Illustrated History of Connecticut License Plates

These plates are used on town/city government vehicles - police cars to dump trucks.

This type started in the mid-1970s. Prior to this, vehicles such as police cars used regular run-of-the-mill passenger car plates.

The 2 or 3 letters on the plate are the initials of the municipality. Click Here for a list we've been compiling of the codes on these plates.

Municipal plates also appear on the 'Preserve the Sound' base, with a black-on-white validation decal reading 'Municipal' over 'CT'

There are also Municipal motorcycle plates - but only a handful of cities/towns use them. Most simply use regular motorcycle plates.

Click the image above to see this type in use.


ca. 1970's (Bridgeport)	ca. 1970's Town of Killingly


1970's (Middletown)	1970's (Milford)


ca. 1985 Municipal Plate. This is from the town of Cheshire. (I don't know why the letters and numbers are reversed- the usual format is 12-AB)	Map base Municipal Plate (Danbury)


Map base Municipal Plate (Ellington? East Lyme?)	Map base Municipal Plate (Lisbon)


Map base Municipal Plate (Madison)	Map base Municipal Plate (Stafford)

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