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

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

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

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 - 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.

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.

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/Small Trailer - Discontinued in 2005.