01/22/12

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.

1987 (reflective white/maroon) natural vg $6.00 "DKV 801" (11798)

Beginning with the "89" stickers, Arizona issued two different stickers depending on whether the resident lived in a county that had emission controls or no 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.  Starting in 2007, they rolled out computerized 'smart' stickers that completely replaced the old style by 2011.  These new stickers are always a combination of black and white.  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/tan	white/orange
"00"	blue/white	red/white
"01"	white/green	green/white
"02"	black/yellow	yellow/black
"03"	white/brown	brown/white
"04"	white/blue	blue/white
"05"	white/orange	orange/white
"06"	red/green	green/red
"07"	white/purple	purple/white
"08"	white/tan	tan/white
"09"	white/black	black/white
"10"	white/black	black/white
"11"	white/black	black/white
"12"	white/black	black/white

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)

2008 desert scene graphic, flat:  As explained above, 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 vg $5.00 "ADH7527" (13392)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AFZ0783" (13395)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AJR1360" (13403)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AFZ0770" (13419)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AJR1538" (13423)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AKF0673" (13427)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AJJ0051" (13443)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AJR1410" (13444)

permanent (dark green/reflective multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "AHT5853" (13453)

2010 (dark green/reflective multicolored) non-emissions natural vg $5.00 "AFV2324" (11412)

2010 (dark green/reflective multicolored) non-emissions vg $5.00 "AAD3837" (11417)

2012 (dark green/reflective multicolored) non-emissions natural vg $5.00 "ANK1736" (11422)