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The U.S. state of Kansas first required its residents to register their vehicles and display license plates in 1910.

Passenger plates 1980 to present

First issued	Design	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
1980	white on dark blue with stalk of yellow wheat			Awarded "Sausage of the Year" for best new license plate of 1880 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the first time Kansas was so honored.
1983	blue on white
1988	black on wheat graphic	ABC 123	AAA 000 to ?
1994	blue on wheat graphic	ABC 123	?	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 1994 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the second time Kansas was so honored.
2001	black on Kansas State Capitol graphic	ABC 123	?
2007	dark blue on light blue with state seal graphic	123 ABC	000 AAA to present

County coding

Kansas has a system of county codes used for identification of the home county of a state resident or company on license plates and state tax forms.^[1]

The codes are two letters based on the first letter of and another letter in the name of the county. There is no true convention for the selection of the letters; for example, Bourbon County is the only county that begins with "BO," yet its code is "BB." In most cases, but not all, as noted above, the only county that begins with two particular letters gets those letters. Exceptions are Decatur, Dickinson, Hodgeman, Leavenworth, Logan, McPherson, Norton, Pawnee, and Pottawatomie.

The two-letter code began appearing on Kansas license plates in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Prior to that time, the code was a number based on the order a county ranked in terms of population based on the 1920 United States Census. From the early days of the system until about 1988, the two letters were stamped on the license plate on the far left side, one letter on top of the other. Since then, the letters are on a sticker applied to the upper-left corner of the plate.

There is also a place on the address form of Kansas tax forms to place the county code.

Optional types

Image	Type	Dates issued	Design	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	Personalized motorcycle	2005 to present	Brown on tan with brown buffalo.	various	various
	Personalized passenger	2005 to present	Brown on tan with brown buffalo and embossed brown border in shape of state reminiscent of historical Kansas license plates and "Home On The Range" slogan.	various	various	Awarded "Plate of the Year" for best new license plate of 2005 by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association, the third time Kansas was so honored.

References

^ Codes from the 2005-06 Kansas state transportation map (index of counties).

External links

Kansas license plates 1969-present

[1] Codes from the 2005-06 Kansas state transportation map (index of counties).

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