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PASSENGER PLATES 1905-PRESENT

1905- 1936 : Annual dated plates.

1937 - 1947 : First multi-year base: black on natural aluminum with "CONN" embossed at lower right. Validated annually with metal tabs.

1948 - 1956 : Black on reflective off-white with "CT" embossed at lower right. Validated annually with metal tabs.

and with stickers from 1964 through approximately 2001 , although issuance of this base ceased in 1974.

1974-. Validated with stickers.

1976- 1987 : Reflective white on blue with full state name at bottom and "Constitution State" at top. These plates were retired during the period September 2000 through August 2002. Validated with stickers.

1987- 2000 : Reflective white on blue with state name at top, slogan at bottom, and a map of the state in the top left corner. These were retired during the same period as their precedessors. Validated with stickers.

2000-present: Navy on screened blue, white, and navy with state name at top, slogan at bottom, and a map of the state in the top left corner. Validation stickers issued through August 2006 for expirations through at least August 2008. Windshield stickers were issued beginning September 2006.


CURRENT PLATE TYPES


Passenger and non-passenger types



Optional issues



Annual types



Political types

On both flat blue on white and Preserve the Sound bases:
  • Assistant Majority Leader

  • Assistant Minority Leader

  • Deputy Majority Leader

  • Deputy Minority Leader



MUNICIPALITY CODES