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From Jeff Boland: As of August 1, 2010, CT will no longer require registration stickers of any kind. Windshield stickers will no longer be issued, nor will plate stickers for trailers and motorcycles. All stickers whether expired or not may be removed. There will no longer be any visual proof of registration, only the registration certificate carried in the vehicle. Police will check all plates for validity solely by means of computer in this cost cutting change.

From Jim Hough: Per new CT DMV rules, pickups under 8500 GVW can be registered with passenger plates now, instead of previously mandatory Combination plates.
Type Plate Notes Reporter
Graphic HIGH 112-ZDW NEW The V series was skipped, probably because Veteran plates are using it. Jeff Boland
2/03/12
Graphic LOW 136-NZN Graphics started at 100-NZN, but older plates are being replaced upon renewal and the same numbers are being issued on the new graphic plates, so older and lower numbers are now being seen. All white on blue plates were phased out by October 2002. Tyler Rotondo
6/01/05
Non-passenger Plates
Ambulance 2999 Bradley Gallagher
1/17/07
Apportioned 49995-A Tyler Rotondo
1/10/11
Bus 5424 Bradley Gallagher
8/28/11
Camp Trailer 906-981 Connecticut issues Camp Trailer plates to all non-commercial trailers,
so they are seen on motorcycle trailers, snowmobile trailers, enclosed
car trailers, open utility trailers, boat trailers, etc., as well as camping
trailers. 		Tyler Rotondo
12/21/11
Camper 137-443 Tyler Rotondo
7/23/09
Combination 1163-CL Combination plates always had the letter C in the second position in the last series. (It has been used in the first position in earlier series.) Now it has progressed to the third position.
Progression (last series):
1CA - 1CZ, 2CA - 2CZ, 3CA - 3CZ, etc. through 9CZ, then 01C-A01 and up through 99C-Z99, now 1001-CA and up.
Tom Dzamko reports that the current series for Combination plates appears to have started at 01C-A01, which would have followed 9CZ-999.
Tyler Rotondo reports C58-X54 on 2007-11-24, but it is unknown if this is a new series. Kit Foster reports a possible error Combination with 55K C60, which deviates from the current series by having the C in the fourth position instead of the third. 		Tyler Rotondo
11/20/11
Combination - Handicapped 220-T Previously used nnn-R and nnn-S formats. Bradley Gallagher
2/06/08
Commercial K-77747 Heather Butera-Howell
6/20/11
Construction 4727 Used on backhoes, payloaders, etc. and other construction equipment.
Bobby Pressimone
10/08/08
Dealer X-764F 2013 expiration
The current high is an odd type that does not conform to the usual Dealer plates used in Connecticut. The usual configuration is Dx-nnn or Dx-nnnn. Tyler has also seen X-977A, so this appears to be the new format.

Standard design is a fully embossed, non-reflective plate with with the state map in the lower left, and the state name bottom center. DEALER is in the top center. Expiration month is upper left, and expiration year is top right. Colors vary, from a green font to a dark brown (almost black) font, both on an
off-white seemingly non reflective base. 		Tyler Rotondo
1/04/12
Early American 1D-124 New series after 99999. Dave Smith
9/29/11
Early American Motorcycle 8051 Dave Smith
9/09/09
Factory 2505 Red serial and embossed border. Some Factory plates have blue serials and embossed borders, while others have red. The high with a blue serial is 1821.
Factory plates were originally used on vehicles and such that operated within industrial facilities. They are also in use on college-owned small electric vehicles. While these vehicles occasionally use public streets, they spend the majority of
their time on private property. 		Bradley Gallagher
10/16/07
Farm 48358 Jordan Irazabal
9/30/10
Fire Apparatus 2997 Jim Hough
6/23/07
Handicap 2337-Y After reaching 9999-Z, now using 1234-Y format. Tyler Rotondo
1/09/12
Hearse U-8207 These plates were in 3 digit form, but 4 digit plates in the 8000 range are now appearing. Dave Smith
5/31/07
Interstate Z9495Z Although you might expect a plate in this category to be on a truck, it is Connecticut's version of a livery plate for use on sedans, limos, and vans. There is also an "Intrastate" plate in the LnnnnL format that are for similar vehicles used only within Connecticut. Heather Butera-Howell
10/16/10
Livery L8309L Bradley Gallagher
5/20/08
Motorcycle 946-916 Jeff Boland
3/17/10
Motorcycle - Handicapped 118-M Bradley Gallagher
2/02/07
Repair RE-2174 From Bradley Gallagher: Highs for Repair would be hard to track. R is constant, but the number is specific to each repairer. The 2nd letter is variable to signify multiple plates for that repairer. Dave Smith
2/14/07
School Bus 42B80 Previous format was 10S00 through 99S99 Heather Butera-Howell
10/24/11
Service Bus 41279 Issued to privately owned buses. Jim Hough
7/12/08
State Service Bus 935 Bradley Gallagher
5/07/07
Student Transportation S1677S Type introduced 2007 with red serial and "Student Transport" screened in dark blue at bottom. There are both new issues in the S0000S format as well as remakes of serials from other plate types that may have been previously issued to the vehicle. In both cases, the original vehicle type designation is denoted vertically at right. So far Combination - with embossed "COMB" - and Service Bus - with screened "SERV BUS" - have been spotted.

Kit Foster
10/15/09
Taxi T5077T Bradley Gallagher
5/27/08
Trailer V-92792 Heather Butera-Howell
10/24/11
Transporter 7780 Bradley Gallagher
5/30/07
Vanpool 6752 Greg Lindberg
10/01/09
Wrecker 10812 Roy Graziano
3/04/09
Specialty Plates
Caring for Pets 117-WUF PET, DOG, CAT, TLC, WAG, WOF series already issued, now issuing WUF.
Tyler Rotondo reports 194-SIT. 		Tom Dzamko
10/18/09
Gold Star Family 035-GSF New plate for immediate members of families of service people killed in action. The plate has a large gold star on the left and a gold band at the bottom with Gold Star Family in blue letters. Greg Lindberg
2/01/10
Keep Kids Safe 997-ZZY Started in 1997 with the KID suffix, then TOT and ZZZ, now ZZY. Tyler Rotondo
1/10/11
Olympic 222-WIN Tyler Rotondo speculates that Olympics will run from 100-WIN to 999-WIN and then pick up with the other specials, much like the United We Stand plate did. Bradley Gallagher reports several newer issues in the 1AAA1 format, so this seems to be the case. Also, Bradley reports that the town of Windsor uses the WIN suffix on their Municipal plates through 99-WIN. Bradley Gallagher
10/15/05
Police Memorial 104-OFC Plates of this type have gone to the generic 0AAA0 format. Kit Foster
5/18/09
Sound 530-LEK Greg Lindberg
7/10/10
Sound Camper 200-LX Camper plates issued on the Preserve the Sound base are issued in a 000-Lx format with "CAMP" embossed vertically.

Bradley Gallagher
4/19/06
Sound Combination 955-LR Sound Combination plates are issued in a backwards sequence starting from 999-LZ. "COMB" is printed vertically.
Sound Combination Handicapped plates are also available. High is 308L. COMB is screened vertically at left, followed by embossed wheelchair. 		Jeff Boland
10/01/09
Sound Commercial 715-CE Dave Smith
7/22/06
Sound Handicapped 886L Jim Hough
10/15/06
Specials 1FBG4 Greg Lindberg informs us that many special issues, including Caring For Pets, and Greenways, are using the same format of 1AAA1. Therefore, consecutively numbered plates could be on different issues. The letters I and Q are used on these plates. The original United We Stand plates had 3 numbers followed by the USA suffix. United We Stand plates are specials, but are issued in the 1BAA1 format. End of the 1A series was probably reached (with 1AZZ9), and the 1C series is used for COMB specials, indicating that if the 1D series is now being issued, the 1B series is perhaps for the exclusive use of United We Stand. Kit Foster
12/07/09
Specials - Handicapped 1H73 A new series for handicapped motorists who desire special issues. These plates previously could not include an embossed wheelchair. 0H00 format followed by wheelchair at right. Bradley Gallagher
5/27/08
Specials Combination 1CUD2 Specials on Combination plates begin with C. Tyler Rotondo
9/09/05
United We Stand - Combination 1BCA1 "CO" and "MB" embossed vertically above and below separator dot on previous format, but now "COMB" is stacked at right.
Previously all COMB specials had C as the first letter. Perhaps these are following the lead set by passenger UWS plates, where B is the first letter, and C as the second for COMB. That would make this plate the first in this series. 		Bradley Gallagher
2/15/08
United We Stand - Passenger 1BBA6 These went through 999-USA and then to the generic 1AAA1 format in the B series. Bradley Gallagher
1/28/08
Veteran 189-VAZ Series began with VET, then VAA and up.
Veteran Combination plates are also issued in the same sequence, but VSA series are also in use. 256-VSE is the highest Veteran Combination reported.
Kit Foster reports seeing Commercial Veteran plate 110-VZW, also 314-VZM, but we don't know which is higher since some types are backwards. Tyler Rotondo reports 251-VZY.
Adam Garstka reports Veteran VMA-211, which may be a vanity, but nothing has been confirmed. 		Tyler Rotondo
1/23/12
Veteran - POW
416-
P
O
W
 Bradley Gallagher
8/28/07
Veteran Combination Handicapped 3V-56 Plates of this type previously used a format of 0V00 followed by "COMB" embossed vertically. Since moved to a format of 0V-00 with "CO" and "MB" embossed vertically above and below separator dot. Bradley Gallagher
4/06/07
Veteran Handicapped 1222V No dot separator, spacing as indicated - embossed handicap to the right of the V. Tyler Rotondo
11/25/11
Inactive Series
Blue 436-NWG Tom Dzamko
12/19/01