Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey

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The U.S. state of New Jersey first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants had to provide their own license plates for display until 1908, when the state began to supply plates. Plates are currently issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.

All bases of all classes of plates from 1959 to present are still valid for display in New Jersey. Since 2004, passenger plates have no requirement to display proof of valid registration, using only the registration card issued to the driver, which is stored in the glove box or on the person. New Jersey issues both front and rear license plates for almost all classes of vehicles, but "USED CAR DLR", "NEW CAR DLR", "BICYCLE", "TRICYCLE", "SCOOTER", "MOTORCYCLE", "OXBOARD", "TRAILER", and "SEGWAY" plates only issue rear.

Video Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey

Issuance and validation

Passenger plates were issued in pairs 1908 to present except for 1944, 1945, and 1946. New plates were issued every year until 1943 due to wartime restrictions. From 1943 until 1952 plates were issued yearly. Between 1953 and 1956 metal tabs were issued for re-validation of plates. In 1956 re validation began with front windshield stickers. In 1999 the state tried re-validating plates with stickers, but that scheme ended in 2004 with stickers issued to expire in 2005. Some non-passenger plates stickers extended to 2010 with stickers issued to expire in 2011 (2014 for trailer plates only) Since then passenger and non-passenger plates have been re-validated with just the registration card issued to the driver.

Maps Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey

Passenger baseplates

1908 to 1958

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the National Safety Council that standardized the size for license plates for vehicles (except those for motorcycles) at 6 inches (15 cm) in height by 12 inches (30 cm) in width, with standardized mounting holes. The first New Jersey license plate that complied with these standards was a modification of the 1952 plate, introduced in 1956.

1959 to present

All New Jersey passenger plates issued since 1959 are still valid on the roads today.

Notes

• 1 Plates did not use the letters D, T, X, or Z in the first position (this does not apply to plates from 2014 to present);
• 2 Plates did not use the letter Q in any position;
• 3 Plates did not use the letters D, T, or X in the first position;
• 4 Plates did not use the letters I, O, Q in any position;
• 5 Plus remakes of serials issued on previous bases

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Courtesy plates

Courtesy plates are issued to individuals with political connections. The serial formats on these plates consist of three letters followed or preceded by a number between 1 and 20. On standard courtesy plates the first letter is a county code, the second letter is the first initial of the vehicle owner's name, and the third letter is the initial of the last name of the vehicle owner. Courtesy plates may also be personalized, with all three letters making up the owner's initials.

Courtesy plates must be approved by a NJ State Senator from the applicant's election district prior to being submitted to the MVC. The staff for the applicant's senator must also get approval from the state senator from the county that corresponds to the first letter on the plate being requested. The letter Q cannot be used on these plates, and D, O, T, and X cannot be used as the first letter.

Courtesy plate county codes 1959 to present

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Current plate types

All plates issued since 1959 are still valid for use.

Non-Passenger

Governmental

Professional

Organizational

Military and Veteran

College and University Optionals

Specialty

Sports

The New Jersey sports plates were introduced in the fall of 2010. They share a common serial format - ^R_M12AB - and were the first NJ plates to be issued with screened, rather than embossed, serials.

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References

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External links

• New Jersey License Plates 1969-Present
• Garden State Region of the Automobile License Plate Collector's Assoc.

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