06/24/10

Iowa

TRUCK

1969 (black/reflective white) Ringgold County m $2.00 (actual plate)

1973 (black/reflective white) vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1974 (red/reflective white) m $2.00 (actual plate)

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

1976 (red/reflective white) Lee County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1977 (black/reflective white) Clinton County vg $2.00 (actual plate)

1977 (black/reflective white) Union County m $2.00 (actual plate)

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

The 1979 base was produced in two types: embossed (raised plate numbers) and debossed (lowered plate numbers).

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.  The truck type differs from the passenger only with the plate number format.  While the passenger uses a "000 AAA" format, the truck type uses a "0000 AA" 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):

1999 (blue/reflective multicolored) Linn County vg $3.00 "6299 AX" (11405)