Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2008

Vehicle registration plates of the United States by year
Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2007	Events of 2008	Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 2009

Each of the 50 states of the United States of America plus several of its territories and the District of Columbia issued individual passenger license plates for 2008. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Passenger baseplates

Passenger  car  plates

Image	Region	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	Alabama	Embossed red serial on reflective white plate; blue bar with white falling stars and musical notes screened at top; "Alabama" screened in red centered at bottom.	"Stars Fell On" screened in white centered on blue bar; "HEART OF DIXIE" in white within red heart screened above and to right of state name
	Alaska
	American Samoa
	Arizona	Embossed dark green serial on reflective graphic plate with desert scene featuring turquoise, white, and orange gradient sky, white setting sun and purple mountains and cacti; "ARIZONA" screened in turquoise, with white outlines, centered at top.	"GRAND CANYON STATE" screened in dark green below serial, offset to right.
	Arkansas
	California
	Colorado
	Connecticut
	Delaware
	District of Columbia
	Florida		Sunshine State
			In God We Trust
	Georgia
	Guam
	Hawaii
	Idaho
		As above, but numbers screened instead of embossed, and a white border around the edge of the plate.
	Illinois
	Indiana
	Iowa
	Kansas	Embossed dark blue serial on reflective light blue plate; top half of state seal screened in white at bottom right; "KANSAS" screened in dark blue centered at top	"Ad Astra Per Aspera" inside the State Seal, Latin for "To The Stars Through Difficulties"	123 ABC	000 AAA to approximately 999 LJW
	Kentucky
	Louisiana
	Maine
	Maryland		"'www.maryland.gov" centered at bottom
	Massachusetts
	Michigan
	Minnesota
	Mississippi
	Missouri
	Montana
	Nebraska
	Nevada
	New Hampshire
	New Jersey
	New Mexico
	New York
	North Carolina
	North Dakota
	Northern Mariana Islands
	Ohio
	Oklahoma
	Oregon
	Pennsylvania
	Puerto Rico
	Rhode Island
	South Carolina
	South Dakota
	Tennessee
	Texas
	Utah
	Vermont
	Virginia	Embossed dark blue serial on reflective white plate; "VIRGINIA" screened in blue centered at top.	None	ABC-1234
	Washington
	West Virginia
	Wisconsin
	Wyoming

Non-passenger plates

Non-passenger  plates  

Image	Region	Type	Design and slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	Minnesota	Replacement for revoked plates	screened black serial on white plate, "Minnesota" and "10,000 lakes" screened at top and bottom, respectively.	WB1234	WA0001 to present	Colloquially known as whiskey or drunk driver plates

See also

• Antique vehicle registration
• Electronic license plate
• Motor vehicle registration
• Vehicle license

References

1. Fox, Jams K. (1997). License Plates of the United States: A Pictorial History 1903-To the Present. Jerico, New York: Interstate Directory Publishing Company. ISBN   9781886777002.
2. Minard, Jeff; Stentiford, Tim (2004). A Moving History, 50 Years Of ALPCA. 100 Years Of License Plates. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company. p. 58. ISBN   1-56311-975-7.
3. Crisler, Bob; Crisler, Chuck, eds. (2007). License Plate Values (7th ed.). King Publishing Company.
4. Martells, Jack (1980). Antique Automotive Collectibles. Chicago: Contemporary Books, Inc. pp. 128–145. ISBN   0-8092-7205-9.