Category Archives: License Plates

Following the pattern, there may have been no YU’s or YV’s, although the YW’s have to be out there somewhere. The Z’s are just around the corner.

Getting closer. YR-YS must have been assigned outside of Polk County.

First one I’ve seen printed in black, as the DOT said it was going to do some months ago.

Now they’ll be even harder to tell apart from Minnesota’s. The color of the print on newly issued Iowa license plates will change from blue to black starting next week. Now at YMC, the standard plates have about a thousand … Continue reading →

This will be a periodic feature. I’ll be keeping track of new letter combinations I see on Iowa license plates until we reach 999ZZZ and the system divides by zero. (This category will also apply to anything else plate-related.) In … Continue reading →