INDIANA
Highest 1905-07 brass stencil plate known: #4030
Highest 1907-13 riveted black plate known: #J22-95 (= 60,795)
Numbering began at 1 all years except 1942 began at #10 001.
Final number issued in bold. 1937: #834 551 issued 10/6/1937.
NUMERIC SERIES
1913 44431 1926 668-622* 1939 848 567*
1914 66371 1927 706-661* 1940 873 054*
1915 96423 1928 718-515* 1941 938 074*,
1916 99999 1929 751-018* 1000 000
1917 99999 1930 762 463* 1942 1 033 762
1918 225425 1931 760 333* 1943 TAB 871 227*
1919 276800 1932 747 181* 1944 907106*
1920 298555* TB 1933 747 815* 1945 893 142*
1921 353370 1934 721 147* 1946 922 433*
1922 415 433* 1935 728 154* 1947 963 729*
1923 499-500 1936 778 774* 1948 999 999
1924 569-880* 1937 834 495* 1949 999 999
1925 627-409* 1938 859 199*
LETTER SERIES (I omitted, M = Dealer 1916-17)
1916 A 1 - A 999, A1000 - C9999, D 1 - D8776 (138,772 P)
1917 A 1 - A 99, A100 - J9999, K 1 - K1537 (191,527 P)
1948 A-10001 - A-35792 (1,025,791*P)
1949 A-10001 - A-111141 (1,101,140 P)
1950-62 FORMAT AA 1 - ZZ 9999 No I,O used.
County codes on County Code page. 1952-53 tabs also county coded.
Each branch office was assigned its own prefix, so multiple series
were issued in some counties. For example, Fountain Co. never
needed more than 9,999 plates, yet it was assigned XJ, XK and XL.
1950 series listed in 1949 newspaper article:
Miami Co. - Peru ZY 1 - ZY 7500
Amboy ZZ 1 - ZZ 2500 (TOTAL 10,000)
1955 series listed in Fountain Co. Directory:
Fountain Co. - Covington XJ 1 - XJ 1820
Veedersburg XK 1 - XK 2425
Attica XL 1 - XL 2200 (TOTAL 6,445)
1955 TAB 1 - 1540626* (not county coded)
1963-2008 FORMAT 1A 1 - 95Z9999 No I,M,O,Q,U used.*
*M listed in 1971, County 33; Q added 1985.
*U listed 1963 (#45, 49), last seen 1964 #45U7911.
1971: D = Democrat, R = Republican began.
2003: Q issued to out-of-county registrants.
95 (95A only by 1985) = Military 1963-90. 95C 1 seen 1963.
Marion added 95B-Z 1971.
96 = Lake, added 1969
97-98 = Marion, added 1968
99 = Marion, added by 1974. 99Z 980 seen 1974, 99F8432 seen
1977, 99Z9999 seen 1981.
County codes on County code page.
Branch Office codes: 1969, 1971, 1990 in County Code Book;
1964, 1968?, 1970, 1985? on file.
Numbers 1 - 100 reserved in each series, annually dated 1982-83,
annually issued with stickers 1984-90, annually dated 1991-2007.
DOUBLE-LETTER SERIES No I,M,O,U used.
1992 "JAN 93" HOOSIER 2 AA 101 - 2 DC 512 (TOTAL 61,544)
1995 "APR 95" AMBER WAVES 2 AA 101 - 2 FL 860 (108,640)
1996 "MAY 96" AMBER WAVES 71 AA 101 - 71 EB 455 (80,366)
(TOTAL 189,006)
1998 "MAY 99" CROSSROADS 2 AA 101 - 2 LG 322 (203,397)
2 PG 605
1998 " 99" CROSSROADS 71 AA 101 - 71 LA 960 (198,641)
71 TB 206
(TOTAL 402,038)
2003 "JAN 04" WWW.GOV 2 AA 101 - 2 RX 641 (294,514)
71 AA 101 - 71 CQ 918 (52,061)
4/26/07 29 AA 101 - 29 BZ 811 (39,368)
11/5/07 20 AA 101 - 20 AA 500? (400?)
11/5/07 82 AA 101 - 82 CD 201 (42,354)
(TOTAL 428,697)
2008-13 IN GOD WE TRUST BASE All letters used.
2007 " 08" A/E 101 - Z/Z 9999 (Verify AB)
Regular issue option.
2009-13 TORCH BASE No I,O used in 4th position.
12-9-07 "JAN 09" 101A - 999Z = 21,576 (.14%)
101AA - 999ZZ = 560,976 (3.70%)
101AAA - 999ZZZ = 14,585,376 (96.16%) TOTAL = 15,167,928
Letters not seen:
1-letter - B,D,E,G,H,N,P,R,T,U,X
Sequence unknown. Numbers progress before letters.
Verify 199/200, 999/101 breaks.
Description of Types:
"01-31" Type 1 - Dated "09", no recycling symbol
"10-21" Type 2 - Dated "09", recycling symbol in LL corner
"07-28" Type 3 - Dated "12", recycling symbol in LL corner
"02-28" Type 4 - Dated "13", recycling symbol in LL corner
2014-17 BICENTENNIAL BASE Same numbering system as 2009-13.
12-27-12 "JAN 14" Same number issued upon renewal.
2018-23 COVERED BRIDGE BASE Same numbering system as 2009-18.
2017 "09-07-18" Same number issued upon renewal.
High Intensity Scotchlite began.
