B 000000, P C 000000 (confirm A) 1978-79: P 0000000 1980-81: DY 0000000 1982-83: All-numeric 1984-2001: A 0000000 2002-present: A 0000000, or six-digit numeric code beginning with 402 or 418 (or letters NA) followed by plate number. Barcode added 2006. 1978-80 and 1981-83 serial numbering appears to be continuous from year to year; Even and odd years alternate between low and high starting numbers 1984-91. Letter prefixes: A 01 B 02 C 03 D 84, 04 E 85, 05 F 86, 06 G 87, 07 H 88, 08 J 89, 09 K 90, 10 L 91, 11 M 92, 12 N 93, 13 P 94, 14 R 95, 15 T 96, 16 U 97, 17 V 18 W 98, 19 X 99, 20 Y 21 Z 00 Survey: 78 P 1034121 - P 2413541 79 P 4069644 - P 6304644 (mc/tlr has SY prefix and S suffix) 80 DY 7475270 - DY 9359253 (mc/tlr has SY prefix and S suffix) 81 DY 0890574 - DY 2389802 (mc/tlr has S suffix, 82 format) 82 2678672 - 2757120, 4003169 - 569792n MINN stacked right of serial 4739807 has odd proportions, serial shifted below MINN (printing error?) 83 6397991 - 7448941, 7698445 - 8043069 white/blue (mc/tlr has T suffix) 7577739 - 7598328 blue/white 84 D 1037091 - D 4243156 (mc/tlr has F suffix) 85 E 5042313 - E 8177144 (mc/tlr has S suffix) 86 F 1053547 - F 4248853 (mc/tlr has B suffix) 87 G 5348339 - G 8183433 (mc/tlr has T suffix - also preprinted prefix from this point on) 88 H 1264312 - H 4415237 (mc/tlr has A suffix) 89 J 5364693 - J 8447519 (mc/tlr has F suffix) 90 K 1037965 - K 4449038 (mc/tlr has E suffix) 91 L 5068992 - L 8233955 (mc/tlr has B suffix) 92 M 1331845 - M 4547981 (mc/tlr has T suffix) 93 N 0273468 - N 3256447 94 P 0111841 - P 3611136 95 R 1051004 - R 3578560 small serial font R 4501762 large serial font 96 T 1094008 - T 4267770 small serial font T 4565458 - T 4589427 serif serial font Motorcycles: 1992 sticker followed by FEB 94 sticker with S suffix. FEB 95-FEB 98 similar. 99 sticker has no FEB, serial in X 8000000 series. Month sticker seen on some plates. Mail order renewal stickers with plate number: 15 170 D08921 (dealer) 14 NA 252MK 14 402108 258HGT 13 418237 031KYJ 13 402152 9322HL 12 418271 4AM229 12 402381 901ENL 10 402237 WII2609 10 402153 186BEV 10 NA 6195HL 09 402308 1221VV 09 418360 KUE920 03 402087 GBP923 02 402270 782PPZ First three digits may be a branch code. ----------- MISSISSIPPI ----------- 1978: 2-0000000 1979-80: 0000000 1981-82: y 0000000 1983-86: 0000000 1987-96: y0000000 1997: 60000000 1998-2012: y0000000 2012-2018: Year prefix plus 6-digit padded plate number (yAAA000000) 2019-present: Year prefix plus plate number (yAAA000 or yAAA0000) -------- MISSOURI -------- 1953-55: No. 0000000 (no leading zeroes). 2000000 bloc reserved for new registrations? 1956: No serial. 1957-61: No. 0000000 (no leading zeroes) 1963-66: All-numeric (Some 66 also have "No." partially visible) 1967: No. 0000000 (no leading zeroes) 67 stickers have large space before last digits (i.e. "No. 3507 44") Ranges of early stickers: 53 No. 30137-2031417 54 No. 40696-2007131 58 No. 1285616 Last 2-3 digits correlate with plate number on plates for new registrants through 1967. Examples seen: DEC 53 2031417 Z52-417 FEB 54 2007131 B48-131 MAR 58 25496? C49-496 OCT 58 841138 X51-138 JUL 59 1264362 M67-362 OCT 59 1003530 X62-530 JAN 60 6206 A7-206 JAN 60 50583 A51-583 JAN 60 1316781 A64-781 MAR 60 95692 C89-692 JAN 60 1190416 A90-416 MAR 61 59716 C99-716 MAY 61 965423 HA8-423 MAY 61 967899 HB1-899 JUN 61 997627 KA9-627 JUL 61 1005939 MA8-939 AUG 61 1144314 PA3-314 AUG 61 1145962 PA4-962 AUG 61 1146283 PA5-283 SEP 61 1154139 SA4-139 SEP 61 1155137 SA5-137 SEP 61 1231654 SE1-654 OCT 61 1242825 XA3-825 OCT 61 1243785 XA4-785 NOV 61 1330571 YB1-571 MAR 63 50667 CZ5-667 MAY 63 108792 HF4-792 JUL 63 167209 MF8-209 AUG 63 181931 PF2-931 OCT 63 1376067 XF6-067 FEB 64 1036019 BN5-019 JUN 64 1109533? KG4-523 JUN 64 1175214 KJ3-214 OCT 64 1711213 XN1-213 SEP 65 1435285 SW4-285 DEC 65 1774133 ZN4-133 DEC 65 1783300 ZF3-300 JAN 66 1078962 AJ8-962 JAN 66 1509876 AR9-876 JUN 66 1148313 JC7-313 JUL 66 1192806 NC5-806 AUG 66 1535148 WE5-148 AUG 66 1537196 WE7-196 SEP 66 815424 RA1-424 SEP 66 1657333 RF7-333 SEP 66 1674298 RC1-298 OCT 66 1719993 XN9-993 MAY 67 607654 GM2-454 JUN 67 1187143 JK6-143 JUN 67 1196407 JH5-407 66 BL6 Truck 24565 545-465 1981: 0000000 1982-2010: A 0000000 2011-present: A 0000000 or plate number. Serial letters: Letter prefixes: A 82, 99, 18 B 83, 00, 19 C 84, 01, 20 E 85, 02, 21 G 86, 03 H 87, 04 J 88, 05 K 89, 06 L 90, 07 M 91, 08 N 92, 09 (square through N 5043609, long by N 5510653) P 93, 10 (square through P 3225808, long by P 5004748) R 94, 11 S 95, 12 T 96, 13 W 97, 14 X 15 Y 16 Z 17 By coincidence, 1986-96 prefixes use the same letters as VIN model year codes. Note 82 stickers on vanity and low-number plates are black/teal, unlike regular passenger; serials in A 9000000 series. Motorcycle stickers have lower serial numbers (start from 1000000). 81 marked "Motorcycle;" 81-87 sticker size retained 88-97. ------- MONTANA ------- 1969: All-numeric 1971: c 00000 or cc 0000 ("Passenger" on stickers) Same format as, but different from, plate number. 1972-74: No serial ("P" on stickers) 1977: All-numeric 1978: A 000000 1979: All-numeric 1980-99: A 000000 (A 0000000 in 81) Prefix letters: 78 A 80 A 81 D 0000000 82 G 83 K 84 N 85 R 86 U 87 X 88 A (combined month-year) Serials not continuous from month to month. 89 D 90 X 91 J 92 A 93 L 94 R 95 W 96 B 97 F 98 K 99 Q 12-31 MC & trailer stickers-- 79 C 80 E, F 0000000 81 J 82 M 83 Q 84 T 85 W 86 Y, Z 87 B (large size) 87 C (small size) 88 E (large size) 88 F (small size) 89 Z (small) 90 K (large) 90 L (small) 91 C (large) 91 D (small) 92 M (large) 92 N (small) 93 T (large) 93 U (small) 94 Z (small pink/white) 95 D (large) 95 E (small) 96 H (large) 96 J (small) 97 N (large) 97 P (small) 98 R (small) 2000-06: ccA000000 County code has leading zero Prefix letters: 00 U 01 Z 02 D 03 H 04 M 05 S 06 X 12-31 MC & trailer stickers--only one size expected 99 Y (ccY0000000) 00 A (ccA0000000) 01 G 02 L 03 R 04 W (unissued for its original purpose, though a few seem to have appeared on passenger plates?) 05 A (ditto) Gold PERM: PX0000000 2007-10: A00000000 Prefix letters: 07 B 08 F 09 K 10 Q 2009-2018: Plate number plus mmyy01 7C4065D110901 is 7C-4065D 11/09 01 793735A111401 is 7-93735A 11/14 01 County codes on 2010 baseplate ambiguous when unspaced. White PERM: Plate number plus 129901 2019-2020: A00000000 Serials restart each year: 2019: A00577374-A02060359 2020: A00731569-A03286603 -------- NEBRASKA -------- 1961-64: All-numeric. Pairs of plates have consecutive sticker serials. 1966-present: No serials on stickers. (Some 64 have blank sticker box.) ------ NEVADA ------ 1955-82: All-numeric. Leading zeroes from 1981. 1983-91: All-numeric or plate number. A00000 overflow series seen 83, 89-91. 1970-92 serials are continuous from month to month. 1962-64, 1967-68, and 1970-71 serials are continuous from year to year. Observations: 55 173-123558 62 100705-318909 63 437734-638308 Strip 658040-890557 (596743 reported by Tanner; overlaps with 63 sticker) 64 105675-366415 66 111329-386311 67 178050-424531 68 532682-865900 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Jan 488872-490187 104540 114704-119724 105003-132707 Jan Feb 497665-499106 111958-120093 124210-141035 139106-159975 Feb Mar 513247-522330 144556-160854 174465-199736 Mar Apr 528657-539014 144322-146092 171052-183989 205229-232086 Apr May 54nnnn 156539-162226 188992-201308 248514-270025 May Jun 91404-109756 564019-579358, 168197-186580 204394-246051 280868-309955 Jun 588673* Jul 592188-608263* 199568-203753 267263-270501 329952-377137 Jul Aug 127442-136553 623027-629372* 212300-217956 278824-298223 404108-433338* Aug Sep 144647 638790-645580* 226337-228430 299024-320061 449333-471864* Sep Oct 159529-165719 655743-669091* 236561-243642 343261 480765-487507* Oct Nov 171807-176606 672701-689499* 258774-258853 345074-364994 550343* Nov Dec 194570-469419 704342-974226* 305465-422554 376004-539006 568473-734607* Dec (533324 Nov) (546656-547940 Dec) (567839-568336 Jun) (577647 Jul) * new format (551082-559433 Apr) (562230 May) (572627 Jul) (588506-592848 Oct) (596591 Nov) (609092 Apr) 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Jan 100253-120101 100256-139576 100050-132606 104035-127800 106394-137188 Jan Feb 144987-172610 144937-173829 144126-165547 155830-176027 155350-196152 Feb Mar 180939-212810 180420-208245 193929-223184 188629-218247 205740-249266 Mar Apr 222167-253593 218267-255179 236674-255971 261216-268395 264316-310085 Apr May 266841-297185 268663-304131 272568-309109 299379-316331 316182-336880 May Jun 308878-342153 312508-343591 323492-363101 328868-360922 381043-429720 Jun Jul 351297-412068 358281-400675 369629-420558 389032-426877 439204-490003 Jul Aug 450587-465326 411321-447971 426898-455873* 441221-480984 505628-555297 Aug Sep 501827-513494 452722-486700 474477-505592* 495465-519010 561168-603232 Sep Oct 520640-556098 501368-526666 512855-546509* 532655-578108 617986-667013 Oct Nov 581325-602255 533342-544941 551290-588619* 604300-627615 691669-694225 Nov Dec 610070-782063 575127-735480 600737-742193* 642051-772992 761596-886845 Dec * new format (751766* Sep?) (801019 May) (906003-906055 Nov) (753736* Oct) (815642 Sep) (757504* Nov) (818009 Oct) 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Jan 109592-148374 001817-056556 003110-058185 016171-069558 003513-050062 Jan Feb 158937-188352 062547-088996 079478-107146 086160-142825 057046-104147 Feb Mar 235898-268281 140783-191776 137164-179090 157457-220115 124383-169644 Mar Apr 272477-331616 194749-258128 207582-267627 242109-294391 194649-240266 Apr May 335882-393282 262127-331648 282345-349722? 347771-367658 251013-297834 May Jun 399364-454588 350757-399089 361738-431078 419257-460573 304453-354127 Jun Jul 464003-520208 417957-471534 444024-500010 518230-577875 37nnnn-401014 Jul Aug 538129-595086 479401-544093 549711-588372 590451?-600202 412138-458740 Aug Sep 607836-643331 557139-612583 606225-643010 603842 473595-502036 Sep Oct 673333-712031 625674-677274 664598-721595 614843 512081-556951 Oct Nov 734532-783698 697007-749119 759613-803624 637649-654702 571106-600455 Nov Dec 795224-951551 786879-939606 866904-970724 662599-696425 617524-699005 Dec (722549-774106 Aug) (794111-794958 Sep) (817270-825069 Sep) (898227-907432 Oct) (937718-963668 Nov) (982291 Dec) (A47397-B17583 Dec) 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Jan 021617-047353 021367-063065 018367-056197 014856-067641 000127-026414 Jan Feb 061014-105220 065196-120913 088872-093587 108740-135012 Feb Mar 142926-166065 141738-181608 146531-147388 164469-220106 179855-208397 Mar Apr 203464-213111 203979-255590 232541-282320 23nnnn-294574 255870-333376 Apr May 253026-282430 273804-333520 287757-340827 378383 340719-392840 May Jun 289682-342997 344670-384808 371716-417410 398193-461308 428566-502288 Jun Jul 372102-407423 413518-471662 441678-479663 476391-518534 557212 Jul Aug 416445-461700 481228-521907 529884-558113 581575-623538 629599-657704 Aug Sep 491987-511223 563969-589477 638513-663062 674106-734673 Sep Oct 517411-557668 618158-664439 644101-697040 705760-764416 754058-782510 Oct Nov 570233-614542 691134 735199-758575 792154 856515-898576 Nov Dec 634712-712822 735220-838027 799110-879922 863497-949023 911644-994572 Dec (801836 Jul) (811830 Sep) (819453 Oct) (J08463-J34742 Dec) (826109 Dec) 1990 1991 1992 Jan 059662 022394-061837 A02044-A80111 Jan Feb 080699-098908 098510-138096 A97264-B82085 Feb Mar 168338?-247061 176629-218464 C82188 Mar Apr 256675-313580 267635-346734 C97068-D46866 Apr May 350661-418216 364400-429114 E27679-E78200 May Jun 429895-463538 454252-532455 F17497-F91764 Jun Jul 533813-600397 602087-629347 G08792-J04089 Jul Aug 626678-690191 668529 J54673 Aug Sep 709791-748374 748106-818306 K21462-L00135 Sep Oct 795267-855050 821031-866602 L47853-L80512 Oct Nov 871518-940978 911102-952611 M16860-M75748 Nov Dec 945168-954367 N16569-N71861 Dec (K0969n-K50560 Dec) (M06819-N26014 Dec) Even years 1992-96, odd years 1997-2003, 2004-06, 08-09, 11-13: A00000 or plate number Odd years 1993-95, even years 1998-2002, 2007-08, 10-11, 14: 00000A or plate number 2015-present: Plate number. Serial letters from 1993 through 2004 indicate month: 93-96 97-04 Jan A A,B Feb B C,D Mar C E,F Apr E G,H May F,G J,K Jun H L,M K01145 seen on 6/96 Jul K,L N,P Aug N Q,R Sep O S,T Oct P U,V Nov Q,T(96) W,X Dec R Y,Z 12/96 V seen. Some 1999 have A000000 format. 2005-14 serials are part of a continuous series of numbers printed in order. Overlaps between months exist due to production irregularities. Observations: 1/05 A03318 7/05 G26034 1/06 N47905-N94455 7/06 U05934 9/06 X72888 1/07 76723B 2/07 14616H 5/07 65274L 8/07 87367K 9/07 21937M-38083M 10/07 37412N 12/07 44819Q, 25806R 1/08 20197S-77984S 2/08 30536T-38995T 3/08 21426T-41561T, 20227U 5/08 71682T 8/08 41895Z-41945Z, A73185 9/08 B15851-B18199 10/08 D26303 11/08 E50177 1/09 G55864 6/09 N54960, P09067-P38933 5/10 04781C 6/10 02251F 7/10 59230E 11/10 08045K-48250K 12/10 95987K-30689L 1/11 17745N (10 format), 85594P-38471Q (new format) 2/11 87473N (10 format), 43209R (new format) 3/11 56038M (10 format) 4/11 81257S 5/11 29151U-49025U 6/11 82401U-87880U, 28943V, 11844Z 7/11 24795W 9/11 87034X, 57576Y 11/11 B50504 12/11 A85043, B76713 1/12 E47395 2/12 D39715-D49264, E65242 3/12 D07478 4/12 G24001-G27764 5/12 G98331, H00907 10/12 M21267 11/12 M49051 12/12 N22859-N35675 3/13 Q10248 5/13 T08533 6/13 U86519 8/13 W73648 10/13 Y61311 11/13 Z18747 1/14 78458B 2/14 18577B 3/14 47574K 4/14 21613E 5/14 53906F, 23683G 6/14 18153F 7/14 89874G, 06836H Square 12/06 Q 7759 sticker seen. ------------- NEW HAMPSHIRE ------------- 1974-present: All-numeric. 1976-81 serials are continuous from month to month. 7 digits with leading zeroes 1982, 2005-present. Observations: 9/76 063660 10/76 140401 2/77 055003 3/77 164372; 896035 trailer 4/77 241826 - 263797 7/77 420364 11/77 641353 2/79 059807 2/80 motorcycle 022373 3/80 22nnnn 6/80 457093 7/80 540733 9/80 679952 12/80 859587 1/81 017037 2/81 105922 7/81 525892 M prefix for motorcycle, 1979. S prefix for mc, trailer, and dealer, 1981-2016. ---------- NEW JERSEY ---------- No serials on passenger stickers. All-numeric serials on most non-passenger stickers 1960-83; though sometimes missing. ---------- NEW MEXICO ---------- 1960-64: No. 000000 1965: No serial 1966-69: No. 000000 1970: A 000000 (non-pass stickers are also A) 1971: No serial 1973: No. 000000 1974: P 000000 (non-pass stickers have other prefixes) 1975: All-numeric and/or plate number 1976-77: All-numeric (1341072 on "faded" style) 1978: All-numeric or 80000000 1979-83: All-numeric or yy000000 1984-88: All-numeric or 90000000 (both staggered and non-staggered versions) 1989: 92000000 or mm000000 1990-2000: All-numeric, 94000000 (91 seen) or mm000000 2001: All-numeric, mm000000, mm00000, or plate number. 2002: mm00000 or plate number 2003-present: Plate number "Passenger" on stickers, 1967-75. DEC 82 sticker in 83 staggered format seen. 90000000-format serials from 1984-91 may be continuous from year to year. 1983-88 serials are not continuous from month to month. -------- NEW YORK -------- 1965-73: All-numeric. By 1968, serial is continuous from month to month and resets each October. 65 serial range reported as 1000001 - 6450000. Serials below 1000001 incorporated by 1967; leading zeroes from 10/70. Beware of fake eBay stickers, usually with improbable serials. Observations: 11/66 1605116 12/66 1580654 - 2053238 2/67 1519655 - 1686749 3/67 1530252 8/67 1013206 12/67 140532 - 157910 2/68 5958099 11/68 1269285 12/68 2656206 - 2895602 1/69 3565203 - 3726710 4/69 6719306 - 6759882 7/69 7531686 - 7560123 10/69 585301 - 774633 12/69 2406108, 8904460 1/70 4185020 2/70 5122447 - 5385143 3/70 6171367 - 6564025 4/70 6810019 5/70 7399022 6/70 7748119 7/70 8066678 - 8095008 8/70 8447024 9/70 8657539 - 8795122 10/70 0425822 - 1078021 11/70 1807378 - 2219023 12/70 286nnnn - 3065740, 9492023 2/71 5315644 12/71 2237921 - 2345349 6/72 7106883 7/72 7840941 1/73 3131497 - 3697579 2/73 4215683 - 5073879 3/73 5257599 - 6083576 4/73 6113507 - 6417124 5/73 6842448 - 6906421 6/73 7281001 - 7526952 7/73 7978127 - 8238673 8/73 8457474 9/73 9117813 - 9361086 12/73 098205 - 472351 -------------- NORTH CAROLINA -------------- 1976-97: All-numeric; 7 digits with leading zeroes. Some 1984-85 stickers were produced by overlaying leftover 81-82 stickers; serials on new stickers are therefore higher than usual: 84 overlaid: 2990428-5546512 84 new: 5976963-8818523 85 overlaid: 1133212-2600670 85 new: 3031898-6140976 Overlaid stickers have wider serial numbers than new stickers. Some 1993-97 stickers have a hard-to-read 8-digit serial possibly starting at 8000000. 1997-present: Plate number. ------------ NORTH DAKOTA ------------ 1963-83: No. 000000 12/84-11/88: ND mm000000 ND mmy00000 seen on 86-88 stickers from off-peak months (not MAR,DEC) 12/88-11/89: No serial. 12/89-11/93: mm-000000 or mm-y00000 (year doesn't match on 1990 or DEC stickers) 12/93-2005: No serial. 2005-present: Plate number. Note that most motorcycles were issued unique DEC stickers in 85-87. ---- OHIO ---- 1975: A 000000 Serial letter observations: 4/75 Blue A,B,C,D 5/75 Green E,F,G,H 279376 Non-pass stickers are red and have other prefixes: CB for Church Bus, FT for Farm, etc. Truck and trailer stickers have numeric weight prefixes or suffixes, aping plate number formats. 1978-82: PC 00 000000 All digits serial. Observations: 4/78 Blue PC 01,02,03 467016 5/78 Red PC 06,07,08 898510 (also RE 02 000000) 4/79 Tan PC 06,07,08,09 013753 5/79 Green PC 01,02,03,04 376217 80 Red PC 01,02,03,04,05,06,07 920393 81 Blue PC 01,02,03,04,05,06,07 602985 (non-pass start with 01) 82 Orange PC 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08 000000 (non-pass start with 01 or 82) 1983-89: PC 0y 000000 Spot observations: 83 PC 03,13,23,33,43,53,63,73 131021 (non-pass start with 83) 84 PC 14,24,34,44,54,64,74 483759 (non-pass start with 84) 85 PC 15,25,35,45,55,65,75,85 084117 (non-pass start with 85) 86 PC 26,36,46, 76 590566 (non-pass start with 86) 87 PC 17,27,37,47, 67,77 556826 (non-pass start with 87) 88 PC 18,28,38, 58, 88 281585 (non-pass start with 88) 89 PC 19,29,39,49,59, 79 547145 (non-pass start with 89) 1989-91: y mm 0000000 1992-2002: y mm 0000000 or y mm (plate number). 2002-07: y mm 0000000 or (plate number). 2007-present: y mm (plate number) -------- OKLAHOMA -------- 1974: All-numeric 1980: 1A000000 1982-89: yA000000 1990: Ay000000 1991-2019: yA000000 2020-present: yyA000000 "Auto" on stickers, 1974-80. "A&F" on stickers, 1982-87. "Validation" on stickers, 2009 only. Prefix letters: 80 X,Z 82-85 X,Y 86-87 X,Y,Z 88 A,B,C 89 H,J,K 90 M,N,R 91 A,B,D 92 H,J,K 93 M,N,P 94 T,U,V 95 A,C,D 96 H,J,K 97 P,R,T 98 V,W,Y 99 A,C,E 00 J,K,M 01 N,P,R,T 02 U,V,W,Y 03 Z,A,E,H 04 J,K,L 05 P,R,T 06 V,W,Y,Z 07 A,C,D,E 08 H,J,K,L 09 N,P,R,T 10 C,D,E,H 11 J,K,L,N 12 P,R,T,U 13 D,E,H,J 14 C,D,E,F 15 D,E,H,K 16 C,D,E,F 17 R,T,V,W 18 E Few stickers expected due to reissue. 19 F,L,U,V 20 C,D,E,F 21 H,J,K,L Non-pass stickers have different prefix letters (such as "C" for 81-87 COML). Vanities have "SPEC" stickers 92-95, "S" prefix, diff. colors from passenger. Plain white stickers 99-14. White/black 98-12 "NON USE" stickers seen on passenger plates, "X" prefix. ------ OREGON ------ 1961-89: y000000 1990-94: y000000 or Ay000000 1995-present: y0000000 or Ay000000 Asterisk suffix for replacement stickers reported 1962-68. Single stickers for motorcycles, etc. have "L" prefix back to 1980s. ------------ PENNSYLVANIA ------------ 1959-2017: All-numeric. Plates for new registrants have PA0000 serial through 1976. Serials not continuous from month to month. 8 digits with leading zeroes 1980-81, 1998-2017. ------------ RHODE ISLAND ------------ 1975: 096603, 298249 - 379334, 504322 - 641626 722853 - 725414 (singles) 1976: 011926 - 170061 172236 (singles) 243170 - 335715, 471852 - 595412 644074 - 695520 (singles) 702874 (unknown) Not known if singly-issued stickers had a special serial block. No serials on stickers of other years. -------------- SOUTH CAROLINA -------------- 1977-96: All-numeric. Serial is continuous and advances from year to year. Starting digit (n000000): 77 1-2 78 3-4 79 5-6 80 7-8 82 1-2 83 4-5 84 7-9 85 1-2 87 1-2 88 4-5 89 8-9 90 1-3 91 (6-digit) 92 3-6 93 2-3 94 4-6 95 1-3 96 5-6 Some 1995-96 instead have 6000000-series number in textured box. 1997-2001: y0000000 2002-03: 10000000 or y0000000 2004-present: Plate number. ------------ SOUTH DAKOTA ------------ 1977-86: All-numeric. 1988-89: y000000 1990-2000: y0000000; serial is continuous from month to month. Serial samples: 6/90 00002883 7/90 00206948 9/90 00358749 11/90 00464982 1/92 20063590 5/92 20446971 7/92 20788122 1/00 00055282 2/00 00175258 3/00 00242088 Inverted-color 95 and 00 stickers with yS000000 serials seen; regular and mc sized. Motorcycle stickers are M00000 or M000000 78-80, MT000000 82-83, yM000000 90-00. 2000-present: Plate number. --------- TENNESSEE --------- 1963: A 000000 (single series for both weight series) 1964-2012: All-numeric. No leading zeroes 75-76; 7 digits with leading zeroes all other years. Motorcycle stickers have C prefix 85-88, S prefix 92-94. 2013-14: A 0000000 2015-16: A 0000000 or plate number. 2017-present: Plate number. Prefix letters: 13 A 14 B 15 C 16 D ----- TEXAS ----- 1976-94: 00000000 A Suffix letters: 76,77 A 78 B 79 C 80 D 81 E 82 F 83 G 84 H 85 J 86 K 87 L 88 M 89 N 90 P 91 R 92 S 93 T 94 U Special non-passenger stickers typically have a two-alpha prefix: PM=88 personalized, MR=91 motorcycle, DS=92 disabled, etc. Post-1994 motorcycle stickers: 95 V 96 W 97 PX 98 PY 99 PZ 00 PA 01 PB 02 PC 03 PD 04 PE 05 PF 06 PG 2005/06-present: 9-digit numeric serial, 8-digit partial VIN, and plate number. County name on sticker. ---- UTAH ---- 1961: All-numeric. (Confirm 1962) 1969-72: All-numeric. 1974-2/75: No serial. 1975-present: All-numeric. 1975-91 serials are not continuous from month to month. 7 digits with leading zeroes from 1992 (late 91?) 1987 county: C 000000 ------- VERMONT ------- 1980-2005: All-numeric. 7 digits with leading zeroes from 1994 (though some 6-digit 03-04 seen). 2004-present: Plate number. -------- VIRGINIA -------- 1973-present: All-numeric. 6 digits with leading zeroes 1973-early 74; 7 digits 1974-present. Month stickers also serialized starting "Aug 84." ---------- WASHINGTON ---------- 1958: No serial. 1959-67: 6-digit all-numeric (statewide), A 000000 for King County (starting 60), B 000000 for statewide overflow (by 67). 1968: No. 000000 (statewide), A 000000 for King County, B 000000 for statewide overflow. 1969-present: A 000000 (5-digit format below 100000 used through at least 90; gone by 95) Serial letters: 69 C,D 70 J,K 71 Y,Z 72 A,B 73 L,M 74 Y,Z 75 J,K,L 76 A,B 77 L 78 S,T,U 79 A,B,C (D trailer) 80 G,H,J 81 N,P,Q,R "Passenger" on stickers 1968, 73 "Pass" on stickers 1969-72, 74 "Pas" on stickers 1975-76 "Motor Vehicle" on stickers 1977-78 "Mot. Veh." on stickers 1979-81 Gaps in alphabetic progression allow for non-passenger stickers. 82 W,X,Y 83 C,D,E 84 I,J,L 85 Q,R,S 86 W,X,Y,Z (beware of X 284164 fake) 87 D,E,G,H,I 88 J,K,L,M,N 89 Q,R,S,T,U 90 W,X,Y,Z,A 91 C,D,E,F,G 92 I,J,K,L,M,N 93 P,Q,R,S,T,U (beware of fake H 154684 sticker on eBay plates) 94 V,W,X,Y,Z 95 B,C,D,E,F 96 I,J,K,L,N 97 R,S,T,U,V 98 B,C,D,F,G 99 L,M,N,P,Q,R 00 S,T,U,V,W,X (H farm) 01 A,B,C,E,F,G (J farm) 02 K,L,M,P,R,S 03 T,U,V,W,X,Y 04 A,B,C,D,E,F,G 05 K,L,M,N,P,R,S 06 T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z 07 A,B,C,E,F,G,K,L 08 N,P,R,S,T,U,V 09 A,B,C,D,E,F,G 10 K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T 11 U,V,W,Y,Z,A,B 12 C,D,E,G,K,L,M 13 P,R,T,U,V,W,X 14 A,B,C,D,E,F,G,K 15 L,M,N,P,R,S,T,U 16 V,W,X,Y,Z,A,C 17 D,E,F,G,K,L,M 18 P,R,S,T,U,V,W,X 19 Y,Z,A,B,C,D,E,G 20 M,N,P,R,S,T,U Stickers with monorail graphic issued in Seattle; confirmed 2006-07 with "M" prefix both years. Serialized front plate stickers discontinued after 81. No serial on 1991-2001 "Front" stickers. Stickers issued singly 82-90, 02-present. ------------- WEST VIRGINIA ------------- 1971: No serial. 1972: All-numeric. 9/72-1/76: Plate number. 2/76-present: All-numeric. Personalized plates issued JAN 87 month and year stickers with matching serials; 019927-032352 seen. Serial fonts- Large serif: 72, 76 white, 83-85, late 86, 89-93, 95 Faint typewriter, in textured box (matches font on certificate): Late 72-76 (large font seen on some 74-75) Small sans-serif: 78 green-81, 88, 94, 96-01 Large sans-serif: 78 red, 82, 87 Bauer Bodoni: 86 Computer-printed Helvetica Condensed: Late 01-present Starting number- 000001: 72, 76, 80, 82, 87, 96, 00 0000001: Most years 00000001: 84 78 green stickers may have picked up where red stickers left off, then lower numbers were backfilled. Inconsistency in leading zeroes in 1997-2000. 72: 595327 73-75: (plate number only) 76 grn: 726876 76 wh: 388335 (issued to Aug-Dec only) 78 red: 1319445 (boost expected due to non-pass types going multiyear) 78 grn: 1256756 - 1293122 (January), 1312948 (March) 033693 (loose), 043620 (January), 297383-335974 (by June), 420071 - 831759 (filtering in by July), 1031817 (March?), 1101961 - 1114733 (May), 1125582 - 1175432 (Sept), 1255983-1270339 (Dec), 906585-933681 (Dec) 80: 1289061 81: 1585795 (all-time high?) 82: 922078 (dip expected due to new registrants receiving dated baseplate) 83: 1316102 84 blu: 00002951 (unissued) 84 brn: 00066726 - 01270504 85: 1183266 86 T1: 1275992 (Bauer Bodoni serial) 86 T2: 1302855 - 1304379 (85 serial, appears by Nov) JAN 87: 019927 - 032352 87: 1400725 88: 1413527 89: 1445467 90: 1424088 91: 1477377 92: 1264245 93: 1485229 94: 1491115 95: 1498955 96: 071012 (issued to special issues only) 97: 0019461 - 0902530, 00925020 - 01131506, 1143283, 01285777 (dip expected due to advent of Scenic base) 98: 1188066 (dip expected due to advent of dated baseplates. leading zeroes below 1000000.) 99: 0000273 - 0046313, 089704 - 654311, 0813970 - 1012059 00: 017380 - 540853, 0698744 - 0980316, 1025814 - 1099885 01 T1: 0877716 (leading zeroes below 1000000.) 01 T2: 0919235 - 1048025 (blue serial, appears by September) 02: 1192503 03: 1119343 04: 1147002 05: 1046489 06: 1103084 07: 0936576 08: 1217426 09: 1162910 10: 1202197 11: 1198911 12: 1085692 13: 1205227 14: 1275752 15: 1189611 16: 1186750 17: 1208013 18: 1279341 19: 1080405 20: 1141184 21: 1010405 22: 0122112 87 sticker may have been made taller to accomodate 7-digit serials. ANTIQUE, DISABLED VETERAN: July 05: 0022172; rounded corners & green serial 0025872 July 15: 0004475, also 00255 motorcycle-size MOTORCYCLE: Jul 91: 20816 Jul 92: 23882 Jul 93: 35544 Jul 94: 034991 95: 29779 (Note; 00031 correlated to plate G55031) Jul 96: 025533 Jul 97: 044205 Jul 99: 033483 Jul 00: 045950 Jul 01: 017266 Jul 02: Jul 03: 205834 Jul 04: 003557 Jul 05: 040872 Jul 06: 050562 Jul 07: 036990 Jul 09: 071162 Jul 10: 064310 Feb 11: 043601 Feb 12: 066565 Feb 13: 049926 Feb 14: 022459 Feb 15: 051503 Feb 16: 057551 Feb 17: 018393 Feb 18: 019716 Feb 19: 033585 3-YEAR TRAILER: Apr 99: 0040856, 125777 (white/red) Apr 02: 0076970 (white/red) Apr 05: 0100408 (white/blue) Apr 08: 0110111 (white/red) Apr 11: 0098090 Apr 14: 0066188 (black/yellow), also 000281 motorcycle-size Apr 17: 0062562 (white/blue) --------- WISCONSIN --------- No serials on stickers. ------- WYOMING ------- 1976-present: All-numeric. 7 digits with leading zeroes most years from 1985. 8 digits with leading zeroes 1994-2001, but 94 6- and 7-digit also seen. ----------------------------------------------------- U.S. states by 1990 population ranking, for reference ----------------------------------------------------- -Wyoming -Alaska -Vermont -District of Columbia -North Dakota -Delaware -South Dakota -Montana -Rhode Island -Idaho -Hawaii -New Hampshire -Nevada -Maine -New Mexico -Nebraska -Utah -West Virginia -Arkansas -Kansas -Mississippi -Iowa -Oregon -Oklahoma -Connecticut -Colorado -South Carolina -Arizona -Kentucky -Alabama -Louisiana -Minnesota -Maryland -Washington -Tennessee -Wisconsin -Missouri -Indiana -Massachusetts -Virginia -Georgia -North Carolina -New Jersey -Michigan -Ohio -Illinois -Pennsylvania -Florida -Texas -New York -California ------- ALBERTA ------- 1974: y00000000 1976-1984: ymm00000000 10/84-2021: yy000000000 The "sequential" portion of the serial contains more digits than necessary, suggesting that it contains an additional non-sequential code. Observations of leading digits: 1974: 40,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49 1976: 7030,7031,7033,7037,7039 3/78: 8030,8031,8033,8035,8036 3/79: 9030,9032,9033,9035 3/80: 0031,0032,0033,0034,0036 3/81: 1030,1032,1033 3/82: 2033,2034,2035,2036 3/83: 3030,3031,3032,3033,3034,3035 (3035 1946894 foil, 3035 5040915 refl.) 3/84: 4030,4031,4032,4033,4034,4035 (5000000 series has different font) 6/84: No serial. 1984: 8402,8406 1985: 8500,8501,8502,8503,8504,8505 (Helv), (8000000 series has Franklin Gothic "85") 1986: 8603,8606 1987: 8700,8701,8703,8706 1988: 8800,8802,8803,8804 1989: 8901,8904,8905,8906 1990: 9000,9003,9004,9005,9006 1991: 9100,9101,9102,9104,9106 1992: 9202,9204,9206 1993: 9301,9302,9303,9304 (9302 1001169 FR, 9303 1660515 NR) 1994: 9400,9401,9402,9403,9404,9405 1995: 9502,9503,9506 1996: 9601,9602,9603,9605,9606 1997: 9700,9701,9703,9704,9705 1998: 9800,9801,9802,9803,9804 1999: 9903,9905,9906 2000: 0000,0002,0006 2001: 0103,0105,0106 2002: 0201,0202,0205 2003: 0300 2004: 0400,0403,0405 (0403 0580333 NR, 0400 1941422 FR) 2005: 0505,0506 2006: 0600,0604 2007: 0701,0706 2008: 0800,0802 2009: 0901,0904,0905,0906 2010: 1000,1002 2011: 1101,1102,1106 (1106 1667609 old, 1102 3119363-3214591 new) 2012: 1201,1205,1206 (new) (1201 0555577 old, 1206 1933322-1205 2379578 new) 2013: 1304,1306 2014: 1404 2015: 1502,1506 2016: 1603 2017: 1700,1704,1706 2018: 1803,1804 2019: 1901,1904 2020: 2000 2021: 2102 Perm Trailer: 9991,9993,9994 Fleet PR: 8881 ---------------- BRITISH COLUMBIA ---------------- 1970: No serial. 1971-present: All-numeric. Serials since 1980 are continuous from month to month. Apparent starting number- 000001: 71-74 4000001: 75 (PASS and COMM types now combined) 1000001: 76 7000001: 77 0000001: 78 (MC/trailer starts at 3000001) 43000001: 80 1980-85 Demonstration stickers have a ymm00000 format; replaced with regular stickers 86. Observations of numbering blocks: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Jan 53 35 10 10 30 Jan Feb 54 67 80 36 94 11 23 Feb Mar 43 56 69 82 38 56 12 12 12 32 Mar Apr 44 57 70 83 39 57 13 13 33 Apr May 45 58 71 42 58 14 14 34 May Jun 72 85 43 15 15 35 Jun Jul 47 73 86 62 16 16 36 Jul Aug 48 74 87 45 63 17 17,25 Aug Sep 49 62 88 46 64 18 18 Sep Oct 50 63 65 19 19 39 Oct Nov 66 20 20 40 Nov Dec 52 78 91 49 68 21 21 Dec 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Jan 50 70 20 30 30 Jan Feb 71 21 31 Feb Mar 72 32 Mar Apr 73 23 23 Apr May 74 24 24 34 54 May Jun 55 75 75 35 35 55 Jun Jul 56 56 76 76 36 56 Jul Aug 37 57 57 77 77 27 27 37 37 57 Aug Sep 38 58 58 78 28 28 38 58 Sep Oct 59 59 79 29 29 39 59 Oct Nov 60 80 82 Nov Dec 41 81 83 85 61 Dec 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Jan 50 10 20 30 40 50 Jan Feb 41 41 11 21 31 Feb Mar 42 64 42 Mar Apr 13 43 Apr May 54 46 14 24 34 May Jun 55 47 15 35 45 55 Jun Jul 76 48 48 26 56 Jul Aug 77 69 37 Aug Sep 78 86 62 18 38 48 58 Sep Oct 59 79 87 63 19 29 39 49 59 Oct Nov 60 80 88 90 93 94 Nov Dec 61 Dec 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Jan 10 20 30 70 70 10 20 50 10 Jan Feb 51 71 11 21 51 11 Feb Mar 22 52 72 52 12 Mar Apr 13 23 13 Apr May 24 74 24 54 May Jun 25 75 55 75 15 Jun Jul 76 16 56 16 Jul Aug 27 37 27 57 17 Aug Sep 18 28 38 78 58 78 18 28 58 18 Sep Oct 19 29 39 59 79 19 59 19,10 Oct Nov 96 98 99* 80 91,21* 94 Nov Dec 97 99* 90 91* 95 Dec *99103688 11/14, 99659177 12/14. 91264573 11/17, 91809629 12/17. 2020 2021 2022 2023 Jan 20 30 Feb 21 Mar 32 Apr 23 May Jun 25 75 Jul 26 36 Aug Sep 28 Oct Nov 98 Dec 96 Non-Exp: 00000000 (00 first digits) -------- MANITOBA -------- 1971: All-numeric or (plate number) 1972: y000000 or (plate number) 1973-1994: y000000 1995-2021: All-numeric. Serials appear to be numbered continuously from month to month and year to year. Year-only stickers appear by 24711806, but 26217753 is "Feb 11." Highest 2021 serial: 30904035 ------------- NEW BRUNSWICK ------------- 1963: P 00000 1965-1976: P 000000 1977: P 00000 1979: P 000000 1980: M 000000 1981: S 000000 1982-1990: Sy000000. 1988-90 stickers coded by year of issue (i.e., "7" for 03/88), not expiration. 1990-present: Ay000000 Prefix letters (1990-present): Jan A Feb B Mar C Apr D May E Jun F Jul G Aug H Sep I Oct J Nov K Dec L ----------------------- NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR ----------------------- 1971-1981: All-numeric. 1982-2018: mm000000 2019-2020: mm000000 or (plate number) ----------- NOVA SCOTIA ----------- 1967- All-numeric. Leading zeroes on numbers below 100000 confirmed some years (70, 73). Serials on staggered regstration stickers (starting 1980) not continuous from month to month; start at 00001. ------- ONTARIO ------- 1974-1982: All-numeric. 1983-present: 0000000A Suffix letters-- Years: Even Odd Jan A B Feb C D Mar E F Apr G H May J K Jun M L Jul P N Aug R Q Sep T S Oct V U Nov X W Dec Z Y Starting number-- 0000001 Most years 1983-2017 1000001 2021, early 2022 5000001 2019, 2020 6000001 2022 7000001 2023 8000001 2018, 2024 9000001 Kiosk-printed stickers (confirmed by 2005) Trailer (74-79): T000000 Temporary: T0000000 Bumblebee: F0000000 -------------------- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND -------------------- 1963: A00000 1965 tab: All-numeric (24037 high reported) 1967-2014: All-numeric. 2015-present: A000000 Starting numbers (or starting blocks; actual starting point may be higher): A00001: 1963 00001: 1965 tab, 1966-1976, 1978-1986 000001: 1977, 1987-2001, 2013-14, 2018-19, 2021 100001: 2007 200001: 2002, 2008, 2015, 2020 300001: 2003, 2009 400001: 2016 500001: 2004, 2010, 2017 600001: 2011 700001: 2005-06, 2012 Non-pass (black) 2014 stickers seen in 600001 series. Prefix letters-- F 2015 G 2016 H 2017 J 2018 K 2019 L 2020 M 2021 Serials on combined month-year stickers are continuous from month to month. ------ QUEBEC ------ 1980-1982: All-numeric. 1983-1985: y00000000 (All-numeric without prefix code also seen 84-85.) 1986: y0000000 or 100000000 1987: All-numeric 1988-1989: y00000000 1990: 100000000 or 200000000 1991-1992: y00000000 Unique 1980 motorcycle sticker seen in 9000000 series. ------------ SASKATCHEWAN ------------ 1978-1996: A0000000 1979, 1997-13: No serial. Year sticker prefixes: X 1978 1984 1990 Y 1985 Z 1980 1986 W 1981 1987 U 1982 1988 V 1983 1989 N 1977 m/c P 1978 m/c T 1981 m/c Q 1983 m/c (Confirm other years) Month sticker prefixes: A Jan B Feb C Mar D Apr E May F Jun G Jul H Aug J Sep K Oct L Nov M Dec ("S K" month stickers generally replace "SASK" around serial 1000000.) (Small stickers for trailers and motorcycles have serials in 8000000 bloc.) 1990-96 combined month-year sticker numbering is continuous from month to month, with prefix letter advancing as serial. Serial resets to start of alphabet 1993, 1995/1996. --------------------- NORTHWEST TERRITORIES --------------------- 1976-1993: All-numeric. 1994: yy000000 1995-2015: yy00000 Combined month-year sticker numbering (from 2010) is continuous from month to month. ------- NUNAVUT ------- 1999-present: yy00000 Stickers identical to NWT through 2011; not known if numbering is duplicated between territories. ----- YUKON ----- 1981: All-numeric. 1982: No serial. 1984-1989: A 00000; odd years may pick up serially where even ones leave off. 1990: B 00000 1991: A 00000 (non-staggered) or all-numeric (staggered). 1992-present: All-numeric. Numeric is continuous from year to year, resetting 2010. Out-of-sequence numbers also seen 2012, 2020.