Vehicle registration plates of Vermont

The U.S. state of Vermont first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1905. Plates are issued by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).

Passenger baseplates 1905 to present

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that fixed the size for license plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at six inches in height by twelve inches in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the state's first license plate that complied with these standards.

Image Dates issued Design Slogan Serial format Serials issued Notes
1957–65 (odd years only) Embossed white on forest green with uncolored border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered below numbers, with last two digits of registration year in similar font at bottom right SEE embossed in same letters as VERMONT, at lower left 12345 (rounded numbers) Alternated with white plates from 1957 to 1966
1958–66 (even years only) Embossed forest green on white with uncolored border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered below numbers, with last two digits of registration year in similar font at bottom right SEE embossed in same letters as VERMONT, at lower left 12345 (rounded numbers)
A1234 (1962 only)		 Alternated with forest green plates from 1957 to 1966
1967–8 Embossed white on green with border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered below numbers, with last two digits of registration year in similar font at bottom right none 123456 (variable number of digits) 1 to approximately 187000 Color changed from forest green to the kelly green used today
1969–71 Embossed white on green with border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered below numbers; registration sticker at bottom right corner SEE embossed in lower left corner 1234
A-1234
1234-A		 SEE returned to plate
1972–6 Embossed white on green with border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered above numbers; registration sticker at bottom left corner SEE embossed in top left corner A-1234
1234-A
AB-123
A123B
1976–84 Embossed white on green with border line; VERMONT embossed in plain block letters centered below numbers; white circle embossed to lower left; registration sticker at lower right GREEN MOUNTAINS embossed in thin block letters centered above numbers A-1234
1234-A
AB123
123AB
1985–present Embossed white on green with beveled edge and white rectangular box around numbers; Vermont in white stylized font screened above white box, with white sugar maple in upper left corner; registration sticker at lower right corner Green Mountain State screened in white plain serifed font centered below white box 1A234
123A4
1AB23
12AB3
ABC 123		 1A100 to 9Y999
100A1 to 999Y9
1AA00 to ?F?99
00AA1 to 99??9
AAB 100 to present[1]		 The "1AA" series never reached 1GA
Currently, the letters I, J, O, Q, U, V and Z are not in regular use.

Non-passenger types

Image Type Design Serial format Serials issued Notes
Apportioned Bus As current passenger base, but with "APPORTIONED" in place of slogan and "BUS" embossed vertically to left of numbers 12B34 10B00 to present
Apportioned Truck As current passenger base, but with "APPORTIONED" in place of slogan and "TRK" embossed vertically to left of numbers 12A34 10A00 to present Letters A, C and D have been used as of March 3, 2015. B reserved for Apportioned Bus.
Municipal As current passenger base, but in red rather than green, and with "MUN" embossed vertically to left of numbers ABC 123
Truck As current passenger base, but with "TRK" embossed vertically to left of numbers 123A456 100A000 to present Current serial format introduced mid-2009 after allocations in the ABC 123 format were exhausted.

References

  1. ↑ Highs from Vermont

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