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Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives
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Gallery of Current U.S. License Plates
Standard issue and no-cost optional passenger car plates in current use
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Plates from 53 of 56 states and other U.S. jurisdictions are shown on this page.
Latest noteworthy updates to this page
- March 19, 2021 –
Added a candid photo of a New Mexico standard #3 plate.
Replaced candid photo of a current Washington state plate with that of one I've added to my collection.
Replaced photo of a current Georgia standard plate with that of one I've added to my collection.
Moved current Rhode Island plate to the previous column, as they're now issuing plates with a new neumbering format.
Moved current Arizona plate to the previous column, as they're now using yet another new numbering.
- October 9, 2020 – Added photos of a Florida no-cost optional
In God We Trust plate with old serial dies and new legend dies and a
current Arizona with the new "alphabet soup" numbering format. Replaced candid photo of a
current format, new dies Florida no-cost optional In God We Trust plate
and photo of a previous format Arizona passenger with photos of plates I've added to my collection.
- July 7, 2020 – Added a current Mississippi plate.
Replaced candid photo of a current Missouri plate with that of one I've added to my collection.
Moved current New York plate to the previous column, as they've introduced a new plate design.
Moved current Arizona plate and current Utah no-cost-option plate to the previous column, as they're now
using new numbering formats.
Removed previous Mississippi and Oklahoma plates, and previous base embossed Nevada plate, as they're now
off the road.
- April 23, 2020 – Added current numbering format Minnesota
and previous format Florida In God We Trust plates. Replaced
photos of current Alaska standing bear plate, current Florida
Sunshine State, current Florida
In God We Trust, and North Carolina
In God We Trust plates. Moved both current Kentucky plates
to the previous column, as they're now using a new numbering format. Moved current
Kansas plate to the previous column, as they're now issuing plates with flat numbers.
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The images shown on this page are U.S. passenger car plate designs that are in current use. Both standard plates
and optional designs available for no additional cost are shown. Optional designs that cost extra are far too
numerous for the scope of this project, and therefore are not shown.
The left column shows the plate design and serial format currently being issued; included in the right column are older
designs no longer being issued but still on the road, and additional serial formats that either are concurrently being
issued or were previously issued. Only older designs and formats issued within about the last 20 years or so,
and still in use, are shown. Even so, not all such older designs and formats are shown, either due to space
considerations, or because I do not have any photo available.
Passenger car plates are used not just for sedans, but also station wagons, mini-vans, and sport-utility vehicles
(SUVs), in all states except Delaware and Maryland. For those two states, I've included images of both sedan and
non-sedan private passenger vehicle plates. In some states, passenger car plates are also used for other types of
vehicles, such as pickup trucks, motor homes, and buses; however, I'm not otherwise addressing these vehicle types on this
page.
If you have, or can take, a digital photo of a plate not shown below, send it to me in an
e-mail attachment. I'll add it to this page, and will credit you for
submitting it.
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Plates shown on this page are from a variety of sources, including my collection, my trade box,
plates in actual use, and submissions by others. All photographs were taken by me, unless otherwise credited.
New England |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Maine |
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New Hampshire |
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Vermont |
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Massachusetts |
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Rhode Island |
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Connecticut |
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(Clinchy photo, stickered plate above) |
Northeast |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
New York |
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New Jersey |
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Pennsylvania |
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Delaware (sedans) |
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Delaware (station wagons, mini-vans, SUVs) |
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Maryland (sedans, station wagons) |
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Maryland (mini-vans, SUVs) |
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District of Columbia (standard) |
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(Clark plates, both B-series plates above) |
District of Columbia (no-cost option) |
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Mid-South |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Virginia |
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West Virginia (standard) |
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West Virginia (no-cost option) |
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Kentucky (standard) |
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Kentucky (no-cost option) |
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Tennessee (standard) |
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Tennessee (no-cost option) |
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North Carolina (standard) |
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North Carolina (no-cost option #1) |
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North Carolina (no-cost option #2) |
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Southeast |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
South Carolina (standard) |
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South Carolina (no-cost option) |
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Georgia (standard) |
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(Fazekas plate, 2013 Peach State plate above; Clark plate,
six-character ...on my mind plate) |
Georgia (no-cost option) |
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Florida (standard #1) |
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Florida (standard #2) |
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Florida (no-cost option) |
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Alabama (standard) |
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Alabama (no-cost option #1) |
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Alabama (no-cost option #2) |
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Mississippi |
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Great Lakes |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Ohio |
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Michigan |
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Indiana (standard) |
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Indiana (no-cost option) |
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Illinois |
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Wisconsin |
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North Central |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Iowa |
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Minnesota |
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North Dakota |
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South Dakota |
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Nebraska |
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South Central |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Missouri |
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Kansas |
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Oklahoma |
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Arkansas |
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Louisiana |
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(O'Connor plate, Battle of New Orleans plate above) |
Texas |
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Southwest |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
New Mexico (standard #1) |
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New Mexico (standard #2) |
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New Mexico (standard #3) |
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Colorado |
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(Benzie plate, green background plate above) |
Utah (standard #1) |
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Utah (standard #2) |
(Jackson photo, above) |
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Utah (no-cost option) |
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Arizona |
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Nevada |
(Simmons photo, above) |
(Simmons photos, Home Means Nevada plate and
The Silver State plate with state-shaped separator, above) |
California |
(D. Kretschmer photo, above) |
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Northwest |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
Wyoming |
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Montana (standard) |
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Montana (no-cost option) |
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Montana (additional no-cost options) |
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Idaho |
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Oregon |
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Washington |
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Alaska (standard) |
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Alaska (no-cost option #1) |
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Alaska (no-cost option #2) |
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Islands |
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Current design and format |
Recent designs and/or other serial formats also in use |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Puerto Rico |
(O'Connor plate) |
Hawaii |
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American Samoa |
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Guam |
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Northern Mariana Islands |
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Page credits
Thanks to those who have directly contributed to the information on this page:
Chirstopher Jackson, Ross Clinchy, Jeff Fazekas, Debbie Kretschmer, and Jeff Simmons.
Jackson, Clinchy, D. Kretschmer, and Simmons photographs are presumed to be copyrighted, and were
submitted by and used with permission of Chirstopher Jackson, Ross Clinchy, Debbie Kretschmer, and
Jeff Simmons, respectively. Fazekas, Benzie, O'Connor, and Clark plates are/were from the collections of
Jeff Fazekas, Chris Benzie, Tim O'Connor, and Stanley Clark, respectively.
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