The state of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 first required its citizens to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1906. Plates are currently issued by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles is the governmental agency responsible for registering and titling automobiles and other motor vehicles as well as licensing drivers in the U.S. state of Virginia.-Motor vehicle registration:...

 (DMV).

Motor vehicle registration statistics

As of 2008, the DMV has 7,698,416 active registrations, 1,696,795 (22%) of which are special or personalized plates. In 2008, 1,624,146 pairs of license plates were sold, with 831,361 of them being personalized plates.

Passenger baseplates 1972 to present

Image	First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1972	blue on white with embossed state name	none	ABC-123	AAA-000 to ?
	1975	blue on reflective white with screened graphic red state name and slogan	1776 Independence Bicentennial 1976	123-456	100-000 to 499-999
	1979	blue on reflective white with screened state name	none	ABC-123	? to ZZZ-999
	1993	blue on reflective white with blue screened state name	none	ABC-1234	ZZZ-9999 to ZXA-9999	Serials progress backwards.
	1993	blue on reflective white with blue screened state name	none	ABC-1234	ZXA-9999 to XYX-1000	Serials progress backwards.
	July 2002	blue on reflective white with blue screened state name, blue slogan and ship outline	1607 400th Anniversary 2007	ABC-1234	exclusively from JAA-0000 to JAX-9999 intermittently from JAY-0000 to JDC-9999
	2003	blue on reflective white with red screened state name, slogan and ship outline		ABC-1234	intermittently from JAY-0000 to JDC-9999 exclusively from JDD-0000 to KCW-9999
	2006	blue on reflective white with red screened state name and multi-colored Jamestown logo	Jamestown: America's 400th Anniversary	ABC-1234	KCX-0000 to KNP-9999
	2008	blue on reflective white with blue screened state name	none	ABC-1234	XYX-1000 to present	Serials progress backwards.

Optional types

Virginia offers dozens of optional license plates.http://www.dmv.state.va.us/webdoc/citizen/vehicles/plate_search.asp Most can be personalized for an additional fee.

Image	Type	Dates issued	Design	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...  Bicentennial	1999 to ?	Dark blue on Flag of the United States Flag of the United States The national flag of the United States of America consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars alternating with rows...  with image of Washington.	1234WB	1001WB to ?	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1999 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association Automobile License Plate Collectors Association The Automobile License Plate Collectors Association is the largest such organization in the world. Founded in Rumney Depot, New Hampshire, United States, in 1953 and holding its first meeting in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1954, its members have come from all 50 U.S... , the first and, to date, only time Virginia has been so honored.
	University of Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...  - athletics	? to present	Dark blue on white with orange logo at left.	?	?

External links

• Virginia License Plates 1969-present