08/06/10

Arizona

PASSENGER

1980 maroon (cactus) base:  Begun in 1980 ("81" expiration stickers), this design features an embossed saguaro cactus in the center of the plate.  Non-passenger issues did not have the cactus.

Beginning with the "89" stickers, Arizona issued two different stickers depending on whether the resident lived in a county that had emission controls or non-emission controls.  In 1999 and 2000, the year part of the sticker ("99" and "00") were in reverse colors.  In addition, for non-emission counties, the reverse color part of the sticker was the "Z" in "AZ" and the first number of the year.  The colors are as follows:

Year sticker	emission counties	non-emission counties
"89"	white/red	white/blue
"90"	white/green	white/orange
"91"	black/yellow	black/white
"92"	white/blue	white/red
"93"	white/black	white/green
"94"	orange/white	white/orange
"95"	black/pink	black/yellow
"96"	white/red	white/blue
"97"	green/white	white/green
"98"	white/brown	white/black
"99"	white/orange	white/orange
"00"	blue/white	red/white
"01"	white/green	green/white
"02"	black/yellow	yellow/black
"03"	brown/white	white/brown
"04"	white/blue	blue/white
"05"
"06"
"07"
"08"
"09"
"10"
"11"
"12"
"13"

1997 Desert scene graphic:  This new design, the first graphic for the state, features a desert scene with a saguaro cactus at the left of the design.  Non-passenger plates did not have the cactus in the design.  When the numbers reached "999-ZZZ" in 2008, the state went to a flat design and a seven-character plate number format "AAA0000".

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "417-RAW" (10650)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "569-NGM" (10651)

2000 (dark green/reflective multicolored) emissions vg $5.00 "237-CBC" (10359)