WASHINGTON
Highest 1905-15 pre-state plate known: #41846
State-issued plates began 3/1/1915, dated 1916. 1916-21 plates
show expiration dates. County distribution began 1934.
TYPE KEY 1916 1917 1918
Passenger X 1 - 25000 1 - 36000 1 - 47934
For Hire A 25001 - 30000 36001 - 38700 56168 - 59346
Truck T 30001 - 31000 38701 - 41900 50273 -
51870 - 55371
Truck Hire H 31001 - 32000 41901 - 42500
Stage S 32001 - 33000 42501 - 43000 59488 - 59787
Exempt E 35001 - 35300 43001 - 43300 60333 -
DEALER (D) - 33001 - 35000 43301 - 44200 49348 - 50190,
50450 - 50737
(Overflow) T 35854 - 37368 H 44863 - T 60805 -
X 37984 - 39191 (D) 44903 - X 61840 - 64582
A 39294 - T 45393 - X 66493 -
X 39459 - 41745 X 45836 - 45986 (D) 66613 - 66668
T 42245 - (D) 46323 - X 68177 - 71814
X 42344 - 45006 X 47396 - (D) 72648 -
A 47510 - T 72878 - 73045
X 47963 - 48174 X 73720 - 88828
H 48427 - A 90513 -
S 48567 - T 91135 - 92418
X 48825 - 50810 S 93027 -
T 51330 - 51427 X 93319 -
(Trailer = C 1918) X 51865 - 53145 C 93695 - 93768
A 54012 - 54090 T 94289 - 94774
X 54455 - 54813 X 95280 - 95622
A 56716?- (D) 67 - 87
X 57110 - 57739
H 58004 -
(D) 58239 -
X 58742 - 63670
(TOTAL ALL TYPES) (45,006 P) (63,670 P) (95,622 P)
TYPE KEY 1919 1920 PORCELAIN 1920 EMBOSSED
Passenger X 1 - 113464 T 140524 - 141907 X 157920 - 160457
For Hire A 115370 - 119605 C 142440 - T 160663 - 161510
Truck T 122086 - 136867 E 142527 - 142565 X 163042 - 176809
Stage S 137624 - 138242 T 142712 - 143858 T 180007 - 183344
Exempt E 138904 - X 144048 - 149938 X 185732 - 193648
Trailer C 139374 - T 150314 - (D) 642
DEALER - 1 - 1135 X 150514 - 153466
E 153540 -
T 153992 - 154080
X 154170 - 156963
T 157103 - 157344
(D) 734
(TOTAL ALL TYPES)(139,374 P) (16,822 P) (35,729 P)
1920 EMBOSSED has no bottom slots.
1920 TAB Number matches 1919 base. Most unmarked, thick, flat.
Some have "Cal. Metal Enamel Co., L.A.", thin, slightly vaulted.
IRWIN-HODSON BID SOLICITATION FOR 1920 PLATE (Never Issued)
Passenger X 1 - 114000 Stage S 135801 - 136500
For Hire A 114001 - 119000 Exempt E 136501 - 137500
Truck T 119001 - 135000 DEALER - 1 - 1000
Trailer C 135001 - 135800
1921: Type 1 - White/Green, "X-21" (Valid 3/1/1920 - 2/28/1921)
Type 2 - Black/Gray, "X:21" (Valid 3/1/1921 - 12/31/1921)
YEAR X - PASSENGER T - TRUCK OTHER - AS ABOVE
1921 T1 1 - 129178 145000 - 157943 A 132688,
S 135311 - 135688
166780 - 181004 190981 - 192027 C 195115
1921 T2 1 - 151717 200388 - 225853 S 185391
183755 -
1922 1 - 175000 200001 - 230312 A 175001 - 185000
179735 - 181242* A 175911, S 185252
S 185001 - 190000
194108 - E 190001 - 195000
C 195001 - 200000
1923 1 - 197926 251023 - 286210 E 200568 - 201716
300002 - 318814 A 210844 - 211671
1924 1 - 253181* 350001 - 390000 E 300001 - 304000
A 310001 - 313000
S 315001 - 316000
C 320001 - 322000
1925 1 - 281220* 350903 - 395651 E 302314
A 310343
1926 1 - 310-720* 1931 1 - 347-776
1927 1 - 325-177* 1932 1 - 380-188*
1928 1 - 343-006* 1933 1 - 358-961
1929 1 - 395-262* 1934 1 - 357-245*
1930 1 - 379-591
1926-35: X = Passenger. Non-Pass. 500-000+
1935-49 FORMATS A-1 - Z-99999 County codes on
AD-1 - WA-9999 County page.
1944 215 - 88256
KING COUNTY OVERFLOW (Thinner "A" prefix 1940-49)
1935 100-000 - 115-507 1939 A-131-481 1945 A-173-172
1936 100-000 - 121-518 1940 A-139-295 1947 A-206-976
1937 A-129-069 1941 A-157-399 1949 A206-244
1938 A-126-085 1942 A-178-310
1950-53 FORMATS
A-1 - A-9999, A-10-000 - Z-99-999, A100-000 - A269-999
AD-1 - WA-9999
1952 "51" 2053 - 97708
1954-57 FORMATS
Type 1 (Wash. dies) 1 A - 99999 Z, 100000A - 999999A
1 AD - 9999 WA
Type 2 (Ore. dies) 1-A - 9-999 Z or 9999-Z, 10-000A - 999-999A
1-AD - 9999-WA
1951-57 TABS 1955-57 County codes in County Code Book,
1951 P 1048 - P672697 assigned alphabetically.
1953 P 28951 - P991308*
1955-57 01 000001WN - 40 499999WN ("50" also reported)
(Trailer 500001+) ("60" reported for Trailer)
1958-62 BASE County codes in County Code Book.
1958 AAA 000 - ZZZ 999 No I,O,Q used.*
1962 *AIA 000 - AQZ 999, IAA 000 - IAR 044 added
1963-87 BASE AAA 000 - ZZZ 999 County codes in County Code Book.
County coding discontinued 1981; statewide issuance began using all
letters. (Verify WOA-WOZ)
Nov.80 "OCT 81" Type 10 KDK 794 - KZZ 999 (441,323 P)
Aug.81 "JUL 82" Type 10a ELA 000 - ETZ 999 (233,000 P)
Jul.82 "JUN 83" Type 11 EUA 000 - EZZ 999 (154,000 P)
May 83 "APR 84" Type 11a GNU 000 - GSZ 999 (135,000 P)
Sep.83 "AUG 84" Type 11b HJA 000 - HZZ 999 (436,000 P)
Apr.85 "MAR 86" Type 11c LDH 000 - LLK 999 (209,000 P)
Oct.84 "SEP 85" Type 12 LLL-000 - LZZ-999 (377,000 P)
Jan.86 "DEC 86" Type 12a WBE-000 - WLZ-999 (281,000 P)
1986 "JUL 86" Type 12b WNA-000 - WSS-288 (148,289 P)
Description of Types - Statewide issue:
Apr.81 "MAR 82" Type 10 - Embossed square "WASHINGTON"(674,323 P)
Jul.82 "JUN 83" Type 11 - Screened "WASHINGTON" (934,000 P)
Oct.84 "SEP 85" Type 12 - Narrow dies, hyphen added (806,289 P)
1986 (reported) Type 13 - As Type 12, but security marks added
Omitted prefixes: KEG, KKK, END, EVE, EZP, GPU, HUG, HUJ,
HUN, HUT, HUY, HYE, LUG, LYN, WED.
(GPU 546, KEG 501 seen Type 10; not counted.
HUN 909, HUT 855 seen Type 11; not counted)
Non-passenger prefixes: REP, SEN, USA, WSP, XYZ.
Types 1-9 replaced 1986 (all bases 5 years or older).
Types 10-12 replaced during 2000.
Type 12 - XMS prefix issued Mason County.
1987-2023 MT. RAINIER BASE No I,O,Q used in 3rd or 4th position.
1-2-87 "MAR 87" Type 1 000-AAA - 122-DGZ (2,209,123 P)
Sep.90 "AUG 91" Type 2 100-DHC - 023-HXV (3,138,924 P)
Sep.97 "AUG 98" Type 3 616-HYB - 999-JNZ (414,384 P)
Jul.98 "JUN 99" Type 4 000-JOA - 999-ZZZ (9,776,000 P)
8-25-10 "9 2010" Type 4a AAA0000 - CBE6560 (12,236,561 P)
Type 5 CCF6524 - CCH8831 (22,308 P)
Type 4b CCL0795 - CCN7534 (26,740 P)
2022 "2 2023" Type 5a CDH6699 - CDK4953 (18,255 P)
(TOTAL 28,292,954 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - "Washington" centered, "Centennial Celebration" slogan,
small hyphen, painted border
Type 2 - As Type 1, but no slogan (reportedly began 000-DHA)
Type 3 - As Type 2, but large hyphen (reportedly began 000-HYB)
Type 4 - "WASHINGTON" at left, "EVERGREEN STATE" slogan,
large hyphen, no painted border, rounded corners
Type 5 - As Type 4, but squared corners
000-AAA format: (15,548,000 P)
Non-Pass. Suffix: WSP.
Omitted Suffixes reported: PIA-PIZ, POA-POZ, PQA-PQZ, PUA-PUZ,
WXA-WXZ.
(RIA-RIZ seen - all counted in totals)
Replaced according to following schedule (every 7 years after):
PLATES ISSUED REPLACED
1987-89 2001
1990-91 2002
1992-93 2003
1994-95 2004
1996-97 2005
1998-99 2006
