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In 1956, the United States, Canada, and Mexico 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) in width, with standardized mounting holes. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate with border line; "Virginia" screened in blue centered at top. None ABC-123 Still currently revalidated. Washington: West Virginia: Wisconsin: Embossed black serial on reflective yellow plate; "WISCONSIN" at bottom, slogan at top; month of expiration at bottom left, debossed "80" at bottom right
Evergreen State [109] (used on license plates) West Virginia: Mountain State (previously used on license plates) Panhandle State [16] The Switzerland of America [110] Almost Heaven Wisconsin [111] [a] Badger State [16] America's Dairyland [112] [113] (also on license plates since a 1939 state law) [111] The Mitten State [citation needed]
State issued plates begin in 1915. West Virginia: First year for state issued plates. Wisconsin: Riveted aluminum serial on black zinc plate none: 1234-W: 1-W to 1492-W: First year for state issued plates. Photo shows the 32nd license plate issued in the state. Serial ranges shown are plates issued in 1905. Wyoming: No prestate plates.
Feb. 26—A renewed call to create special license plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars remains alive under Senate Bill 2731, which was carried over from last legislative session.
Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate with light blue Mount Rainier graphic and dark blue border line; "Washington" screened in red centered at top. "Centennial Celebration" screened in red centered at bottom 123-ABC West Virginia: Wisconsin: Wyoming