California license plate sticker colors by year

#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR SERIAL NUMBERS#
#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR REGISTRATION#
#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR SERIES#

This plate also uses the redesigned blue-on-white month sticker, introduced with exp.

#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR SERIES#

Plate numbers in the '1' series after this point were not used and are now being issued on some special-issue California bases. These blue plates were then discontinued. Blue seven-digit plates were issued concurrently with 'Golden State' bases through the end of 1986, confirmed into the '1SWC' series. This feature was added to stem concerns that these new screened plates could still be identified as California plates in cases such as a fire when the screened background was somehow obliterated.Д¬alifornia 1987 passenger issue. This does not appear very easily in the scan, but is more readily seen by looking at the back of the plate. This plate has a lightly debossed 'CA' in the lefthand sticker box. Another of the Golden State plates issued during the period where the plate was still an optional issue. This plate was awarded ALPCA's Plate of the Year award for 1983.Д¬alifornia 1986 passenger issue. These plates are also still in use today on cars originally registered with them, and are considered to be something of a status symbol. Plates were issued starting with 2AAA000 and ending up around 2GPZ999, making this a rather rare (by California standards) variety. This plate then became the general issue from January through October of 1987. The 'Golden State' baseplate was introduced in December 1982 and was an optional baseplate issued concurrently with the gold-on-blue seven-digit base until the end of 1986 for an additional $5 fee.

I have one of these, in the '1MVR' series, but the etching wouldn't show up in a scan so it is not included on this page.Д¬alifornia 1984 passenger issue. Some of these seven-digit blue plates have the letters 'CA' lightly etched in the upper left sticker well. This numbering sequence is still in use today, with plates having passed the 7AAA000 mark in March, 2013. In April 1980, the regular 123-ABC series was exhausted and California switched over to a 1ABC234 format.

Similar dies are still in use today.Д¬alifornia 1982 passenger issue. Passenger plate would follow suit in 1980, see next. This was done at this time due to an exhaustion of available six-digit commercial plate combinations, making that the first series to switch to seven digits.

#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR SERIAL NUMBERS#

In late 1977, at the beginning of the 'WLA' series of plates, California switched to narrower dies for the serial numbers on these plates. This variation was fairly short-lived, only lasting a year or so before the next set of dies was rolled out (see next.)Д¬alifornia 1981 passenger issue. Another variant on the blue base, plates starting in 1977 in the late 'S' series through approximately the 'WKZ' series carried these fatter serial dies.

#CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE STICKER COLORS BY YEAR REGISTRATION#

This plate also has a month sticker, as California adopted staggered registration starting with 1976 expirations.Д¬alifornia 1978 passenger issue. This series began in 1975 starting with plate number 501-LXU. This plate features a wider die set for the state name and smaller sticker wells at the top corners. Gold-on-blue plates were issued through the end of 1986 in California.Д¬alifornia 1977 passenger issue. This series of plates started off with a 123-ABC format, later changed to 1ABC234 when the series was exhausted. This plate has the same narrower dies for the state name as the older 1963-era plates had. In fact, some plates issued in late 1969 received their 19 stickers at the same time due to the late-year registration. Most of these plates were issued with 1970 as their first expiration, but a handful got out with 1969 stickers. Gold-on-blue plates were introduced starting in 1969, and again vehicles of that era would still carry their original plates with proper stickers. Early versions of this base have '63' debossed in the top right sticker well, this one is a later version issued in 1969 and does not.Д¬alifornia 1969/70 passenger issue. California plates stay with the vehicle upon sale, so any vehicle that was issued these plates when new would still carry them today, provided the registration stayed current throughout. This gold-on-black base was issued in California from 1963 through 1969 and can still be valid with the proper stickers.

California license plate sticker colors by year