Highest 1913-15 pre-state plate known: #1910
1916 is undated. Numbers overlap 1920/21 and 1922/23.
Highest assigned: 1916 #6655, 1917 #16725, 1918 #28152.
Numbering began at 1 1929-53. Truck began 1925. County issuance began 1926.
County assignments known for all years except 1929, 1931, 1938, 1943 tab.
Highest assigned: 1933 #25-900, 1944 #44-200.
1916 2001 - 6653 1929 24-615 1942 44-510
1917 10001 - 16613 1930 24-202+ 1943 TAB 41007+
1918 20001 - 28350+ 1931 25-340+ 1944 44-013+
1919 30001 - 39305 1932 27-753+ 1945 41-093+
1920 40001 - 50464 1933 25-587+ 1946 43-719+
1921 50-001 - 60-820 1934 25-738 1947 45-719+
1922 70-001 - 82-741 1935 27-943 1948 52-384+
1923 80-001 - 95-699 1936 31-042+ 1949 54-187+
1924 00-001 - 18-327+ 1937 34-069+ 1950 56-320
1925 00-001 - 17-529 1938 34-118+ 1951 66-400+
1926 00-001 - 20-744+ 1939 34-047+ 1952 73-597+
1927 00-001 - 20-919+ 1940 37-434+ 1953 81-154+
1928 00-001 - 21-608 1941 39-309+
1954-56 FORMATS A 1 - X9-999 County codes on
B/A 1 - W/B9-999 County Code page.
No hyphen 1956.
Non-Pass. Prefixes: D, E, M, T, A/T, B/T, C/T, etc.
1956/57 - 68 FORMATS C1 - W99999 County codes on
CH1 - WP9999 County Code page.
1962-64 CA0001 - CK9999 added (no G,H,I used)
1965-68 CA1 - CW9999 added (no G,H,I,O,P,Q,T,U used; verify V)
1964, 1967-68 N/Y10000 - N/Y19999, etc., added
1954-55
Type 1: 5 3/4" x 11 1/2", 4 corner holes, hyphen (94,176 S)
Type 2: 6" x 12", no corner holes, no hyphen (4,955 S)
(TOTAL 103,291 S)
6/30/56
Type 1: "NEVADA 6 30 56" at bottom, 1954 dies (98,380 S)
Type 2: "JAN56 NEVADA JUN56" at top, 1958 dies (3,235 S)
(TOTAL 100,361 S)
1964 STRIP 596743 - 890557
1965-68 BASE
1965 Type 1 - Dark Blue/Silver, aluminum (281,574 P)
1967 Type 2 - Blue/Reflective White, aluminum (123,943 P)
1968 Type 3 - Blue/Reflective White, steel (2,009 P)
(TOTAL 423,252 P)
(Highest seen by county (or expected per registration figures)
1954-68 - see Misc. #1)
1969-85 DEBOSSED BASE
12-1-68 "69" Type 1 County system - see Misc.#2 (302,029 P)
6-1-70 "JUN 71" Type 2 County system - see Misc.#2 (393,558 P)
Apr.74 "4-75" Type 3 County system - see Misc.#2 (1,090,473 P)
Oct.83 "10-84" Type 4 AAA-AAD, AAJ, AAN-AAS (8,991 P)
1-1-82 "6-83" Type 5 AAE-AAH, AAK-AAM, AAT-on
1-1-82 "6-83" Types 4-5 001AAA - 807ANR (290,517 P)
(TOTAL 2,091,565 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Round dies, "69 NEVADA", no sticker box
Type 2 - Round dies, "NEV", with sticker box
Type 3 - Square dies, "NEVADA" at left, with sticker box
Type 4 - Square dies, "NEVADA" centered, no sticker box
Type 5 - Square dies, "NEVADA slightly left, with sticker box
No I,Q used. No O used in 3rd or 6th position.
3-letter codes began August 1970, "AUG 71".
Omitted prefixes: CHT, CT, DST, ELT, ORT. 123ABC = Sample.
Type 2: No leading zeroes ELA1, ORB78, ORE58, ORF42, ORG56, WAL34,
leading zeroes ORD025, ORD031, ORH078 on, WAR022 on.
CCR000 (Type 2), CXJ000, NYG000 and WNM000 (Type 3) seen but not counted.
Remakes available since January 2001.
Currently revalidated.
(1969-83 breakdown by county and type - see Misc. #2)
1985-2002 SILVER STATE BASE No I,Q used. No O in 6th position.
2-1-84 "4-85" Type 1 900-BAC - 949-BGA (136,050 P)
Oct.84 "10-85" Type 2 527-BGC - 698-BKT (83,172 P)
Jun.85 "6-86" Type 3 186-BKU - 321-LDE (4,817,136 P)
(TOTAL 5,038,422 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Sheep under "NEVADA", close spacing between characters
Type 2 - Sheep under "NEVADA", wide spacing between characters
Type 3 - Sheep in UL corner, wide spacing between characters
All series start at 000. Replaced during 2001-02.
1990-97 125 YEARS BASE Optional extra-cost issue.
11-1-89 "11-90" 00001N - 24050N (24,050 P)
Extra cost $35 initially, renewal $10 annually.
Discontinued 11/1/1990, replaced 11/1/1996 to 11/1/1997.
2001-17 SUNSET BASE No I,O,Q used.
1-24-01 "12-01" Type 1 000-MAA - 445-TUU (3,053,446 P)
12-15-06 "08-07" Type 2 403-TUV - 999-YZZ (2,764,597 P)
2013 "07 14" Type 2a 123-LDF - 999-LZZ (454,877 P)
2014 "08 15" Type 2b 067-ANT - 999-AZZ (236,933 P)
2015 "04 16" Type 2c 00A-001 - 55B-935 (155,780 P)
2015 "05 16" Type 3 57B-590 - 82B-930 (25,316 P)
2015 Type 4 83B-896 - 48H-925 (564,473 P)
(TOTAL 7,259,399 P)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Embossed, dash (also 697-TUM)
Type 2 - Flat (also 400-TUS reported)
Type 3 - Embossed, map hyphen, medium blue
Type 4 - As Type 3, but light blue
Starting 2000, "08 11", ZAA-ZZZ series issued only to dealers'
customers who don't opt to transfer their previous plates.
(000-ZAA - 175-ZBG Type 2, 673-ZBH - 851-ZBN Type 3,
737-ZBP - 126-ZDH Type 4, all have non-serif "B" and "D")
2017-23 HOME BASE No I,O,Q used.
2016 "01 17" Type 1 001-A00 - 651-A70 (70,581 P)
2016 "06 17" Type 2 976-A72 - 953-V99 (1,778,853 P)
(TOTAL 1,851,756 P)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Light Blue
Type 2 - Medium Blue (all serif "B" and "D")
(121-ZDK - 766-ZEB Type 1, 621-ZED - 776-ZKP Type 2,
859-ZDU non-serif "D", 477-ZEB and 621-ZED serif "B" and "D")
Starting July 2016, plates replaced upon reaching 8 years of age,
with new plates having the same number as the old one.
By 2020, switched to High Intensity Scotchlite (D or E reported).
