Nevada License Plate Sticker Colors

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State Of Nevada License Plates

Example:[Collected via e-mail, April 2009]

Yet another dirty trick foisted on legitimate drivers:

While my car was in to have the front brakes renewed on Friday March 27th, one of the mechanics commented that someone had stolen my sticker. When I asked what he was talking about, he took me to the back of the car to show me where someone had removed my newly applied February 2010 vehicle validation sticker.

Most of us simply clean off the surface of the previous sticker and put the new one on top of it. That way, all a thief has to do is to pry off the layered stack, clean up the back and glue your sticker onto their license plate, or worse, sell it to someone else to apply it to theirs. This allows them to avoid the need to bother about paying for an Emissions Test, paying the renewal fee of $74.00, or the new “Miller” private vehicle tax (only in Toronto) and, by extension, probably drive uninsured. Next year they will simply repeat the process with another stolen sticker. Unless they are stopped by the police for some reason and the ownership validation sticker number is checked against the number on the sticker on the license plate, they may well get away with it for years.

On Monday I went to the Ministry of Transportation to obtain my new sticker; they indicated that this is quite common. The replacement cost was $7.00 — once again the victim takes the hit.

This time I scraped the sticker location completely clean of old stickers, washed the site with lighter fluid, and then applied the new one and rubbed it down well.

The lady that served us indicated that once the site is cleaned off and the new sticker is applied and well rubbed down, if you take a sharp Exacto knife or something similar and score lines vertically and horizontally across the sticker, it guarantees that it can only be removed in small, useless pieces. This tip came from a customer who had been hit, as we were. Our new sticker is now in place and well scored. Incidentally, as the license plate is aluminum, there is no risk of rusting due to the scoring.

Whenever you replace your validation sticker my advice is to completely remove all traces of the old sticker(s) and follow the process above. At least then the thief will steal someone else’s sticker.

Please advise your friends and relatives. Note: While this happened in Toronto, it could happen anywhere in the province or for that matter anywhere that uses a similar validation sticker.

Validation Sticker Renewal (Ontario Ministry of Transportation) Personal Vehicle Tax FAQ (Service Ontario)

Recommended links to other excellent license plate web sites

This page consists of links to other web sites related to license plates, or otherwise of interest to license plate collectors.

Latest noteworthy updates to this page

September 28, 2018 – Verified all links. Updated link addresses when possible. Removed dead links and links to pages that are no longer relevant.
August 2, 2017 – Added links to a general U.S. license plate site, a Maryland license plate page, a Wyoming license plate collecting club site, and an additional online license plate store. Verified all links. Removed dead links and links to pages that are no longer relevant.

Introduction

There are many hundreds, if not thousands, of license plate related web sites out there. Sad to say, but a good number of them probably are of little interest to anyone but possibly their owners. Some haven't been updated in years and have become badly out of date. Because of this, links pages that attempt to catalog every single plate web site frustrate me, as do the many links pages that link to ten or twenty other sites merely on the basis of reciprocity, or some other arbitrary criteria, rather than the quality or usefulness of each site.

Because of this, I decided to create a really helpful license plate links page, one that (well, for the most part) only lists the really great sites, the kind you will want to use as reference sites and visit repeatedly. Even these are categorized according to the specific plates that may be found on each site, so that you can readily find the sites that have what you're looking for. I've included links to the relevant sections of my own site, in case you came to this page directly and didn't see the site menu on my home page.

Even being listed in one of the the 'recommened' sections of this page means that the site is among the best out there. Links with a blue ribbon symbol next to them are Top Pick Clicks! They are especially recommended for their excellent content and presentation. These sites are the best of the best.

Note that the 'Updated!' notation doesn't necessarily mean that the linked site has been updated; rather, it means that the link itself has been updated with a new web address; in other words, the site has moved to a new address, and the link reflects that.

Recommended sites for license plate photos and information, by geographic area

Many license plate collectors specialize in plates from one or two U.S. states, countries, or other issuing jurisdictions. These sites are among the best in their coverage of a specific jurisdiction.

Worldwide

License Plates of the World An extensive site with pictures of plates from all over the world, by Michael Kustermann.
The Francoplaque License Plate Collectors site Jean-Emmanuel Chevry presents his huge worldwide plate site.

United States

15q.net Dave Nicholson provides a wealth of information and pictures of U.S. passenger car plates from 1969 to present.
License Plate Information No photos, but tons of obscure details about all types and ages of U.S. license plates that you won't find anywhere else, by ALPCA Archivist Eric Tanner.
The Plate Shack Extensive site with thousands of pictures, run by Marc Welby and Mike Sells.

Alaska

Royce's Alaska License Plates Royce Williams provides great pics and details about Alaska plates. Needs a site map, though.

Arizona

Arizona License Plates Lots of good photos of most years and types of Arizona license plates, presented by Gary Fox.

California

Dave's California License Plates Dave Hindman displays photos of mostly passenger California license plates from 1914 to 1962.

Connecticut

Connecticut License Plates A history of various Connecticut plate types by Greg Lindberg and Dave Smith.
Illustrated History of Connecticut License Plates Joe Wasielewski also does Connecticut plate history, covering various types.

Delaware

TheDelaware3000.org Plate spotter Jordan Irazabal has an impressive photo collection of the lowest-numbered Delaware plates in use.

District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.)

DCplates.net A professional-quality site that chronicles the history of license plates in the U.S. capital city.
Andrew Pang's License Plate Home Page Pics of current D.C. plates in actual use, an Inaugural plate run, and 1907-1918 D.C. plates.

Florida

Jeff's Ultimate Florida License Plate Website Jeff Francis showcases his extensive Florida plate collection.

Illinois

The History of Illinois License Plates The Illinois Secretary of State presents both an interactive video history and a static, printable version.

Indiana

Jacob's License Plate Blog Jacob Newkirk presents a history of Indiana plates, using a blog format. I'll give him credit for being different.

Maryland

Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives The most thorough coverage of Maryland license plates anywhere on the web.
Andrew Pang's License Plate Home Page Photos of Maryland plates from 1910-1914.
MDplates.com Jordan Irazabal and Scott Zillmer are attempting to photograph every Maryland organizational and military service plate type.
Fun With License Plates Another anonymous collector who shows of his collection of mostly Maryland license plates.

Massachusetts

Chris Woodcock's License Plate Page Photos and descriptions of all years of Massachusetts plates, mostly passengers.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire License Plate Museum Gerry Griffin has lots of photos of N.H. plates, but the site is devoid of any text.

New Jersey

Jim Moini's License Plates Nobody covers New Jersey like Jim. Great photo gallery and detailed information.

North Carolina

Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives Photos and descriptions of current and recent North Carolina plates.
NCplates Collector Richard Baucom has lots of detailed info about North Carolina First in Flight plates.

Oregon

The Andrew Turnbull License Plate Gallery Andrew provides detailed info and images of Oregon passenger car plates from 1956 to the present.

Pennsylvania

PA PL8S John McDevitt has images of nearly every type of Pennsylvania plate currently in use. He also now has a few plate history pages.
Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives A detailed pictorial history of many types of Pennsylvania license plates from 1906 to the present.
Bruce Bufalini's License Plates and Windshield Stickers Bruce has pics of mostly current and recent Pennsylvania plates in actual use.

Texas

The Bolthole Nick DiFonzo devotes much of his site to the history of Texas license plates.
License Plate Info .com This is the old 'Remlap' site. Jim Palmer has good info about determining the age of 1975-present Texas plates.

Virginia

Andrew Pang's License Plate Home Page Andrew has photos of his complete Virginia passenger run, plus lots of 1906-1914 Virginia plates.

Washington (state)

License Plates of Washington Ian Slade has details and nice photos of passenger and motorcycle plates from the state of Washington.
Washington State License Plates Barbara Jo Birt offers a brief history and photos of old plates from the Evergreen State.

Washington, D.C.

See District of Columbia, above.

West Virginia

The Andrew Turnbull License Plate Gallery Andrew provides details about 1976-1995 West Virginia 'map' plates.

Wisconsin

The Andrew Turnbull License Plate Gallery A photo history of various Wisconsin plate types, mostly with images 'borrowed' from eBay.

Canada

15q.net Dave Nicholson provides information and pictures of Canadian passenger car plates from 1969 to present.

British Columbia

BCpl8s.ca An award-winning history of British Columbia license plates, by Christopher Garrish.

Northwest Territories and Nunavut

The Bear's Den An Australian collector presents his extensive collection of N.W.T. and Nunavut plates, with detailed info.
Chris Woodcock's License Plate Page Chris collects N.W.T. bear-shaped plates, issued since 1970.

Saskatchewan

Paul's License Plates Paul focuses on plates from the province of Saskatchewan. Plates from 1912 to 1959 are pictured.

Elsewhere

(Be sure to also see the Worldwide plate sites, above.)

Europe

Dutch Numberplate Archives Plates from around the world, with especially good coverage of Europe, by Herman Hallo.
Plates in Rome Michele Berionne covers Italy and also the tiny nations located within Italy, such as Vatican City and San Marino.

Japan

License Plates of Japan and Okinawa Nick Kanaya crams lots of photos of Japanese license plates into a single page.

Mexico

Jim Moini's License Plates Jim provides extensive coverage of Mexican plates from the 1920s to the present.
15q.net Dave Nicholson provides information and pictures of Mexican passenger car plates from 1969 to present.

Recommended sites for license plate photos and information, by plate type

These sites, for the most part, address specific categories of U.S. and/or Canadian license plates.

Commercial vehicle plates

Jim Moini's License Plates Jim devotes a corner of his site to apportioned plates and a few other types of truck, bus, and trailer plates.

Law enforcement-related license plates

Statetrooperplates.com An awesome site by Norm Ratcliffe and Allan 'Coop' Cooper covering state police license plates.

Pre-state and porcelain license plates

PorcelainPlates.net Eric Taylor's comprehesive porcelain plate site is nothing less than amazing.
LeatherLicensePlates.com Steve Raiche examines license plates from 1901-1910 that preceded those issued by states.

Sample license plates

Nick's License PL8S Page Nick Kanaya has a site devoted to U.S. sample license plates. Really nice photos.

Year 1976 license plates

76 License Plates Mike Sells displays his huge collection of all types of U.S and Canadian plates from 1976.

General sites for license plate collectors

These are sites of general interest, or that provide useful resources for license plate collectors.

License plate collecting organizations (based in North America)

ALPCA ALPCA is the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, far and away the largest license plate collectors' organization in the world. This site contains a very comprehensive license plate archive section (available to members only), but there are also useful pages accessible to the general public.
Several ALPCA regions also have their own web sites:
- Chesapeake Region (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.)
- Colonial Region (New England and New York excluding Long Island)
- Mid-America Plate Association (Greater Chicago area)
- Silver State Region (Nevada)
Wyoming License Plate Society (This group is not affiliated with ALPCA.)

License plate collecting meets and other events

ALPCA Regional License Plate Meets ALPCA-sanctioned meets, as well as some plate meets not affiliated with ALPCA, are both listed.

Independent plate collecting publications

Frog Hollow Tag Trader Info about how to subscribe to this bi-monthly license plate collectors' newsletter.

Independent plate collecting online discussion groups

Plateshed This plate collector's forum has a little bit of everything – discussion boards, photo galleries, you name it. Heavily oriented towards Australian plates.
Yahoo! PLATES group Probably the biggest license plate online discussion group out there. Numerous messages posted daily.

License plate collecting supplies

bestplates.com Michael Wiener sells clear plastic sleeves to protect your valuable plates.
Automobile License Plate Store Tom and Margaret also sell clear plastic sleeves, in addition to expired plates.

Digital license plate images

ACME License Maker This is a fun site where you can make and save license plate images with whatever plate numbers you want.
License Plates Plus Professional-quality, high-resolution blank license plate images for sale.

Other plate collecting resources

The High Road A site that tracks the highest-seen passenger car plate numbers from all U.S. and Canadian jursidictions.
Old License Plates This site provides a free service to help you find license plates listed on eBay in obscure or completely wrong categories.

Suggested places for buying collectible license plates

Many individual collectors offer plates for trade or sale on their web sites, and there are lots of great plates to be found on these sites. Of course, I would prefer that you visit and find plates on my own site before looking elsewhere.

Rick Kretschmer's License Plate Archives Photos and descriptions of collectible license plates available for trade or sale.

Online auction sites

eBay license plates category eBay has many thousands of license plates up for auction at any given time. New stuff added continually.

Online license plate stores (arranged alphabetically)

Automobile License Plate Store Tom and Margaret have teamed up to sell expired plates.
ChucksPlates.com Run by Chuck Sakryd.
EasyPL8S.com Formerly known as PL8S4U, but still run by the same folks.
Felix2 You may know Jeff Francis as Felix1 on eBay. Felix2 is Jeff's online license plate store.
Great American Plates Run by a fellow named Gap Kovach.
www.MCTAGS.com This site specializes in motorcycle license plates. Descended from the previous BikerBill.com plate page.
PlateBarn Based in Australia but selling plates from all over.
The Plate Depot Run by Mark O'Neil.
Plate Dog Run by David Livingston.
PL8 Source Run by Michael Glauboch.
Tag Dr. Rod Pearman is the Tag Doctor, known for his plate repainting services. Now he also operates a license plate online store.
Tim's Plate Store Formerly Tim's LicensePlates4Collectors. Run by Tim Laughlin.
TLHplates Formerly known as LPS LLC; now run by Terry Hammer.
USplates.com Run by Boris Golubchik.

Non-store web sites offering extensive or specialized inventories of plates for sale (arranged alphabetically)

BPRlicenseplates.com Run by Brian P. Reback.
DAZ PL8S A no-frills site with lots of plates for sale, by collector Dave Zubal.

Antique car shows known for having numerous license plate vendors

Hershey Region AACA Fall Meet The mother of all antique car shows, held annually each October in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Charlotte Auto Fair Held twice a year in April and September, at the Lowe's Motor Speedway NASCAR track in Concord, North Carolina.

Suggested places for restoring and repainting old license plates (arranged alphabetically)

I periodically am asked for recommendations for where to get an old license plate professionally restored and/or repainted. I've only dealt with getting a plate repainted on one occasion, which hardly qualifies me as an authority. However, I can at least point you to a few I know about and let you choose.

Darryl's License Plate Restoration Darryl both restores and repaints old license plates.
Finish Your Plates Brian Mabry repaints all types of metal plates, and also does some light restoration.
Jim's CA License Plates Jim restores and repaints plates from any state, and sells restored/repainted California YOM plates and other automobilia.
MoJo ArtWorks Bill McCoy does light restoration and repainting of old license plates.
The Old License Farm Bjorn and Nancy Larsen specialize in restoring and repainting Washington plates, but also do other states.
Oregon License Plates Don and Tamara Brown deal only with old Oregon plates. I'm not sure if they actually restore, or just repaint.
Tag Dr. Rod Pearman is the Tag Doctor. He offers light restoration and repainting services, but only for specific years of California and Georgia plates.
License Plate Restorers Here is a list of some additional plate restorers and repainters who do not have web sites.

Other plate sites by guys named Rick

Since I own the RicksPlates.com web address, I suppose the least I can do for the other license plate collectors also named Rick is to provide links to their plate sites.

Rick and Ann's homepage This Rick lives in Belgium and displays his worldwide plate collection, and plates for trade, on his site.

Worthwhile plate sites you might not have seen

There are some good plate sites out there that don't get much attention or traffic, mostly because they're not listed on the prominent link pages. So, as a public service to my fellow plate collectors, below are some license plate web sites that I've discovered, or been made aware of, that are a bit off the beaten path. I've set the standards for quality of content and presentation a bit lower for these links than the other links on this page, but these are all worthwhile places to visit, in my opinion.

David's License plates Photos of David's collection, displayed on the inside walls of his home.
FloridaPlates.net Howard Hinz offers old Florida plates for sale.
GeorgiaPlates.com This site has Georgia county code and weight code info, plus Georgia plates for sale.
Johnny's License Plates Johnny Andresen from Norway collects U.S. and Canadian plates in addition to European plates.
License Plate Collection of Chuck Westphal Chuck shows off his porcelain plates, mostly pre-state city issues from the early 1900s.
License Plates of South Carolina Besides the obvious, Ben has plates for sale from many states and a want list.
Our License Plate Collection Ken Snyder has a web page with some good information about Kansas plates.
PA Plates A site that tracks the highest plate numbers issued on all Pennsylvania plate types.
Plate-Planet Hans Stedehouder of the Netherlands presents his impressive worldwide plate collection.
rcplates Ross shows off his collection and his trade plates. Like me, he specializes in Maryland and Pennsylvania plates.
Spencer's License Plates Spencer shows off his collection of Michigan plates and his 50 state set.

Cool sites not related to license plates

Here are some links to sites that aren't license plate related, yet I thought they might be of interest to plate collectors or people in general.

ACME Label Maker This is a great place to easily make and save .gif text files in a variety of fonts and colors. I used this site to make the RicksPlates.com graphic at the top of the page.
The Extra Miler Club This is a group of people with the common goal of visiting every county in the U.S. Many members of this club are also ALPCA members.
SignMaker Central A fun site where you can make your own highway sign images. They're a little tricky to save, though.
Why do you think they call them counties? A site where you can track all of the U.S. counties you have visited. There are over 3,100 counties and county equivalents in the U.S.; how many have you been to?

How to suggest a web site for inclusion on this page

I welcome suggestions for new web site links to be added to this page, either for your own site or someone else's site that you particularly like. There are a few of categories of links on this page, and any links that are added must qualify for one of the categories listed below.

Worthwhile, but obscure license plate sites that are not listed on the more prominent links pages. If you've got a license plate related web site that's brand new or otherwise not listed on the ALPCA members' sites links page, the LicensePlates.cc links page, etc., or if you stumble across a good plate site that's not listed on one of these links pages, I'll consider including a link to the site on this page. For this link category only, the site doesn't have to be a world class plate site, but if it bombards visitors with numerous pop-up ads, I'm not going to link to it.
License plate sites by other guys named Rick. After all, this isRicksPlates.com.

In the remaining categories, I'm just not going to add every link that comes along. Only the best sites will make the cut and be listed on this page. If you want to put a link to my site on your links page, you're more than welcome to, but doing so will not give your site preferential treatment to be included here. I'm sorry if this adversely affects you, but this policy is necessary to keep this links page manageable and useful.

Web sites that contain detailed information about, and/or lots of high quality pictures of, license plates from a specific locale or of a specific type. These sites must be of such a quality that you and other collectors would use them as a reference again and again. If your site just shows pictures of your collection of random plates, I'm most likely not going to list it here. I also don't want any sites that are primarily offering to sell, trade, or buy plates in this category. Also, sites that generate pop-up ads or have other annoying quirks need not apply.
Web sites whose primary purpose is to offer license plates for sale or trade to collectors. These sites must have quality photos and either extensive inventories – numerous plates available from nearly every state – or must specialize in some hard-to-find plate category. Most individual collectors' sites won't qualify. Sites with plate prices geared toward one-time YOM buyers (that is, outrageous) will not be listed.
Other general sites of interest to license plate collectors. These must be worthwhile sites that have some type of information that would be interesting or useful to most collectors.

To submit a suggestion for a new link, or to report a broken link or a new address for an existing site, please send me an e-mail with the pertinent information. Be sure to include the current URL (the web site address) of the site you are suggesting or correcting.

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