New Mexico License Plates
Stickers are black on white every year.
Stickers are black on white every year.
Steve Hill - Sep 18 ’24
The current base became available in 1991, replacing all earlier issues.
The letters E, I, O, U, Q, and V are not used on any of the regular passenger issues.
Steve Hill - Oct 2 ’24
Believed to be the mail-out series.
Ray Manning - Sep 27 ’24
This plate began in 2010 as a Centennial commemorative, replacing the Balloon plate. It started at LGR-001.
Low: LGR-012
RU- and RV- skipped.
Ray Manning - Aug 30 ’24
Believed to be the mail-out series.
Joseph Guillaume - Oct 22 ’20
Balloon base
Ray Manning - Aug 30 ’24
This plate is missing "Land of Enchantment" and the plant in the lower left corner. The wheelchair logo is on the left, and H/P was originally stacked on the right, but now it has shifted to the left after 9999 H/P. "Handicapped" is embossed below the numbers.
The latest high for this type was on the Centennial base.
Ray Manning - Aug 10 ’24
Centennial MC high: 21787A 2015-07-06 Phil Tonin
Ryan Vandermark - Aug 11 ’24
Balloon base, stacked r/v with a big A at end.
Ray Manning - Aug 27 ’24
New type with Green/Yellow fade with Zia sun offset to the upper right.
G 92371 is the high for the former type.
Steve Hill - Dec 23 ’21
These were on the Balloon base, but no longer. The change might have been with the J series.
Balloon high: 09797T/RH
Steve Hill - May 2 ’24
This series went on sale January 1, 2024. Proceeds benefit the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund (ACDF).
Willie C. Brock, Jr. - Jan 6 ’16
Willie C. Brock, Jr. - Aug 28 ’12
This new plate is available only to residents of Las Cruces. When a person holding a special City of Las Cruces registration plate ceases to reside in Las Cruces, that person shall immediately remove the special City of Las Cruces registration plate from the vehicle; return it to the Motor Vehicle Division; and exchange it for another plate.
For purposes of plate issuance to residents of Las Cruces, the vehicle's current registration must show a Las Cruces (street or P.O. Box) address. No additional proof of residence is required.
The fee payable for the initial issuance of a special City of Las Cruces registration plate and for each subsequent renewal is thirty-seven dollars ($37.00) in addition to regular vehicle registration fees. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be distributed to the city of Las Cruces Recreation Fund.
Steve Hill - Oct 23 ’20
After 9999S/U, the series changed to S/U0001
Steve Hill - Aug 10 ’24
New Mexico Support Our Troops license plates feature the always-stacked U/S letters and are available in both passenger and motorcycle sizes. Passenger numbering format moved from 4-digits to five after 2999US was reached in 2008. US moved from suffix to prefix in mid-2024 and numbering reverted to 4-digits around the same time.
Ray Manning - Aug 23 ’24
Progression: UNM001 - UNM999
001UNM - 999UNM
UNM0001 - UNM9999
0001UNM - 9999UNM
00UNM01 - 99UNM99
00001 and up
The latest design has an all-numeric 5 digit serial.
Willie C. Brock, Jr. - Mar 21 ’14
Ray Manning - Sep 8 ’24
Progressed from D/V 9999 to D/V 001A, then to D/V A001..
Ray Manning - Sep 22 ’24
New purple heart base. Purple letters and numbers on white base.
Kyle Wasson - Oct 17 ’11
This optional base became available in 1999, but it was replaced in 2010 by the optional Centennial plate. Balloon plates are no longer available, but they are still valid.
Apparently issued NM1234, 1NM234, 12NM34, 123NM4, 1234NM, then AA 001 to BZ 999, then CAA001 to DZZ999. The E series was skipped on the balloon plates, so FAA001 followed DZZ999. The series ended at LGP999.