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Passenger plates are now in use with blue characters once again.

Charles Robinson reported that his local license office was instructed to pack up remaining blue number stock to be returned in preparation for the release of the red number stock on April 16, 2007, so it is likely that a number of combinations manufactured in the V and W series in blue stock were never issued. Charles also reported that as of October 2008, vanities are now flat, as are some special types. As of November 2008, all vanities and special types are now being made flat.

The DMV is scrapping flat plates and returning to embossed when its supply of aluminum for the flat plates runs out in May 2009. Drivers complained about the quality of the flats, and law enforcement officers said they had trouble distinguishing them from novelty plates sold in stores.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Passenger ZXP-6626 The current high has blue characters.
Red high - ZND-9632
Blue low - ZNE-1005
The official release date for the red character plates was April 16, 2007, but some were issued early. WTF-1969 is the blue high. WTF-1995 is the red low.

Richard Baucom reports new plates with 07 3M hologram with second squigglyline hologram- a first for NC.

OBX has been issued in Dare County, but it is a special issue since N.C. does not use O and begins the second alpha at N in each series. In a departure from normal issues, OBX-1 through OBX-9999 was issued from Dec. 1999 through July 25, 2000. An additional block of plates numbered from OBX-01 through OBX-0999 was made available on Aug. 14, 2000. There is an annual fee of $20 for OBX plates. For those who may be unfamiliar with North Carolina, OBX is a trendy designation associated with the Outer Banks region on the coast. OBX-9401 reported by Reid Williamson. OBX-6188 reported by Eric Sivertsen.

It appears that the OBX series has been extended. Jeff Ellis reports OBX41251 on 2010-08-06, still with blue characters.

Another special issue is the GTP series that designates the North Carolina Global TransPark, which is an economic development area in eastern NC near Kinston. The high is GTP99822 from Ken Reager on 2008-06-10.

Chris Cargill reports that the XXX series was issued in the Greenville and Rocky Mount areas, but all of the plates were recalled because they looked too close to KKK. Ken Reager reports seeing XXX-3nnn in use on 9/12/08, so not all of them were pulled off the roads. Mike Sager reports XXX-3006 on 2009-02-28. Ken Reager reports XXX-3922 on 2010-07-02. 		Mike Sager
8/13/10
Non-passenger Plates
Antique 37119 Flat. Still blue numbers. Mike Sager
4/22/10
Apportioned Truck MA-9865 Mike Sager
7/13/10
Dealer
F
D
32273 		Blue on white, embossed. Thomas White
2/14/10
Dealer Transporter TP114433 Black on white. Most other types in NC are blue on white. Mike Sager
1/14/10
Farm Truck XV-1230 Curtis Barwick
4/01/10
For Hire ZE-3101 Issued to a wide variety of commercial vehicles for hire - light and medium duty delivery trucks, charter buses, limousines, tow trucks, etc. Low for this type is ZB-1001. Mike Sager
6/05/10
Handicapped
H
D
75011 		Previous Handicapped formats were HD1234 and 1234HD. Still blue characters. Mike Sager
6/17/10
Manufacturer MF-3439 Mike Sager
6/10/10
Motorcycle 4J2115 Serial letter normally advances before leftmost number. However, plates in the 4H and 5H series were apparently inadvertently made and issued out of sequence between the 3H and 3J series.
Plate 5H7240 was apparently issued way out of sequence, and the sequence is not clear. In April 2007 series 2W was issued, and in June 2007 series 2Z was issued, but 3D and 3F series had been out for over a year. Otherwise nothing over the mid-3 series. 		Mike Sager
5/12/10
Permanent - For Hire ZB-39442 Issued to heavy trucks for hire - dump trucks, truck tractors, etc. ZB prefix is constant. Curtis Barwick
3/15/10
Permanent Commercial YA022418 Issued to heavy-duty trucks and truck tractors. Not really permanent. Original format was YA-00000. Curtis Barwick
10/06/09
Taxi TA-9103 Mike Sager
7/21/10
Temporary 19856251 Black on white paper
KE4MAN reports Temorary TA42496 on a truck, so it appears Truck has its own type. 		Curtis Barwick
7/16/09
Trailer BY-82089 Ken Reager
8/05/10
Trailer - Multi-Year AA-37288 Black on white embossed with "MULTI YEAR" legend, but otherwise undated. Earlier plates were in the AY-12345 format, then AZ-12345. now AA-12345. Mike Sager
7/10/10
Transporter TP114064 Thomas White
2/14/10
Weighted DE-8145 Issued to medium-duty trucks.
Mike Sager
7/01/10
Specialty Plates
82nd Airborne
3144
A
A
 Flat Mike Sager
3/25/10
American Indians
A
I
277C 		A/I 001A seems to be the new format after A/I 9999. Ken Reager
7/05/10
Animal Lovers
C238
I
C
 Flat
Original format was 0000 I/C. 		Mike Sager
5/19/10
Appalachian State Univ. A4673 Flat Mike Sager
8/01/10
Appalachian Trail
9565
A
T
 Curtis Barwick
2/25/09
Auburn University
0416
A
U
 Flat Curtis Barwick
4/01/10
Blue Ridge Parkway
5C75
B
P
 Flat
Original format was 1234 B/P, then A123 B/P, now 1A23 B/P.
These plates are also available as Motorcycle in the 1234 B/R format.
Motorcycle high: 0264B/R
Progression: The digit in the first position progresses last, so the current series is 1A01 - 1Z99, then 2A01 - 2Z99, then 3A01 and up. 		Eric Sivertsen
8/15/10
Breast Cancer Awareness
3016
B
C
 Flat
Mike Sager reports R225 B/C, which must be a personalized version of this plate since it is so far out of sequence. 		Mike Sager
6/25/10
Bronze Star
3300
B
S
 Flat Mike Sager
12/10/09
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 7265H Flat Mike Sager
8/25/10
Carolina Hurricanes
4201
C
H
 Flat Mike Sager
6/15/10
Carolina Panthers
8571
C
P
 Mike Sager
7/10/10
Clemson University 3015C Mike Sager
6/03/10
Coast Guard
C
G
5720 		Mike Sager
11/05/08
Coastal Federation
6552
C
F
 Flat Mike Sager
7/15/10
Core Sound
0764
C
S
 Mike Sager
9/17/09
Davidson College
0425
D
A
 Embossed Thomas White
2/14/10
Disabled Veteran
F602
D
V
 Previous formats were D/V 0000 and 0000 D/V. Mike Sager
8/01/10
Ducks Unlimited
3875
D
U
 New design with lighthouse scene. Low for new type is 1545 D/U.

Mike Sager
8/20/10
Duke University D2558 Mike Sager
8/20/10
Durham Bulls
D
B
0424 		Minor league baseball team Mike Sager
5/02/10
Eagle Scout
2396
E
S
 2250 E/S is the lowest flat reported. Mike Sager
10/29/09
East Carolina University E4553 Mike Sager
8/09/10
Fire Fighter
V
F
9554 		Mike Sager
6/15/10
First In Forestry
0831
F
F
 Mike Sager
7/29/10
Florida Gators
1207
F
G
 Ken Reager
1/22/09
Fraternal Order of Police
5870
F
P
 Flat Mike Sager
2/04/10
Georgia Tech University
0328
G
T
 Flat Mike Sager
6/17/10
High Point University
0173
H
U
 Flat Mike Sager
5/10/10
Highway Patrol (Ret.)
1330
H
P
 Mike Sager
5/07/09
In God We Trust
1579
S
A
 Flat Rick Kretschmer
5/09/10
Int'l. Assoc. of Fire Fighters
2781
P
F
 Mike Sager
1/27/09
Kids First
2411
K
F
 Flat Mike Sager
2/14/10
Knights of Columbus K744 Mike Sager
3/27/10
Korean Veteran 0849 KV Mike Sager
7/17/09
Lenoir Rhyne University
0511
L
R
 Flat Mike Sager
8/19/09
Masons 4830M Flat Mike Sager
7/23/10
Meredith College
0515
N
C
 Mike Sager
8/11/09
NASCAR
0706
N
R
 Registration numbers embossed, stacked N/R and all other graphics screened Brandon
2/08/09
National Rifle Association
0286
R
A
 Flat, new type
Mike Sager
4/06/10
NC A&T University T2964 Flat Mike Sager
5/23/10
NC Central University 2060E Flat Mike Sager
3/19/10
NC State University S829B Flat Mike Sager
7/08/10
Nursing N1632 Mike Sager
7/27/10
Police Benevolent Assoc.
1009
P
B
 The B/V suffix has also been used. Mike Sager
8/07/10
Purdue University B0516 Flat Mike Sager
2/25/10
Purple Heart
P
H
912B 		Flat Mike Sager
8/17/10
Real Estate Agent
0161
R
E
 Mike Sager
4/29/10
Rescue Squad
R
S
2502 		Mike Sager
4/27/09
Retired Law Enforcement
1594
L
E
 Mike Sager
8/04/10
Retired Military M1059 It appears that after reaching 9999R, this series changed to an M prefix. Retired Air Force, Army, and Navy all share this format with their individual seals. Mike Sager
5/08/09
Rocky Mountain Elk
4070
E
F
 Flat Mike Sager
8/13/10
Rotary International
0450
R
I
 Mike Sager
7/17/09
SCUBA
0789
D
I
 Flat Mike Sager
8/16/10
Sea Turtle
5483
S
T
 Flat Mike Sager
6/01/10
Share The Road
1312
S
R
 Mike Sager
7/03/10
Smoky Mountains
3E81
S
M
 Flat
Original format was 1234 S/M. New style plates started at J001 S/M. After reaching Z999, now issuing 1A01 series. 		Mike Sager
7/05/10
Sons of Confederate Veterans
9530
C
V
 Ken Reager
1/17/10
State Parks
1893
S
P
 A new type in Feb. 2009 Mike Sager
8/16/10
Support Our Troops
0467
U
S
 Flat Mike Sager
8/09/10
Tobacco Heritage
1098
T
H
 Mike Sager
7/07/10
UNCW W1957 Flat
University of North Carolina at Wilmington 		Mike Sager
6/07/10
Univ of NC - Charlotte Q1371 Mike Sager
4/25/10
University of Florida
2017
U
F
 Flat Mike Sager
8/17/10
University of North Carolina U611H U is constant. Numbers advance before suffix letter. Original format was U1234. Mike Sager
5/30/10
University of South Carolina
1769
S
C
 Mike Sager
4/11/10
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
1369
F
W
 Mike Sager
5/01/10
Vietnam Veteran
B550
V
V
 Flat
A123 V/V format follows 9999 V/V. 		Ken Reager
7/09/10
Virginia Tech V1340 Mike Fox
5/30/10
Wake Forest University F2421 Mike Sager
7/18/10
Watermelon
0740
W
M
 Mike Sager
11/10/09
Western Carolina University C0962 Flat Mike Sager
1/27/10
Western Square Dancer
0692
S
D
 Mike Sager
6/20/10
Wildlife
4684
W
C
 Flat Rick Kretschmer
4/08/10
Winston-Salem State University
1130
W
S
 Flat
This type originally used a "X" prefix letter, but now uses the "W/S" suffix. 		Mike Sager
3/07/10
World War II Veteran
0385
W
V
 Curtis Barwick
4/30/08