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Type	Plate	Notes	Reporter
Graphic	AMK6508	Upon reaching 999-ZZZ, Arizona continued with the current graphic in the ABC1234 format. The 7 character plates are flat. Highest 3/3 - 905-ZZZ Lowest 3/4 - AAA0039 Gary Fox reports that by at least ADY0325, the characters are now shifted back to the center of the plate. The change probably took place at ADY0001. Arizona has banned license plate frames that cover the state name on the plate.	Gary Fox 8/29/10
Maroon	NXG-177	Maroon plates were issued in pairs until around the ETT series. Gary Fox reports ETT-374 as the highest pair he has seen on the road. Arizona issued only single plates for regular passenger after that, but some other types (such as personalized and Environment) continued to be issued in pairs.	Clark Wothe 8/27/02
Non-passenger Plates
Alternative Fuel	AF 20T6	Flat Eric Sivertsen reports that these plates are now hard to read because the blue font is close to the blue background. Low flat - AF-12P2 High embossed - AF-62N6 Handicapped - A74 AAF	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/20/10
Alternative Fuel - Hybrid	99L N01	Discontinued as of 5/16/2008. See notes below. This issue reached the 10,000 mark, which was the original projected cutoff point. Low for this type - 00L N08 Wally Punzmann 2010-03-17 New Type; on Alt. Fuel cloud base, Black on White Hybrid sticker centered between the letters. From Eric Sivertsen: Hybrid plates are now in a pilot program, not to exceed 10,000 plates, only for use on Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, and Honda Civic Hybrid. These hybrid plates will allow the drivers, even if alone, to use the HOV lanes in and around Phoenix. Hybrid plates are also available with a Handicapped symbol added. They are on the same graphic base as Alt. Fuel plates with the clouds, but the wheelchair symbol takes the place of the first digit. Wally Punzmann reported 0L N01, which is the lowest possible for this type. The current high is 1L N76. This pilot program can be ended at any time with no notice, and users of this plate (should that happen) will be issued a new plate at no cost. There is also a Government Alternative Fuel plate. See Government (below)	Wally Punzmann 1/11/09
Apportioned	AE-06709	APPORTIONED silkscreened lower right, where GRAND CANYON STATE normally is. Progression: AA, then AB series, then AD series. AC series used on kids plate. Low flat - AD-54294	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 7/06/10
Bus/Taxi	4ZR-698	Series went from 3ZZ to 4ZA. Now flat. High embossed - 4ZP-992 Low flat - 4ZR-001	Gary Fox 4/22/10
Commercial	CG-42580	CF-20708 and CF-22626 reported flat, yet higher embossed numbers in the CF-25000 and 28300 series have been seen. CF-30387 reported as embossed. CF-34269 reported flat.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/28/10
Dealer	DL-SW87	Flat Embossed high - DL-ML51 Flat low - DL-MM19	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/02/10
Dealer - Transporter	5075-DT	Flat	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 4/20/10
Farm Vehicle	FV-05262	Embossed A fairly rare type for Arizona. Eric Sivertsen reports seeing the first of this type, FV-00001.	Wally Punzmann 2/26/10
Government	G-255GA	Embossed high - G-955FG Flat low - G-053FH It appears the break between embossed and flat was 999FG/001FH. Government - Alternative Fuel (on the Alternative Fuel graphic) Low - GA-00066 High - GA-07287 Justin Beus reports some recently made Government plates without the usual dash in the FW and FX series. They were made in error and the dash will return.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 7/22/10
Government - Alternative Fuel	GA-10573		Willie C. Brock, Jr. 11/21/07
Handicapped	FJW41	Flat Embossed high - EBZ93 Flat low - ECA36	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/27/10
Hearing Impaired	H-01451		Willie C. Brock, Jr. 11/18/09
Historic Vehicle	NHF5	Historic Motorcycle - 1HM64 (First series was HM123, followed by 123HM, and currently 1HM23) Historic Vehicle - Handicapped - 9HV (has wheelchair logo between "Historic Vehicle" on left, and plate number on the right)	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/27/10
Manufacturer	MT-6767	Still embossed	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 5/05/10
Moped	13612	Very rare type; until recently was still white on maroon! OCT ARIZ. embossed on top, MOPED embossed on bottom.	Justin Beus 12/09/09
Motorcycle	66R2 M C	Now flat. Low flat is M/C C39A. High embossed is M/C B93Y. Change most likely occurred at M/C B99Z - M/C C01A. After M/C ZZ9Z came M/C A1AA Progression: A1AA to A9AA then A1AB to A9AB, etc. to Z9ZZ, then 0A1A, then A11A to Z99Z, AA01 to ZZ99, then 001A to 999Z, then 00A1 to 99Z99. then A001 and up, then 0A01 and up, now 00A1 and up. Zero is now being used for the first time since 1980. State owned Motorcycle/ATV - 5340 S/A spotted by Willie C. Brock, Jr. on 2009-12-09. No stickers on State plates.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/26/10
Motorcycle - Dealer	M D AVS1		Justin Beus 12/09/09
Motorcycle - Handicapped	M087	Wheelchair symbol after the numbers. Now flat. The current high was seen on a golf cart in Sun City, a retirement community where golf carts outnumber cars. Golf carts are street legal there, but they must be registered. Most have Motorcycle plates, but some have Alternative Fuel plates.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 4/05/10
Temporary	886588B	Has description of the vehicle, year, make and model as part of the tag, not written or stamped on. Number is computer printed on tag. Started at A000001 and went through A999999, then reversed and started over at 000001A through 999999A, then B000001 to B999999, now reversed in 000001B format. Used for newly purchased vehicles, both new and used. Other Temporary types: Paper tags with 6 digits and "S" suffix. Originally started with S, but after reaching S999999 they now end with S. The S high is 656243S. ZA prefix temporaries have also been seen. ZB11408 is the high. These have a different font with long skinny numbers and letters. It is possible that this type is used for car rental companies. Legend is "90 Day IRP Allocated Plate" and this type has been seen on rental cars. RT62225 was also spotted in this type on a new rental car. 61N1987 was reported on another type of Temporary. Also reported - 2W359D with "Service Arizona" (the online DMV) on top. As if Arizona needs yet another type of Temporary, 9Z846D was reported. 283PD6 and 528XD4were also reported. These are a 30 day with the plate type indicated in small type at the bottom. 61N3033 was reported as a 90 Day Non-Resident Temporary Permit. Just how many Temporaries does Arizona need??? Maybe at least one more. Eric Sivertsen reports PU4440 as a 30 day General Use Temp. Permit. Another? Restricted Use 3-Day Permit - PZ99890	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/03/10
Trailer	W-84326	Flat Embossed high - T-69844 Low flat - T-71911 U series skipped Trailer Dealer - TR-4082 ("Dealer" does not appear on the plate, but "PERM DLR" appears on the blue on white sticker used on the plate in the upper right.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/03/10
Trailer - small plate	88HG1	This is the smaller m/c size trailer plate. These plates usually have a white on black PERM sticker. The order of issuance of these is uncertain, but here are the configurations that have been observed so far: F12H3, 1FH23, 1F2H3, 12HF3, H12F3, 0H1F2, G12H3 The FH appears to have been constant until one configuration with HF appeared. All of the FH and HF plates observed have been embossed. It also appears that GH is now being used in the G12H3 format, and it is undoubtedly the newest and current configuration since it is flat, although flat plates are now appearing in the 12HG3 configuration, which may be even newer. One such plate is known to have been issued in 12/09. Eric Sivertsen reports MVD figures showing 6,742 of these plates in use as of 10/31/08. Eric also reported 4G4H7, but we are uncertain as to where it fits in the mystery progression.	Randy Flasch 12/18/09
Transporter	XP-14H8	Flat	Eric Sivertsen 11/09/09
Truck - Tractor	1TP-685	1TP series flat, 1TN series was embossed. Embossed high - 1TN-207 Although they began with 3TA with the 1973 base, the maroon base began by the 3TL series. Similar to the Bus/Taxi series, at 3TZ-999 the maroons moved on to 4TA-001 and proceeded up to 4TK-500. The graphic base began at 4TK-501 and ran to 4TZ-999. After that, they started with 1TA-001 and proceed upwards.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/02/10
Specialty Plates
Arizona Highways Magazine	0AH6272	First available 2-2-2009. Justin Beus saw and photographed the first of the series, 0AH0001.	Eric Sivertsen 8/26/10
Arizona Historical Society	AH241	New special plate series available to general public as of 6/1/07.	Gary Fox 1/03/10
Arizona State University	F0353	Now flat Embossed high - D8504 Flat Low - D8629 Began in A series. Justin Beus spotted A0053, which is our low. The owner told him he got it the day they came out. After B9999, some early C plates were issued by mistake for ASU. The C series is used by Pet plates, but only about 150 C plates were issued for ASU and the MVD reports that none of them duplicate Pet plates. None have been recalled as yet. ASU plates jumped to the D series to avoid that overlap. Wally spotted C0094. Eric spotted C0087 and C0194. ASU - Handicapped - a new type with a wheelchair logo followed by registration characters. High - AA4A reported by Clark Wothe on 2008-06-23. Clark reports that a new design is coming in Aug. 2010	Gary Fox 8/29/10
Breast Cancer Awareness	1255JK	Flat Series progressed from JK9999 to 0001JK. First available in May 2006. Low - JK0005 and 0032JK. Low flat - 0192JK Breast Cancer - Handicapped - JK053 Handicapped symbol after the pink ribbon and before numbers.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/26/10
Cardinals	86FB25	First available 1/31/2010. Arizona Cardinals Eric Sivertsen reports seeing 00FB51, which is the first plate of the series available to the public since the first 50 plates are reserved for VIPs of the organization.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/02/10
Character Education	A51B99	Flat A00B20 is reported as a possible low for this type by Eric Sivertsen on 2006-01-12. Embossed high - A48B95 Flat low - A50B31	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 7/01/10
Choose Life	11CL56	Choose Life - Handicapped - 01CL4	Eric Sivertsen 8/10/10
Conserving Wildlife	0CW0889	The official name for this type is "Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation" but the legend on the bottom of the plate is simply "Conserving Wildlife."	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/03/10
Diamondbacks	DB12353	Now flat This plate is for the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team in Phoenix and it was released on 2007-04-02. Embossed high - DB05382 Flat low - DB05410 Handicapped - DB0020	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/27/10
Environmental	EZ-1988	Still embossed Environmental - Handicapped - AA23EV Embossed; small wheelchair symbol preceedes the registration characters.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/24/10
Ex-Prisoner of War	W95	Ex-POW low - A23 Ex-POW Handicapped - 1H (embossed) Progression: 0A-0Z, then 1A-1Z, and up.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 6/02/09
Families of Fallen Police Officers	FP05816	Flat Original design had background with the yellow and red "sunburst" from the state flag with a police officer silhouette on the right, but the red sunburst has been dropped to make the plate easier to read. Families of Fallen Police Officers - Handicapped - 0016FA	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/26/10
Firefighter	F F 6393		Gary Fox 10/08/05
Freedom	1FR8058	Flat This is a new style with a big US flag across it. 1FR2345 sequence, beginning with zero in first position on first series. The first plate in the issue was 0FR0001 and was spotted by Eric Sivertsen. Embossed high - 0FR9966 Flat low - 1FR0041 Freedom Handicapped - 00FR55 (embossed with small wheelchair logo to left of serial) Justin Beus spotted a personalized Freedom Handicapped that was flat with the wheelchair logo to the right of the serial.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/21/10
Gold Star	B141		Justin Beus 2/21/10
Golden Rule	LM07507	New optional featuring a graphic of the Grand Canyon.	Gary Fox 7/25/10
Honorary Foreign Consul	93	On the graphic base with the older large dies. Looked like a newly issued plate but the old dies haven't been used in years. Eric Sivertsen reports seeing 40 with the newer dies, so it was either a replacement or a reissue. Eric also reports 33 on the old gold on brown base, as well as 14 on the current base, embossed. Clark Wothe reports 64 with new embossed dies on a newly issued plates, so they appear to be reissuing old numbers. Justin Beus reports 65 and 71 on the old base.	7/20/06
Kids	AC-65481	Flat There is also a Handicapped version of the Kids plate. High is AC 4173. Justin Beus reports a low of AC-00011. Embossed high - AC-64971 Flat low - 65039	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 6/04/10
Law Enforcement	L E 2091	Embossed	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 1/07/10
National Guard	N 2065		Gary Fox 10/10/05
Navajo Nation	B A 8483	Not tribal plates per se; this is a state-issued specialty plate that can be ordered by anyone. Vanity plates are available on this type. Eric Sivertsen reports that plates numbered 1000 and under were delivered to addresses on the reservation. Handicapped - B/A 845 with the wheelchair symbol preceeding the registration characters.	Wally Punzmann 5/29/10
Northern Arizona University	V8354	Still embossed Handicapped - AA4N 2010-04-30 Justin Beus (wheelchair symbol before registration number)	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 5/25/10
Organ Donor	C6APW	Embossed through at least B1ZYW, now flat. High for Organ Donor - Handicapped - C1WD Handicapped version has handicapped symbol before numbers and right of organ donor logo.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/07/10
Pearl Harbor Survivor	858		Justin Beus 2/22/10
Pet Friendly	9120C	First available on 5/1/05. Original series was in the C1234 format. Pets Handicapped - C064 (embossed)	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 8/28/10
Phoenix Suns	0PS2876		Gary Fox 8/29/10
Purple Heart	9884	Purple Heart Handicapped high - F19P (still embossed) Purple Heart Motorcycle high - P04C	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/07/10
San Carlos Apache	C136E3	This plate is available to the general public. Still embossed.	Wally Punzmann 10/17/09
University of Arizona	P9453	Flat Embossed high - P5897 Flat low - P6389	Gary Fox 9/07/10
University of Phoenix	F A 0897	Lowest possible (F/A 0001) was spotted in Phoenix	Gary Fox 9/25/07
Veteran	52R52	Flat High embossed - 9S989 Low flat - 00R05 Veteran progression after V/T numbers: 1R234, then 1S234, then 12R34 Justin Beus spotted VT0008, which is the 8th Veteran plate issued.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 7/20/10
Veteran - Handicapped	2C8S3	Flat After 9R9C9, then 00R1C, then 00C1R, then 0S0C1, now 0C1S1 High embossed - 12R1C Low flat - 85R6C Justin Beus reports another format, and the first plate of that series - 0C0R1 on 2010-01-12. Veteran - Handicapped Motorcycle 99T (wheelchair symbol before registration number) This is a third series plate. The first series configuration was T01, second was 0T1.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 9/02/10
Veteran - Motorcycle	965T	Flat Progression: T123, 1T23, 12T3, now 123T Embossed high - 08T0 Flat low - 039T	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 5/25/10
White Mountain Apache	599WM	The third of the Arizona Native American Series. Flat plate. Started out as WM001, then changed to 001WM.	Gary Fox 7/11/10
Wildlife Deer	W A 01893	Started at W/A00001, which has been spotted by Justin Beus.	Eric Sivertsen 8/26/07

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