UTAH
Highest 1909-15 pre-state plate known: #6368
Highest 1909-15 pre-state disc known: #6440
1915 1 - 7580 (Registrations: 7,974)
1916 1 - 13744* (Registrations: 13,507 agrees)
1917 1 - 18281 (Registrations: 18,346) Truck began 1917.
1918 1 - 21916 (22,000 Pass. + extra 1917s 19001 - 19151)
Numbers in bold are verified assignments.
DEALER TRUCK TRAILER EXEMPT PASSENGER
1919 1 - 399 400 - 4999 (none) (none) 5000 - 34530
1920 1 - 399 400 - 4999 (none) (none) 5000 - 42262*
1921 1 - 400 401 - 7000 (none) (none) 7001 - 47463
1922 2 - 300 301 - 8-000 8-001 - 8-500 (none) 8-501 - 49-408
1923 2 - 300 301 - 8-300 8-301 - 8-500 (none) 8-501 - 64-565*
1924 2 - 299 1-000 - 9-999 300 - 499 500 - 999 10-000 - 80-158*
1925 2 - 299 1-000 - 12-999 300 - 399 400 - 999 13-000 - 91-063*
1926 2 - 299 500 - 12-999 300 - 499 13-000 - 13-999 14-000 - 96-142*
1919-36: 0 issued to Governor.
1922-29: 1 issued to Secretary of State.
1919: 35,000 Pass. + 116 extra 1916s issued.
1921: Highest pass. 47587; 48001 - 48336 issued to trucks.
1922: After 50-000, Truck numbers 7-811 - 8-000 were issued to passenger cars
until #50-001 - 52-000 arrived.
1923: After 50-000, Truck numbers 8-001 - 8-300 were issued to passenger cars
until #50-001 - 60-000 arrived. #66-626 highest issued.
1924: #80-341 final number issued.
1926: Additional order #90-001 - 100-000 placed May 7, 1926.
1934: #12-121 mystery plate.
1935: Dealer 1 - 400
Motorcycle 301 - 900
Exempt 1-001 - 2-100
Bus 3-001 - 3-500
Trailer 4-001 - 4-600
Ab Jenkins 10-000 - 10-001
Truck 10-001 - 49-925 (By weight ½ ton - 10 ton)
Passenger 50-001 - 150-000
1936: Ab Jenkins 10-000.
1937: Trailer 8-101 - 9-100,
Semi-Trailer 9-101 - 10-000
1938: Truck numbers 10-001 - 50-000.
Ab Jenkins, world-record race car driver, issued #10-000 - 10-001.
1939: Starting numbers M/C 1001, TLR 5001, SEMI-TLR 10001,
TRUCK 20001. Governor issued #1; Ab Jenkins issued #10-000 - 10-001.
(Jenkins still issued #10000 in 1950; died in 1956.)
TRUCK: Not marked 1919-25. 2nd block expected 1919-21, 1923,
1926. 1924 9-921* seen. Began at 501 1928-33.
DEALER: Not marked 1919-22. 1922 has letter suffix.
Began at 2 1927-39.
EXEMPT: 1924 969 seen. Not marked 1926? E/X prefix 1933-39.
1927 1-500 - 82-130 1934 30-000 - 132-855*
1928 1-500 - 91-499 91-046* 1935 50-001 - 154-068*
1929 1-500 - 99-999 96-534* 1936 50-001 - 167-496*
1930 1-500 - 96-499 95-476 1937 50-001 - 178-896*
1931 1-500 - 99-899 91-347 1938 50-001 - 174-180*
1932 1-500 - 95-500* 1939 100-001 - 229-264*
1933 1-500 - 86-499 84-126
1940-50 FORMATS No A,F,I,O,Q,W used 1940-41.
Other letters gradually added, while U dropped, then re-added.
1940 B-1000 - Z-9999
1941-50 B1000 - Z9999 (A1000 1944-50)
1949-50 (added 6/20/1949) A 100 - Z 999
LETTERS NOT SEEN EXEMPT
1940 - A F I O Q W Y
1941 - A F I O Q W V
1942 - F I O Q W Z
1944 - F I NOPQ U W YZ Z
1945 - F I O Q U W Y Z
1946 - F I O Q U W Y Z
1947 - F I O Q U Y G
1948 - I O Q U W G
1949 - I O Q U G
1950 - O Q E/X
1949 3-d. - D G I O Q UVW Y
1950 3-d. - FGH J LM O QRS U Y
1943: Windshield stickers 100001 - 135000 for trucks, 200001 - 349999 for passenger;
Ogden began at 294001.
1948: U reportedly omitted.
1949: Sequence reported as A 1000 - Z 9999, A 100 - Z 999, then new letters
F,I,O,Q,W with 100 - 999, then 1000 - 9999.
20 letters reportedly used in A 100 series - no G,I,K,O,Q,U used, but K seen.
1950: Sequence reported as A 100 - Z 999, then A 1000 - Z 9999.
1951-55 FORMATS AA 100 - KK 999, Alpha 1: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K
THEORY ONLY LA 100 - ZK 999, Alpha 2: L,M,N,P,R,S,W,X,Y,Z
AL 100 - KZ 999, Exempt: XA-XZ
(Added 1954-55) LL 100 - ZZ 999 Not used: I,O,Q,T,U,V
Letters stacked 1951-54, in suffix position 1952. No G seen 1955.
1951 newspaper articles mention AL-CZ (27,000) assigned to Ogden;
AA-AL Salt Lake City; BH 100 first issued at Capitol office.
Governor issued #BL 603 instead of #1 1951.
Totals are cumulative. Capacity 342,000 (307,800 without G).
YEAR ALPHA 1-1 ALPHA 2-1 ALPHA 1-2 ALPHA 2-2 TOTAL
1951 KH 818 YB 888 KR 816 256,317*
1952 266 KK 352 YF 735 KS 257,136*
1953 KK 996 ZJ 998 KX 714 258,915*
1954 KE 617 ZK 735 KZ 592 MN 740 272,441*
1955 KH 147 ZJ 305 KX 619 ZS 947 304,148*
1956-72 FORMATS AA 1000 - KK 9999 Alpha 1: A,B,C,D,E,F,H,J,K
(Added 1970-72) LL 1000 - WW 9999 Alpha 2: L,M,N,P,R,S,T,V,W
Exempt: EX
Not used: G,I,O,Q,U,X,Y,Z
Letters stacked 1956-58.
WW issued 1972 since PS would be first prefix of 1973 Truck series.
HIGHEST SEEN TOTAL
1956 DJ 9527 314,528* 1961 EC 1361 342,362
1957 DJ 3290 308,291* 1962 EE 4706 363,707
1958 DH 9054 305,055* 1963 EH 4799 381,800
1959 DK 4072 318,073* 1964 EJ 6439 392,440
1960 DK 8399, 332,400* 1965 FA 9076 413,077*
HK 1000 - 9999, 1966 FB 7887 420,888*
JK 1000 - 1999 1967 FD 3372 434,373
1968-72 WHITE/BLACK BASE Type 1 uses Alpha 1, others use Alpha 2.
1968 Type 1 AA 1000 - KK 9999 (729,000 P)
1970 Type 1a LL 1000 - NW 9999 (243,000 P)
1972 Type 2 PL 1000 - PP 9982 (35,983 P)
1972 Type 3 PP 9990 -
1972 Type 4 PR 3444 - PR 9999 (6,556 P)
1972 Type 4a WW 1000 - WW 3554 (2,555 P)
(TOTAL 1,019,555 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Steel, reflective, dated "68"
Type 2 - Aluminum, reflective, dated "68"
Type 3 - Aluminum, non-reflective, dated "68"
Type 4 - Aluminum, non-reflective, undated
1973-86 FORMATS AAA 001 - WWW 999 No G,I,O,Q,U,X,Y,Z used.
Types 1 - 5 use Alpha 1-1-1 Alpha 1: A,B,C,D,E,F,H,J,K
Types 5a - 7 use Alpha 2-1-1 Alpha 2: L,M,N,P,R,S,T,V,W
Types 7a - 9 use Alpha 2-2-1 Non-Pass: MFG, REP, SEN
Types 9a - 10 use Alpha 2-2-2
Type 10a uses Alpha 1-1-2
1973-86 BLACK/WHITE BASE
1-2-73 "73" Type 1 AAA 001 - DKH 267 (320,946 P)
1973 "73" Type 2 EAB 698 - FFK 973 (133,143 P)
1973 "73" Type 1a FHF 946 - HDH 444 (53,445 P)
Jul.73 "7 74" Type 3 HDJ 416 - HDK 925 (1,509 P)
Jul.73 "7 74" Type 1b HEB 776 - HFH 355 (13,566 P)
Jul.73 "7 74" Type 3a HHB 044 - HJA 289 (8,238 P)
Oct.73 "10 74" Type 4 HJC 628 - HJK 752 (6,119 P)
Oct.73 "10 74" Type 1c HKA 613 - JAJ 390 (15,762 P)
Nov.73 "11 74" Type 4a JBA 363 - KEE 659 (112,185 P)
Jul.74 "7 75" Type 5 KEF 119 - KKK 999 (39,842 P)
Nov.74 "11 75" Type 5a LAA 001 - NBE 494 (175,319 P)
Oct.75 "10 76" Type 6 NCA 856 - SKJ 129 (302,970 P)
Oct.77 "10 78" Type 7 TAC 255 - WKK 999 (240,505 P)
Mar.78 "3 79" Type 7a LLA 001 - LWK 743 (80,663 P)
Nov.78 "11 79" Type 8 MLD 732 - PVE 666 (225,709 P)
Nov.79 "11 80" Type 8/9 mixed PWA 935 - SLC 605 (91,579 P)
Mar.80 "3 81" Type 9 SNB 924 - WWK 999 (303,772 P)
Mar.81 "3 82" Type 9a LLL 001 - MVW 696 (152,544 P)
Jan.82 "1 83" Type 10 MWL 763 - WWW 999 (574,662 P)
Apr.85 "4 86" Type 10a AAL 001 - BFP 250 (129,121 P)
(TOTAL 3,042,205 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Dated "73", steel (403,719)
Type 2 - Dated "73", aluminum, unpainted or black back (133,143)
Type 3 - No "73" or sticker box, "UTAH" at left (9,747)
Type 4 - No "73" or sticker box, "UTAH" centered, (118,304)
off-white
Type 5 - As Type 4, but with rounded beehive, off-white (215,161)
Type 6 - As Type 4, but with pointed beehive, off-white (302,970)
Type 7 - As Type 4, but with pointed beehive, snow-white (321,168)
Type 8 - As Type 4, but snow-white (225,709+)
Type 9 - Small square embossed "UTAH", blank space top (456,316+)
(2 sizes of "UTAH" die)
Type 10 - Large screened "UTAH", no space at top (703,783)
Currently revalidated.
1986-2008 SKIER BASE No G,I,O,Q,U,X,Y,Z used.*
10-1-85 "9 86" Type 1 001 AAA - 999 DWW (1,294,704 P)
May 90 "5 91" Type 2 001 EAA - 856 GPX (1,088,767 P)
Dec.93 "12 94" Type 3 654 GPZ - 413 MKE (2,532,225 P)
"8 04" Type 4 691 MKY - 996 PMV (1,100,205 P)
(TOTAL 6,034,956 P)
Optional base 10/1/1985 to 12/31/1985; issued to new registrations
only after 1/1/1986. Issued also to trucks starting August 1993.
Types 1-2 use combined Alpha 1 and 2 of 1973-85.
*Type 2 added G,U,X,Y,Z starting at FPG in October 1992, "10 93".
*Types 3-4 use all letters except I,O,Q.
Description of Types: Type 1 - Wide dies, no "Co. Mo. Yr."
Type 2 - Thin dies, no "Co. Mo. Yr."
Type 3 - Thin dies, "Co. Mo. Yr." added
Type 4 - Thin dies, "Mo. Yr." added
County sticker codes on County Code page; sticker discontinued 8/2/2002.
1993-2008 CENTENNIAL BASE No G,I,O,Q,U,X used.*
1-21-92 "1 93" Type 1 001 ZAA - 999 ZEZ (99,900 P)
Jan.96 "1 97" Type 2 001 ZFA - 411 WTW (1,857,552 P)
Jun.03 "6 04" Type 3 180 WUC - 017 UYL (1,156,680 P)
(UYU reported) (TOTAL 3,119,894 P)
Extra-cost optional issue 1992-1997; became standard-issue option
7/1/1997. *G,U,X added on Types 2-3a. (Verify ZFG, ZGG)
First letter progresses in reverse order, i.e. 999 ZZZ, then 001 YAA.
Description of Types: Type 1 - Outlined "UTAH", "Co. Mo. Yr."
Type 2 - Solid "UTAH", "Co. Mo. Yr."
Type 3 - Solid "UTAH", "Mo. Yr."
2008-24 NEW SKIER BASE Assuming no I,O,Q used.
11-19-07 "11 08" Type 1: Round dies A00 1AA - G62 5SK (3,525,097 P)
2023 Type 2: Square dies
(TOTAL 3,525,097 P)
2008-24 NEW ARCH BASE Assuming no I,O,Q used.
11-19-07 "12 08" Type 1: Round dies Z00 1AA - T83 9EB (3,264,572 P)
3-24-23 Type 2: Square dies T31 7HR - T93 1PP (137,478 P)
(TOTAL 3,483,445 P)
First letter progresses in reverse order, i.e. Z99 9ZZ then Y00 1AA.
