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In some states, the month of expiration or the county of registration is incorporated into the plate's serial. The last number on a Massachusetts license plate indicates the month the vehicle's registration expires (for example, 1234 AB would expire in April, the fourth month; 0 indicates October expirations; and X and Y were used for November ...
The general format of US government plates is a letter prefix followed by 4 to 6 numbers and a letter, with plates ending with T always being trailer plates, and plates ending in M being motorcycle plates, a majority of US Government vehicles using U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) plates, which begin with the letter G, followed by a ...
The image shown for a Pennsylvania license plate uses the letter "Q" in its serial number, a letter that is not used for standard-issue Pennsylvania license plates. Pennsylvania does not use the letters I, O or Q on their regular-issue license plates, and also no longer uses the letter U.
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The U.S. state of Louisiana first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1915. [1] As of 2024, plates are issued by the Public Safety Services division of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, through the division's Office of Motor Vehicles. Only rear plates have been required ...
The system must be able to deal with different styles of vehicle registration plates. License plate recognition process. Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR; see also other names below) is a technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates to create vehicle location data.
The sign may either be placed separately from the registration plate as a white oval plate or sticker, or be incorporated in the vehicle registration plate. When the distinguishing sign is incorporated in the registration plate, it must also appear on the front registration plate of the vehicle.
European-style license plates have become popular, as with this example of an unofficial remake of a Baja California plate. Unofficial plates, whilst technically illegal, are tolerated in practice. However, in most states the motorist can choose between Euro-style plates and the more common US-style plates.