Vehicle registration plates of South Dakota

2006–15 South Dakota license plate

The U.S. state of South Dakota first required its residents to register their motor vehicles and display license plates in 1913.

Passenger baseplates 1913 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 South Dakota license plate that complied with these standards.

First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
1913	Brown on white	none	12345	1 to approximately 14000
1914	White on red	none	12345	1 to approximately 21000
1915	Yellow on brown	none	12345	1 to approximately 26000
1916	White on black	none	12345	1 to approximately 43000	First plate with actual year.
1917	White on brown	none	12345	1 to approximately 67000
1918	Brown on white	none	12345	1 to approximately 84000
1919	Silver on brown	none	123456	1 to approximately 105000
1920	Brown on white	none	123456	30000 to approximately 135000	Numbers below 30000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1921	White on green	none	123456	30000 to approximately 154000	Numbers below 30000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1922	White on dark blue	none	123456	30000 to approximately 150000	Numbers below 30000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1923	Black on silver	none	123-456	30-000 to approximately 153-000	Numbers below 30-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1924	Silver on black	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 151-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1925	Black on white	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 149-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1926	Black on silver	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 147-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1927	Black on light green	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 145-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1928	Black on red	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 143-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1929	Black on green	none	123-456	20-000 to approximately 141-000	Numbers below 20-000 reserved for motorcycles and trucks.
1930	Black lettering and border embossed on yellow base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1931	Black on white	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1932	Yellow on black	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1933	Black lettering and border embossed on yellow base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1934	Yellow on black	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1935	Black lettering and border embossed on yellow base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1936	White on dark red	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1937	Red lettering and border embossed on white base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1938	White on blue	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1939	Blue on white	Rushmore Memorial	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1940	Black on yellow	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1941	Golden yellow lettering embossed on black base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1942	Black lettering embossed on golden yellow base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1943 with black tabs, and for 1944 with windshield stickers, due to metal conservation for World War II.
1945	Green on white	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1946	White on black	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1947	Black on unpainted aluminum	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1948	Red on unpainted aluminum	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1949	Blue lettering and border embossed on unpainted aluminum "waffle" base	none	1-1234 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1950	Black on orange	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-123 10-A12 10-1A2 10-12A	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1951	Orange lettering and border on black base	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-123 10-A12 10-1A2 10-12A	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1952	Maroon on beige with Mount Rushmore decal at top	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-123 10-A12 10-1A2 10-12A	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	First base to feature a drawing of Mount Rushmore in any form.
1953	Beige lettering and border on maroon base with Mount Rushmore decal at top	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-1234 10-A123	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1954	Black on white with Mount Rushmore decal at top	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-1234 10-A123	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1955	White lettering and border on green base with Mount Rushmore decal at top	none	1-1234 1-A123 10-1234 10-A123	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1956	Green on beige with Mount Rushmore decal at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	First 6" x 12" plate.
1957	Black lettering and border on white base with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Revalidated for 1958 with maroon tabs, and for 1959 with red tabs.
1960	Black on tan with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1961	Green on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1962	Black on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1963	Red on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1964	Dark blue on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1965	Green on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1966	Dark blue on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1967	Red on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1968	Light blue on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1969	Orange on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1970	Dark blue on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1971	Dark green on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1972	Black on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1973	Red on white with stamped Mount Rushmore graphic at top	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1974	Blue on white with screened red and black Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	First screened graphic license plate in the United States. Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1974 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first time South Dakota was so honored.
1975	Red on white with screened light blue and black Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1-12345 10-1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1976-80	Embossed blue on white with screened blue and white Mount Rushmore graphic and three red stripes at top	none	AB:1234	Coded by county of issuance (AB)
1981-86	Embossed red on white with screened dark blue Mount Rushmore graphic in bottom right corner; county name on sticker at top	none	ABC:123	AAA:001 to BRP:599; CAB:001 to approximately KAS:888 (see right)	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1981 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the second time South Dakota was so honored. Letter Q not used in serials; all three-letter combinations from 1983 onwards were consonant-vowel-consonant.^[1]
1987-89	Embossed red on white with screened blue Mount Rushmore graphic in bottom right corner	Celebrate the Century (optional)	1AB 123 10A 123	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Numeric county codes reintroduced. Letters I, O and Q not used in serials; this practice continues today.
1990-95	Embossed green on gradient gold and white with Mount Rushmore graphic in top right corner	Great Faces. Great Places.	1A 1234 10 A123 10 AB12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
1996-99	Embossed green on white with large gold Mount Rushmore graphic in background	Great Faces. Great Places.	1A12345 10A1234	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
2000- early 2003	Embossed blue on red, white and blue with blue Mount Rushmore graphic at bottom	none	1AB 123 10A 123 10A B12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
late 2003-05	As above, but with numbers screened	none	1AB 123 10A 123 10A B12	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)
2006- December 2015	Screened dark blue on full-color Mount Rushmore graphic	Great Faces. Great Places.	1AB 123 1AB C12 10A 123 10A B12 10A BC1	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 2006 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the third time South Dakota was so honored. Serials in each county continued from where the 2000 base left off.
January 2016^[2]	Screened dark blue on beige Mount Rushmore graphic	Great Faces. Great Places.	1A1 234 10A 123	Coded by county of issuance (1 or 10)

Non-passenger types

2006 to present

Type	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Notes
City Government	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	CTY1234
County Government	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	CO 1234 CO12345
Fire Department	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	FD 1234
School	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	S 1234
Oglala Sioux Tribe government	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	OST 123 OST1234
State Government	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	none	AB123	State seal at left, state flag bottom right corner.

Optional types

Image	Type	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Notes
	Veteran	Modified blue Mount Rushmore base.	VETERAN	1234A	Logo for branch of service at left.

County coding

County	1925-55	1956-75, 1987-present	1976-80
Minnehaha	1	1	MA, ME, MH, MN, MO, MX, MZ
Pennington	51	2	PA, PB, PE, PG, PN, PX, PY, PZ
Brown	7	3	BN, BR, BW
Beadle	3	4	BD, BE
Codington	15	5	CD, CT
Brookings	6	6	BG, BK
Yankton	63	7	YA, YN
Davison	18	8	DN, DV
Lawrence	41	9	LA, LW
Aurora	2	10	AU
Bennett	4	11	BT
Bon Homme	5	12	BH
Brule	8	13	BL
Buffalo	9	14	BF
Butte	10	15	BU
Campbell	11	16	CA
Charles Mix	12	17	CM
Clark	13	18	CK
Clay	14	19	CL
Corson	16	20	CN
Custer	17	21	CU
Day	19	22	DA
Deuel	20	23	DU
Dewey	21	24	DW
Douglas	22	25	DG
Edmunds	23	26	ED
Fall River	24	27	FR
Faulk	25	28	FA
Grant	26	29	GT
Gregory	27	30	GY
Haakon	28	31	HK
Hamlin	29	32	HN
Hand	30	33	HD
Hanson	31	34	HS
Harding	32	35	HR
Hughes	33	36	HU
Hutchinson	34	37	HT
Hyde	35	38	HY
Jackson	36	39	JA
Jerauld	37	40	JE
Jones	38	41	JN
Kingsbury	39	42	KG
Lake	40	43	LK
Lincoln	42	44	LN
Lyman	43	45	LY
McCook	44	46	MC
McPherson	45	47	MP
Marshall	46	48	ML
Meade	47	49	MD
Mellette	48	50	MT
Miner	49	51	MR
Moody	50	52	MY
Perkins	52	53	PK
Potter	53	54	PT
Roberts	54	55	RB
Sanborn	55	56	SA
Spink	56	57	SP
Stanley	57	58	ST
Sully	58	59	SU
Tripp	59	60	TR
Turner	60	61	TU
Union	61	62	UN
Walworth	62	63	WL
Ziebach	64	64	ZB
Shannon / Oglala Lakota	–	65	SN
Washabaugh (until 1983)	–	66	WB
Todd	–	67	TD

References

↑ "South Dakota License Plates". allaboutlicenseplates.com. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
↑ "Some South Dakotans not happy with new license plate design". Rapid City Journal. March 8, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

External links

South Dakota license plates 1969-present

Vehicle registration plates of the United States

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State of South Dakota

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Regions	Badlands Black Hills Coteau des Prairies Coteau du Missouri Dissected Till Plains Drift Prairie East River Pine Ridge Siouxland West River

Larger cities pop. over 5,000	Aberdeen Belle Fourche Box Elder Brandon Brookings Harrisburg Huron Madison Mitchell Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls Spearfish Sturgis Vermillion Watertown Yankton

Smaller cities pop. 1,000 - 5,000	Baltic Beresford Britton Canton Chamberlain Clark Clear Lake Crooks Custer De Smet Deadwood Dell Rapids Eagle Butte Elk Point Flandreau Fort Pierre Freeman Garretson Gettysburg Gregory Groton Hartford Hot Springs Lead Lemmon Lennox Martin Milbank Miller Mission Mobridge North Sioux City Parkston Platte Redfield Salem Sisseton Springfield Summerset Tea Tyndall Volga Wagner Webster Winner

Largest CDPs pop. over 1,000	Blackhawk Colonial Pine Hills Dakota Dunes Fort Thompson North Eagle Butte North Spearfish Oglala Pine Ridge Porcupine Rapid Valley Rosebud

Largest towns pop. over 500	Aurora Humboldt St. Francis Wall

Counties	Aurora Beadle Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Brown Brule Buffalo Butte Campbell Charles Mix Clark Clay Codington Corson Custer Davison Day Deuel Dewey Douglas Edmunds Fall River Faulk Grant Gregory Haakon Hamlin Hand Hanson Harding Hughes Hutchinson Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Kingsbury Lake Lawrence Lincoln Lyman Marshall McCook McPherson Meade Mellette Miner Minnehaha Moody Oglala Lakota Pennington Perkins Potter Roberts Sanborn Spink Stanley Sully Todd Tripp Turner Union Walworth Yankton Ziebach

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