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 1956 (dated 1957) issue was the state's first license plate that complied with these standards.

Image	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1945	Embossed white numbers on dark blue plate; "VERMONT 45" embossed in white block letters at bottom	none	12345	1 to approximately 81000
	1946	Embossed black numbers on white plate; "VERMONT 46" embossed in black block letters at bottom	none	12345	1 to approximately 88000
	1947	Embossed white numbers on black plate; "47 VERMONT" embossed in white block letters at bottom	none	12345	1 to approximately 93000
	1948	Embossed gold numbers on dark green plate; "48 VERMONT" embossed in gold block letters centered at bottom	"GREEN MOUNTAINS" embossed in gold block letters centered at top	12345	1 to approximately 96000	Most recent passenger base to use a color other than green or white.
	1949	Embossed dark green numbers on white plate; "VERMONT 49" embossed in dark green block letters centered at bottom	"GREEN MOUNTAINS" embossed in dark green block letters centered at top	12345	1 to approximately 99000
	1950	Embossed white numbers on dark green plate with border line; "50 VERMONT" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	"GREEN MOUNTAINS" embossed in white block letters centered at top	12345 A1234
	1951	Embossed white numbers on dark green plate; "VERMONT 51" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	none	A123 AB123
	1952	Embossed dark green numbers on white plate; "52 VERMONT" embossed in dark green block letters centered at bottom	none	12345 A1234
	1953	As 1951 base, but with "VERMONT 53" embossed at bottom	none	12345 A1234
	1954	As 1952 base, but with "54 VERMONT" embossed at bottom	none	12345 A1234
	1955	As 1951 base, but with "VERMONT 55" embossed at bottom	none	12345 A1234
	1956	As 1952 base, but with "56 VERMONT" embossed at bottom	none	12345 A1234
	1957	Embossed white numbers on dark green plate; "VERMONT" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom; "57" embossed in bottom right corner	"SEE" embossed in white block letters to left of state name, giving "SEE VERMONT"	12345 A1234
	1958	Embossed dark green numbers on white plate; "VERMONT" embossed in dark green block letters centered at bottom; "58" embossed in bottom right corner	"SEE" embossed in dark green block letters to left of state name, giving "SEE VERMONT"	12345 A1234
	1959	As 1957 base, but with "59" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1957 base	12345 A1234
	1960	As 1958 base, but with "60" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1958 base	12345 A1234
	1961	As 1957 base, but with "61" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1957 base	12345 A1234
	1962	As 1958 base, but with "62" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1958 base	12345 A1234
	1963	As 1957 base, but with "63" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1957 base	12345 A1234
	1964	As 1958 base, but with "64" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1958 base	12345 A1234
	1965	As 1957 base, but with "65" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1957 base	12345 A1234
	1966	As 1958 base, but with "66" in bottom right corner	"SEE" as on 1958 base	12345 A1234
	1967–68	Debossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "VERMONT" debossed in wide white block letters centered at bottom; white rectangular sticker box debossed at bottom left corner and "67" at bottom right corner	none	123456	1 to approximately 187000	Shade of green changed from forest green to the kelly green still used today.
	1969–71	Debossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "VERMONT" debossed in wide white block letters centered at bottom; white rectangular sticker box debossed at bottom right corner	"SEE" debossed in narrow white block letters to left of state name, giving "SEE VERMONT"	A·1234	A·100 to Y·9999
				1234·A	100·A to approximately 7000·E
	1972–76	Similar to 1969–71 base, but with state name, slogan and sticker box at top rather than bottom	"SEE" as on 1969–71 base, but at top	A·1234	A·100 to Y·9999
				1234·A	100·A to 9999·L
				AB·123	AM·100 to LY·999
				A123B	A100A to approximately A999B
	1977–84	Debossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "VERMONT" debossed in wide white block letters centered at bottom; white round sticker box debossed at bottom left corner and white rectangular sticker box at bottom right corner	"GREEN MOUNTAINS" debossed in narrow white block letters centered at top	A·1234	A·100 to Y·9999	Round sticker box never used. Revalidated until 1989.
				1234·A	100·A to 9999·Y
				AB123	AM100 to YY999
				123AB	100AB to approximately 999EC
	1985–87	Debossed white numbers on green plate; screened white rectangular box around numbers; "Vermont" screened in white serifed letters centered at top; white sugar maple screened at top left corner	"Green Mountain State" screened in white serifed letters centered at bottom	1A234	1A100 to 9Y999
	1987–89			123A4	100A1 to 999Y9
	1989			1AB23	1AA00 to approximately 9FF99	Issued as replacements for 1977–84 plates.
				12AB3	10AA0 to approximately 99BC9	Issued only to new registrants.
	January 1, 1990 – present			ABC 123	AAB 100 to present[1]	Narrow dies introduced. Letters I, J, O, Q, U, V and Z not used.

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" debossed vertically to left of numbers	12B34	10B00 to present
	Apportioned Truck	As current passenger base, but with "APPORTIONED" in place of slogan and "TRK" debossed 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.
	Motorcycle	Debossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "VERMONT" debossed in white block letters at top left and "MOTORCYCLE" in same letters at bottom; debossed box for revalidation sticker at top right corner	AB123	AA100 to present
	Municipal	As current passenger base, but in red rather than green, and with "MUN" debossed vertically to left of numbers	ABC 123
	Trailer (Large)	As current passenger base, but with "TRA" debossed vertically to left of numbers	ABC 123
	Trailer (Small)	As Motorcycle plate, but with "TRAILER" at bottom	A12345	A10000 to present
	Truck	As current passenger base, but with "TRK" debossed 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

External links

• Vermont license plates 1969-present