State License Plate Research Thread

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Re: State License Plate Research Thread [North Carolina]

#21 Post by local_raleigh » 07 Aug 2020 04:05

Hi, figured I'd add based on Bedavd's format.

NORTH CAROLINA

North Carolina has only rear plates.

This is the current, primary design for North Carolina. (note: there are alternate designs that are nearly as common but this is the primary design)
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It follows an ABC-1234 format.

This is the North Carolina Apportioned design.
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It follows an AB-1234 formatting (no specific changes between plates that I can notice)

This is the trailer plate (note: smaller trailers use a different design)
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It follows an AB-12345 formatting.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES

North Carolina Highway Patrol uses the normal plates, except the formatting is SHP-1234 as opposed to the regular ABC-1234 (SHP standing for State Highway Patrol)

City police departments use the orange permanent plate, so do most other government vehicles.
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I've covered most of what there is, and I'm simply trying to add on to this.
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread

#22 Post by Bedavd » 20 Aug 2020 12:39

@local_raleigh Thanks for the pictures! I've put this on hold since we're probably not going to see any of the uncompleted state for a couple years, but that doesn't mean others cant add! I've updated the front post to add the link to your images. Thanks again!
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread [Wisconsin]

#23 Post by Bedavd » 03 Oct 2020 21:58

WISCONSIN

Wisconsin uses both front & rear license plates

This is the Wisconsin Current Standard license plate design:
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It follows a ABC 1234 format.

This is the Wisconsin Apportioned Truck license plate design:
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It follows a 80001X format.

This is the Wisconsin Semi Trailer license plate design:
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It follows a 200001 format.

Emergency Vehicles:

This is the Wisconsin State Patrol license plate design:
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It is the same as the vehicle's unit number.

This is the Wisconsin Municipal Police license plate design:
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It follows a E12345 format.

This is the Wisconsin Municipal Vehicle license plate design:
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It follows a 12345 format.

Wisconsin's DMV website keeps a pretty useful database of all these plates and pictures. I recommend looking through the site!
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread [Alabama]

#24 Post by Bedavd » 03 Oct 2020 22:23

Alabama

Alabama ONLY uses front license plates

This is the Alabama Current Standard license plate design:
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It follows a 0AB1234 or 00AB123 format. Each plate begins with the county code, found here

This is the Alabama Apportioned Truck license plate design:
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It follows a 1234567 format.

This is the Alabama Semi Trailer license plate design:
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It follows a 1234567 format.

Emergency Vehicles:

This is the Alabama State Trooper license plate design:
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It always begins with ST followed by the vehicle's unit number.

This is the Alabama Municipal Vehicle license plate design:
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It follows a 12345 MU format. Used on municipal Police and Fire vehicles

This is the Alabama Ambulance license plate design:
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It follows a 1(K#)23456 format. The number under the K goes from 1 - 4 depending on the population of the municipality it is registered in.

Alabama's Department of Revenue maintains a pretty comprehensive list of their plates, found here
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread [Indiana]

#25 Post by Bedavd » 03 Oct 2020 23:01

INDIANA

Indiana ONLY uses front license plates

This is the Indiana Current Standard license plate design:
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It follows a 1233 ABC format.

As a Michigander, however, I don't think I've ever seen that plate! The VAST majority of Indiana plates I see are this design:
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It follows a ABC 123 format.

This is the Indiana Apportioned Truck license plate design:
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It follows a 1234567 format with APP in the top left and PWR in the top right. Interestingly, many Indiana Apportioned plates include the name and logo of the company that they are registered to.

This is the Indiana Semi Trailer license plate design:
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It follows a 1234567 format.

Emergency Vehicles:

This is the Indiana State Police license plate design:
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It follows a 1234 format.

This is the Indiana Municipal Police license plate design:
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It follows a 12345 format.

This is the Indiana Municipal Vehicle license plate design:
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It follows a 12345 format.
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread [Michigan]

#26 Post by Bedavd » 03 Oct 2020 23:37

MICHIGAN

Michigan ONLY uses front license plates

This is the Michigan Current Standard license plate design:
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It follows a ABC 1234 format.

This is the Michigan Apportioned Truck license plate design:
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It follows a RA 12345 format.

This is the Michigan Semi Trailer license plate design:
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It follows a A123456 format.

Emergency Vehicles:

This is the Michigan State Police license plate design:
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It follows a 1234 format. Also, perhaps I'm biased. But the MSP has the best looking cars.

This is the Michigan Municipal Vehicle license plate design:
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It follows a 123 456 format with a small "X" in the middle and Municipal written below. Used on municipal Police and Fire vehicles.

This is the Michigan Ambulance license plate design:
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It follows a 123 456 format with a small "Y" in the middle and NON-PROFIT written below.
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread

#27 Post by Laqueesha » 13 Feb 2021 22:37

Minor gripe, but the CA license plate needs to be updated, like NV's recently was. The new CA plate, (not so really all that new anymore) was introduced in 2011 and has the California DMV's web address on the bottom. The one in the game at the moment is the old 1994 to 2010 plate that lacks the website URL. For reference, here's a pic of of the current (new) one, with the web address emblazoned on the bottom:

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Re: State License Plate Research Thread

#28 Post by ALT2870 » 26 Feb 2021 21:11

While in game it doesn't matter that much, Colorado has had to change its format to Letter-Letter-Letter Dash Letter-#-# (ABC-D12). We finally ran out of combos from the pervious Letter-Letter-Letter Dash #-#-# (ABC-123). (Before that it was inverse.)

Colorado does indeed have a crap ton of plate choices. I personally have the state park plate in the old design. Most common plate outside of the standard though is the "Fleet Plate" which is red like the commercial ones. These get attached to rental cars and most other vehicles that belong to a fleet. Columbine is probably the 3rd.
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread

#29 Post by Bedavd » 26 Feb 2021 21:28

Thanks for the note! I'll add that to the formatting in the CO post.

Another interesting thing about CO, and I believe California does this as well, is that as long as your plate is readable, you can keep it forever. My Uncle still has his old White over Green plate and he's told me random people have asked if they could buy it off of him lol. I'd love one day to get the non-standard designs but that isn't super important. My dream is still to see random out-of-state license plates...
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Re: State License Plate Research Thread

#30 Post by supersobes » 26 Feb 2021 21:51

Virginia is another state that allows drivers to keep their plates as long as they're still readable too. My car still has old plates that use a design that isn't issued anymore. I see lots of cars that have old plates, even on newer cars where the owner transferred the plates from their old car. The other day I saw a car with an old Virginia plate design that was phased out in 1993!
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