06/24/10

Iowa

HANDICAPPED

1996 farm scene graphic:  This design began in 1996 ("97" expiration sticker) and features the popular farm scene with barns and silos superimposed over a white city skyline.  When this design first started, the plate number was embossed and the county name appeared on a sticker placed at the bottom of the plate (type I).  Later, the plate number was still embossed, but the county name was screened at the bottom of the plate (type II).  In 2002 ("2003" expiration sticker), the state began producing the plates in flat format.  At some point, the flat plates went from having an indent around the perimeter of the plate (type III) to a completely flat plate using a lighter, thinner aluminum (type IV).  On all types, the yearly stickers through the "2005" expiration include the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.  This sticker county coding was discontinued beginning with the "2006" expiration.

Embossed, county sticker plate (type I):

Embossed, screened county plate (type II):

Flat plate, indented edge (type III):

2006 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County g $3.00 "8343C" (11404)

Thin flat plate (type IV):

2006 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County natural vg $5.00 "Y2694" (10885)

2008 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County vg $5.00 "7688J" (10886)