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Locally issued and owner-provided license plates were phased out by 1909 for automobiles, [3] but local plates continued to be used for motorcycles until 1914. [5] In 1925, the Automobile Division was renamed the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and the Registrar of Motor Vehicles was retitled the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
The 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the first Ohio license plate that fully complied with these standards: the state had been issuing plates 6 inches in height by 12 inches in width since 1926, and all plates of the 1952 (dated 1953) and 1955 (dated 1956) issues were to these dimensions, but none had had standard mounting holes.
Formats for license plate numbers are consistent within the state. For example, Delaware is able to use six-digit all-numeric serials because of its low population. Several states, particularly those with higher populations, use seven-character formats of three letters and four digits, including 1ABC234 in California, 1234ABC in Kansas and ABC-1234 (with or without a space or dash) in Georgia ...
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which approves or rejects vanity license plate messages, is facing a lawsuit from a man who wanted to put "F46 LGB" on his plate.
In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm ...
Embossed white serial on green plate with border line; "WISCONSIN" at bottom, "SEMI TRAILER" at top; "DEC" at top right, debossed "82" at bottom right P/E 12345 P/E 1 to approximately P/E 22000 Five year semi-trailer license plates issued in 1982; revalidated for 1987 with blue on silver stickers.
Depending on which state you live in, new license plate tags can cost hundreds of dollars to replace, not to mention the annoyance of going back to the DMV and standing in line for new ones.
The number is the dealer number, the letter is the plate number for that dealer. Motorcycle Embossed black serial on light gray plate; "W" over "21" at right; serial is slanted at a 45-degree angle 1234 1 to approximately 6000 Truck Embossed black serial on light gray plate; vertical "TRUCK" at left, vertical "WIS" over "21" at right. 12-345