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Illinois License Plates

The current base began in mid-July, 2001.

Most of the optional issues issued in low quantities that begin with a letter prefix are being reissued with a stacked 2-letter suffix. General issue numbers start at 1000, but lower numbers are available through channels.

Stickers

11 - black on green

12 - black on yellow

13 - black on orange

14 - black on white

15 - black on gold

16 - black on magenta (some are more of a brighter pink.)

17 - black on green

Standard Passenger Plates

2017 Series

DP 21305

Eric - 5 Jul '22

2001 Series

999 9938

Dustin Schuchard has confirmed that all 900 0000 block plates are being issued at car dealerships, but some are now being issued through Secretary of State offices. Those plates have reached as high as 999 9170, but Joey Hurd reports a newly issued 983 1123 on 2005-12-25, so they appear to be scattered.

Joey Hurd reports that somewhere in the 550 0000 series, the Abe graphic was made lighter and the blue band across the bottom was made thinner. 554 8454 is the high for the old style, 555 4864 is the low for the new style. Vincent Perillo reports that the 554 series has the wider band and the 555 series has the thinner band.

Ken Reager - 8 Nov '12

2001 Series low

100 0008

Joey Hurd reports that these lower numbers are already becoming scarce on the road. Noodle reports seeing 8, which is the lowest number available in Illinois that is not reserved for a government official.

Joey Hurd reports 100 0008 belongs to retired Governor Jim Thompson.

Joey Hurd - 7 Dec '13

2006 Series

ZZ9 9918

After all-numeric 7 digit plates reached 999 9999, the remainder of the Gnn nnnn series was issued, then Xnn nnnn, Ann nnnn, Hnn nnnn, Knn nnnn, Lnn nnnn, Nnn nnnn, Pnn nnnn, Rnn nnnn, Snn nnnn, Vnn nnnn, Enn nnnn, Ynn nnnn, and now Znn nnnn. It appears that after exhausting the E series, the last part of the Ynn nnnn series is being issued. The Y series was only issued through Y67 nnnn on the previous base, so the unused Y series numbers are now being issued on the current base.

Highs in order of prefix letter appearance:

G high - G98 0207

X high - X99 9936

A high - A99 7721

H high - H89 7160

K high - K99 8417

L high - L99 8688

N high - N99 9933

P high - P99 9967

R high - R99 9984

S high - S99 8541

V high - V99 7027

E high - E99 9411

Y high - Y99 2951

Although the C series is not known in this format, Gunther Frostyburger reports seeing C89 7813.

As with some other states, Illinois plate numbers are all over the place. Keith Foreman proves that point by informing us that he just received new plates for a new car in Feb. 2011 with the number K51 3190, yet he received K50 3791 in Oct. 2009 for another car.

Keith reports an unusual general issue number, 0111. Illinois does not generally issue a leading zero on any types other than State-Owned Trailer. Joey Hurd reports Illinois issues leading "0" for passenger dealer series and for the highly-coveted four-digit plates. They are available through connections to IL State Gov't.

Gunther Frostyburger reports T51 9581 and T 60 0169 on the new base. They were originally issued on the old base and were kept by the owner.

Keith Foreman spotted Z18 1263 on 2014-08-26, but no other Z series plates in this format have been seen. Keith also spotted Z30 641, which was obviously an older number, but it was on a new plate.

- 25 Aug '19

Non-passenger Plates

Ambulance

8 700 65 AMBULANCE

Jacco Hoekstra - 21 Nov '18

Antique

228 888

AV

Black on tan

Validated for 5 years at a time. Vehicles displaying these plates may only be driven to and from an antique auto show, exhibition, service station, or demonstration.

Matthew - 2 Jul '22

B Truck

3445747 B

 TRUCK

96 reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

It appears Q was skipped. We reported earlier that it appeared R was skipped, but it has been confirmed as being issued.

Now issuing 7 digit all numeric. The plate has the numerals all the way to the left side of the plate so it looks uneven and there is no spacing. This series must have started at 1000000 after they reached 99 999 Z.

7 digit low: 1000751 Jeff Glenn

Chris King - 26 Apr '22

Charitable Vehicle

43 871

CV

51 273C/V reported by Ace on 2009-10-17, but this was for a Trailer, so different blocks of numbers may be used for different classes.

Matthew - 8 Dec '21

Driver Education

2555 DE DRIVER EDUC

Jacco Hoekstra - 21 Nov '18

Electric Vehicle

54266 EL

From John Congdon: Unlike the 'special' series plates with the stacked letters (like the new EN suffix for Environmental plates) all EL plates have the same size for numbers and the EL letters at the end. They also are offered at a reduced cost and renewed every 2 years.

1 EL reported as a low.

Lucas Kannou - 11 Jul '22

Expanded-Use Antique

101134

EA

Vehicles displaying these plates during the months of January-March and November-December may only be driven to and from an antique auto show or exhibition, service station or demonstration. Vehicles displaying these plates during the months of April-October may be driven on the highways without being subject to the restrictions of a standard antique vehicle plate.

Matthew - 27 Jun '22

Fleet Vehicle

FP

180115

Used on fleet telecom vans, UPS vehicles, etc.

Keith Foreman reports a low of F/P4955.

Matthew - 23 Jun '22

Honorary Consular

94 HC

New designer style

kev - 28 May '22

ICC Police

C 329

Illinois Commerce Commission. C 2 reported as a low by Ace. Now identical to State Police plates, but with C prefix.

Ace - 26 Oct '12

In Transit

IT

10044B

Annual plates; different color scheme every year.

Jeff Glenn - 6 Feb '20

Livery

32465LY LIVERY

This a new 2015 issue and is dark blue on bright green. Also has LIVERY spelled vertically on the left side of plate then a space between that & the serial.

1L/Y reported as the low by Mike Macik. 26L/Y was reported by Keith Foreman.

Matthew - 4 Apr '22

Medical Carrier

7042 MC

Charles Fregeau - 29 Jun '13

Motorcycle

FM 2203

Mini Abe graphic - new numbering format. AA 693 is the lowest reported in this format.

kev - 31 May '22

Municipal

M 232351

Green on white

M 4 and M 5 reported by FLB as lows in use by the Venice Police Dept.

M 301 reported as Municipal Wheelchair by Jeff Glenn on 2008-03-06.

Keith Foreman reports Municipal Trailer M 098509. The leading zero apparently is only on Trailer plates. In addition to the usual small P (for Permanent) in the upper left corner, Trailer has a small T in the upper right.

Normal spacing for this type is M 123 456, but M192083 has no spacing. Now there is only one space, and it is between the letter and the numbers.

- 18 May '22

Municipal Fire

FV

12-6659

- 15 Aug '18

Municipal Police

MP

20 908

M/P10 reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Matthew - 11 Jan '22

Power - Apportioned

P1111413

Blue on white

Keith Foreman reports P 44 as a low.

kevin - 3 Feb '22

Public Transportation

20755 PT

Public Transportation license plates are issued to any privately owned First or Second Division motor vehicle used, maintained or operated for the non-emergency transportation of persons for compensation.

Matthew - 16 Jun '22

Recreational Trailer

721 229

RT

Chris Martin - 20 Jul '21

Recreational Vehicle

409 902

RV

Green cursive and Abe format.

1R/V reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Danny K. - 26 Dec '21

School Bus

110 374

SB

1333 SB reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Jeff Glenn - 13 Jul '22

Semi-Trailer

883 832

ST

KE4MAN reports 25S/T as a low.

kevin - 7 Jun '22

Sheriff

S 99-509

This baseplate may replace the S green small P perm plates used on Sheriff vehicles. Numbering format is S 1-23. with the first number being the county number, and the second number being the unit number. County numbers (1-102) are determined alphabetically by county name.

Ace reports just plain 2 on the State Police format with no S or county number.

Ace - 13 Apr '12

State

U 33 971

State-owned vehicles

Keith Foreman reports a low of U 3

Keith Foreman reports an oddity of U 66A, which is the first he has seen with a letter. The A was smaller than the numbers.

- 15 Jun '20

Taxi - suburban

37 884 TX

This is not the annual baseplate used for City of Chicago taxis. Ace reports it appears that most, if not all numbers below 10000 in this series are dedicated to the City of Chicago.

Keith Foreman reports 2 TX as a low.

Danny K. - 30 Dec '21

Temporary Permit

167-AB-153

Temps have progressed from T, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, and P, to the R series. Q was skipped.

Motorcycle Temporary plates are in use, but they have 5 digits instead of 6 as on Passenger, and they are smaller in size.

Motorcycle Temp High: 95K 103 2015-05-23 Keith Foreman

Matthew - 23 Jun '22

Tow Truck

2 10 447

TW

TOW TRUCK

1 17T/W reported as a low by Ace.

Jeff Glenn - 7 Aug '15

Trailer

5213 PC

TA

There is a Motorcycle Trailer plate that is the same size as Motorcycle plates, but it resembles standard T/A plates.

Motorcycle Trailer high: 2013A T/A 2014-07-19 David Wilson

Brett Weisbrot - 24 Aug '21

Trailer - Apportioned

T543296

Blue on white

Martin Houle - 29 Jul '20

Wheelchair

%319 910

A low of 28 was spotted by Joey Hurd.

Keith Foreman reports B 803 on a Motorcycle plate, same format as Pass. plates, but in the smaller Motorcycle size.

Matthew - 25 Oct '21

Window Tint

11 610 WT

Front windows are not allowed to be tinted in Illinois without authorization from a doctor. On Lincoln fade base.

Matthew - 14 May '22

Specialty Plates

Agriculture

3735

AG

Joey Hurd reported 1013A/G as a general issue low.

Matthew - 4 Feb '21

Alpha Phi Alpha

1185

PA

37 P/A reported as a low by Joey Hurd. 1001 P/A was also spotted by Joey Hurd. It was the first regular over-the-counter issue of this type.

Joey Hurd - 30 Oct '07

America Remembers

5433

AR

21 A/R reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 17 Sep '21

Bradley University

5403

AB

Matthew - 18 Feb '21

Bronze Star

8453

BZ

Matthew - 24 Feb '21

Chicago Blackhawks

9814

BH

Debuted 2011

Matthew - 21 Jul '21

Chicago Police Memorial

2145

CP

kev - 9 Jun '22

Eastern Illinois University

5099

AE

Matthew - 6 Mar '21

Education

2571

ED

1001E/D spotted by Joey Hurd. That is the lowest available for a regular issue, however, Joey also reports 1E/D that belongs to a politically well-connected person. 3E/D has also been seen by Joey.

Matthew - 7 Feb '21

Environment

194183

EN

E 11 reported as a low on the original type by Joey Hurd.

31E/N reported as a low by Keith Foreman on the second type.

Matthew - 21 Mar '22

Fallen Officers' Memorial

17465

LE

2L/E reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Matthew - 28 Dec '21

Firefighters' Memorial

1F 116

FF

17F/F reported as a low by Jeff Glenn

kev - 4 May '22

Gold Star

3108

GS

Matthew - 24 Apr '21

Hearing Impaired

313

HI

H 19 reported as a low by Mike Macik. These will be replaced by H/I suffix plates so the H series will be available for eventual use in the passenger series. 14H/I reported as a low on the new series by Joey Hurd.

José de Nueces - 6 Nov '21

Il. Police Assoc.

6628

IP

1I/P reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Matthew - 9 Jan '22

IL/MI Canal

3902

CA

16C/A reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Joey Hurd - 26 Jul '09

Illinois Hospice

1398

HS

1 H/S reported as a low by KE4MAN.

Matthew - 28 Feb '21

Illinois State Univ.

5789

AI

Matthew - 12 Mar '21

Loyola University

5401

AL

19A/L reported as a low by Joey Hurd. The A/L suffix is screened in red.

Joey Hurd - 13 May '12

Marines

9913

DD

Matthew - 1 Dec '21

Master Mason

6452

MM

2 M/M reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Matthew - 17 Feb '21

Mayor/Village President

387

CB

4C/B reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Ace - 28 Jan '09

National Guard

17 517

NG

70N/G reported as a low by Eric Sivertsen.

Joey Hurd - 24 Jan '09

Northwestern University

5871

AN

6A/N reported as a low by Keith Foreman. 1095A/N reported as a general low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 24 Aug '21

Organ Donor

13540

DN

1D/N reported as a low by KE4MAN.

Matthew - 5 Mar '21

Park District Youth

2440

YP

Eric Sivertsen reports 1Y/P as a low.

Matthew - 23 Feb '21

Pet Friendly

6969

PF

1P/F reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 13 May '21

Prevent Violence (Dove)

100433

PV

7P/V reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Jacco Hoekstra - 28 Dec '21

Route 66

7102

SS

This is an optional plate, not a special event plate. 6S/S reported as a low by Ace.

Matthew - 23 Apr '22

Silver Star

402

SV

53 SV reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Joey Hurd - 23 Feb '05

Sporting Series Bass

9878

SF

65S/F reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Matthew - 7 Mar '21

SS Deer

7540

SW

1S/W reported as a low by Jeff Glenn.

Matthew - 8 Mar '21

SS Duck

4094

SD

284S/D reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 26 Feb '21

SS Pheasant

3713

SP

1S/P reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 3 Mar '21

SS Turkey

1130

SY

160S/Y reported as a low by Ace.

Joey Hurd - 19 Oct '06

Univ of Illinois

15416

AA

1A/A reported as a low by Noodle.

Matthew - 22 Feb '21

University of Illinois - Chicago

5332

AC

2A/C reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 19 Mar '21

University of Notre Dame

2102

ND

First Ill. college series honoring an out of state college.

Joey Hurd - 6 Feb '12

West Point

588

CK

156C/K reported as a low by Ace.

Willie C. Brock, Jr. - 25 Jan '14

White Sox

12859

WS

Danny K. - 23 Dec '21

Wildlife Prairie Park

4130

WP

98W/P reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Matthew - 4 Mar '21

Military Plates

Armed Forces Reserves

10555

RF

7R/F reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Joey Hurd - 16 Sep '08

Army Veteran

4539

GI

A new type in November 2009.

Danny K. - 22 Dec '21

Disabled Veteran

14 140

DV

New style - with the D/V suffix. Joey Hurd reports 8D/V for a low.

Ace - 19 Feb '16

Ex-Prisoner of War

5004

XP

Keith Foreman - 5 Jul '10

Pearl Harbor Survivor

P 407

Pearl Harbor Survivor plates with a P prefix will be replaced with a P/H suffix so the P series will be available for eventual use in the passenger series.

Eric Sivertsen - 27 Jul '06

Purple Heart

14676

PR

968P/R reported as a low by Ace.

A 12 reported as a low by Eric Sivertsen on the previous format. A 13112 reported by Joey Hurd as the high.

Purple Heart plates now have a stacked P/R prefix to eliminate the former A prefix plates for eventual use as passenger series.

Ace - 21 Aug '15

Veteran

48404

US

U/S is the universal plate for people in any branch of the armed forces. Joey Hurd reports 35U/S as the low for this type.

Matthew - 24 Nov '21

Veteran - Korean

6219

KW

635K/W reported as a low by Keith Foreman.

Ace - 19 Feb '09

Veteran - Vietnam

11370

VN

2V/N reported as a low by Joey Hurd.

Keith Foreman - 21 Oct '13

Veteran - World War II

3698

WW

199W/W reported as a low by Ace.

Matthew - 29 Mar '21

Veteran Motorcycle

1102

US

First available July 15, 2008. Same as other Veteran design, but smaller.

Ace - 31 Jan '09

Inactive Series

1983 Series

Y66 1238

Y67 6916 was spotted by Mark O'Neil on 12-31-05, re-made on the current Abe base.

Clark Wothe - 30 Jul '02

1983 Series B Truck

991 ZY B

TRUCK

Keith Foreman reports seeing a newly issued B Truck in the KM series, which probably indicates that all Z series plates through 99 999 have been issued, and the series has probably picked up where the last base ended.

See "New B Truck" below.

Doug DeMuro - 13 Jun '03

President Barack Obama

678

PBO

Joey Hurd reports 1515 P/B/O as mint leftover stock.

Keith Foreman - 20 Feb '10

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