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