ALABAMA
1912-16 plates are undated. Commercial began 1916. Known blocks in bold.
PASSENGER DEALER COMMERCIAL TAXI
1912 1 - 3937* 4501D - 4562D (TRUCK 1921)
1913 109 - 4799 4851D - 4933D
1914 1 - 6000, 6001-D - 6099-D
6155 - 8265
1915 1 - 7949, 8501D - 8589D
8720 - 12097 (Began 1916)
1916 1 - 9742, 12127 - ,
16170 - 24005 25027 -
1917 1 - 25000, 25001 - 26184
35482 - 36567
1918 1 - 30111, 35210 - 41124
55296 -
1919 01108 - 49494 52712 - 57276
1920 02704 - 64645 80412 - 91936 (Began 1921)
1921 07279 - 69512, 77787 - 78700 83615 - 92032 93422 - 95935
110000 -
Letter codes denote horsepower 1922-33, weight classes 1934-41.
All passenger series start at #1 1922-41.
Issuance by county began 1916, except Jefferson known 1913.
Known assignments in bold.
1931-32, 1939: Order of counties same as 1942-76.
UNDER 25 H.P. 25-30 H.P. 30-39* H.P. 40+* H.P. TOTAL
1922 A-59697 B-6932 C-1256 (67,885)
1923 A-75433, B-15381 C-843 (96,815)
A-96750,
101-907
1924 A-119-324 B-12-749 C-493 D-331 (132,897)
1925 A-164-066 B-15-117 D-215 (179,397*)
1926 A-215-000 B-18-000 C-3-200 D-500 (236,700)
A-208-501 B-16-745 (225,246)
1927 A-217-813 B-15-203 C-1-371 (234,387*)
1928 245-254A 18-717B 1-873C (265,844)
1929 236-425A 33-403B 569C 180D (270,577*)
1930 233-987A* 41-659B* 4-552C* 4 D (280,202*)
1931 A208-737 B 39-753 C 5-221 D 52 (253,763*)
1932 143-448A 45-687B 5-288C* 56 D (194,479*)
1933 149-696A 55-284B 11-812C 1-245D (218,037*)
*As of 1922; D class also for all electric and steam automobiles.
By 1933, C class = 30-35 H.P. and D class = 35+ H.P.
Starting 4/1/1933, plates sold at the half-year rate on the basis
of weight, not horsepower, so class "E" added!
Selma Times-Journal, 4/4/1933:
"Dallas county's new half year tags for automobiles, now
being licensed on the basis of weight instead of horsepower
under the O'Neal bill, will start with 46,361 for B tags
and...7181 for C tags. A supply of 100 tags each in these
two classes has been issued to this county...Only 20 Class
D tags, beginning with No. 861 have been issued in this
county and only two of Class E, the newly added class, will
be issued...the numbers to be 61 and 62."
TRUCK (A-E) TAXI (A-B) DEALER
1922 A-76350 - A-79148 A-87962 - 95103 - 95404
B-78345 -
1923 A-80467 - A-83067 A-90962 - A-90982 98052 - 98810
B-80678 - B-82559
1924 A-151-339 - A-172-278 -
B-170-548 -
1925 A-200-355 - A-205-726 A-181-979 - A-182-266 190-041 - 190-873
B-209-406 - B-213-986
C-201-419 - C-201-699
D-200-509 -
1926 A-251-371 - A-251-392 A-281-983 - A-282-090 290-690 -
B-251-330 - B-270-353
C-251-583 -
1927 A-250-589 - A-255-923 290-614 - 290-805
B-258-303 - B-273-762
1 - 2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 3501-4000 4,001+ LBS. TOTAL
1934 128-417A 60-936B 12-948C 2-760D 3-489E (208,550)
1935 120-000A 63-000B 15-000C 8-000D 5-000E (211,000)
1935 117-389A* 79-768B* 14-267C 7-072D 2-645E (222,685*)
1 - 2000 2001-2500 2501-3250 3251-5000 LBS. TOTAL
1936 23-087A 91-475B 121-336C 15-487D (251,385*)
1937 21-532A* 85-350B* 146-166C* 16-615D (269,663*)
1938 20-636A* 82-595B* 148-643C 14-957D (266,831*)
1939 A 15-600 B 69-650 C165-800 D 17-300 (268,350)
C171-277 (273,827)
1940 13-000A 63-000B 171-000C 18-500D (265,500)
185-731C 19-297D (281,028*)
1941 A 7-961 B 47-261 C219-425 D 25-240 (299,887)
REPLACEMENT PLATES (Known assignments in bold.)
START 450-001A 400-001B 300-001C 200-001D
1930 454-885A*
1931 A453-240
1932 400-773B
1933 453-398A 400-848B
1934 450-541A
1935
1936
1937 301-687C
1938 14-201A (Reverse colors)
1939 A450-050 B400-500 C301-800 D200-200 (2,550)
1942-52 FORMATS 1A 101 - 9A99-999
10A 101 - 67A9-999
1949 31C10-820, 1951 11C10-656 seen.
County codes 1942-present on County Codes page.
Weight codes same as 1936-41.
1944: Plate issued for rear, windshield sticker with matching
number issued for front.
1953-76 FORMATS 1-101 - 9-99-999 Second hyphen dropped
10-101 - 67-99-999 late 1961.
1-100-000+ = Overflow series (1953-54)
1A,1C,2A,47A = Overflow series (1955-76)
1B = Bessemer office (1957-76)(In 1955, Bessemer began at #1A-20-000.)
70 = Replacement (1949-76)
80 = Supplemental (1967-76)
1977-82 STATE CAPITAL BASE No I,O,Q used.
Oct.76 "77" Type 1 AAA 001 - FCF 834 (2,663,169 S)
1979 "79" Type 2 FCS 729 - HCC 606 (1,043,833 S)
Jul.81 "AUG 82" Type 3 HCR 767 - HEC 159 (33,359 S)
(TOTAL 3,762,393 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Short 1964-76 dies, open-corner sticker box, dated "77"
Type 2 - As Type 1, but 1 enclosed sticker box at UR, undated
Type 3 - Tall 1982-on dies, 2 enclosed sticker boxes at bottom,
undated
County assignments on County Code page AAA 001 - EAR 999 (2,097,900).
Non-Pass. Prefixes: PAA-RZZ = Truck, ZAA-ZNZ = Replacement.
County stickers discontinued 1978. Replaced during 1982.
1982-87 SINGLE HEART BASE No I,O,Q,X seen.
Jan.82 "APR 82" 1A 00001 - 9Z 99999 80 = Supplemental.
10A 0001 - 67Z 9999 Replaced during 1987.
(Capacity 229,977 w/X)
Sep.85 "SEP 86" 47 10001 - 47 76555 (66,555)
No space on 1A00556 - 1A25655.
1987-92 TWIN HEARTS BASE No I,O,Q,U,X used.
Jan.87 "MAR 87" 1AA 0001 - 9ZZ 9999 Replaced during 1992.
10AA 001 - 67ZZ 999 (Capacity 398,601)
Letters not seen: 1st position - S XA = Truck
Madison: 47YD 661 highest seen (361,300)
1992-97 TINY HEART BASE No E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
Jan.92 "APR 92" 1AAA001 - 9ZZZ999 Replaced during 1997.
10AAA01 - 67ZZZ99 (Capacity 792,000)
Madison: 47LRY09 highest seen (383,931)
1997-2002 CRIMSON HEART BASE No E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
Jan.97 "AUG 97" 1AA0001 - 9ZZ9999 Replaced during 2002.
10AA001 - 67ZZ999 (Capacity 399,600)
"OCT 01" 47AAA01 - 47AHC90 (12,168)
6-15-01 "AUG 02" 47A0A01 - 47B2G78 (25,253)
Letters not seen: 1st position - S
2nd position - S
2002-09 STARS BASE No E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
Jan.02 "NOV 02" 1A0001A - 9Z9999Z "80" reported.
10A001A - 67Z999Z (Capacity 399,600)
9-23-05 "SEP 06" 47A0A0A - 47D5N5A (142,056)
Letters not seen: 1st position - S
Other counties near end: Shelby 58Z240B, Tuscaloosa 63Y118L
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, embossed
Type 2 - Aluminum, embossed (reported June 2004) 47A8F3T
Type 3 - Aluminum, flat ("JAN 09", reported 6/13/08) 47D2H5P
2009-15 SWEET HOME BASE No E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
1-2-09 "APR 09" 1A00A00 - 9Z99Z99
10A00A0 - 67Z99Z9 (Capacity 400,000)
Madison: 47Y82F8 highest seen (364,829)
2014-22 EGRET BASE No E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
Jan.14 "MAR 14" 1AA0000 - 9ZZ9999
10AA000 - 67ZZ999 (Capacity 400,000)
2018 "11-19" 47A0A00 - 47G1A35 (100,136)
2-2-18 "10-18" 58A0A00 - 58D8N10 (31,811)
2016-21 BICENTENNIAL BASE Assuming no E,I,O,Q,U,X used.
1-2-16 "FEB 16" Type 1 JAA001 - JML277 (209,068)
2020 "02-21" Type 2 JMR888 - JRZ901 (65,948)
(TOTAL 279,622)
Description of Types: Type 1 - "DECAL" box at UL
Type 2 - No box at UL
No-extra-cost optional base. Scheduled to stop issuance 12/31/2020,
expire "10-21", with all to be replaced during 2021.
2022- TRAVEL BASE
10-28-21 "10-22" 59A233T
