OKLAHOMA
MOTORCYCLE DEALER TRACTOR PASSENGER
1915 1 - 4000 29001M - 29750M 29751 - 29919 4001 - 29000,
31620 - 33183
1916 1 - 2500 35001M - 36000M 36001 - 40000 2526 - 35000,
40001 - 60292
1917 1 - 2500 4501M - 6500M 2501 - 4500 6501 - 70000,
5908 - (70001)- 84138
89173 - 89622 90144 - 118084
1918 65 - 1044 2561M - 3935M 9346 - 18205 - 131101
1919 13 - 410 2868M - 3993 - 6231 7001 - 156250
1920 1 - 2000 2001M - 4000M 4001 - 8000 8001 - 211689
1921 548 - 549 2440M - 2921M 4649 - 7828 10226 - 179966
194270 - 201933 - 214797
215252 - 219380 226649 - 231184
1922 1 - 1500 15-01M - 30-00M 3-001 - 11-000 11-001 - 247-413
250-297 - 250-661 258-942 - 260-939
1923 1 - 1500 1501M - 3000M 3001 - 15000 15-001 - 312.472*
MOTORCYCLE DEALER TRACTOR FORD PASSENGER ALL OTHER PASSENGER TRUCK
1924 M1705 - 3.120 - 14.735 15F001 - 190F000 190.001 - 248.070 251T331 - 269T070
351F298 - 363F875 273-559 - 339-663 370T839 - 371T443
374F305 - 387F063
1925 1 - 1000 M1001 - M2000 2-001 - 15-000 15F001 - 225F000 260.001 - 334.469 225T001 - 260T000
338F805 - 345.638 - 372.651
389279 - 389336 395F853 - 424F583 434.202 - 434.262
446677 - 436F623 - 448F121 451-480 - 452-239 453T913 - 453T983
1926 862 - M1-668 - M2-454 4-743 - 15-790 19F736 - 316F829 331-822 - 483-706 485T503 - 524T359
568-593 - 569-783 533-027 - 557-625* 570T807 - 572T092
1927 M1-695 - M2-894 5-116 - 26-597* 30F001 - 374F683 480-001 - 651-444 443T219 - 477T752
669-362? 673-112?
1928 M2-453 - M3-247 5-919 - 34-830* 36F189 - 369F536 482-674 - 726-596* 423T742 - 479T100
800T071 - 809T237*
MOTORCYCLE DEALER TRACTOR PASSENGER TRUCK
1929 732 - M2-223 - M3-481 5-922 - 32-843* 50-001 - 570-229* 610T016 - 669T638
1930 2097 - M5-588 - M6-785 13-930 - 46-220* 61-818 - 598-159* 703T656 - 784T797*
1931 M5-505 - M5-705 10-097 - 48-131* 60-001 - 563-410* 750T264 - 819T698*
1932 2659 - 3383 M5-582 - M5-583 10-657 - 35-574* 69-602 - 463-642+ 700T991 - 807T225+ (see weights below)
1933 3247 - 3376 M5-483 - 10T263 - 39T232* 65-176 - 480-542+ 750T227 - 824T981+ (see weights below)
1934 619 - 1267 20 444 - 53 464* 60A001 - 510A000* 607T672 - 673T610
1935 D1-842 - D2-485 22 573 - 52 005* 61A254 - 509A444* 600T519 - 687T497
1936 1527 - 1642 D3-398 - 21 631 - 56 485 62-274 - 515-246* 702T728 - 797T948*
1937 327 - 559 D2-907 - D3-255 21-714 - 58-870 60F228 - 527F944* 604T932 - 697T675 (F or R above T)
1938 673 - 1181 D2-875 - D3-492 (Discontinued) 60-001 - 550-000* 680T357 - 778T641
KNOWN 1932-33 TRUCK PLATES BY WEIGHT
1932 1933
3/4 TON 700T991 - 705T731, 750T227 750T227 - 756T507
1 TON 711T826 - 715T784, 800T019 - 807T225 761T069 - 782T213
1 1/2 TONS 732T830 - 749T362 793T759 - 814T149
2 TONS 760T431 - 760T440 822T215 - 824T981
3 TONS 772T271 - 772T280
4 TONS
Over 4 TONS
OTHER NON-PASSENGER TYPES SEEN 1933-38 (Trailer began 1933; all others began 1934)
TAX EXEMPT TRAILER SEMI-TRAILER BUS
1933 ("DOLLAR" 1934-35) 860-351 - 870-302+ (none) (none)
1934 3-233 - 10-675+ 704-550 - 714-486+ 725-908 - 730-806 750-491 - 754-529+
1935 7-473 - 12-789+ 700-927 - 716-063+ PVT-TRAILER 750-312 - 754-497+
1936 5-050 - 13-093+ 600-656 - 611-446+ (Began mid-1937) 625-156 - 629-899+
1937 5-466 - 12-912+ 702-078 - 729-307+ 731-293 - 734-955+
1938 4-067 - 13-090+ (Discontinued) 23-706 - 54-626 602-686 -
NOTES
1924: 400,000 P manufactured.
1925: County issuance began.
1934: #1 issued to Governor, #2 - 4 to Tax Commission officials.
1934-35: A = Automobile.
1936: R = Rear, Hyphen only = Front.
1937: R = Rear, F = Front. #F 3 also seen.
1938: #1 - 300 issued to state officials. #319, 571 also seen.
1939 FORMATS
4-FIGURE: A000 - A999,
0A00 - 9A99,
00A0 - 99A9,
000A - 999A, then B, etc., omitting I,J,O.
5-FIGURE: A/A 000 - S/N 999, omitting I,J,O in 1st, I,O in 2nd.
(S/Q 071, S/W 751 also seen.)
TRUCK: U/A 000 - Y/R 411, omitting I,O.
MANUFACTURED: Passenger - 476,000 P (A000 - 999Z = 92,000,
A/A 000 - S/Z 999 = 384,000)
Truck - 115,000 P (U/A 000 - Y/U 999 = 115,000)
1940-55 FORMATS FORMATS ADDED 1956-62 FORMATS
1-1 - 9-99999 1950-55 1-A1001 - 1-E9999 1-1 - 9-299999
10-1 - 77-9999 1949 10A-101 - 10C-999 10-1 - 77-19999
1950-55 10-A101 - 10-G999
1947 TAB 378770 - 788929, Farm 938075 - 945042
OVERFLOW SERIES
In 1941, Comanche had 11,313 registrations, so they issued "1" prefix plates
after #19-9999. Borrowing assumed also for 1942-43 (Cleveland 10,280 regs.)
and 1945 (Garfield 10,748 regs.). The "0" county prefix was apparenty issued
in 1946-47 (Cleveland 11,827 regs., Comanche 10,209 regs., Garfield 13,026
regs.), and continued in 1948 (Comanche 10,963 regs.). A letter after the
county code was used in 1949-55. (See Misc. 1 page)
1946-47 0-10031 - 0-11393 (5,065 expected)
1948 0-10088 - (964 expected)
1940-62 COUNTY CODES (ALL LISTED UNDER "COUNTY CODES")
1. 1940-41 order based on number of license plates sold.
2. 1942-44 order same as 1948-51 except counties 7-18. Comanche was moved up
due to many plates being bought there by Ft. Sill officers.
3. 1945-47 order same as 1948-51 except counties 9-15, 41-44, 47-49, 61-62.
4. 1948-51 order based on 1940 U.S. Census, except Pittsburg (48,985) is 10,
not 9, Le Flore (45,866) is 11, not 10, and Garfield (45,484) is 9, not 11.
Ironically, none of the three codes from 1942-51 match the census exactly!
5. 1952-61 order based on 1950 U.S. Census.
6. 1962 order based on 1960 U.S. Census.
1963-64 FORMAT AD-0001 - ZZ-9999
1965-81 FORMAT AD-1 - ZZ-9999
1971-72 CNN-1 - CSS-999 added
1973-81 CNN-1 - CSS-9999 added
1963-81 county codes on Misc. 2 page. Codes derived from
county names, except Oklahoma (XA-YZ) and Tulsa (ZA-ZZ).
No Q used. No I used except CI, WI.
No B,G,O,U used in XA-ZZ series, but gradually added in order after
XZ in 1963-65, and ZZ in 1970-74.
Plates seen above expected highs:
1964 XG-7634, 1966 YA-5529, ZY-3388, 1970 ZB-7446, 1971 ZG-6787,
1973-74 see Variations, 1975 CVV-2498, ZZB-1319, 1976 CZZ-400,
1979-80 CCB-5791, ZZJ-4066
1971-81 3-LETTER CODES (Year introduced)
Canadian 1971 CNN,CXX,CCN Kay 1979 KAY
Carter 1973 CRR Muskogee 1981 MKK
Cherokee 1976 CZZ Oklahoma 1981 XXA,XXY,XXZ
Cleveland 1972 CLL,CVV,CFF Okmulgee 1981 OML
1973 CLL,CVV,CYY,CLE,CLV,CLY Osage 1981 OSG
Comanche (1974 CCC) Ottawa 1979 OTT
1978 CCB,CCH,CMH Payne 1979 PYY
Craig 1981 CGG Pittsburg 1981 PPB
Creek 1978 CKK Pottawatomie 1978 PTT
Custer 1971 CSS Stephens 1981 STE
Grady 1981 GDD Tulsa 1974 ZZA-ZZP
TOTALS OF 3-LETTER PLATES EXPECTED PER REGISTRATION FIGURES (EXCEPT
ALLOCATIONS 1981):
(1969-70 not seen; Custer may have issued 1970 #CU-9081 - CU-9503 seen,
much too high for Creek that year)
1969 163 1975 18,859 1%
1970 106 1976 34,268 2%
1971 341 1977 47,488 3%
1972 4,937 1978 79,094 5%
1973 11,166 1979 108,076 6%
1974 14,057 1% 1981 333,075 15%
1979-80 PLAIN BASE County codes same as 1963-78.
7-1-78 "FEB 79" AD-1 - ZZ-9999, CCB-1 - ZZP-9999
Replaced during 1980.
1981-82 MAP BASE County codes same as 1963-80.
Jan.80 "FEB 81" AD-1 - ZZ-9999, No I,Q used except CI,WI.
CCB-1 - ZZP-9999
(TOTAL 2,178,524 S)
All bases 1981-2009 replaced during 2009.
1983-89 SUNBELT BASE No F,I*,Q used except
2-1-82 "FEB 83" ADB-1 - ZWJ-999 CFA-CFZ,JFA-JFG (no
CFF,JFF).
Issued to new registrations only. County codes are new 3-letter
codes with 1st 2 letters based on 1963 system, except Cimarron and
Jefferson. *I added c.1987 in 19 counties.
1985 #RAT 396 seen with no map - vanity?
(TOTAL 2,591,239 S)
1989-94 SHIELD BASE No Q used. I added.
Jan.89 "DEC 89" AAA 001 - ZYZ 999 No F in 3rd position.
Issued to new registrations only. County codes are continuation of
1982 system, except leading zeroes added. Generic series added for
use in any county: "DEC 89" AAA-ACZ, AEA-AES.
(TOTAL 2,638,811 S)
1994-2009 NATIVE AMERICA BASE No F used in 3rd letter position.
Jul.94 "SEP 94" AET 001 - YZZ 999, Q,F added in 1st position.
001 CAA - 295 ZZE
Issued to new registrations only. County codes are continuation of
1982 system, plus suffix combinations. Q added in 2nd-3rd letter
positions c.1995 in 47 counties.
(TOTAL 8,058,046 S)
(GRAND TOTAL 15,466,620 S)
2010-17 SACRED ARROW BASE No F used in 3rd letter position.
1-2-09 001AAA - 011QJX (7,384,619 S)
Omitted suffixes: BSA, CAA-CZZ, EJC, EOS.
Assumed omitted: DAA-DBA, EAA-EDZ, HAA-HBB, JAA-JBC, KAA-KBX,
MAA-MAK, MCA-MDB, MEA-MEM, MGA-MGZ, MIA-MIG,
MKA-MLZ, MNA-MNC, MRA-MRM, MSA-MTG, MUA-MUZ,
MYA-MZR, NAA-OZZ, PAA-PAS, PBA-PBZ, PEA-PEZ,
PMA-PMI, PNA-PNP, POA-POZ, PSA-PSE, PSJ,
PTA-PUB, PWA-PWG, PYA-PYZ.
Seen: 911DBB, 341EEA, 211HBC, 193JBD, 722KBY, 436MBG, 379MDC,
522MET, 026MHB, 288MIN, 922MNI, 003MRN, 623MVC, 910PCK,
408PFY, 362PMW, 684PQE, 092PSP, 059PUE, 800PXA
(017MIC, 137PEK also seen, not counted)
2017-24 SCISSORTAIL BASE No F used in 3rd letter postion.
2017 "11 17" Type 1 AAA-001 - LZJ-862 (7,776,079 S)
NBG-630, NCG-596 - NDJ-296 ( S)
2022 "02 23" Type 2 LZK-070 - MFA-334, NBP-388 - NBW-064 ( S)
NEU-140 - NGX-472, NQH-021, PAC-561 ( S)
(TOTAL 9,742,809 S)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "EXPLORE/OKLAHOMA" top in smaller font
Type 2 - "OKLAHOMA" top in larger font
Base dated 2018; some backdated to 2017, requiring a 2018 sticker.
High Intensity Scotchlite began with Scissortail base.
