Vehicle Registration Plates of South Dakota - Passenger Baseplates 1922 To Present

Passenger Baseplates 1922 To Present

Image First issued Design Slogan Serial format Serials issued Notes
1922 White on dark blue
1933 Black lettering and border embossed on yellow base none 12-3456 unknown
1950 Black on orange
1960 Black on reflective tan
1961 Green on reflective white
1962 Black on reflective white
1965 Green on reflective white
1968 Light blue on reflective white
1970 Dark blue on reflective white
1971 Green on reflective white
1972 Black on reflective white
1973 Red on reflective white
1974 blue on white with red and black Mount Rushmore graphic First graphic license plate in the United States. Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1974 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first time South Dakota was so honored.
1975 Red and blue screen graphic design on reflective white
1981 Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1981 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the second time South Dakota was so honored.
1987 Red and blue screened design on reflective white
1990 Green lettering on red/brown/white screened background
1996 Green lettering on red/brown/white screened background

2000 blue on white with Mount Rushmore graphic none Coded by county of issuance:
  • 0AB 123
  • 00A 123
  • 00A B23 (following exhaustion of above format)
2006 dark blue on full-color Mount Rushmore graphic Great Faces. Great Places. Coded by county of issuance:
  • 0AB 123
  • 0ABC 12 (following exhaustion of above format)
  • 00A 123
  • 00A B23 (following exhaustion of above format)
  • 00A BC3 (following exhaustion of above format)
 Serial progression continued from where 2000 base ceased. Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 2006 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the third time South Dakota was so honored.

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