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Tennessee is now issuing flat plates. Regular passenger plates on the 2001 base remained embossed through the end of the issue. All 2006 issue plates are flat.

Order of formats for special plates with stacked letters: A/A 0000, 0000 A/A, 0 A/A 000, 00 A/A 00, and 000 A/A 0.

Contrary to the reports that the new format after 999-ZZZ would be 000-AAA using vowels, and another report that it would be 7 characters in the AAA-0000 format, A12-34A is the new format.

Vowels have not been used on the original Passenger base, but Dave Hermanson reports that upon reaching 999-ZZZ, Tennessee will break that tradition by issuing plates in the current 000-AAA format using vowels.

Stickers
11 - white on black
12 - white on red
13 - white on green
Type Plate Notes Reporter
2006 general issue graphic E90-18D unknown Co.
New bases have "www.tnvacation.com" added to the area right above the County Sticker.
The current low on the new base is 096-BBB from Wilson Co. Dave Hermanson confirms that vowels are not used on the new base. Vincent Perillo reported 327-NFD in Nashville, which is almost certainly a continuation of the plates issued to members of the Nashville Fire Dept. as on the last base. He also reports 992-MPD, which corresponds to the previous issue for the Metro Nashville Police Dept. for their personal vehicles.
New format low: A08-39A
Numbering Sequence: A00-00A, then A00-01A, etc. through A99-99A then A00-00B, A00-01B, etc. 		Ken Reager
1/27/12
Non-passenger Plates
Antique Auto
a
a
72674 		Flat Ken Reager
10/26/10
Dealer 20509-D Flat
Black on white.
This type is used for Franchised New Car Dealers. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
3/30/11
Dealer - Red 55709-D Flat
White on red.
This type is used for Used Car Dealers. 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
11/19/07
Emergency E-18955 Older style embossed plate. Amateur Radio plates with call signs also have the EMERGENCY legend. Vincent Perillo
3/08/06
Government Service 2349-GA Henderson Co.
Flat
Format reversed after GZ-9999
Also seen - embossed S5-VC69 in the white on green format 		R. Rose
2/04/10
Handicapped
172
d
d
40 		Henderson Co.
D/D nnnnn, then nnnnn D/D, then n D/D nnnn, now nn D/D nnn 		Ken Reager
12/25/11
Motorcycle 6ZU862 unknown Co.
Series has progressed from 9999ZZ to 0ZB000. 		Ken Reager
1/27/12
Rescue Squad
r
s
7007 		Embossed Eric Sivertsen
12/29/07
Semi-Trailer U353817 Ken Reager
1/27/12
State Government S4-A736 Flat, white characters on green background. R. Rose
7/24/09
State Trooper 9923 The plate often matches the color of the squad car. Ken Reager
8/10/10
Temporary W111851 Now has barcode under serial number. Old version had black letter and red numbers for serial, new one is all black characters R. Rose
1/31/10
Specialty Plates
Agriculture
19
a
g
13 		Ken Reager
11/19/09
Alpha Kappa Kappa A1922 Ken Reager
7/25/09
Animal Friendly
003
A
N
0 		Ken Reager
10/08/11
Animal Friendly
12/31/69
Appalachian Trail
A
T
1788 		Ken Reager
8/04/11
Arts Commission
a
f
6080 		This is the "silly fish" plate! Ken Reager
9/10/10
Arts Commission - Jazz Cat
3803
A
C
 This is the "Jazz Cat" plate. Ken Reager
1/29/11
Arts Commission - Rainbow
43
a
r
6 		"Art is...A Rainbow" slogan with rainbow graphic Ken Reager
7/26/09
Auburn University
a
u
6189 		Ken Reager
8/10/10
Austin Peay State University
a
p
0791 		Ken Reager
9/27/09
Belmont University
b
u
0121 		Flat Vincent Perillo
3/02/06
Bronze Star
b
s
V 262 		There is also a Bronze Star with an "M" prefix, which indicates a Meritorious award. Ken Reager
10/09/09
Children First
5860
C
F
 Ken Reager
8/10/10
Childrens' Hospital - JC
a
d
2137 		The Childrens' Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center Ken Reager
11/06/09
Clemson University
c
l
0639 		Martin Houle
7/31/09
Delta Sigma Theta D624 Vincent Perillo
2/25/06
Desert Storm Veteran S2986 Vincent Perillo
2/25/06
Disabled Veteran DV Z392 Flat
Disabled Veteran - Handicapped - D/V 8112 		Jordan Irazabal
11/09/10
Ducks Unlimited
3221
d
u
 Flat DAA
6/03/09
Elvis Presley
e
p
5577 		Ken Reager
5/17/10
Firefighter F-66326 Flat; Dickson Co. Ken Reager
8/11/11
Florida State Univ.
7
f
s
88 		Ken Reager
10/10/09
Fraternal Order of Police FOP 855B Ken Reager
5/17/10
Georgia Tech
G
T
0130 		Ken Reager
9/10/10
Hearing Impaired TTY 149 Vincent Perillo
4/01/06
Helping Schools 7086G Ken Reager
10/11/10
Honorably Discharged Veteran H8669 Ken Reager
9/21/10
Hummingbird
h
b
2881 		Ken Reager
12/25/11
In God We Trust
0
a
e
576 		Bradley Gallagher
5/19/08
Indiana University
i
u
0779 		Flat Vincent Perillo
5/01/06
Int’l Assn. of Firefighters
0467
f
f
 Vincent Perillo
3/08/06
Kappa Alpha Psi
n
u
421 		Ken Reager
5/17/10
Lady Volunteers Nat’l Champion
l
v
C277 		Ken Reager
10/26/10
Lee University
l
u
0811 		Ken Reager
9/27/11
Lipscomb University
l
b
0299 		Flat Ken Reager
2/19/09
Mason
m
l
51nn 		Ken Reager
4/19/10
Middle Tennessee State University
m
t
5107 		Ken Reager
1/27/12
Military (sticker for branch) 29M79 Vincent Perillo
2/15/06
Milligan College
a
b
0127 		Flat Vincent Perillo
6/21/06
Mississippi State University
m
s
3687 		Ken Reager
3/06/10
Nashville Predators
h
l
3644 		Ken Reager
8/19/11
National Guard
n
g
789A 		Flat - New design has blue bird logo on the left side of the plate.
National Guard plates with a letter suffix are for officers. N/G nnnn format is for enlisted. 		Vincent Perillo
5/03/06
National Parks
n
p
D173 		Smoky Mtn. National Park, similar to the NC version. Dave Hermanson
9/28/11
Ole Miss
u
m
4284 		Ken Reager
10/11/10
Omega Psi Phi
p
p
408 		Vincent Perillo
3/04/06
Penn State Alumni Assn. PS159 Steve Noll
1/08/10
Police Benevolent Association
p
a
2600 		Ken Reager
1/10/08
Prince Hall Masons
p
r
1441 		Flat Vincent Perillo
2/24/06
Purdue University
p
u
1355 		Ken Reager
10/31/10
Purple Heart/Combat Wounded
p
h
15 752 		Flat Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/19/07
Radnor Lake
5113
r
l
 Original series was R/L nnnn. Eric Sivertsen
9/26/08
Rhodes College
r
c
0220 		Flat Vincent Perillo
6/07/06
Sons of Confederate Veterans
c
v
9646 		Flat Ken Reager
12/02/10
Sportsman
8
S
F
510 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
2/23/07
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
c
h
6683 		Flat Eric Sivertsen
9/23/09
State Parks
20
e
v
27 		Earlier format was E/V 1234 Ken Reager
4/18/09
Tennessee State University 1582 Flat Ken Reager
5/18/10
Tennessee Tech University
t
k
0996 		Ken Reager
5/07/10
Tennessee Titans
9
t
f
540 		Flat Ken Reager
3/05/10
Union University
u
u
0336 		Ken Reager
9/01/08
University of Alabama
a
l
9246 		Ken Reager
1/27/12
University of Arkansas
u
a
2674 		Ken Reager
9/27/09
University of Florida
u
f
4435 		Flat Ken Reager
9/08/10
University of Kentucky
u
k
7432 		Martin Houle
7/31/09
University of Memphis
t
g
9751 		Flat Dave Stratton
2/22/10
University of Tennessee
u
t
2719 		Vincent Perillo
2/21/06
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
t
c
0842 		Vincent Perillo
6/13/06
University of Tennessee - Football
939
n
c
4 		UT Football National Champions Ken Reager
4/18/09
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
v
o
0111 		Flat
"Volunteers" slogan 		Vincent Perillo
2/24/06
University of Tennessee - Martin
t
m
0038 		Vincent Perillo
6/08/06
Vanderbilt Children’s Hopsital
v
h
4344 		Flat Ken Reager
10/29/09
Vanderbilt University
v
u
3207 		Flat Willie C. Brock, Jr.
12/19/07
Vietnam Veteran 6369V Flat Ken Reager
12/25/11
Volunteers for Wildlife - Bear
4
w
b
404 		Now flat Ken Reager
5/13/10
Volunteers for Wildlife - Turkey
3162
W
T
 Ken Reager
12/25/11
Walking Horse
5
w
h
333 		Ken Reager
12/08/09
Watchable Wildlife
w
w
8116 		Willie C. Brock, Jr.
11/20/06
Inactive Series
Passenger - BicenTENNial 861-UKG Series ran BBB - ZZZ, then Y, A, E, P, S, and U series in that order, with the letter in the first position only (i.e. no BYY or YYY) Bruce Bufalini
10/28/00
Passenger - Sounds Good To Me TPV 001 Vincent Perillo
5/17/06