This section will not cover Political-related plates.

additional types:

Highway Patrol/State Transport Police

Motorcycle - see Motorcycle (Government)

POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT ISSUES before 1962:

- possible that "R" prefix without a following letter could be Government

   (R normally for Replacement followed by weight class)

- possible that "U" and/or "V" were Government (U & V reportedly used only on School Buses*)

   *School Bus fleet is entirely owned by the State since 1948

- possible that "W" were Government owned truck or trailer.

GOVERNMENT

First Year of Issue 1962 (State, County, Municipal)

pairs 1962-1974

passenger colors 1962-1975

1962


1963

1964 variation of dash placement noticed on various types

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976-1978 passenger stickers used

Permanent believed to start in 1972, only for trucks/trailers Numbering began at 10001

1979?-2009

State Outline base (same as 1981 passenger)

 no background image on some plates, mid-1980's

numbering began at SG10001 (4 digit reserved for motorcycle)

(SG99xxx, CG99xxx, MG99xxx reserved for Low Speed Vehicles)

2009-June 22, 2017

same design, flat/screenprinted number

 c.2014, after SG98999, format changed to 10001SG

June 22, 2017-present 

"standard" design, red/blue horizontal stripes top; flat

stacked prefix

SG changed to 'standard design' c.2019

early 2024, all types restarted at x/G1001A

Disabled 

Wheelchair logo inside a square on left "SG" followed by 3 or 4 numbers. 4-digit plates have smaller embossed logo State, County and Regional confirmed


Low Speed Vehicle

Government prefix, followed by 99 SG and CG confirmed