Passenger Plates 1977 To Present
| Image | Dates issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 until 1975 | white on blue | none | AB 1234 | |||
| 1976 until 1980 | red on white | none | ABC-123 | AAA-000 to HMN-xxx | ||
| 1980 until 1986 | black on white | none | ABC-123 | AAA-000 to KHN-999 (Also HNA-HNE series) | ||
| 1983 until February 1986 | black on white, reflective | 350th Anniversary | 123-ABC | 000-AAA to 000-AKE | Optional issue. Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1984 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first and, to date, only time Maryland has been so honored. | |
| February 1986 until September 2004 | black on white, reflective | none | ABC-123 | NAA-001 through ZZZ-999 (1986–1992), then started again at AAA-001 through MZZ-999. | Two-year renewals started in July 1992. | |
| late September 2004 until February 2005 | black on white, reflective | none | 1AB C23 | 1AA A01 to 9AK Z99 | ||
| February 2005 until late 2005 | black on white, reflective | www.maryland.gov | 1AB C23 | 1AL A01 to 9CM Z99 | ||
| late 2005 until 2006 | black on white, reflective | www.maryland.gov | 1AB C23 | 1CN A01 to 9CN Z99 | These plates were manufactured in New Jersey, and therefore used New Jersey's number dies, because the plate production facility at the Maryland State Prison was closed at the time due to violence. | |
| 2006 until June 13, 2010, and expected from June 2015 onwards | black on white, reflective | www.maryland.gov | 1AB C23 | 1CP A01 to approximately 4GD J47 | Identical to 1AL A00 to 9CM Z99 series. This plate is expected to resume issuance in June 2015 at approximately 4GD J48. | |
| June 14, 2010 (Flag Day) expected until June 2015 | War of 1812 200th anniversary commemorative design with U.S. flag and Fort McHenry silhouette. Blue on reflective white. State name in blue. "War of 1812" text under state name in red. | www.starspangled200.org | 1A/B2345 | 1M/D0000 to 9M/D9999, then 1A/A0000 to present | A/B indicates the letters are stacked. Both letters fit in the same height as each digit. This type is issued to BOTH passenger cars AND multi-purpose vehicles (SUVs and minivans) using the same serial format. |
Read more about this topic: Vehicle Registration Plates Of Maryland
Famous quotes containing the words passenger, plates and/or present:
“Every American travelling in England gets his own individual sport out of the toy passenger and freight trains and the tiny locomotives, with their faint, indignant, tiny whistle. Especially in western England one wonders how the business of a nation can possibly be carried on by means so insufficient.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
““... What are you seeing out the window, lady?”
“What I’ll be seeing more of in the years
To come as here I stand and go the round
Of many plates with towels many times.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)