Louisiana Hire Passenger
Plate | Reporter | Date |
---|---|---|
A834030 | Matt Reilly | 2/15/25 |
A824911 | Francis Lapeyre | 8/20/13 |
A823926 | Francis Lapeyre | 3/14/12 |
A822469 | Francis Lapeyre | 3/02/12 |
A821876 | Francis Lapeyre | 1/27/10 |
A811106 | Francis Lapeyre | 11/30/07 |
This plate is issued to commercial buses that carry passengers for hire, taxis, and limousines. Hire Taxi and Hire Bus plates used to be in the in the A0xxxxx range. Now, both classes are issued "Hire Passenger" plates in this range. Lipstick design
From Francis Lapeyre: There is a new Hire Passenger plate for "taxi cabs, limousines, horse drawn carriages, and pedicabs owned or operated by companies licensed by the city of New Orleans.". Louisiana in lipstick script on the top; "New Orleans" in an French Quarter-like font on the bottom. Louisiana map at left, followed by a four-letter stacked prefix (Q/N T/X), followed by the CPNC* number. High so far: QNTX1350. *CPNC=Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience.
** Update: There are two types of special New Orleans for-hire plates. QNTX is for taxis; and QNLM is for limousines (high for this one is QNLM 150). Also, these plates are issued in pairs - the first Louisiana plates to be so issued since before WWII. Regular Hire Passenger plates (and all others) are still issued singly.