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Graphic AVP3504 NEW 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
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
1/29/12
Maroon NXG-177 Maroon plates were issued in pairs until around the ETT series. ETT-374 reported as the highest pair 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 AF21W1 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
The current high was unspaced without a dash, as shown. 		Wally Punzmann
11/10/11
Alternative Fuel - Hybrid 207 LN6 Discontinued as of 5/16/2008. See notes below. This issue reached the 10,000 mark, which was the original projected cutoff point. 99L N77 is the reported embossed high under the original hybrid program.

Low for this type - 00L N05 Justin Beus 2011-01-19

The hybrid program has been revived and extended to an additional 2500 applicants. The new plates are of the same design but are now flat and in the 123 LN4 format.

Low for this type (flat): 000 LN4

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
10/02/11
Apportioned AE-34186 NEW 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.
1/31/12
Bus/Taxi 4ZT-290 Series went from 3ZZ to 4ZA. Now flat.
High embossed - 4ZP-992
Low flat - 4ZR-001 		Gary Fox
1/09/12
Commercial CG-98621 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.
1/10/12
Dealer DL-XN34 NEW Flat
Embossed high - DL-ML51
Flat low - DL-MM19 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
2/03/12
Dealer - Transporter 5455-DT Flat Willie C. Brock, Jr.
8/23/11
Farm Vehicle FV-05697 Embossed
A fairly rare type for Arizona. Eric Sivertsen reports seeing the first of this type, FV-00001. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/17/12
Government G-513GH Embossed high - G-955FG
Flat low - G-053FH
It appears the break between embossed and flat was 999FG/001FH.

Justin Beus reports some recently made Government plates without the usual dot in the FW and FX series. They were made in error and the dash will return. It appears that the missing dots are from the late FV through the early GA series.
No dot low - G 026FV
No dot high - G 005GD 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/30/11
Government - Alternative Fuel GA-10750 Still embossed
Government - Alternative Fuel (on the Alternative Fuel graphic)
Low - GA-00066 		Wally Punzmann
1/25/12
Handicapped GBW46 NEW Flat
Embossed high - EBZ93
Flat low - ECA36 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/31/12
Hearing Impaired H-01515 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
7/25/11
Historic Vehicle REW5 NEW Historic Motorcycle - 9HM35 (First series was HM123, followed by 123HM, and currently 1HM23)
Historic Vehicle - Handicapped - 5JV (has wheelchair logo between "Historic Vehicle" on left, and plate number on the right) 		Gary Fox
1/29/12
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
AA
M
C
3A 		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:
M/C A1AA to M/C A9AA
M/C A1AB to M/C A9AB, etc. to M/C Z9ZZ
M/C 0A1A to M/C 9Z9Z
M/C A01A to M/C Z99Z
M/C AA01 to M/C ZZ99
M/C 001A to M/C 999Z
M/C 00A1 to M/C 99Z9
A001 M/C to Z999 M/C
0A01 M/C to 9Z99 M/C
00A1 M/C to 99Z9 M/C
0 M/C A1A to 9 M/C Z9Z
0 M/C 1AA to 9 M/C 9ZZ
AA M/C 1A and up
Zero is now being used for the first time since 1980.
State owned Motorcycle/ATV - 5346 S/A spotted by Willie C. Brock, Jr. on 2010-10-14. No stickers on State plates. 		Wally Punzmann
1/26/12
Motorcycle - Dealer
M
D
AVS1 		Justin Beus
12/09/09
Motorcycle - Handicapped N199ISA 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.
9/10/11
Temporary C506277 NEW 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, then reversed in 000001B format, now C000001. 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.
S high: 870214S.
ZA and ZB prefix temporaries have also been seen.
Z high: ZB24997
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.
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 528XD4 were also reported. These are a 30 day with the plate type indicated in small type at the bottom.
66N7787 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. Wally Punzmann updates this type with D772X8.
Restricted Use 3-Day Permit - PZ99890 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/29/12
Trailer Y-84359 Flat
Embossed high - T-69844
Low flat - T-70008
U series skipped (U is not used)
X 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.
11/08/11
Trailer - small plate D75A1 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, D12A3
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. H34G4 has been reported, so this may be the latest format.
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. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
9/11/11
Transporter XP-09K5 Flat
Flat low - XP14H8 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
8/03/11
Truck - Tractor 1TR-479 1TP series flat, 1TN series was embossed.
Embossed high - 1TN-882
Low flat - 1TP-001 (likely the first flat)
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. 		Wally Punzmann
11/11/11
Specialty Plates
Agriculture 0AG0521 Gary Fox
11/06/11
Arizona Highways Magazine 1AH0845 NEW First available 2-2-2009.
Justin Beus saw and photographed the first of the series, 0AH0001. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
2/02/12
Arizona Historical Society AH241 New special plate series available to general public as of 6/1/07.
Low: AH016 spotted by Britt Talley 2011-11-20 		Gary Fox
1/03/10
Arizona State University F3862 NEW Now flat
Embossed high - D8504
Flat Low - D8629
Began in A series. Justin Beus spotted A0007, 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. Justin spotted ASU plate C0202, and also Pets plate C0222, narrowing the overlap to about 20 plates.
ASU - Handicapped - a new type with a wheelchair logo followed by registration characters. High - BA6A reported by Willie C. Brock, Jr. on 2011-11-21.
Clark reports that a new design came out in Oct. 2010. The new design began at F0700. This type is still issued in pairs.
The high for the original type is F0548. 		Wally Punzmann
1/29/12
Boy Scouts BY0053 Gary Fox
12/04/11
Breast Cancer Awareness 3800JK NEW Flat
Series progressed from JK9999 to 0001JK.
First available in May 2006.
Low: JK0005
Embossed high: JK9973
Low flat: 0007JK
Breast Cancer - Handicapped: JK088 Handicapped symbol after the pink ribbon and before numbers. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/29/12
Cardinals 7FBF53 NEW First available 1/31/2010. Arizona Cardinals
Progression:
Upon reaching 99FB99, the series changed to 000FB0.
After 999FB9, it changed to 0FBA01.
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.
Handicapped: 05FB6 2011-08-24 Justin Beus 		Gary Fox
1/29/12
Centennial A2168Z NEW Centennial plates went on sale Oct. 31, 2011. The specialty plate is only $25 with $17 of that benefiting the Arizona Centennial 2012 Foundation, a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization dedicated to education and recognition of Arizona's 100 Years, according to an Arizona Centennial Commission news release. Gary Fox
1/30/12
Character Education A56B57 Flat
A00B06 is reported as a possible low for this type by Justin Beus on 2010-11-24.
Embossed high - A48B95
Flat low - A50B08 		Justin Beus
1/04/12
Choose Life 16CL52 Choose Life - Handicapped - 01CL4 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/27/11
Conserving Wildlife 0CW2349 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." Gary Fox
1/12/12
Diamondbacks DB13753 NEW 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 		Gary Fox
1/28/12
Environmental EZ-2674 Still embossed
Environmental - Handicapped - AA23EV
Embossed; small wheelchair symbol preceedes the registration characters. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
8/14/11
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 FP08400 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.
Low - FP00004
High with old design - FP05483
Low with new design - FP05511
Families of Fallen Police Officers - Handicapped - 0016FA 		Gary Fox
1/27/12
Firefighter
F
F
6393 		Gary Fox
10/08/05
Freedom 2FR2440 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 - 0FR9993
Flat low - 1FR0041
Freedom Handicapped - 00FR79 (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.
Freedom Motorcycle - 1262F (flat) 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/27/12
Gold Star B144 Willie C. Brock, Jr.
10/26/10
Golden Rule LM09934 NEW New design
Last plate made of old design was LM09000. First plate of new design is LM09001.
Series low - LM00026 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
2/02/12
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.
An update from Eric: Honorary Foreign Consul plates 97, 98 & 99 are in mint condition on the storrage shelf at the Florence prison complex plate factory. The Arizona members who went on the factory tour a few months ago were able to see these. The current graphic plate, but with the larger old dies.
7/20/06
Hunger Relief 00110HR Gary Fox
1/19/12
Kids AC-67440 Flat
Justin Beus reports a low of AC-00011.
Embossed high: AC-64971
Flat low: 65039

There is also a Handicapped version of the Kids plate. Handicap sign on left in front of serial format.
Handicapped low: AC-0002
Handicapped high: AC-4191 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/06/12
Law Enforcement
L
E
2091 		Embossed
Handicapped - AA6P 2010-10-26 Justin Beus FOP logo then wheelchair symbol then plate numbers.
Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/07/10
Masonic Fraternity MM00196 MM00004 reported as a low by Justin Beus. Brad Rex
12/10/11
National Guard N 2065 Gary Fox
10/10/05
Navajo Nation
B
A
8580 		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.
Handicapped - B/A 845 with the wheelchair symbol preceding the registration characters. 		Justin Beus
9/24/10
Northern Arizona University V9332 Still embossed and issued in pairs until most likely V8500. A new design still in pairs started at V8501. These are flat.
Handicapped - AA4N 2010-04-30 Justin Beus (wheelchair symbol before registration number) The first new design Handicapped was AM1N. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
9/19/11
Organ Donor C1FLW Embossed through B9ZZW, now flat. Low flat - C2ABW
High for Organ Donor - Handicapped - C1WD
Handicapped version has handicapped symbol before numbers and right of organ donor logo. 		Gary Fox
10/03/11
PBS Arizona Channel 8 0PBS070 Gary Fox
12/04/11
Pearl Harbor Survivor 858 Justin Beus
2/22/10
Pet Friendly 151C7 Now flat in the latest series.
Embossed high - 9999C
Flat low - 000C3
First available on 5/1/05. Original series was in the C1234 format, then 1234C, then 123C4.
See Notes for Arizona State University plates regarding the issuance of the early C prefix plates.
Pets Handicapped - C096 (embossed) 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/12/12
Phoenix Suns 0PS3889 0PS0006 reported as a low by Justin Beus. Gary Fox
10/02/11
Purple Heart 1A18 Purple Heart Handicapped high - G90P
Purple Heart Motorcycle high - P04C 		Justin Beus
1/04/12
San Carlos Apache C159E1 This plate is available to the general public. Still embossed. Gary Fox
4/03/11
University of Arizona R3053 Flat
Embossed high - P5897
Flat low - P6389 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
1/17/12
University of Phoenix
F
A
0897 		Lowest possible (F/A 0001) was spotted in Phoenix Gary Fox
9/25/07
Veteran 22S58 Flat
High embossed - 9S989
Low flat - 00R05
Veteran progression after V/T numbers: 1R234, then 1S234, then 12R34
Justin Beus spotted VT0001, which is the first Veteran plate issued. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/28/11
Veteran - Handicapped 99S1C 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 NT9 (wheelchair symbol before registration number) This is a fourth series plate. The first series configuration was T01, second was 0T1, third was 01T, fourth is AT1. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/17/11
Veteran - Motorcycle 4D34 Flat
Progression: T123, 1T23, 12T3, 123T, D001, now 1D23
Embossed high - 08T0
Flat low - 039T
Wally Punzmann
7/09/11
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
01763 		Started at W/A00001, which has been spotted by Justin Beus. Gary Fox
12/04/11