07/20/10

Iowa

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1968 (red/white) Woodbury County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1970 (red/white) Polk County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1971 (black/reflective white) Kossuth County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1971 (black/reflective white) Plymouth County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

"75" base:  This base began in 1975 and was renewed yearly until replaced by the "79" base.  At left was the county code (see "Iowa county codes" page).  The yearly sticker includes the county number and needs to match the county number on the plate.

1975 (black/reflective white) Henry County m $2.00 (actual plate)

1975 (black/reflective white) Plymouth County m $2.00 (actual plate)

1975 (black/reflective white) Plymouth County m $2.00 "75 EQV439" ()

1978 (black/reflective white) Plymouth County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1978 (black/reflective white) Polk County natural vg $2.00 (actual plate)

"79" base:  This base began in 1979 and was renewed yearly until replaced by the "86" base.  The county of issue is indicated at the bottom of the plate.  This base was manufactured in both debossed and embossed formats.  On both formats, the yearly sticker includes the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "Iowa county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.

"86" base:  This base began in 1985 ("86" embossed expiration) and was renewed yearly until replaced by the graphic farm scene base in 1996.  The county of issue is indicated at the bottom of the plate.  The yearly sticker includes the county number from the old county coding system used through 1978 (see "Iowa county codes" page) and needs to match the county indicated on the plate.

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.  Passenger plates have a "000 AAA" plate number format.

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 "Iowa 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):

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County natural vg $3.00 "958 BQA" (11400)

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County natural vg $3.00 "360 BPL" (11399)

1997 (blue/reflective multicolored) Union County natural vg $3.00 "164 EWK" (11401)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Davis County natural vg $3.00 "543 FSA" (11402)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Davis County natural vg $3.00 "609 AST" (11503)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Davis County natural exc $3.00 "159 ASU" (11504)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Henry County natural vg $3.00 "252 BFB" (11505)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Henry County natural exc $3.00 "792 BEW" (11506)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Henry County natural vg $3.00 "044 BEW" (11507)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County natural vg $3.00 "361 EHA" (11509)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Wapello County natural vg $3.00 "067 CWL" (11403)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County vg $3.00 "344 BNZ" (11510)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County vg $3.00 "160 BOQ" (11511)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County vg $3.00 "903 EYE" (11512)

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County vg $3.00 "241 CLT" (11408)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Henry County vg $3.00 "673 BFF" (11513)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County vg $3.00 "437 BPC" (11514)

Embossed, screened county plate (type II):

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County natural exc $3.00 "673 GGK" (11498)

1998 (blue/reflective multicolored) Polk County natural vg $3.00 "705 FTK" (11499)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County natural exc $3.00 "013 HWT" (11500)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County natural exc $3.00 "190 HWT" (11501)

2000 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County vg $3.00 "541 GRD" (11502)

2004 (blue/reflective multicolored) Franklin County vg $3.00 "524 JNJ" (11409)

Flat plate, indented edge (type III):

Thin flat plate (type IV):

2005 (blue/reflective multicolored) Lee County vg $2.00

2005 (blue/reflective multicolored) Pottawattamie County vg $2.00

2006 (blue/reflective multicolored) Madison County natural vg $2.00 (actual plate)