Montana License Plates

The new Montana base is now being issued. Trucks now use the same plates as passenger.

County allocation system - On the current base, the letter A is used in the last position. Upon reaching 9999A, the series advances to B in the last position.

In an unusual move, Montana is now allowing registrants to get new plates on several previous base designs. Those designs include the 1991, 2000, and 2006 standard issues, as well as the 1989 Centennial. Numbering on the standard bases will conform to the current 2010 issue as noted above, but numbering on the 1989 Centennial will conform the the ABC123 format currently in use for Specials.

Motorcycle plates are no longer county coded. They are now appearing in the generic ABC123 format.

Stickers

black on white

Standard Passenger Plates

Yellowstone (Billings)

3+44101E

Motorcycle: 3-A3419 2012-10-04 Andrii Volchkov

Johnathan Baker - 24 May ’23

Beaverhead (Dillon)

18+4186D

Motorcycle: 18-B359 2016-01-25 Willie C. Brock, Jr.

Johnathan Baker - 29 Jan ’23

Big Horn (Hardin)

22+3709D

Johnathan Baker - 14 May ’22

Blaine (Chinook)

24+9749B

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Broadwater (Townsend)

43+6219C

Johnathan Baker - 23 Jan ’23

Carbon (Red Lodge)

10+0474F

Johnathan Baker - 7 May ’23

Carter (Ekalaka)

42+5751A

Johnathan Baker - 14 May ’21

Cascade (Great Falls)

2+13469C

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Choteau (Ft. Benton)

19+8964B

Johnathan Baker - 25 Sep ’22

Custer (Miles City)

14+4931D

Johnathan Baker - 10 Oct ’22

Daniels (Scobey)

37+8214A

Johnathan Baker - 22 Apr ’23

Dawson (Glendive)

16+0583D

Johnathan Baker - 14 Dec ’22

Deer Lodge (Anaconda)

30+4653D

Brett Weisbrot - 21 Apr ’23

Fallon (Baker)

39+3208B

Johnathan Baker - 23 Sep ’22

Fergus (Lewistown)

8+41077A

Johnathan Baker - 24 Apr ’23

Flathead (Kalispell)

7+99682D

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Gallatin (Bozeman)

6+10840D

Motorcycle: 6-E128 2012-07-11 Johnathan Baker

Johnathan Baker - 22 Dec ’22

Garfield (Jordan)

50+6188A

Johnathan Baker - 8 Jun ’22

Glacier (Cut Bank)

38+8504C

Johnathan Baker - 19 Jul ’22

Golden Valley (Ryegate)

53+3616A

Johnathan Baker - 15 Mar ’23

Granite (Philipsburg)

46+4228D

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Hill (Havre)

12+6975E

Johnathan Baker - 23 Nov ’22

Jefferson (Boulder)

51+2247E

Motorcycle: 51-J41 2012-03-23 Johnathan Baker

Johnathan Baker - 29 May ’23

Judith Basin (Stanford)

36+0121B

Brett Weisbrot - 6 Apr ’23

Lake (Polson)

15+3309K

Motorcycle: 15-DG6 2014-08-31 Kyle Wasson

Johnathan Baker - 23 May ’23

Lewis & Clark (Helena)

5+08017C

Motorcycle: 5-J1962 2013-09-18 Willie C. Brock, Jr.

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Liberty (Chester)

48+6356A

Johnathan Baker - 28 May ’21

Lincoln (Libby)

56+2256H

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Madison (Virginia City)

25+7162D

Motorcycle: 25-K45 2012-07-11 Johnathan Baker

Johnathan Baker - 22 Apr ’23

McCone (Circle)

41+8492A

Johnathan Baker - 19 Sep ’22

Meagher (White Sulphur Springs)

47+7819A

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Mineral (Superior)

54+4926B

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Missoula (Missoula)

4+04369D

Motorcycle: 4-F801 2013-12-25 Andrii Volchkov

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Musselshell (Roundup)

23+9405B

Johnathan Baker - 14 Dec ’22

Park (Livingston)

49+8427F

Johnathan Baker - 25 Jan ’23

Petroleum (Winnett)

55+2641A

Johnathan Baker - 20 Dec ’21

Phillips (Malta)

11+6699B

Johnathan Baker - 23 Nov ’22

Pondera (Conrad)

26+8797B

Johnathan Baker - 8 Jul ’22

Powder River (Broadus)

9+08840A

Johnathan Baker - 1 Jun ’22

Powell (Deer Lodge)

28+8490B

Johnathan Baker - 5 Nov ’22

Prairie (Terry)

45+4275A

Johnathan Baker - 10 Oct ’21

Ravalli (Hamilton)

13+7537P

Motorcycle: 13-J348 2012-06-12 Kyle Wasson

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Richland (Sidney)

27+5553F

Johnathan Baker - 21 May ’23

Roosevelt (Wolf Point)

17+8890C

Steve Hill - 29 Sep ’22

Rosebud (Forsyth)

29+4850C

Johnathan Baker - 24 May ’22

Sanders (Thompson Falls)

35+2574E

Johnathan Baker - 5 Oct ’22

Sheridan (Plentywood)

34+5756B

Johnathan Baker - 23 Sep ’22

Silver Bow (Butte)

1+82170A

Motorcycle: 1-C460 2012-04-12 Johnathan Baker

Johnathan Baker - 5 Jan ’23

Stillwater (Columbus)

32+4508D

Johnathan Baker - 30 Dec ’22

Sweetgrass (Big Timber)

40+4115B

Johnathan Baker - 22 Dec ’22

Teton (Choteau)

31+4793C

Johnathan Baker - 3 Aug ’22

Toole (Shelby)

21+4399B

Johnathan Baker - 23 Sep ’22

Treasure (Hysham)

33+2788A

Spotted on a 1991 remake.

Johnathan Baker - 22 Jan ’22

Valley (Glasgow)

20+7671C

Johnathan Baker - 18 Apr ’23

Wheatland (Harlowton)

44+7206A

Johnathan Baker - 7 May ’22

Wibaux (Wibaux)

52+5420A

Johnathan Baker - 5 Apr ’23

Non-passenger Plates

Apportioned

PA22361

Danny K. - 7 Jul ’21

Apportioned Service Truck

SA04792

Manny Jacob - 15 Dec ’18

Apportioned Trailer

TA14780

Another type of Trailer plate that is in use is a county coded plate on the same design as regular Passenger, with the same type of numbering, but it has PERMANENT on the bottom.

Chris Martin - 18 Jan ’22

Manufacturer

1000004

New format using thin font.

Johnathan Baker - 8 Jul ’18

Temporary

AAMR9647

Kyle Wasson - 30 Mar ’23

Transit

AC393

Johnathan Baker - 28 Aug ’12

Specialty Plates

Optional Issues

EAL663

Peter Cohen has confirmed that all Montana special issues are sequentially numbered at the time of manufacture, so there is no pattern for a certain block of letters/numbers conforming to any given type. Lewis & Clark plates were the first of the optional issues and numbering began at AAA-001. Lewis & Clark plates are being used on some state-owned vehicles, such as Highway Patrol with the MHP prefix, and Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspector with the MVI prefix. John Northup reports MHP plates are now being made on the Montana Meth Project specialty design.

Starting with the ALZ series, there is no longer a hyphen between the letters and numbers, but there is still a space.

The series jumped from the ANx series to ARx in March 2011, so the APx series appears to have been skipped.

Now the series also jumped from the ARx series to the AXx series. AXx series low is AXE697.

Johnathan Baker - 1 Jun ’23

Veteran

K2215

Logo indicates branch of service. All veteran plates share the same pool of numbers regardless of the branch.

Johnathan Baker - 13 Dec ’22