Rhode Island 1996 Series

This base began in late 1996.

All-numeric six digit plates were the standard issue for Rhode Island Passenger plates between 2007 and 2015. They began at 710-001, and John MacKenzie had the good luck to spot the first plate (710-001) on 2007-03-11. He also reported ZZ-991 as the high in the traditional 2/3 format. After the forward progression from 710-001 reached 999-999, the 600-000 series was used, followed by the 500-000 series, then 400-000 series and finally the 300-000 series. Once 399-999 was reached, Rhode Island reverted back to the AB-123 format beginning with the EZ series and filling in some un-used prefixes from A, B, F etc.

There should be no 200- nor 100- series six-digit passenger car plates in Rhode Island with these two exceptions. John MacKenzie reports that plate number 100000 was issued in the past to a former Mayor of North Providence. Number 200000 was also observed in use during the mid-2000s. Those were the only recent 6 digit passenger plates in Rhode Island prior to the 2007-15 all-numeric series.