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Automobile owners in Illinois were first required to register their vehicles with the Secretary of State's office in 1907, paying a one-time registration fee of $2. Registrants were issued a numbered aluminum disc to place on their dashboard, but they had to provide their own license plates.
The size of Illinois license plates has varied over the years. From 1911 to 1915, plates were approximately 7” high, with the length dictated by how many digits were in the license number. The width of the plate was reduced to 5” in 1916, 4” in 1922 and back to 5” in 1934, before a standard 6” x 12” plates was adopted in 1956.
Plate History 1904 - 1919 (F) Front plate with slots (R) Rear plate without slots (U) Undated 1920 - 1939. 1940 - 1959 (F) Fiberboard 1960 - 1983
All about Illinois passenger car license plates from 1979 to the present day. Photos, descriptions, and a narrative history.
This page addresses sequentially-numbered Illinois passenger car plates dated from 1911 to 1978. From 1912 until 1978, Illinois license plates were issued annually and displayed the year of issuance.
Photos, courtesy of the Illinois Secretary of State's office, show Illinois' first license plates (from 1907) to selected others throughout the decades. A full list of license plates from...
This area offers an interactive video about the history of Illinois license plates.
For the first time, the state issues special license plates for the seven members of the Illinois Supreme Court. The annual license plates carry the words “SUPREME COURT” and are numbered 1 through 7, indicating court seniority. The state allows for the creation of special inaugural license plates. The plates may be issued to any Illinois ...
For a free Illinois license plate lookup, individuals can use various online tools and websites to access vehicle history reports and registration details. These services typically provide information on the vehicle’s make, model, year, and safety records but do not include personal owner information.
Starting in the 1939s, license plate “1” was passed through a series of Chicago archbishops until Cardinal John Cody thought it too showy and returned it in 1970. Secretary of State Paul Powell gave it to himself, a jump from his previous plate of “17.”