All About License Plates

NEVADA TRUCK PLATES
Commercial began 1925, became Truck (T) 1934.
Numbering began at 0001 1925-28, 1 1929-33, and T-1 1934-53.
County issuance began 1926. County assignments known:

1926-28, 1932, 1936-37, 1941-42, 1946, 1948, 1950.

Highest assigned: 1928 #5500, 1950 #T-50P.

LEGENDS 1925-33: Vertical "COM" prefix, hyphen before number
except 1932-33

1925 3256 1934 T-7309+ 1944 T-62X

1926 4734 1935 T-7337 1945 T-984X, T-0871

1927 5561 1936 T-7862 1946 T-799R+

1928 5159 1937 T-8822 1947 T-297N+

1929 6725 1938 T-8660+ 1948 T-792E+

1930 5804 1939 T-8599 1949 T-223P+

1931 6537 1940 T-8993 1950 T-967D

1932 7-848+ 1941 T-9682 1951 T-323S

1933 7-704+ 1942 T-990R 1952 T-759M+

1943 TAB 1953 T-889P

OVERFLOW FORMATS 1941-53
T-01 - T-0999 (Served as 10001-10999 series in 1942 and 1948,
came after X suffix series in 1946, dropped 1950)
(Verify 1941, 1944)
T-1X - T-999X

(1944: #T-1 - T-9999 and 3 series of 999 allocated = 12,996)

OBSERVED SERIES Assigned in bold. (_ = reported by Roy Carson)
1942   0, X, R
1944 X
1945 X, 0
1946   X, 0, R
1947   0, X, R, N
1948   0, X, R, N, E

1949 0, X, R, T, N, E, P

1950 X, R, T, N, E, D, P, S

1951 X, R, T, N, E, D, P, S

1952 B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M

1953 A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, M, N, P, T

1954-56 FORMATS A/T 1 - X/T9-999 No hyphen 1956.

1956/57 - 60 FORMATS County letters smaller, "T" full-size.

Clark, Washoe: T1 - T9999

All other counties: T1 - T999

(1T - 9T, 1T0 - 9T9 assumed) 1T00 - 9T99

(01T - 99T, 10T0 - 99T9 assumed in Elko)

1961-68 FORMATS

Clark, Washoe: C/T 1 - W/T 99999

All other counties: C/H T1 - W/P T9999

Description of 1965-68 Types: 1965 Type 1 - Dark Blue/Silver

1967 Type 2 - Blue/Reflective White

HIGHEST NUMBER EXPECTED PER REGISTRATION FIGURES 1954, 1956/57 - 60,

1965 (*or observed number, if higher, and all 6/30/56, 1961-64):

COUNTY 1954 - 6/30/55 6/30/56

Churchill A/T 1 - A/T1-359 A/T 721

Clark B/T 1 - B/T7-996 B/T 7833

Douglas C/T 1 - C/T 671 C/T 409

Elko F/T 1 - F/T2-130 F/T 1913

Esmeralda G/T 1 - G/T 160 G/T 5

Eureka H/T 1 - H/T 301

Humboldt J/T 1 - J/T1-097

Lander K/T 1 - K/T 367 K/T 86

Lincoln L/T 1 - L/T 679* L/T 630

Lyon N/T 1 - N/T1-230* N/T 953

Mineral P/T 1 - P/T 756

Nye R/T 1 - R/T 983* R/T 443

Ormsby S/T 1 - S/T 433 S/T 9

Pershing U/T 1 - U/T 827 U/T 644

Storey V/T 1 - V/T 102

Washoe W/T 1 - W/T5-776 W/T 4234

White Pine X/T 1 - X/T1-723 X/T 1698

TOTAL (26,590 S) (19,578 S)

COUNTY 1956/57 JUN 58 JUN 59 JUN 60

Churchill CHT1 - CH5T55 CH5T04 CH5T76 CH6T05

Clark CT1 - CT8454 CT8082 CT8796 CT9869

Douglas DST1 - DST759 DST885 DS4T DS7T4

Elko ELT1 - EL45T EL19T3 EL28T5 EL33T2

Esmeralda EST1 - EST227 EST189 EST183 EST235

Eureka EUT1 - EUT352 EUT311 EUT308 EUT288

Humboldt HUT1 - HU2T31 HU1T88 HU1T87 HU2T60

Lander LAT1 - LAT469 LAT449 LAT478 LAT446

Lincoln LNT1 - LNT645 LNT688 LNT609 LNT622

Lyon LYT1 - LY2T03 LY2T43 LY2T83 LY3T75

Mineral MNT1 - MNT816 MNT772 MNT788 MNT770

Nye NYT1 - NY8T5 NY4T35 NY7T3 NY5T9*

Ormsby ORT1 - ORT563 ORT658 ORT764 ORT901

Pershing PET1 - PET826 PET843 PET883 PET878

Storey STT1 - STT134 STT121 STT128 STT146

Washoe WT1 - WT7514 WT8057 WT8873 WT9414

White Pine WPT1 - WP7T74 WP8T41 WP7T60 WP7T72

TOTAL (29,645 S) (30,452 S) (31,970 S) (34,038 S)

COUNTY 1961-64 1965-68 TYPE 1 1965-68 TYPE 2

Churchill C/H T1 - C/H T3596 C/H T2796* C/H T3267 - C/H T3986

Clark C/T 1 - C/T 35731 C/T 26625* C/T 29672 - C/T 42860

Douglas D/S T1 - D/S T2286 D/S T1451 D/S T1863 - D/S T2301

Elko E/L T1 - E/L T4964 E/L T3728* E/L T4091 - E/L T5178

Esmeralda E/S T1 - E/S T374 E/S T234

Eureka E/U T1 - E/U T584 E/U T445* E/U T500 - E/U T605

Humboldt H/U T1 - H/U T2319 H/U T1753 H/U T2540 - H/U T2824

Lander L/A T1 - L/A T733 L/A T599 L/A T796 - L/A T1206

Lincoln    L/N T1 - L/N T895 L/N T768* L/N T1217 -
Lyon       L/Y T1 - L/Y T2652 L/Y T1897   L/Y T3375 -
Mineral    M/N T1 - M/N T1516 M/N T1005   M/N T1491 - M/N T1649
Nye        N/Y T1 - N/Y T3422 N/Y T2380* N/Y T2637 - N/Y T4562

Ormsby O/R T1 - O/R T2704 O/R T2801* O/R T3321 - O/R T4437

Pershing P/E T1 - P/E T1602 P/E T1007* P/E T1260 - P/E T2140

Storey S/T T1 - S/T T158 S/T T218* S/T T364 -
Washoe W/T 1 - W/T 24460 W/T 20392* W/T 24342 - W/T 28980
White Pine W/P T1 - W/P T3053 W/P T2395* W/P T2784 - W/P T3666

TOTAL (91,049 P) (70,494 P) (25,846 P)

GRAND TOTAL (109,584 P)

BASEPLATES BY COUNTY AND TYPE 1969-83:

COUNTY TYPE 1 "69" TYPE 2 "NEV" TYPE 3 "NEVADA"

Churchill C/H T1 - C/H T3818 AA0001 - AA2588 AA2966 - AB1488

Clark C/T 1 - C/T 30458 BA0001 - BF1345 BF3388 - BW0221

Douglas D/S T1 - D/S T1400 DA0001 - DA3272 DA3462 - DB3390
Elko E/L T1 - E/L T3403 EA0001 - EA4104 EA5127 - EB4914

Esmeralda E/S T1 - E/S T407 FA0001 - FA0245 FA0330 - FA1140

Eureka E/U T1 - E/U T9 GA0001 - GA0351 GA0625 - GA1592

Humboldt H/U T1 - H/U T2660 HA0001 - HA1958 HA2429 - HA9359

Lander L/A T1 - L/A T889 JA0001 - JA0852 JA1944 - JA4596

Lincoln L/N T1 - L/N T946 KA0001 - KA0830 KA1281 - KA2586

Lyon L/Y T1 - L/Y T705 LB0001 - LB2277 LB3437 - LB7600

Mineral M/N T1 - M/N T981 MA0001 - MA1302 MA1791 - MA4748

Nye N/Y T1 - N/Y T3400 NA0001 - NA2249 NA2323 - NB0160

Ormsby O/R T1 - O/R T2985 OA0001 - OA6366 OA6660 - OC7854

Pershing P/E T1 - P/E T1096 PA0001 - PA0732 PA1164 - PA2981

Storey S/T T1 - S/T T307 SA0001 - SA0729 SA0811 - SA1796

Washoe W/T 1 - W/T 19571 WV0001 - WV7441 WC3428 - WL1459

WA0001 - WC2792

White Pine W/P T1 - W/P T2341 ZA0001 - ZA1712 ZA3267 - ZA9390

COUNTY TYPE 1 TYPE 2 GAP TYPE 3 TOTAL

Churchill 3,818 2,588 377 8,522 15,305

Clark 30,458 51,340 2,042 136,820 220,660

Douglas 1,400 3,272 189 9,928 14,789

Elko 3,403 4,104 1,022 9,787 18,316

Esmeralda 407 245 84 811 1,547

Eureka 9 351 273 968 1,601

Humboldt 2,660 1,958 470 6,931 12,019

Lander 889 852 1,091 2,653 5,485

Lincoln 946 830 450 1,306 3,532

Lyon 705 2,277 1,159 4,164 8,305

Mineral 981 1,302 488 2,958 5,729

Nye 3,400 2,249 73 7,837 13,559

Ormsby 2,985 6,366 293 21,193 30,837

Pershing 1,096 732 431 1,818 4,077

Storey 307 729 81 986 2,103

Washoe 19,571 30,231 635 78,024 128,461

White Pine 2,341 1,712 1,554 6,124 11,731

TOTAL 75,376 111,138 10,712 300,830 498,056

L/Y T2657 seen on "NEV" base - remake or overlap? (not counted)

Type 2 DA830 seen, the only 5-character plate known.

Assuming no I,O,Q used in 2nd position.

"DEC 70" and "DEC 71" stickers issued, then Monthly Staggered

Registration began 7/1/1971 for trucks up to 5,000 lbs. only.

Trucks over 5,000 lbs. remained on calendar year basis.

Truck plates discontinued 1/1/1982, issued passenger plates since.

1969-82 bases currently revalidated.