Vehicle registration plates of Vermont
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The U.S. state
of Vermont
first required its residents to register their motor vehicle
s and display license plates in 1905. Plates are issued by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
first required its residents to register their motor vehicle
Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle or road vehicle is a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trolleys. The vehicle propulsion is provided by an engine or motor, usually by an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor, or some combination of the two, such as hybrid...
s and display license plates in 1905. Plates are issued by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
Passenger baseplates 1957 to present
| Image | First issued | Design | Slogan | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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1967 | 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 | 1234 A-1234 1234-A |
Color changed from forest green to the kelly green used today | |
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1969 | 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 | |
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1972 | 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 |
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1976 | 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 |
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1977 | 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 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas... in upper left corner; registration sticker at lower right corner |
Green Mountain State screened in white plain serifed font centered below white box | 123A4 (rounded numbers) | ||
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1985 | 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 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas... 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 123A456 (more rectangular numbers than previous set) |
1A100 to 9Y999 100A1 to 999Y9 1AA00 to ?F?99 00AA1 to 99??9 AAB 100 to present 100A100 to present |
The "1AA" series never reached 1GA Currently, the letters I, J, O, Q, U, V and Z are not in regular use. The "100A100" series are new truck plates issued starting in mid-2009. |
Non-passenger types
| Image | Type | Design | Serial format | Serials issued | Notes |
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Apportioned International Registration Plan The International Registration Plan is a registration reciprocity agreement among the contiguous United States and Canadian provinces which provides payment of registration fees on the basis of total distance operated in all jurisdictions... Bus Bus A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are... |
12B34 |