New Mexico License Plates

Standard passenger series since it replaced all earlier issues in 1991.

This base debuted in 2018.

This base debuted in 2018. Letter W indicates mail-out series.

This design first appeared in 2010 as a Centennial commemorative with numbering starting at LGR-001. Observed low LGR-012, It replaced the balloon plate which ceased at the same time. Artwork has since been revised, RU- and RV- ranges omitted in 2023.

Letter W indicates mail-out series.

Apportioned plates are issued to trucks or buses operating in more than one jurisdiction as part of the International Registration Plan (IRP).

2000-10 balloon base observed with F/T D suffix.

Chile Capital base first appeared in 2018 but at what number did handicapped plates change from the Centennial base? The wheelchair logo is on the left, and H/P was originally stacked on the right, but in 2014 it shifted to the left after 9999 H/P.

Motorcycle plates with W prefix or suffix are from the MAIL-OUT series.

Centennial MC high: 21787A 2015-07-06 Phil Tonin

Formerly on balloon base until stacked R/V with large A along right.

Green/Yellow fade with Zia sun offset to the upper right.

G 92371 is the high for the former type.

Formerly on the Balloon base until high 09797T/RH.

This series went on sale January 1, 2024. Proceeds benefit the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund (ACDF).

This plate is available only to residents of Las Cruces and is issued by NM DMV. When a person holding a special City of Las Cruces registration plate ceases to reside in Las Cruces, that person shall immediately remove the special City of Las Cruces registration plate from the vehicle; return it to the Motor Vehicle Division; and exchange it for another plate.

For purposes of plate issuance to residents of Las Cruces, the vehicle's current registration must show a Las Cruces (street or P.O. Box) address. No additional proof of residence is required.

The fee payable for the initial issuance of a special City of Las Cruces registration plate and for each subsequent renewal is thirty-seven dollars ($37.00) in addition to regular vehicle registration fees. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of the fee collected for each registration plate shall be distributed to the city of Las Cruces Recreation Fund.

After 9999S/U reached in 2009, the series changed to S/U0001. See History tab for newer details.

New Mexico Support Our Troops license plates feature the always-stacked U/S letters and are available in both passenger and motorcycle sizes. Passenger numbering format moved from 4-digits to five after 2999US was reached in 2008. US moved from suffix to prefix in mid-2024 and numbering reverted to 4-digits around the same time.

Progression: UNM001 - UNM999

001UNM - 999UNM

UNM0001 - UNM9999

0001UNM - 9999UNM

00UNM01 - 99UNM99

00001 and up

The latest design has an all-numeric 5 digit serial.

Progressed from D/V 9999 to D/V 001A in 2009, then to D/V A001 in 2023.

Revised base with purple letters and numbers on white background announced for both motorcycles and passenger vehicles in 2017. Do you have a photo of it? What is the high for our illustrated previous dark base?

This optional base was issued between 1999-2010 and remains valid as long as renewed.

Many numbering formats used including NM1234, 1NM234, 12NM34, 123NM4, 1234NM and AA 001 through BZ 999 in the first year. The final ranges were CAA001 to DZZ999 and FAA001 through series end at LGP999.