Stacked Letter Reference

	A	B	C	D
1	Jurisdiction	Maximum number of alpha‐numeric characters allowed	Location of Stacked Letters	Stacked characters are part of official license plate number
2	Jurisdiction	Maximum number of alpha‐numeric characters allowed	Location of Stacked Letters

3	Alabama	7 includes spaces, dashes, and stacked characters	left side - National Guard plate left side, after the 1 or 2- digit county indicator – other plates	Yes
4	Alaska	6	N/A	N/A
5	Alberta	7	left side	Yes
6	Arizona	7 5 or 6 - specialty plates	N/A	Yes
7	Arkansas	7	either left or right side	Yes
8	British Columbia	6		N/A
9	California	7 5 or 6 - if stacked letters or symbols	either left or right side	In some instances, yes. For example, disabled person and disabled veteran license plates, the “DP” and the “DV” are part of the plate number on the database. MFG DST DLR are excluded
10	Colorado	7 6 – motorcycle plates	left, right or both	No
11	Connecticut	6 – current plates 8 – with system redesign However, since Connecticut’s plates are embossed, certain space restrictions apply due to sizing limitations on the license plates.	position varies	No, but in some cases stacking is used for identification purposes. e.g., . “comb” stacked indicates a combination plate.
12	Delaware	7	left side	Yes
13	District of Columbia	7	left side	Yes
14	Florida	7 - center design plates 5 - left design plates	N/A	N/A
15	Georgia	7	N/A	N/A
16	Hawaii	6	N/A	N/A
17	Idaho	7 does not include stacked alpha/numerics	left side	No
18	Illinois	7	left or right	Yes
19	Indiana	6 – passenger, specialty, RV and motorcycle plates 7 - truck plates 8 - trailer plates	left	yes
20	Iowa	7	N/A	N/A
21	Kentucky	6 includes stacked characters	right side	Yes
22	Louisiana	7 not including stacked characters	Left side	Yes
23	Maine	7	left side	No
24	Manitoba	6 (3 alpha / 3 numeric)	N/A	N/A
25	Maryland	7	right or left side	Yes
26	Michigan	7	left and middle	For disable veteran, if main characters has DV exclude "DV" Stacked Letters but if main characters has no DV include "DV Stacked Characters.
27	Minnesota	8	left side	Yes
28	Mississippi	7	Right side	Yes
29	Missouri	4 to 6	N/A	N/A
30	Montana	7 ½ half is a space	left side – disabled vet left side second position – purple heart disabled vet	No
31	Nebraska	7 does not include dash	N/A	N/A
32	Nevada	7	left side	Yes
33	New Brunswick	6	N/A	N/A
34	New Hampshire	7 includes numbers and symbols	left side	No for conservation plate which uses CH, but for construction equipment the “CE” is part of the plate
35	New Jersey	7 5 - dedicated, sports and organizational plates	left or right side	Yes
36	New Mexico	7 6 - motorcycle plates	left or right side	Yes
37	New York	8 - car and truck plates 6 - motorcycle plates	left or right side	Some are, some aren’t.
38	North Carolina	7 – standard plates 8 - personalized plates 4 - specialty plates	left or right side	Yes
39	North Dakota	7 – standard plate 5 – stacked letter and logo plates	left	Yes
40	Northwest Territories	6 includes spaces	N/A	N/A
41	Nova Scotia	7 does not include symbols	left or right side	Yes
42	Ohio	7 - standard plates 6 - logo plates does not include stacked characters used for dealers	left side	No
43	Oklahoma	7 - with stacked letters 6 -without stacked letters standard plates only	left side or middle	Yes
44	Ontario	8	N/A Note: Some plate types print on the left side	No
45	Oregon	7 In some cases, the first two characters are stacked to the left-side.	left	yes
46	Pennsylvania	7 does include stacked characters	left or right side	Yes
47	Quebec	7	N/A	N/A
48	Rhode Island	6	left	yes
49	Saskatchewan	6	N/A	N/A
50	South Carolina	7	left side or both sides	Yes
51	South Dakota	6 - standard 7 - personalized, exempt entity, and trailer ID	left side	Yes
52	Texas	7	N/A	N/A
53	Utah	7	N/A	N/A
54	Vermont	7 does not include stacked characters	left side	No
55	Virginia	7 8 – if stacked	left or right side	Yes 99% of the time; but there are exceptions
56	Washington	7 includes stacked	left or right side	Yes
57	West Virginia	8	left or right side	Yes
58	Wisconsin	7	right or left sides	Yes. Except for moped plates.
59	Wyoming	7	left side	No. Stacked characters are used to identify plate type.
60	Yukon	6	N/A	N/A
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