Maryland license plate 1971

Visit our Online Services tab below to see what services are available right now! Please check appropriate blocks on the title and application. License plates are issued according to the type of vehicle you are titling. License plates acquired by any person, firm, or corporation for any vehicle owned by them may be transferred to a newly acquired vehicle providing the following requirements are met:.

The vehicle from which the plates are to be transferred must have been sold, traded, junked, or otherwise disposed of. The ownership of the newly acquired vehicle has not changed from the name s in which the plates were originally purchased. Both vehicles are of the same registration classification.

These pages are listed in the left column of the site menu on my home page , and they're also listed on the Maryland index page. Plates were issued annually and were valid throughout the calendar year from to Beginning in , and continuing through , all plates expired on March 31 of the year indicated, regardless of whether the full expiration date was on the plate.

This means there were no plates with the year on them. Beginning with expirations; cars and motorcycles retained their March 31 expirations, while most other vehicle types changed to April 30 expirations. Post plates with only the year on them actually indicate the expiration year, and expired in March or April of the year shown.

Metal expiration year tabs were used in some years to extend the life of a plate beyond the year stamped on the plate. These served the same purpose as today's expiration year stickers. Metal tabs were used to indicate , , , , , , , and expiration years on non-motorcycle plates. Motorcycles received new plates annually during these years. New plates were issued annually. For expiration years through , only the expiration year is indicated on the plate.

From to , the exact expiration date is indicated. All plates used for through expiration years had "71" stamped on them. For the expiration year, the plates were used without renewal stickers. For the through expiration years, year stickers applied to both plates indicate the expiration year. Standard and expiration plates were not dated or stickered. Standard expiration plates have red numbers on a white background; expiration plates have black numbers on a white background.

Expiration year stickers were applied front and rear to the and expiration plates to validate them for subsequent years through and , respectively.

Some and all expirations were indicated with month and year stickers on the rear plate only. Bicentennial and th Anniversary graphic plates had the years and screened on them, respectively, and were used without stickers during those initial expiration years. Neither Bicentennial nor th Anniversary plates were issued to trucks. Remember, to be eligible for YOM plates, vehilces must be at least 25 years old according to the law, based on the model year, and the expiration year on the sticker must either match the model year, or possibly be the year after the model year.

However, I've heard reports of the MVA denying owners of lates and s vehicles from using appropriate vintage plates, because the plate designs used in those years are still in use with current expiration stickers. Neither passenger car plates, multi-purpose passenger vehicle plates, nor truck plates, on either the standard or optional designs, had anything stamped or printed on them to identify the vehicle type.

The only way to tell the plate type is from the plate numbering format. Reflective black-on-white plates with the state name screened on the plate in a stylistic font were introduced as standard plates in February ; nearly all had initial expiration dates in and beyond; a very few were issued with expirations.

These plates were issued in pairs; month and year stickers were correctly applied to the upper corners of the rear plate; no stickers were affixed to the front plate. This plate design remains in use today. The first generation Treasure the Chesapeake optional plate, which had green plate numbers, was introduced in very late , so the earliest plates of this design could be considered to be vintage plates.

In the Maryland DMV's traditional context of a "collectible plate", these are legal to use for vehicles that are deemed 25 years or older by the state. Skip to main content. Shop by Category. More View more categories Less View less categories. All Auction Buy It Now. View: Gallery View. Buying Format All Listings filter applied. Results Pagination - Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Collectible Maryland License Plates For connoisseurs of trinkets in vintage condition, you can find a bevy of collectible Maryland state license plates here.

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