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The state of New Hampshire began requiring its citizens to register their vehicles and display license plates on their cars in 1905.

Passenger baseplates 1918 to present

Image	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1918	White on dark green	none			Porcelain
	1933	White based with embossed green lettering and border	none	12-345	unknown
	1950-52 (even years only)	Embossed white on forest green with border line; NH - (last two digits of registration year) embossed between upper screw holes	none	A/B 123 (stacked letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving).	See county code tables below.	Alternated with white plates from 1949 to 1953
	1949-53 (odd years only)	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NH - (last two digits of registration year) embossed between upper screw holes	none	A/B 123 (stacked letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving).	See county code tables below.	Alternated with white plates from 1949 to 1953
	1954-70 (even years only)	Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	SCENIC (centered above numbers, same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving).	See county code tables below.	Alternated with white plates from 1956 to 1970
	1955-61; 1965-69 (odd years only)	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	SCENIC (centered above numbers, same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving)	See county code tables below.	Alternated with green plates from 1956 to 1970
	1963	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	PHOTOSCENIC (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving)	See county code tables below.	Only year "Photoscenic" used instead of "Scenic"
	1971	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving)	See county code tables below.	Alternated with green plates from 1971 to 1973 First year the state motto appeared on modern plates.
	1972	Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; 19 to left of upper left screw hole, last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving)	See county code tables below.	Alternated with white plates from 1971 to 1973
	1973-74	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; last two digits of registration year to right of upper left screw hole	LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	AB 123 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving)	See county code tables below.	Same as 1971 plate, but without 19 for registration year
	1975-78	Embossed white on forest green with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers; last two digits of registration year to left of upper left screw hole	LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	AB 123, A/B 1234 (letters square; numbers rectangular with slight curving.)	See county code tables below.	Polarized version of 1973-74 plate, with registration year on opposite side. First base to use stickers and staggered registration; Expiration month of registration is the month of the registrant's birthday, with corporate/leased vehicles expiring in March
	1979-86	Embossed forest green on white with border line; NEW HAMPSHIRE in square font below numbers	LIVE FREE OR DIE (centered above numbers, thin embossed font)	123456 12345A	1-999999 10000A-?????G^[1]		Expiration month of registration is the month of the registrant's birthday, with corporate/leased vehicles expiring in March.
	1987-91	Forest green embossed numbers on white plate with beveled edge; forest green plain font screened NEW HAMPSHIRE with Old Man of the Mountain logo circle between the two words above with W in New partially in circle, all centered between holes; month registration sticker top left corner and year registration sticker top right corner	Live Free or Die (smaller, but same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE, centered below numbers)	123456^[2]	1 to 999999	First use of the Old Man of the Mountain logo Expiration month of registration is the month of the registrant's birthday, with corporate/leased vehicles expiring in March.
	1992-98	Forest green embossed numbers on white plate with beveled edge; forest green plain font screened NEW HAMPSHIRE with Old Man of the Mountain logo circle between the two words above with W in New partially in circle; month registration sticker top left corner and year registration sticker top right corner	LIVE FREE OR DIE(same font as NEW HAMPSHIRE, centered below numbers)	ABC-123	AAA-001 to D??-???	Plate now reflective, using darker green; state name larger and stickers smaller Expiration month of registration is the month of the registrant's birthday, with corporate/leased vehicles expiring in March.
File:2000 New Hampshire License Plate.jpg	1999–Present	Dark green embossed numbers with beveled plate edge; screened painting of Old Man of the Mountain and Cannon Mountain against sky, with Old Man to left of center on standard plates and to far right on vanity plates; green stylized cursive New over stylized serifed HAMPSHIRE centered at bottom of plate; registration month sticker at bottom left; registration year sticker at bottom right	LIVE FREE OR DIE (plain green font screened above numbers)	123 456 123 4567	999 999 to 100 000 (descending), then 100 0000 to present (ascending)^[3] (&+-* also available as characters on vanity plates)	Expiration month of registration is the month of the registrant's birthday, with corporate/leased vehicles expiring in March, or the month specified by the individual leasing/financing company.

1949-1979 county codes

New Hampshire has 10 counties (see List of counties in New Hampshire). From 1949 to 1979, the two letters on passenger plates represented the county in which the vehicle was registered as follows:^[4]

County code allocations

County	Letter blocks
Sample Plates	AC (All have serial AC 000, even on post-1979 bases. Starting with the 1999 base, sample plate purchasers can choose either "AC 000" or "VISIT")
Belknap	BA-BZ
Carroll	CA-CZ
Cheshire	EA-EZ issued first, then ZA-ZZ
Coös	OA-OZ
Grafton	GA-GZ
Hillsborough	HA-HZ issued first, then IA-IZ, JA-JZ, and LA-LZ
Merrimack	MA-MZ issued first, then NA-NZ
Rockingham	RA-RZ issued first, then KA-KZ and PA-PZ
Strafford	FA-FZ issued first, then DA-DZ
Sullivan	SA-SZ

Alphabetical cross-reference

Letter blocks	County
AA-AB	Not Issued
AC	Sample Plates (AC 000). AC 001 to AC 999 not issued.
AD-AZ	Not Issued
BA-BZ	Belknap
CA-CZ	Carroll
DA-DZ	Strafford
EA-EZ	Cheshire
FA-FZ	Strafford
GA-GZ	Grafton
HA-HZ	Hillsborough
IA-IZ	Hillsborough
JA-JZ	Hillsborough
KA-KZ	Rockingham
LA-LZ	Hillsborough
MA-MZ	Merrimack
NA-NZ	Merrimack
OA-OZ	Coös
PA-PZ	Rockingham
QA-QZ	Not Issued
RA-RZ	Rockingham
SA-SZ	Sullivan
TA-YZ	Not Issued
ZA-ZZ	Cheshire

Non-passenger types

Image	Type	Dates issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
		1987 to 1989		Live Free or Die	AB1234

References

^ Nicholson, David. "New Hampshire". Retrieved May 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Nicholson, David. "New Hampshire". Retrieved May 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Sage, Kit. "licenseplates.cc New Hampshire highs page". Retrieved June 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ "New Hampshire - county codes". Retrieved May 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

New Hampshire license plates 1969-present

[1] Nicholson, David. "New Hampshire". Retrieved May 20, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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[4] "New Hampshire - county codes". Retrieved May 6, 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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