Oregon License Plates

Current suffix series began at BAA in 2003-04, low: 020 BAA 2014-06-22 E. Morgan

Dale Jacobsen reported that Waldale plates began at ZPN and that ZZZ 999 was displayed in the collection at the main DMV office in Salem rather than being issued in 2003. The highest Z series plate observed was ZZZ 996 by Andrew Fields.

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Blue letters on yellow-orange background.  Now using Irwin-Hodson's Haiti/Newfoundland die set.

Issued to any vehicle owned or leased by the State of Oregon, or the government of a county, city, political subdivision or federally-recognized tribe.

Appears to have started at H/P

Mark J. Hash reports that after discontinuing the H series at H135000, the HC series began with HC99999 and are being issued in reverse order down to HC18000, which is where the Oregon Trail motorhome HC series ended some years ago.

Earlier issues used M, M/2, M/3, M/4, and M/5 as prefixes.

According to Oregon License Plate Manual, "Issued to owner of a fleet of vehicles registered as a fleet rather than individually," such as UPS trucks.  Blue on Yellow, embossed, no validation stickers.

Issued to a vehicle that is maintained as a collector's item and is at least 25 years old, or a vehicle of special interest by an established organization (such as parade floats), or is a street rod.

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These plates were white on red, but they have changed to black on white.

From Paul Petrinovich: There are FOUR types of these plates.

Y AAA123 is for Apportioned single plate.

Red high: Y AGP 113

White low: Y AHN 117

High: Y ARR 548

Y APA123 is for apportioned pair of plates.

High:

Y CAA123 is for Commercial, these are issued the same as the Apportioned plates. These are commercial trucks that are not licensed to leave Oregon.

High: Y CSG 870

The Y Axx123 plates have APPORTIONED on the bottom, the Y Cxx123 have COMMERCIAL on the bottom.

High:

For trucks not subject to weight miles tax.

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Original issue had C/L prefix, then C/K, now C/A.

C/M series on Crater Lake plates issued to motor homes.  C/M 08880 is the high from Willie C. Brock, Jr. on 2010-03-23.

C/R series on Crater Lake plates issued to travel trailers.  C/R 01184 is the high from Jayson Elliot on 2006-05-28.

Low:  C/L00005  2014-09-20  Mark Hash

Low: C/U 00004 2013-08-12 Paul Petrinovich

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Introduced in 2019.

Low: N/G00 885 2014-01-25 Cody Skoff

No longer issued, but still being revalidated.

This is the optional "retro" plate Oregon is issuing in celebration of the state's 150th birthday. The original plate of this type was the standard issue in Oregon from 1959 to 1964. This is a limited edition plate with only 40,000 to be offered when the plate was introduced, but now the Oregon DMV has increased the number to 80,000. These plates will be available for passenger vehicles only. They became available March 1, 2010. There is a one-time surcharge of $100 to get a set of these plates, but no extra charge to renew them. Proceeds from the sale of these plates will be divided between the Oregon State Capitol Foundation and the Oregon Historical Society.

The sample has the number 9P-0000, and numbering began at 9P-0001. The series will end at 9T-0004.

Low: 9P-0003 2019-08-13 Andrew Fields

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S/M series on Salmon plates issued to motor homes. S/S series on Salmon plates issued to travel trailer. Mark Hash reports that graphic plates for RVs are no longer being issued, but they are still being renewed. All RVs now receive standard blue on gold plates. S/R 02826 was reported by Jayson Elliot as a Salmon RV plate, which is one of the discontinued types.

Low: S/L00018 2013-08-19 DBG

Debuted August 1, 2019.

Oregon uses a generic format of A AAA on its various Specials, although some types use the same AAAA format with no spacing. Generally, the tree base uses a space, but the new Military and Bicycle plates do not have a space. As in some other states, plates are made on demand rather in blocks, so DAAA could be a Military plate, and DAAB could be a "Share the Road" plate.

Low: A BDF 2014-01-25 Cody Skoff

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Low: W/C00039

Tree base with D/3 stacked to far left, "VETERAN" stacked to far right (yes, though small, each letter is there) first two numbers to left of tree, second two numbers to right of tree.