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In the United States, license plates are issued by an agency of the state or territorial government and in the case of the District of Columbia the city government. Some Native American tribes also have their own plates. The U.S. more...

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federal government issues plates only for its own vehicle fleet and for vehicles owned by foreign diplomats. It was issued by the states their consulate or embassy was in until the 1980s.

Generally, the appearance of plates is frequently chosen to contain symbols, colours, or slogans associated with the issuing jurisdiction.

The term "license plate" is frequently used in statutes, although in some areas "tags" is informally used. The term "tag" stems from small stickers issued periodically to indicate that the vehicle registration is current, rather than replacing the entire license plate each year.

Numbering and lettering

Generally, the appearance of plates are frequently chosen to contain symbols, colors, or slogans associated with the issuing jurisdiction. Formats for license plate numbers, which are usually alphanumeric, are designed to provide enough unique numbers for all motor vehicles a jurisdiction expects to register. For example, the small states Delaware and Rhode Island are able to use formats of 123456 and 123-456, respectively, while California uses the seven-character format 1ABC234, and several other populous states and provinces use a seven-character ABC-1234 or ABCD-123 formats. Other formats include those that utilize a county coding system or month of expiration is incorporated into the plate number.

Non-passenger vehicles tend to have their own special format and often have the vehicle type listed on the plate.

Appearance

In the United States, many states and provinces distinguish their license plates through distinctive color schemes and logos, which historically have been changed annually. For example, the cowboy logo often associated with the state of Wyoming has appeared on that state's license plates continuously since 1936. Some early Tennessee plates were produced in a parallelogram shape approximating that of the state.

Vermont license plates have frequently featured a green and white color scheme, while Alaska has preferred yellow and blue. Other states and provinces, such as California, offer simpler schemes, often with a white background and little decoration.

In recent years, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have placed the address of the state's official or tourism web site on their general issue plates, with South Carolina to follow suit in July 2008. Most plates in Washington, D.C., contain the phrase "Taxation without representation" to highlight the District's lack of a voting representative in Congress.

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