Category Archives: License Plates

On April 2, I said, “It’s possible a driver with an A/B/C/E plate could renew this year and bookend the series.” I have now seen it happen — an E vehicle became a Z (with different letters than the combo … Continue reading →

Odds appear good this won’t be repeated. As previously discussed here and elsewhere, “new” license plates started to be issued this week. The key to the “new” part here is that this also applies to people who have kept the … Continue reading →

In addition, a Tama County YPK was printed in blue, meaning that YQA was the likely beginning of the black printing. UPDATE 4/22: I was wrong. All it meant was that it was somewhere between YPK and YQA. Now I’ve … Continue reading →

The Sioux City Journal reports, based on talks with the Woodbury County Treasurer, that Iowa’s license plates are indeed being replaced — but only the earliest ones. As far as replacements go, this is about as anticlimactic as you can … Continue reading →

Fifteen years and a month after 000AAA was handed out to someone in Adair County, we’ve reached Z. There are less than 500,000 combinations left, assuming IOQUV are skipped again. (Use of D in the second position may or may … Continue reading →

Polk County. Skipped the U’s and V’s again, apparently.

Iowa’s design turns 15 years old Monday. Will 999ZZZ show up before the end of 2012?

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.