Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey Vehicle registration plates of New Jersey The U.S. state of New Jersey first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1903. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1908, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. Passenger plates were issued in pairs 1908 to present except for 1944, 1945, and 1946. New plates were issued every year until 1943 due to wartime restrictions. From 1943 until 1952 plates were issued yearly. Between 1953 and 1956 metal tabs were issued for re-validation of plates. In 1956
Vehicle registration plates of Arizona Vehicle registration plates of Arizona The U.S. state of Arizona first required its residents to register their motor vehicles in 1912. Registrants provided their own license plates for display until 1914, when the state began to issue plates. Plates are currently issued by the Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona Department of Transportation (MVD). Plates were issued to all vehicle types until 1929, when commercial vehicles were issued their own class of plate. County codes were used from 1922 through 1958, while the current "Grand Canyon State" slogan first appeared in 1940, appearing on all subsequent issues except for 1945.