Vehicle registration plates of Florida
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The U.S. state of Florida first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1905. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1918, when the state began to issue plates, becoming the last of the contiguous 48 states to do so.[1][2]
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Current series | |
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Slogan | County name Sunshine State In God We Trust |
Size | 12 in × 6 in 30 cm × 15 cm |
Material | Aluminum |
Serial format | ABC D12 A12 3BC 12A BCD 123 4AB AB1 2CD |
Introduced | December 2003 (2003-12) |
Availability | |
Issued by | Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
History | |
First issued | January 1, 1918 (1918-01-01) (pre-state plates from 1905 to December 31, 1917) |
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Plates are currently issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Only rear plates have been required since 1922.