First issued 1917. "Z" prefix used 1919-present all numeric >1000 in the 1940's "Zx" began approximately 1998, where 'x' is a letter, issued in alphabetical order (A is excluded; used for Antique) 1917 black/light yellow 1918 white/green? 1919 blue/white? 1920 white/dark green? 1921 red/black? 1922 black/white? 1923 white/dark green? 1924 black/orange? 1925 white/green 1926 red/white? 1927 green/white? 1928 black/yellow? 1929 black/white? 1930 white/black? 1931 green/gray? 1932 black/yellow? 1933 black/white? 1934 yellow/black? 1935 unknown 1936 black/yellow 1937 black/white 1938 black/yellow 1939 black/white 1940 yellow/black 1941 black/yellow 1942 yellow/black 1943 black/yellow 1944 yellow/green 1945 yellow/green presumably, Z-prefix was standard, but removed after plate number 999
1946 silver/black 1947 black/yellow 1948 yellow/black 1949 white/black 1950 black/white 1951 white/black 1952 yellow/black 1953 black/yellow 1954 white/black 1955 black/white 1956 black/yellow 1957 white/blue 1958 blue/white 1959 white/blue 1960 blue/white 1961 red/white 1962 white/red 1963 white/green 1964 white/black 1965 black/white 1966 white/blue 1967 blue/white (motorcycle size standardized to 7"x4") 1968 white/black 1969 white/blue 1970 white/green 1971 white/brown 1972 white/black 1973 white/blue 1974 white/green 1975 white/red 1976 blue/white 1977 red/white 1978 green/white 1979 black/white 1980 blue/white 1981 red/white 1982 "EXP. 11-30-82" bottom green/white 1983 "EXP. 11-30-83" bottom black/white 1984 "EXP. 11-30-84" bottom blue/white 1985 "EXP. 11-30-85" bottom red/white 1986 "EXP. 11-30-86" bottom green/white 1987 "EXP. 11-30-87" bottom black/white 1988 "EXP. 11-30-88" bottom blue/white 1989 "EXP. 11-30-89" bottom red/white 1990 "EXP. 11-30-90" bottom black/white 1991 "EXP. 11-30-91" bottom green/white 1992 "EXP. 11-30-92" bottom blue/white 1993 "EXP. 11-30-93" bottom red/white 1994-1995 "EXP. 11-30" bottom, passenger sticker green/white 1996-2015 blue/white passenger month & year stickers used at Z99999, ZB1001 issued (ZA skipped, used for Antique prefix) at ZZ9999, stacked prefix Z/B10001 issued (Z/B and SOUTH CAROLINA screenprinted flat) a batch of "ZX" plates were made with black numbers unknown if this was an error, or intentional possibly done to distinguish between Dealer (XZ prefix) Full plate transitioned to flat (digitally produced numbers) at about Z/B38000 in use through 4/30/2017 if continuously renewed 2015-present blue/red stripes at top, black/white
passenger month & year stickers used
Redesign effective 5/1/2015 Full replacement complete by 4/30/2017 |