SOUTH DAKOTA TRUCK PLATES
Truck began 1920. Numbers in bold are known assignments.
Truck plates not issued by counties until 1928; mailed from state.
1943 tabs identical to passenger, including serial number ranges.
Singles 1945, 1947 for front (no windshield sticker).
County codes same as passenger 1928-80.
1920 T2300 - T9949 (7,650) (5-digit expected)
1921 T 2634 - T 9390 (6,757) (5-digit expected)
1922 T 5659 - T11719 (6,061)
1923 T 5-489 - T14-455 (8,967)
1924 T 5-083 - T12-826 (7,744)
1925 T 522 - T 12870 (12,439)
1926 T 122 - T 14047 (13,926)
1927 T 1286 - T 6910 (5,625) (5-digit expected)
1928-49 FORMATS Hyphen before "T" in 1929 only.
1T100 - 9T999, A1T100 - Z9T999
10T100 - 64T999
In 1928, 1T100 - 1T999 and A1T100 - A1T449 assigned county-wide.
In at least 1930-32, A1T - B1T were assigned to Minnehaha county
residents outside of Sioux Falls (probably discontinued 1933).
1934 A51T263
1938 B1T410
1942 A56T307
1942 9T998* (= 899; only 58 registered 1942, 63 in 1943,
1947 C1T254, B59T187* 71 in 1944)
1948 E1T510*
1948 A36T275* (= 1,076; Jackson 282 = 36T381;
1949 E1T993* w/Washabaugh 434 = 36T533)
It seems likely that at least in 1942-49, numbers were blocked
by weight class, similar to Trailer, resulting in high numbers.
Letter series: Highest expected by registration figures below.
1941-49: 7-figure plates have thinner "A" and "T".
(Verify 1934-40, verify 1940-46 "B" and 1948-49 "C")
1950-55 FORMATS Letters not seen: I,O,Q-T,V-Z
1T100 - 9T999, A1T100 - Z9T999
10T100 - 64T999, 10TA00 - 64TZ99, 51T0A0 - 51T9Z9 (1955 51T3A2)
Split format: Highest expected by registration figures below.
1956-75 FORMATS Letters not seen: D*,I,L,O,Q,T,V,Z
1T100 - 9T999, A1T100 - Z9T999 (T1T probably omitted)
10T100 - 67T999, 10TA00 - 67TZ99, 44T00A - 55T99Z
*1956 61TD33 seen
1974 44T30A, 55T32B
1975 44T42C, 49T73P, 55T68A
Split format: Assuming no I,O,Q used, 49T00A expected 1973,
55T00A and 57T00A expected 1974. If more letters
were omitted, this format would appear earlier.
TABS 1958 426893 - 454423 Light Blue/Maroon
1959 418904 - 425945 Black/Yellow FR
VARIATIONS
1957-59: Late issues have taller "T".
1960: Wide "T" or thin "T".
1968: B8T393 in 1967 colors.
1974: Late issues non-graphic, 1970 pass. design.
(U1T353, E5T540, 27TS32, 43TY43)
LEGENDS: No Mt. Rushmore graphic or extra colors 1952-73.
1952, 1954 "SOUTH DAKOTA '52" top
1953 "'53 SOUTH DAKOTA" top
1955 "55 SOUTH DAKOTA" top
1956-73 "SOUTH DAKOTA 56" top
DIMENSIONS: 1953-55 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"
1976-80 BICENTENNIAL BASE No I,Q used.
1000:AU - 9999:ZB
Truck plates discontinued 1981; passenger plates issued since.
COMMERCIAL
Began 1978. Pairs all years. All bases undated except 1992.
Issued with vertical weight/year sticker 1978-91, separate year
(or month/year) and weight stickers 1993-on.
Weights seen range from 2 to 46 tons.
All stickers passenger colors (including both types 1999) except:
1981 Black/Yellow, 1987 White/Blue, 1990 White/Black, 2000 Black/Red.
Stickers began being dated "12 99" in mid-1999 but not staggered.
1978-83 BASE Green/White (Verify 1978)
"S.DAK.COMMERCIAL" top.
1979 A1628 - A8747, B5880 - B8970, J1237 - J9975, K1475 - K5437
1984-87 BASE Red/White
"S.DAK.COMMERCIAL" top.
1985 E:0055, R:3533 - R:9950, W:1137 - W:8244, Z:0823
1988-91 BASE Blue/White
"S.DAK.COMMERCIAL" top.
1988 A:0081 - A:8499, B:9673, E:0050 - E:9914, J:1970 - J:4272
1992-97 BASE Green/White
"92 COMMERCIAL" top in red, "South Dakota" and faces bottom in red.
1992 W 0162 - W 2564
DATED? W 4167, K 0140 - K 2574, R 1561 - R 9509, V 3435 - V 3839, Z 1952 - Z 7388
UNDATED V 9188 - V 9202, Z 9282, (1996) V 00383 - V 09897
1998-2000 BASE Blue/White
"South Dakota" top in red, "COMMERCIAL" bottom in red.
1998 A 26454 - A 63248
2001-06 BASE Red/White
"SOUTH DAKOTA" top in blue bar, "COMMERCIAL" bottom in red on a
sticker (or screened on flat version).
2001 EMBOSSED 10077 B - 70084 B
2005 FLAT 77157 B - 88990 B
2007-18 BASE Blue/White
Flat, "South Dakota" top in red, "COMMERCIAL" bottom in blue bar.
2007 "12-07" 14352 C - 99110 C (Rounded font)
2016 "6-16" 00235 A - 12213 A (Rounded font)
2017 "6-17" 15511 A - 21104 A (New font)
As of 9/22/2008, monthly staggered registration in effect, "03 09".
As with passenger, months 4, 10, 12 are not used. Latest seen "2-20".
2017-23 BASE Black/White
Flat, "South Dakota" top, "COMMERCIAL" bottom in red.
1-1-17 "9-17" 10005 V - 95058 V
00368 C - 09570 C
1928-49 LETTER SERIES - HIGHEST EXPECTED BY REGISTRATION FIGURES:
1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
A1T524 A1T778 A1T958 B1T170 A1T795 A1T936 B1T211 B1T473 B1T604 B1T574
A7T173 A7T179 (7T975) A7T140 A7T209 A7T321 A7T416 A7T485
A51T279 A51T462 A51T610 A51T692
1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
B1T503 B1T684 B1T882 C1T185 B1T938 B1T861 C1T521 D1T192 D1T730 E1T126
A3T174 (3T486) A3T651 A3T803
A5T117
A6T197 A6T469 A6T611
A7T498 A7T613 A7T738 A7T959 B7T262 B7T460 B7T780 C7T335 C7T674 C7T729
A10T108 A10T197 A10T357 A10T494
A12T183 A12T347 A12T490
A13T226 A13T362
A15T124 A15T219 A15T157 A15T201 A15T417 A15T633 A15T863 A15T873
A16T109
A18T330 A18T544 A18T520
A19T154 A19T276 A19T479 A19T589
A24T252 A24T400
A26T135 A26T279 A26T376
A30T106
A34T184
A39T207 A39T278
A40T270
A41T124 A41T193 A41T277 A41T137 (41T864) A41T110 A41T263 A41T398 A41T503
A42T134 A42T291 A42T487
A46T157
A47T163 A47T343 A47T499
A51T711 A51T924 B51T158 A51T998 B51T161 A51T905 B51T283 B51T781 C51T335 C51T617
A52T304 A52T466
A54T108 A54T188 A54T280 A54T427 A54T630 A54T795
A56T141 A56T362 A56T479 A56T736 B56T129 B56T282
A59T197 A59T492 A59T774 A59T924
A60T185 A60T318 A60T465
A61T146 A61T194
A63T108 A63T272 A63T323
GRAND TOTALS
A0T000 A00T000 TOTAL
1928 425 2% 425 2%
1929 679 3% 679 3%
1930 933 4% 933 4%
1931 1,051 4% 1,051 4%
1932 696 4% 696 4%
1933 878 4% 878 4%
1934 1,122 5% 180 1% 1,302 5%
1935 1,496 6% 363 1% 1,859 7%
1936 1,722 6% 511 2% 2,233 8%
1937 1,761 6% 593 2% 2,354 8%
1938 1,703 6% 612 2% 2,315 8%
1939 1,999 7% 850 3% 2,849 9%
1940 2,322 7% 1,078 3% 3,400 11%
1941 2,746 8% 1,197 3% 3,943 11%
1942 2,802 8% 1,109 3% 3,911 11%
1945 2,923 8% 1,260 3% 4,183 11%
1946 3,878 9% 2,136 5% 6,014 14%
1947 4,927 10% 4,458 9% 9,385 19%
1948 6,628 11% 8,304 14% 14,932 25%
1949 7,291 11% 10,988 17% 18,279 28%
1950-55 SPLIT FORMAT - HIGHEST EXPECTED BY REGISTRATION FIGURES
PENNINGTON TOTAL
1950 51T7C6 277
1951 51T7G8 679
1952 51T6L5 1,066 1%
1953 51T8N2 1,283 1%
1954 51T2P9 1,330 2%
1955 51T4S2 1,543 2%
