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Type	Plate	Notes	Reporter
Passenger	6NGN269	Sesquicentennial was removed with the 4NPA series.	Matthew Young 9/06/10
Non-passenger Plates
Commercial	8Z73412	9A, 9B, 9C, and 9D are part of a series used for tractor-trailers. These plates are found only on tractors, not standard light pickups. 9E31053 is the Tractor high reported by Willie C. Brock, Jr. on 2010-03-26. California was expecting to run out of Commercial plates in the current format in August 2008 at 8Z99999, but current indications are that it will be much later, possibly as late as July 2009. The next format will be 00000A1 with the last digit staying constant as before. After 99999A1 will be 00000B1. After 99999Z1 will be 00000A2.	Matthew Young 8/25/10
Disabled Person	4754W D P	This is a new numbering system that followed D/P Z9999.	Jon Miller 8/14/10
Exempt	1343708	"CA EXEMPT" on the top of the plate. Exempt plates are found on vehicles belonging to public agencies, such as state and local governments, school districts, etc. Exempt Motorcycle - 3002011 This is a new type that takes the place of the former diagonal and diamond E types	Matthew Young 7/08/10
Livery	1ZZV061	Same style as passenger plate, but with "LIVERY" printed in red at the bottom of the plate.	Art Kraemer 6/08/10
Moped	C033676		Scott Broady 6/03/09
Motorcycle	20J4342	Note: 21A through 29B (all the A and B prefixes from 21-29 were issued) were issued as blue cycles in the late 80s. 20A has been verified. We now need to get a verification for 20B. Next, will they issue any prefixes between 21 and 29, or just go to 30A? The DMV has never issued a zero in the 2nd position. There are no 10A-10Z prefixes. They started at 11A and 21A previously.	Scott Broady 8/05/10
Permanent Trailer	4KX5084	Trailer plates beginning with 4 are permanent issues.	Wally Punzmann 5/14/10
Trailer	1LY4453	Trailer plates beginning with 1 require annual registration (recreational trailers, fifth wheels, etc.) On non-perm trailer plates, 1UA - 1ZY series are used for commercial weight fee trailers. The high is 1XD4736 from meatypaws on 2004-00-00.	Andy Smith 6/02/10
Specialty Plates
Arts	446 BUB		Matthew Young 9/05/10
Coastal Protection	1VDW203		Art Kraemer 4/18/10
Coastal Protection Truck	2Z57141		Matthew Young 5/08/09
Ex-Prisoner of War	P O W 7109		Eric Sivertsen 1/17/08
Firefighter	959GAG	Now in the 123ABC format. The California Firefighter license plate can only be issued to a currently registered vehicle owned by an active or retired California firefighter. The fees collected from these plates (which vary depending on if the plates are sequential or personalized) are deposited in the California Firefighters Memorial Fund, which was created and is sponsored by California Professional Firefighters (CPF).	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 2/23/10
Lake Tahoe	1UEN922	Lake Tahoe Truck high - 2Z39959 2009-01-07 Andy Smith	Andy Smith 4/05/09
Legion of Valor	227	Legion of Valor in block letters, older plate with block CALIFORNIA embossed at top.	Eric Sivertsen 4/02/08
Liberty Bell	0914 US	CALIFORNIA embossed at top, graphic of the Liberty Bell (in red) separating the numbers and "US" with blue screened 1791 BILL OF RIGHTS 1991 at the bottom. This is one of the rarest plates in California. Chad reports 0598 US on a Prius 2009-12-09, so it has obviously been reassigned.	Scott Broady 7/25/08
Pearl Harbor Survivor	3071	Pearl Harbor Survivor written out stacked on the left. State name in older block letters at top.	Eric Sivertsen 4/02/08
Press Photographer	PP2800	The letters "PP" are inside a triangle.	Alex Smith 11/09/08
Purple Heart	PH5503	Purple Heart badge on the left, "Combat Wounded" on bottom. These also have been issued with PH as a suffix, which probably came before the prefix.	Matthew Young 12/15/09
UCLA	APA574	Logo of a yellow bear on the left side of the plate, underlined with "UCLA" written underneath. "BRUINS" at bottom of plate highlighted by a yellow background.	Andy Smith 4/17/08
Veteran	043HAD	Veteran plates are now in the 123ABC format.	Willie C. Brock, Jr. 2/05/10
We Will Never Forget	9998MA		Keith 8/17/07
Yosemite	1VBB325		Andy Smith 5/11/09
Yosemite Truck	2Z05323	From Andy Smith: Not sure if these are still being issued; they were originally issued to match the current truck-format plates, with a number, letter, then 5 numbers, but with the same Yosemite background as the passenger plates.	Andy Smith 9/02/09

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