Vehicle registration plates of Montana

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

began requiring its residents to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1915.

Passenger baseplates 1976 to present

Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Notes
1976 to 1991	United States Bicentennial United States Bicentennial The United States Bicentennial was a series of celebrations and observances during the mid-1970s that paid tribute to the historical events leading up to the creation of the United States as an independent republic...	Big Sky	Coded by county of issuance: 0·123456 (variable number of digits following divider) 00·12345 (variable number of digits following divider)
1991 to 2000		Big Sky	Coded by county of issuance: 0P·12345 (variable number of digits following divider) 0P·1234A (following exhaustion of above format; variable number of digits following divider) 00·12345 (variable number of digits following divider)
2000 to 2006		Big Sky	Coded by county of issuance: 0·A12345 (variable number of digits following divider) 00·A1234 (variable number of digits following divider)
2006 to 2009	Black on grey and white gradient with mountain graphic	Big Sky Country	Coded by county of issuance: 0C-12345 (variable number of digits following divider) 0C-1234A (following exhaustion of above format; variable number of digits following divider) 00-12345 (variable number of digits following divider)	Serial divider is silhouette of steer's head.
2010 to present	Solid blue with white state outline and lettering	Treasure State	Coded by county of issuance: 0-12345A (variable number of digits following divider) 00-1234A (variable number of digits following divider)	Serial divider is silhouette of steer's head.

County Coding

County Code number: County (County Seat)

1: Silver Bow (Butte)
2: Cascade (Great Falls)
3: Yellowstone (Billings)
4: Missoula (Missoula)
5: Lewis & Clark (Helena)
6: Gallatin (Bozeman)
7: Flathead (Kalispell)
8: Fergus (Lewistown)
9: Powder River (Broadus)
10: Carbon (Red Lodge)
11: Phillips (Malta)
12: Hill (Havre)
13: Ravalli (Hamilton)
14: Custer (Miles City)
15: Lake (Polson)
16: Dawson (Glendive)
17: Roosevelt (Wolf Point)
18: Beaverhead (Dillon)
19: Chouteau (Fort Benton) 20: Valley (Glasgow)
21: Toole (Shelby)
22: Big Horn (Hardin)
23: Musselshell (Roundup)
24: Blaine (Chinook)
25: Madison (Virginia City)
26: Pondera (Conrad)
27: Richland (Sidney)
28: Powell (Deer Lodge)
29: Rosebud (Forsyth)
30: Deer Lodge (Anaoonda)
31: Teton (Choteau)
32: Stillwater (Columbus)
33: Treasure (Hysham)
34: Sheridan (Plentywood)
35: Sanders (Thompson Falls)
36: Judith Basin (Stanford)
37: Daniels (Scobey)
38: Glacier (Cut Bank)
39: Fallon (Baker)
40: Sweet Grass (Big Timber)
41: McCone (Circle)
42: Carter (Ekalaka)
43: Broadwater (Townsend)
44: Wheatland (Harlowtown)
45: Prairie (Terry)
46: Granite (Philipsburg)
47: Meagher (White Sulphur Springs)
48: Liberty (Chester)
49: Park (Livingston)
50: Garfield (Jordan)
51: Jefferson (Boulder)
52: Wibaux (Wibaux)
53: Golden Valley (Ryegate)
54: Mineral (Superior)
55: Petroleum (Winnett)
56: Lincoln (Libby)

External links

Montana license plates 1969-present

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