Vehicle registration plates of North Carolina

The U.S. state of North Carolina first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1913.

Passenger baseplates 1933 to present

Image	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1933	Blue base with white lettering		123-456
	1935	Black base with silver lettering		123-456
	1941	Black base with yellow lettering		123-456
	1942	Yellow base with black lettering		123-456		Red tab attached over date at bottom for 1943 due to wartime steel shortages. This took the place of issuing new plates for 1943.
	1944	Black base with yellow lettering		123-456
	1964	Yellow base with black lettering		AB-1234
	1965	Black base with yellow lettering		AB-1234
	1982	Blue on reflective white with Wright Flyer graphic	First in Flight	ABC-12 and ABC-123 ABC-1234	AAA-01 to ZZZ-99 AAA-001 to ZZZ-999 ANA-0000 to early-WTF series (second letter is N to Z only, skipping G, I, O, Q and U in ALL positions)	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1982 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first and, to date, only time North Carolina has been so honored. Also, first time in NC history that registration stickers are issued instead of replacing the license plate itself.
	2007	Red on reflective white with Wright Flyer graphic	First in Flight	ABC-1234	early-WTF series to ZNC series (second letter is N to Z only, skipping G, I, O, Q and U in ALL positions, with the exception of OBX)	Red serial characters replaced blue in 2007
	2009	Blue on reflective white with Wright Flyer graphic	First in Flight	ABC-1234	Late ZND series to ZZZ (second letter is N to Z only, skipping G, I, O, Q and U in ALL positions)	Switched back to blue lettering, claiming the red was too hard to read from a distance.
	2010–2011	Blue on reflective white with Wright Flyer graphic	First in Flight	ABC-1234	AAA series to present (second letter is A to M, skipping G, I, O, Q and U in ALL positions)	1st time North Carolina has issued A to M in the 2nd position. Will be using this format until the end of ZMZ series. Next serial format unknown.

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North Carolina license plates 1969-present

Vehicle registration plates of the United States

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Vehicle registration plates of North America

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State of North Carolina

Raleigh (capital)

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