Vehicle registration plates of Aruba

Aruba requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. The island is one of the last jurisdictions in the world to continue issuing new plates each year rather than showing revalidation through stickers or other documentation.

These plates change each year but since 1983 have displayed the slogan "ONE HAPPY ISLAND". Since 2011 the word "ARUBA" has been changed to "aruba.com". The plate itself is valid for the first half of the year, and then a metal tab is added to indicate validity during the second half of the year. This tab is painted in the reverse color scheme as the plate and displays the same serial number as the plate.

Plates 1980 to present

Image	Year	Plate colors	Slogan
	1980	white on brown	ISLA DI CARNAVAL
	1981	black on yellow
	1982	red on white
	1983	yellow on light blue	ONE HAPPY ISLAND
	1984	black on yellow
	1985	black on white
	1986	red on yellow
	1987	white on blue
	1988	black on white
	1989	white on red
	1990	white on blue
	1991	white on black
	1992	black on white
	1993	white on brown
	1994	white on blue
	1995	black on red
	1996	blue on white
	1997	white on teal
	1998	black on white
	1999	white on orange
	2000	brown on white
	2001	black on yellow
	2002	white on black
	2003	black on orange
	2004	yellow on black
	2005	white on blue
	2006	white on red
	2007	black on white
	2008	white on green
	2009	black on yellow
	2010	white on blue
	2011	white on red
	2012	brown on white
	2013	orange on white
	2014	black on white
	2015	white on blue

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