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From Jeff Boland: As of August 1, 2010, CT will no longer require registration stickers of any kind. Windshield stickers will no longer be issued, nor will plate stickers for trailers and motorcycles. All stickers whether expired or not may be removed. There will no longer be any visual proof of registration, only the registration certificate carried in the vehicle. Police will check all plates for validity solely by means of computer in this cost cutting change.

From Jim Hough: Per new CT DMV rules, pickups under 8500 GVW can be registered with passenger plates now, instead of previously mandatory Combination plates.

Type	Plate	Notes	Reporter
Graphic HIGH	238-YGT	The V series was skipped, probably because Veteran plates are using it.	Kit Foster 9/04/10
Graphic LOW	136-NZN	Graphics started at 100-NZN, but older plates are being replaced upon renewal and the same numbers are being issued on the new graphic plates, so older and lower numbers are now being seen. All white on blue plates were phased out by October 2002.	Tyler Rotondo 6/01/05
Non-passenger Plates
Ambulance	2999		Bradley Gallagher 1/17/07
Apportioned	48969-A		Jim Moini 5/15/10
Bus	5329		Bradley Gallagher 6/04/09
Camp Trailer	896-334	Connecticut issues Camp Trailer plates to all non-commercial trailers, so they are seen on motorcycle trailers, snowmobile trailers, enclosed car trailers, open utility trailers, boat trailers, etc., as well as camping trailers.	Kit Foster 6/19/10
Camper	137-443		Tyler Rotondo 7/23/09
Combination	9844-CE	Combination plates always had the letter C in the second position in the last series. (It has been used in the first position in earlier series.) Now it has progressed to the third position. Progression (last series): 1CA - 1CZ, 2CA - 2CZ, 3CA - 3CZ, etc. through 9CZ, then 01C-A01 and up through 99C-Z99, now 1001-CA and up. Tom Dzamko reports that the current series for Combination plates appears to have started at 01C-A01, which would have followed 9CZ-999. Tyler Rotondo reports C58-X54 on 2007-11-24, but it is unknown if this is a new series. Kit Foster reports a possible error Combination with 55K C60, which deviates from the current series by having the C in the fourth position instead of the third.	Tyler Rotondo 9/01/10
Combination - Handicapped	220-T	Previously used nnn-R and nnn-S formats.	Bradley Gallagher 2/06/08
Commercial	K-70054		Tom 5/18/09
Construction	4727	Used on backhoes, payloaders, etc. and other construction equipment.	Bobby Pressimone 10/08/08
Early American	90462	Kit Foster reports 90198 on the Early American, but it is probably a personalized plate since it appeared so far out of sequence.	Dave Smith 6/09/10
Early American Motorcycle	8051		Dave Smith 9/09/09
Factory	2505	Red serial and embossed border. Some Factory plates have blue serials and embossed borders, while others have red. The high with a blue serial is 1821. Factory plates were originally used on vehicles and such that operated within industrial facilities. They are also in use on college-owned small electric vehicles. While these vehicles occasionally use public streets, they spend the majority of their time on private property.	Bradley Gallagher 10/16/07
Farm	47688		Bradley Gallagher 11/22/06
Fire Apparatus	2997		Jim Hough 6/23/07
Handicap	9696-Z		Tyler Rotondo 1/19/10
Hearse	U-8207	These plates were in 3 digit form, but 4 digit plates in the 8000 range are now appearing.	Dave Smith 5/31/07
Interstate	Z9071Z	Although you might expect a plate in this category to be on a truck, it is Connecticut's version of a livery plate for use on sedans, limos, and vans. There is also an "Intrastate" plate in the LnnnnL format that are for similar vehicles used only within Connecticut.	Jason Taylor 8/19/10
Livery	L8309L		Bradley Gallagher 5/20/08
Motorcycle	946-916		Jeff Boland 3/17/10
Motorcycle - Handicapped	118-M		Bradley Gallagher 2/02/07
Repair	RE-2174	From Bradley Gallagher: Highs for Repair would be hard to track. R is constant, but the number is specific to each repairer. The 2nd letter is variable to signify multiple plates for that repairer.	Dave Smith 2/14/07
School Bus	02B58	Previous format was 10S00 through 99S99	Tom 5/28/09
Service Bus	41279	Issued to privately owned buses.	Jim Hough 7/12/08
State Service Bus	935		Bradley Gallagher 5/07/07
Student Transportation	S1677S	Type introduced 2007 with red serial and "Student Transport" screened in dark blue at bottom. There are both new issues in the S0000S format as well as remakes of serials from other plate types that may have been previously issued to the vehicle. In both cases, the original vehicle type designation is denoted vertically at right. So far Combination - with embossed "COMB" - and Service Bus - with screened "SERV BUS" - have been spotted.	Kit Foster 10/15/09
Taxi	T5077T		Bradley Gallagher 5/27/08
Trailer	V-92015		Tom 5/15/09
Transporter	7780		Bradley Gallagher 5/30/07
Vanpool	6752		Greg Lindberg 10/01/09
Wrecker	10812		Roy Graziano 3/04/09
Specialty Plates
Caring for Pets	117-WUF	PET, DOG, CAT, TLC, WAG, WOF series already issued, now issuing WUF.	Tom Dzamko 10/18/09
Gold Star Family	035-GSF	New plate for immediate members of families of service people killed in action. The plate has a large gold star on the left and a gold band at the bottom with Gold Star Family in blue letters.	Greg Lindberg 2/01/10
Keep Kids Safe	730-ZZY	Started in 1997 with the KID suffix, then TOT and ZZZ, now ZZY.	Dave Smith 2/08/07
Olympic	222-WIN	Tyler Rotondo speculates that Olympics will run from 100-WIN to 999-WIN and then pick up with the other specials, much like the United We Stand plate did. Bradley Gallagher reports several newer issues in the 1AAA1 format, so this seems to be the case. Also, Bradley reports that the town of Windsor uses the WIN suffix on their Municipal plates through 99-WIN.	Bradley Gallagher 10/15/05
Police Memorial	104-OFC	Plates of this type have gone to the generic 0AAA0 format.	Kit Foster 5/18/09
Sound	530-LEK		Greg Lindberg 7/10/10
Sound Camper	200-LX	Camper plates issued on the Preserve the Sound base are issued in a 000-Lx format with "CAMP" embossed vertically.	Bradley Gallagher 4/19/06
Sound Combination	955-LR	Sound Combination plates are issued in a backwards sequence starting from 999-LZ. "COMB" is printed vertically. Sound Combination Handicapped plates are also available. High is 308L. COMB is screened vertically at left, followed by embossed wheelchair.	Jeff Boland 10/01/09
Sound Commercial	715-CE		Dave Smith 7/22/06
Sound Handicapped	886L		Jim Hough 10/15/06
Specials	1FBG4	Greg Lindberg informs us that many special issues, including Caring For Pets, and Greenways, are using the same format of 1AAA1. Therefore, consecutively numbered plates could be on different issues. The letters I and Q are used on these plates. The original United We Stand plates had 3 numbers followed by the USA suffix. United We Stand plates are specials, but are issued in the 1BAA1 format. End of the 1A series was probably reached (with 1AZZ9), and the 1C series is used for COMB specials, indicating that if the 1D series is now being issued, the 1B series is perhaps for the exclusive use of United We Stand.	Kit Foster 12/07/09
Specials - Handicapped	1H73	A new series for handicapped motorists who desire special issues. These plates previously could not include an embossed wheelchair. 0H00 format followed by wheelchair at right.	Bradley Gallagher 5/27/08
Specials Combination	1CUD2	Specials on Combination plates begin with C.	Tyler Rotondo 9/09/05
United We Stand - Combination	1BCA1	"CO" and "MB" embossed vertically above and below separator dot on previous format, but now "COMB" is stacked at right. Previously all COMB specials had C as the first letter. Perhaps these are following the lead set by passenger UWS plates, where B is the first letter, and C as the second for COMB. That would make this plate the first in this series.	Bradley Gallagher 2/15/08
United We Stand - Passenger	1BBA6	These went through 999-USA and then to the generic 1AAA1 format in the B series.	Bradley Gallagher 1/28/08
Veteran	297-VAV	Series began with VET, then VAA and up. Veteran Combination plates are also issued in the same sequence, but VSA series are also in use. 256-VSE is the highest Veteran Combination reported. Kit Foster reports seeing Commercial Veteran plate 110-VZW, also 314-VZM, but we don't know which is higher since some types are backwards. Adam Garstka reports Veteran VMA-211, which may be a vanity, but nothing has been confirmed.	Tyler Rotondo 4/05/10
Veteran - POW	416- P O W		Bradley Gallagher 8/28/07
Veteran Combination Handicapped	3V-56	Plates of this type previously used a format of 0V00 followed by "COMB" embossed vertically. Since moved to a format of 0V-00 with "CO" and "MB" embossed vertically above and below separator dot.	Bradley Gallagher 4/06/07
Veteran Handicapped	1201-V		Kit Foster 5/04/09
Inactive Series
Blue	436-NWG		Tom Dzamko 12/19/01

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