Discontinued License Plates

Discontinued plates are plates that are no longer issued by the DMV. These plates are still valid for vehicle registration except for the Bighorn Sheep plate.

The original owner of the plate must keep it continually registered to a vehicle and it cannot be expired for more than 30 days. The plate may be transferred to another vehicle but not to another person.

Most plates with a discontinue date of December 31 failed to maintain the minimum number of active registrations required for charitable plates.

Specialty Plates

Sesquicentennial Plate
150th Nevada Anniversary
7/24/2013 - 10/31/2016
Nevada Commemorative Plate
Nevada Commemorative
1989 - 10/31/1990
Agriculture/FFA Plate
Agriculture/Future Farmers of America Pre-2014
2001 - 7/12/2014
Thunderbirds License Plate
Air Force Thunderbirds
8/12/2013 - 12/31/2014
Air Force Veteran License Plate
Air Force Veteran Pre-2019
Discontinued 6/2019
Aviation Plate
Autism
11/11/2018 - 12/31/2021
Aviation Plate
Aviation
5/31/2005 - 12/31/2006
Carpenters Plate
Carpenters
10/15/2007 - 12/31/2009
Disabled Veteran License Plates
Disabled Veteran Pre-2013
Discontinued 6/2013
Ducks Unlimited License Plate
Ducks Unlimited
8/1/2005 - 12/31/2006
Great Reno Balloon Race plate
Great Reno Balloon Race
5/22/2017 - 12/31/2018
Henderson Historical Plate
Henderson
2/19/2019 - 12/31/2021
Heritage of Sparks plate
Heritage of Sparks
12/18/2017 - 12/31/2019
Horse Power plate
Horse Power
6/21/2007 - 12/31/2018
Hot August Nights plate
Hot August Nights Pre-2021
July 2007 - 10/10/2021
Outside Las Vegas License Plate
Las Vegas Federal Lands
3/2005 - 12/31/2013
Las Vegas Springs License Plate
Las Vegas Springs
9/2000 - 12/31/2013
March of Dimes Plate
March of Dimes
4/15/2013 - 12/31/2014
Mining and Metallurgy Plate
Mining and Metallurgy
7/12/2021 - 12/31/2022
Nevada Airport Association
Nevada Airport Managers
9/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Nevada Library plate
Nevada Libraries
4/18/2005 - 12/31/2006
Nevada Tourism plate
Nevada Tourism
6/27/2005 - 12/31/2007
Public Education Foundation Plate
Public Education
9/13/2021 - 12/31/2022
City of Reno plate
City of Reno
1/4/2016 - 12/31/2017
Search and Rescue plate
Search and Rescue
9/15/2008 - 12/31/2009
Search and Rescue plate
Share the Road
12/1/2014 - 12/31/2016
Supporting Healthcare License Plate
Supporting Healthcare
8/29/2011 - 12/31/2012
Teamsters Local 631 plate
Teamsters Local 631
4/15/2013 - 12/31/2014
UNLV Plate through 2010
UNLV Pre-2010
Discontinued 3/2010
UNLV Plate through 2010
UNLV 2010
3/2010 - 8/2018
UNR Plate through 2010
UNR Pre-2011
Discontinued 9/2011
Values Life plate
Values Life
7/16/2018 - 12/31/2019
Virginia Range Mustangs plate
Virginia Range Mustangs
1/2/2019 - 12/31/2021
Volunteer Firefighter Plate through 2019
Volunteer Firefighter Pre-2019
7/1/2007 - 3/9/2019
Women's Suffrage plate
Women's Suffrage
1/2/2020 - 12/31/2021

Standard Plates

Sunset License Plate

Sunset  - 2001 - 2017

The Sunset background was replaced by the Home Means Nevada (HMN) design. The first HMN plates were issued in November, 2016. The design was phased in during 2017. Sunset plates remain valid for registration.

Big Horn Sheep License Plate

Bighorn Sheep  - 1983 - 2000

All Bighorn Sheep plates were replaced and are no longer valid for registration. The DMV began issuing the Sunset plate with original registrations in January 2001. Existing Bighorn plates were replaced with Sunset plates in 2002.

1982 Nevada license plate

Blue - 1969 - 1982

Existing blue plates do not have to be surrendered and may be used on a vehicle if they are legible.
The DMV issues replica plates. See Circa 1982 Replica plates.

Plates prior to 1969 were issued in many different designs.
Plates issued in the early 1970's abbreviated the state name to "NEV."

White Motorcycle Plate

White Motorcycle/Small Trailer - Discontinued in 2005.