History of vehicle registration plates of Mississippi

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The state of Mississippi began requiring its citizens to register their vehicles and display their license plates on their motor vehicles in 1912. Since then, the state has gone through a variety of license plate designs, and now has several different designs for passenger, commercial, and specialty plates.

[edit] Passenger plates 1937 to present

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Dates issued	Description	Passenger serial format	Passenger serials issued
1937	Dark green in color with embossed white lettering and rim.	123-456	?
1938	Dark blue in color with embossed white lettering and rim.	123-456	?
1939	Yellow in color with embossed black lettering and rim.	123-456	?
1940	Black in color with embossed yellow lettering and rim.	123-456	?
1941	Black in color with embossed white lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1942	Blue in color with embossed yellow lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1943	Black in color with embossed orange lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1944	Black in color with embossed white lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1945	Black in color with embossed yellow lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1946	Black in color with embossed white lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1947	Black in color with embossed yellow lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1948	Black in color with embossed white lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1949	Black in color with embossed orange lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1950	Yellow in color with embossed black lettering and rim. The county name was stamped at the top left of the license plate, The letters "MISS" were arranged vertically between the "123" and "456" parts of the registration number.	123-456	?
1951	Black in color with embossed yellow lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1952	Green in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1953	White in color with embossed maroon lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1954	Black in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1955	Blue in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1956	Black in color with embossed yellow lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1957	Green in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1958	Orange in color with embossed black lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1959	White in color with embossed green lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1960	White in color with embossed red lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1961	White in color with embossed black lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	123-456	?
1962	White in color with embossed maroon lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1963	White in color with embossed blue lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1964	White in color with embossed red lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1965	Blue in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1966	White in color with embossed blue lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1967	Black in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1968	Beige in color with embossed black lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1969	Brown in color with embossed white lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1970	White in color with embossed dark blue lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1971	White in color with embossed dark green lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1972	White in color with embossed light green lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1973	White in color with embossed red lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1974	White in color with embossed blue lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1975	White in color with embossed red lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1976	White in color with embossed maroon lettering and trim. The county name was stamped on the bottom of the license plate.	?	?
1977 to 1983	For the first time, Mississippi began to use graphic designs on its license plates, introducing a magnolia blossom (the state flower and tree) set into the middle of the plate, with the state name in all red capital letters screened on the top and the county name in red letters screened onto the bottom. The state also began to use stickers to redeem the vehicle registration until the state went to a new design. The entire plate was surrounded by an embossed red rim, and the registration was also embossed.	ABC 123	?
1983 to 1992	Introduced the "Mississippi" script with the familiar large-serifed "S". It was colored dark blue on a white background, with dark blue embossed lettering for the registration letters. The county name was retained at the bottom of the plate, as were the registration stickers in the bottom corners of the plate.	ABC 123	?
1992 to 1997	Kept the script "Mississippi" in dark blue, but set it against a background of sky blue at the top fading into white at the bottom. All other lettering was embossed onto the plate in blue as well.	ABC 123	?
1997 to 2002	Kept the script "Mississippi", but changed it to a green color. It also set the script against a background of yellow, white and green, with a magnolia blossom of the same three colors set in the middle of the design. The county lettering at the bottom was also embossed in green.	ABC 123	?
2002 to October 2007	Retained the script "Mississippi" design in use since the 1980s, and set it in dark green against a background of trees and water, which represent the large wooded areas of the state and the location of Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River. Like the preceding issue, it also displayed a magnolia in the center of the license plate, visible between the "123 ABC" registration scheme of numbers and letters. The registration and the county name were embossed in the dark forest green.	123 ABC	?
October 2007 to present	Featuring an image of the Biloxi Light at the center of the plate, on a multicolored background depicting a yellow sunrise behind the lighthouse.	ABC 123	?

[edit] County coding

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Mississippi license plates 1969-present

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