Vehicle registration plates of Kansas

Current Kansas license plate

The U.S. state of Kansas first required its residents to register their vehicles and display license plates in 1910.

Passenger plates 1910 to present

In 1956, the U.S. states and Canadian provinces came to an agreement with the Automobile Manufacturers Association that fixed the size for license plates for vehicles, except those for motorcycles, at six inches in height by twelve inches in width, with standardized mounting holes. The 1955 (dated 1956) issue was the first Kansas license plate that complied with these standards.

Dates issued	Description	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
1924	White lettering on green base		1234
1930	Embossed white numbers on black plate; white lines at top and bottom borders; "KANSAS - 1930" embossed in white block letters at top	none	1C12345 10C1234 100C123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)	First base to use numeric county codes.
1931	Embossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "KAN" and "31" embossed in white block letters at far right	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1932	Embossed black numbers on orange plate with border line; "KAN" and "32" embossed in black block letters at far left	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1933	Embossed white numbers on dark blue plate with border line; "KAN" and "33" embossed in white block letters at far right	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1934	Embossed black numbers on white plate with border line; "KAN" and "34" embossed in black block letters at far left	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1935	Embossed orange numbers on black plate with border line; "KAN" and "35" embossed in orange block letters at far right	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1936	As 1932 base, but with "36" embossed at far left	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1937	Embossed yellow numbers on black plate with border line; "KAN" and "37" embossed in yellow block letters at far right	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1938	Embossed white numbers on black plate with border line; "KAN. '38" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1939	Embossed black numbers on white plate with border line; "'39 KAN." embossed in black block letters centered at top	none	1-12345 10-1234 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1940	As 1938 base, but with "KANSAS '40" embossed at bottom	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1941	Embossed yellow numbers on dark red plate with border line; "41 KANSAS" embossed in yellow block letters centered at bottom	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1942–43	Embossed white numbers on green plate with border line; "KANSAS '42" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom; sunflower decals at bottom corners	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)	Revalidated for 1943 with zinc tabs, due to metal conservation for World War II.
1944	Embossed red numbers on white plate with border line; "KANSAS-44" embossed in red block letters at top	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1945	Embossed black numbers on white plate; "KANSAS-45" embossed in black block letters centered at top	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1946	Embossed blue numbers on golden yellow plate; "KANSAS-46" embossed in blue block letters centered at top	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-123	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1947	Embossed black numbers on white plate with border line; "KANSAS" embossed in black block letters centered at top; "19" embossed in top left corner and "47" in top right corner	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-1234	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1948	Embossed white numbers on black plate with border line; "KANSAS" embossed in white block letters centered at top; "19" embossed in top left corner and "48" in top right corner	none	1-12345 10-12345 100-1234	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1949	Embossed black numbers on silver plate with border line; "KANSAS" embossed in black block letters centered at top; "19" embossed in top left corner and "49" in top right corner	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in black block letters at bottom	1-12345 10-12345 100-1234	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1950	Embossed green numbers on silver plate with border line; "KANSAS 50" embossed in green block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in green block letters centered at bottom	1-12345 10-12345 100-1234	Coded by county (1, 10 or 100)
1951–53	Embossed silver numbers on dark blue state-shaped plate with border line; "KANSAS 51" embossed in silver block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in silver block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)	First base to use two-letter county codes. Revalidated for 1952 with white tabs, and for 1953 with yellow tabs, due to metal conservation for the Korean War.
1954	Embossed black numbers on white state-shaped plate with border line; "KANSAS 54" embossed in black block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in black block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1955	Embossed silver numbers on black state-shaped plate with border line; "KANSAS 55" embossed in silver block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in silver block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1956	Embossed black numbers on white plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 56" embossed in black block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in black block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1957	Embossed red numbers on white plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 57" embossed in red block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in red block letters at bottom, offset to right	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1958	Embossed yellow numbers on blue plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 58" embossed in yellow block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in yellow block letters at bottom, offset to right	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1959	Embossed blue numbers on yellow plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 59" embossed in blue block letters centered at top	"THE WHEAT STATE" embossed in blue block letters at bottom, offset to right	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1960	Embossed blue numbers on white plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 60" embossed in blue block letters centered at top	"CENTENNIAL 1961" embossed in blue block letters at bottom, offset to right	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)	Both this and the 1961 base commemorated Kansas' 100 years of statehood.
1961	Embossed brown numbers on white plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 61" embossed in brown block letters centered at top	"CENTENNIAL 1961" embossed in brown block letters at bottom, offset to right	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1962	Embossed white numbers on green plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 62" embossed in white block letters centered at top	none	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1963	Embossed green numbers on white plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 63" embossed in green block letters centered at top	none	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1964	Embossed white numbers on blue plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 64" embossed in white block letters centered at top	none	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1965	Embossed white numbers on red plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 65" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1966	Embossed white numbers on black plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 66" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1967	Embossed white numbers on Columbia blue plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 67" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1968	Embossed yellow numbers on black plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 68" embossed in yellow block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in yellow block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1969	Embossed white numbers on black plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 69" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1970	Embossed white numbers on pale green plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 70" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"MIDWAY USA" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B-12345	Coded by county (A/B)
1971	Embossed white numbers on red plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS" and month of expiration embossed in white block letters centered at top and bottom respectively	none	A/B 12345 A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Staggered registration introduced, with the month of expiration determined by the initial letter of the registrant's surname. These plates expired from July 31 through December 31, 1971; the A/B 12345 serial format was used only on plates expiring on July 31.
1971–72	Embossed white numbers on black plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS" and month of expiration embossed in white block letters centered at top and bottom respectively	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Plates expired from February 29 through December 31, 1972.
1972–73	Embossed gold numbers on green plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS" and month of expiration embossed in gold block letters centered at top and bottom respectively	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Plates expired from February 28 through December 31, 1973.
1973–74	Embossed white numbers on red plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS" and month of expiration embossed in white block letters centered at top and bottom respectively	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Plates expired from February 28 through December 31, 1974. The first "KANSAS 74" plates expired on July 31, 1974, and the first "Wheat Centennial" plates on August 31, 1974.
	As above, but with "KANSAS 74" at top, and without month of expiration at bottom	none
		"WHEAT CENTENNIAL" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom
1974–75	Embossed white numbers on green plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 75" embossed in white block letters centered at top	"WHEAT CENTENNIAL" embossed in white block letters centered at bottom	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Plates expired from February 28 through December 31, 1975. The first plates without the slogan expired on August 31, 1975.
1974–75		none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)
1975–80	Embossed white numbers on dark blue plate with state-shaped border; "KANSAS 76" embossed in white block letters centered at top	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)
1980–82	Embossed white numbers on blue plate; yellow stalk of wheat screened at far left; "KANSAS" screened in yellow serifed letters centered at top	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1980 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first time Kansas was so honored.
1982–88	Embossed blue numbers on white plate; gold sunflower screened at top left corner; "KANSAS" screened in blue serifed letters centered at top	none	A/B C12345	Coded by county (A/B) and month of expiration (C)	Issued only to new registrants. Serials in each county, for each month, continued from where the 1980–82 plates left off.^[1]
1988–90	Embossed dark blue digits on white plate; brown stalk of wheat screened in the center; pale yellow band screened across top containing stylized "KANSAS" in the center and three dark blue stripes on either side	none	ABC 123	AAA 000 to approximately DVD 999
1990–93		none	ABC 123	DVE 000 to approximately GRR 999	State name made more legible.
1994–2001	Embossed blue numbers on light blue, white and light yellow gradient plate; yellow stalk of wheat screened in the center; "KANSAS" screened in blue serifed letters centered at top	none	ABC 123	GRS 000 to approximately PAZ 999; SMA 000 to approximately SVB 999	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1994 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the second time Kansas was so honored.
January 2001 – April 2007	Embossed black digits on sky blue plate; State Capitol screened in the center surrounded by clouds; fading gold band screened at bottom with gold wheat stalks screened at left; "KANSAS" screened in black serifed letters centered at top	none	ABC 123	PBA 000 to approximately SLZ 999; TAA 000 to approximately XUY 499
April 2007 – present	Embossed dark blue numbers on light blue plate; top half of state seal screened in white in bottom right corner; "KANSAS" screened in dark blue serifed letters centered at top	none	123 ABC	000 AAA to 999 KDL (as of October 16, 2016)	I not used as first letter in serials.

County coding

Kansas has a system of county codes used for identification of the home county of a state resident or company on license plates and state tax forms.^[2]

The codes are two letters based on the first letter of and another letter in the name of the county. There is no true convention for the selection of the letters; for example, Bourbon County is the only county that begins with "BO," yet its code is "BB." In most cases, but not all, as noted above, the only county that begins with two particular letters gets those letters. Exceptions are Decatur, Dickinson, Hodgeman, Leavenworth, Logan, McPherson (MC is used for Mitchell), Norton (NO is used for Neosho), Pawnee, and Pottawatomie.

The two-letter code began appearing on Kansas license plates in 1951. From 1930 to 1950, the code was a number based on the order a county ranked in terms of population based on the 1920 United States Census. From 1951 until 1988, the two letters were stamped on the license plate on the far left side, one letter on top of the other. Since then, the letters are on a sticker applied to the upper-left corner of the plate.

There is also a place on the address form of Kansas tax forms to place the county code.

County	1930-50 numerical code	1951-present letter code
Allen County	24	AL
Anderson County	52	AN
Atchison County	15	AT
Barber County	67	BA
Barton County	33	BT
Bourbon County	17	BB
Brown County	25	BR
Butler County	9	BU
Chase County	81	CS
Chautauqua County	63	CQ
Cherokee County	10	CK
Cheyenne County	82	CN
Clark County	91	CA
Clay County	41	CY
Cloud County	36	CD
Coffey County	44	CF
Comanche County	90	CM
Cowley County	8	CL
Crawford County	4	CR
Decatur County	74	DC
Dickinson County	18	DK
Doniphan County	45	DP
Douglas County	16	DG
Edwards County	79	ED
Elk County	68	EK
Ellis County	38	EL
Ellsworth County	64	EW
Finney County	71	FI
Ford County	35	FO
Franklin County	21	FR
Geary County	47	GE
Gove County	88	GO
Graham County	76	GH
Grant County	103	GT
Gray County	89	GY
Greeley County	105	GL
Greenwood County	32	GW
Hamilton County	101	HM
Harper County	51	HP
Harvey County	28	HV
Haskell County	100	HS
Hodgeman County	93	HG
Jackson County	42	JA
Jefferson County	46	JF
Jewell County	43	JW
Johnson County	19	JO
Kearny County	98	KE
Kingman County	57	KM
Kiowa County	85	KW
Labette County	11	LB
Lane County	97	LE
Leavenworth County	7	LV
Lincoln County	66	LC
Linn County	49	LN
Logan County	95	LG
Lyon County	13	LY
Marion County	23	MN
Marshall County	20	MS
McPherson County	26	MP
Meade County	86	ME
Miami County	31	MI
Mitchell County	55	MC
Montgomery County	5	MG
Morris County	54	MR
Morton County	94	MT
Nemaha County	34	NM
Neosho County	22	NO
Ness County	75	NS
Norton County	61	NT
Osage County	29	OS
Osborne County	56	OB
Ottawa County	65	OT
Pawnee County	69	PN
Phillips County	58	PL
Pottawatomie County	39	PT
Pratt County	53	PR
Rawlins County	77	RA
Reno County	6	RN
Republic County	40	RP
Rice County	48	RC
Riley County	30	RL
Rooks County	70	RO
Rush County	73	RH
Russell County	60	RS
Saline County	14	SA
Scott County	96	SC
Sedgwick County	2	SG
Seward County	84	SW
Shawnee County	3	SN
Sheridan County	87	SD
Sherman County	80	SH
Smith County	50	SM
Stafford County	59	SF
Stanton County	104	ST
Stevens County	92	SV
Sumner County	12	SU
Thomas County	78	TH
Trego County	83	TR
Wabaunsee County	62	WB
Wallace County	99	WA
Washington County	37	WS
Wichita County	102	WH
Wilson County	27	WL
Woodson County	72	WO
Wyandotte County	1	WY

Optional types

Type	Dates issued	Design	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
Personalized motorcycle	2006 to 2010 registration years	Brown on tan with brown buffalo.	various	various
Personalized passenger	2006 to 2010 registration years	Brown on tan with brown buffalo and embossed brown border in shape of state reminiscent of historical Kansas license plates and "Home On The Range" slogan.	various	various	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 2005 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the third time Kansas was so honored.
Personalized passenger	2010 to 2015 registration years	Orange with yellow windmills and grass and "America's Heartland" slogan.	various	various

Non-passenger types

Image	Type	Dates issued	Design	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	Motorcycle	2001–07	As State Capitol passenger base; "CYCLE" screened at bottom	ABC12	OAA00 to approximately QPD99
	Motorcycle	2007–present	As state seal passenger base; "CYCLE" screened at bottom	12ABC	00AAA to present

References

↑ "Kansas License Plates". allaboutlicenseplates.com. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
↑ Codes from the 2005-06 Kansas state transportation map (index of counties).

External links

Kansas license plates 1969-present

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State of Kansas

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Largest cities	(1) Wichita (2) Overland Park (3) Kansas City (4) Olathe (5) Topeka (6) Lawrence (7) Shawnee (8) Manhattan (9) Lenexa (10) Salina (11) Hutchinson (12) Leavenworth (13) Leawood (14) Dodge City (15) Garden City (16) Junction City (17) Emporia (18) Derby (19) Prairie Village (20) Liberal (21) Hays (22) Pittsburg (23) Gardner (24) Newton (25) Great Bend (26) McPherson (27) El Dorado (28) Ottawa (29) Winfield (30) Arkansas City (31) Andover (32) Lansing (33) Merriam (34) Atchison (35) Haysville (36) Parsons (37) Coffeyville (38) Mission (39) Independence (40) Augusta (41) Chanute (42) Wellington (43) Fort Scott (44) Park City (45) Bonner Springs (46) Valley Center (47) Pratt (48) Bel Aire (49) Roeland Park (50) Abilene

Counties	Allen Anderson Atchison Barber Barton Bourbon Brown Butler Chase Chautauqua Cherokee Cheyenne Clark Clay Cloud Coffey Comanche Cowley Crawford Decatur Dickinson Doniphan Douglas Edwards Elk Ellis Ellsworth Finney Ford Franklin Geary Gove Graham Grant Gray Greeley Greenwood Hamilton Harper Harvey Haskell Hodgeman Jackson Jefferson Jewell Johnson Kearny Kingman Kiowa Labette Lane Leavenworth Lincoln Linn Logan Lyon Marion Marshall McPherson Meade Miami Mitchell Montgomery Morris Morton Nemaha Neosho Ness Norton Osage Osborne Ottawa Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie Pratt Rawlins Reno Republic Rice Riley Rooks Rush Russell Saline Scott Sedgwick Seward Shawnee Sheridan Sherman Smith Stafford Stanton Stevens Sumner Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte

Lists	List of counties in Kansas List of townships in Kansas List of cities in Kansas List of unincorporated communities in Kansas List of ghost towns in Kansas Lists of people from Kansas

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