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Passenger plates are now in use with blue characters once again.

Charles Robinson reported that his local license office was instructed to pack up remaining blue number stock to be returned in preparation for the release of the red number stock on April 16, 2007, so it is likely that a number of combinations manufactured in the V and W series in blue stock were never issued. Charles also reported that as of October 2008, vanities are now flat, as are some special types. As of November 2008, all vanities and special types are now being made flat.

The DMV is scrapping flat plates and returning to embossed when its supply of aluminum for the flat plates runs out in May 2009. Drivers complained about the quality of the flats, and law enforcement officers said they had trouble distinguishing them from novelty plates sold in stores.

Upon reaching the end of the ZZZ Passenger series, the series reverted to AAA. The original run of 7 character plates always started at N in the center position and ran through Z, so the new issues will have the unused A through M combinations in the center position.

Stickers
11 - white on yellow
12 - white on red
13 - white on blue
14 - white on green
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Passenger CDB-4366 The current high has blue characters.
Red high - ZND-9976
Blue low - ZNE-1005
The official release date for the red character plates was April 16, 2007, but some were issued early. WTF-1973 is the blue high. WTF-1995 is the red low.

As noted above, the series progressed to AAA after ZZZ.
Second series low: AAA-1010 2011-11-16 Tyler Rotondo

Richard Baucom reports new plates with 07 3M hologram with second squigglyline hologram- a first for NC.

OBX has been issued in Dare County, but it is a special issue since N.C. does not use O and begins the second alpha at N in each series. In a departure from normal issues, OBX-1 through OBX-9999 was issued from Dec. 1999 through July 25, 2000. An additional block of plates numbered from OBX-01 through OBX-0999 was made available on Aug. 14, 2000. There is an annual fee of $20 for OBX plates. For those who may be unfamiliar with North Carolina, OBX is a trendy designation associated with the Outer Banks region on the coast. OBX-9401 reported by Reid Williamson. OBX-6188 reported by Eric Sivertsen.

It appears that the OBX series has been extended. OBX53692 reported on 2012-07-31.

Another special issue is the GTP series that designates the North Carolina Global TransPark, which is an economic development area in eastern NC near Kinston. The high is GTP99822 from Ken Reager on 2008-06-10.

The GC suffix is used for another special issue that designates the Guilford Battleground Company, a non-profit that supports the Guilford Battleground National Military Park in Greensboro, NC. Chris Cargill reports 0366GC.

Chris Cargill reports that the XXX series was issued in the Greenville and Rocky Mount areas, but all of the plates were recalled because they looked too close to KKK. Ken Reager reports seeing XXX-3nnn in use on 9/12/08, so not all of them were pulled off the roads. Mike Sager reports XXX-3006 on 2009-02-28. Ken Reager reports XXX-3922 on 2010-07-02.

As of late June 2012, it appeared that the series jumped from the BCT to BKK, but Mike Sager has recently seen new plates with prefixes BCY, BCZ, BDE, and BDK, so it may be that the series didn't really jump, but rather the BKK plates were distributed out-of-order for whatever reason.

As of Dec. 2012, Mike Sager reports that it looks like BKK-1001 thru BKL-9999 and CDB-1001 thru ???-???? are the out-of-order sequences. He has seen a lot of BKK and BKL plates, and now a couple CDB plates, but nothing in between.

Walter Pilley reports BJZ-9454 on 2013-03-19, which is the highest in the regular progression below BKK. He also reports BKM-8227, which is the only plate reported between the BKL and CDB series.
Curtis Barwick reports BLD-3470 on 2013-03-26.
Walter reports BLY-6nnn on 2013-05-10.
Mike Sager reports BMC-3340 on 2013-05-12. 		Walter Pilley
5/01/13
Non-passenger Plates
Antique 42668 Flat. Still blue numbers. Mike Sager
12/14/12
Apportioned Truck ML-1418 Curtis Barwick
3/23/13
Dealer
F
D
66406 		Blue on white, embossed. Mike Sager
10/04/12
Dealer Transporter TP117509 Black on white. Most other types in NC are blue on white. Walter Pilley
2/14/13
Farm Truck YA-4951 Curtis Barwick
3/26/13
For Hire ZF-3619 NEW Issued to a wide variety of commercial vehicles for hire - light and medium duty delivery trucks, charter buses, limousines, tow trucks, etc. Low for this type is ZB-1001. Mike Sager
5/12/13
Handicapped
H
D
98567 		Previous Handicapped formats were HD1234 and 1234HD. Still blue characters. Mike Sager
3/30/13
Manufacturer MF-3439 Mike Sager
6/10/10
Motorcycle 5J1606 Serial letter normally advances before leftmost number. However, plates in the 4H and 5H series were apparently inadvertently made and issued out of sequence between the 3H and 3J series.
Plate 5H7240 was apparently issued way out of sequence, and the sequence is not clear. In April 2007 series 2W was issued, and in June 2007 series 2Z was issued, but 3D and 3F series had been out for over a year. Otherwise nothing over the mid-3 series. 		Walter Pilley
5/04/13
Permanent - For Hire ZB-44026 Issued to heavy trucks for hire - dump trucks, truck tractors, etc. ZB prefix is constant. Curtis Barwick
3/23/13
Permanent Commercial YA123370 Issued to heavy-duty trucks and truck tractors. Not really permanent. Original format was YA-00000.
The high of YA022418 was reported on 2009-10-06, but this series apparently jumped to the YA10nnnn block recently. 		Curtis Barwick
3/23/13
Taxi TB-3565 Mike Sager
4/14/13
Temporary 19856251 Black on white paper
KE4MAN reports Temorary TA42496 on a truck, so it appears Truck has its own type. 		Curtis Barwick
7/16/09
Trailer CE-11377 Ken Reager
4/17/13
Trailer - Multi-Year AB-71861 Black on white embossed with "MULTI YEAR" legend, but otherwise undated. Earlier plates were in the AY-12345 format, then AZ-12345. now AA-12345. Mike Sager
2/01/13
Transporter TP114064 Thomas White
2/14/10
Weighted EF-1559 Issued to medium-duty trucks.
Ken Reager
4/22/13
Specialty Plates
82nd Airborne
3554
A
A
 Flat Mike Sager
7/16/12
American Indians
A
I
998C 		A/I 001A seems to be the new format after A/I 9999. Mike Sager
3/11/13
Animal Lovers
E062
I
C
 Flat
Original format was 0000 I/C. 		Mike Sager
1/19/13
Appalachian State Univ. A5544 Flat Mike Sager
3/22/13
Appalachian Trail
A150
A
T
 Mike Sager
5/04/13
Auburn University
0903
A
U
 Flat Mike Sager
2/15/13
Blue Ridge Parkway
8W42
B
P
 Flat
Original format was 1234 B/P, then A123 B/P, now 1A23 B/P.
These plates are also available as Motorcycle in the 1234 B/R format.
Motorcycle high: 0264B/R
Progression: The digit in the first position progresses last, so the current series is 1A01 - 1Z99, then 2A01 - 2Z99, then 3A01 and up. 		Mike Sager
3/01/13
Breast Cancer Awareness
4170
B
C
 Flat
Mike Sager reports R225 B/C, which must be a personalized version of this plate since it is so far out of sequence. 		Mike Sager
10/12/12
Bronze Star
3869
B
S
 Flat Mike Sager
9/23/12
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 7808H Flat Mike Sager
2/09/13
Carolina Hurricanes
4933
C
H
 Flat Mike Sager
3/01/13
Carolina Panthers
A115
C
P
 Mike Sager
1/19/13
Clemson University 3458C Mike Sager
1/09/13
Coast Guard
C
G
5720 		Mike Sager
11/05/08
Coastal Federation
8223
C
F
 Flat Mike Sager
4/07/13
Core Sound
1025
C
S
 Embossed, new design Paul Casadonte
3/27/13
Davidson College
0685
D
A
 Embossed Mike Sager
3/30/13
Disabled Veteran
P906
D
V
 Previous formats were D/V 0000 and 0000 D/V. Mike Sager
5/04/13
Ducks Unlimited
6816
D
U
 New design with lighthouse scene. Low for new type is 1545 D/U.

Mike Sager
4/14/13
Duke University D2807 Mike Sager
2/23/13
Durham Bulls
D
B
0512 		Minor league baseball team Mike Sager
4/20/12
Eagle Scout
3020
E
S
 2250 E/S is the lowest flat reported. Mike Sager
2/24/12
East Carolina University E5685 NEW Mike Sager
5/12/13
Fire Fighter
V
F
333A 		Mike Sager
12/24/11
First In Forestry
1969
F
F
 Mike Sager
1/17/13
Florida Gators
1207
F
G
 Ken Reager
1/22/09
Florida Seminoles
0651
N
L
 Mike Sager
5/04/13
Fraternal Order of Police
6669
F
P
 Flat Mike Sager
4/07/13
Georgia Tech University
0529
G
T
 Flat Mike Sager
3/16/13
High Point University
0373
H
U
 Flat Mike Sager
8/17/12
Highway Patrol (Ret.)
1462
H
P
 Ken Reager
2/16/12
In God We Trust
2183
S
A
 Flat Mike Sager
3/30/13
Int'l. Assoc. of Fire Fighters
3318
P
F
 Mike Sager
11/05/11
Kids First
2642
K
F
 Flat Mike Sager
7/10/12
Knights of Columbus K811 Paul Casadonte
3/25/13
Korean Veteran 0872 KV Mike Sager
8/02/12
Lenoir Rhyne University
0568
L
R
 Flat Mike Sager
10/02/11
Masons 5593M Flat Scott Schulz
8/05/12
Meredith College
0574
N
C
 Mike Sager
9/21/11
NASCAR
0812
N
R
 Registration numbers embossed, stacked N/R and all other graphics screened Mike Sager
9/05/11
National Rifle Association
0624
R
A
 Flat, new type
Mike Sager
2/03/13
NC A&T University T3390 Flat Mike Sager
4/20/13
NC Central University 2230E Flat Mike Sager
1/02/13
NC State University S212D Flat Curtis Barwick
1/21/13
Nursing N1996 Mike Sager
3/25/12
Piedmont Airlines
0449
P
A
 Piedmont Airlines was a big part of North Carolina history. It was founded in 1948, and was purchased by US Airways in 1989. Walter Pilley
5/10/13
Police Benevolent Assoc.
1178
P
B
 The B/V suffix has also been used. Mike Sager
10/04/12
Purdue University B0577 Flat Mike Sager
7/20/12
Purple Heart
P
H
937C 		Flat Ken Reager
8/26/12
Real Estate Agent
0161
R
E
 Mike Sager
4/29/10
Rescue Squad
R
S
2502 		Mike Sager
4/27/09
Retired Law Enforcement
2097
L
E
 Mike Sager
9/29/12
Retired Military A867R It appears that after reaching 9999R, this series changed to an M prefix. Retired Air Force, Army, and Navy all share this format with their individual seals. Format now appears to be A123R. Ken Reager
12/29/12
Rocky Mountain Elk
4679
E
F
 Flat Mike Sager
4/20/13
Rotary International
0522
R
I
 Mike Sager
9/09/12
SCUBA
1035
D
I
 Flat Mike Sager
2/01/13
Sea Turtle
7027
S
T
 Flat Mike Sager
3/22/13
Share The Road
1648
S
R
 Scott Schulz
7/13/12
Smoky Mountains
7Z55
S
M
 Flat
Original format was 1234 S/M. New style plates started at J001 S/M. After reaching Z999, now issuing 1A01 series. 		Ben Bunton
4/14/13
Sons of Confederate Veterans
A110
C
V
 Mike Sager
10/27/12
State Parks
5199
S
P
 A new type in Feb. 2009 Mike Sager
4/27/13
Support Our Troops
0993
U
S
 Flat Scott Schulz
7/28/12
Tobacco Heritage
1122
T
H
 Mike Sager
12/21/11
Trout Unlimited
0692
T
U
 Scott Schulz
7/19/12
UNCW W2073 Flat
University of North Carolina at Wilmington 		Mike Sager
4/07/12
Univ of NC - Charlotte Q1415 Mike Sager
10/30/10
University of Florida
2544
U
F
 Flat Mike Sager
11/16/12
University of Kentucky
0282
U
K
 Mike Sager
2/23/13
University of North Carolina U836K U is constant. Numbers advance before suffix letter. Original format was U1234. Mike Sager
4/27/13
University of South Carolina
2171
S
C
 Mike Sager
6/14/12
Veterans Of Foreign Wars
1650
F
W
 Mike Sager
5/03/12
Vietnam Veteran
D010
V
V
 Flat
A123 V/V format follows 9999 V/V. 		Mike Sager
12/28/12
Virginia Tech V1570 Flat Mike Sager
9/23/12
Wake Forest University F2626 Mike Sager
4/23/12
Watermelon
0917
W
M
 Mike Sager
8/10/11
Western Carolina University C1053 Flat Mike Sager
6/27/11
Western Square Dancer
0692
S
D
 Mike Sager
6/20/10
Wildlife
4980
W
C
 Flat Mike Sager
8/04/12
Winston-Salem State University
1254
W
S
 Flat
This type originally used a "X" prefix letter, but now uses the "W/S" suffix. 		Mike Sager
9/18/12
World War II Veteran
0399
W
V
 Curtis Barwick
1/07/12