USA License Plates

Front plates are not required.

In newer footage yellow design shows up more often (late 2021 release) and more greeny plate shows up more often in older footage.

Front plates are required.

In newer footage you can see additional designs but yellow plate is by far the most prevalent.

Front plates are not required.

Very distinctive purple patch on the plate.

Front plates are not required.

Gotta look for that maroon text in top center.

Front plates are required.

Sometimes you can make out a bit of red in top center but most of the time you will just see plain white plate.

Front plates are required.

Dark green at the top.

Front plates are required.

Connecticut plates are similar to other plates in the region (e.g. Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa) so consider other clues before making your guess.

Front plates are not required.

Very distinctive gold mixed with dark blue.

Front plates are not required.

Remember to look for green around peach. That differentiate Florida's plate from Georgia one.

Front plates are not required.

Florida's plate might look similar to Georgia's white plate, but Florida plate is green around the peach while Georgia's plate is white.

Front plates are required.

You often might make out the arc pattern through the blur.

Front plates are required.

I call it Paraguayan flag plate.

Front plates are required.

Illinois plates are similar to other plates in the region (e.g. Connecticut, Iowa) so consider other clues before making your guess. Also, maroon text often shows up on the plate help you differentiate from CT and IA.

Front plates are not required.

Even though "In God We Trust" plate is not a standard issue, it is very common in Indiana and deep blue part on the left of the plate is very distinctive. Standard issue plate is much harder to spot but look for a bit of brown in bottom center alongside the light blue in the top.

Front plates are required.

Faded green on the bottom of the standard plate is very distinctive for easy Iowa guess just don't confuse it with Maine where green is of darker shade.

Iowa's blue/white plates are similar to other plates in the region (e.g. Illinois, Connecticut, Minnesota) so consider other clues before making your guess.

Front plates are not required.

Might be similar to other plates especially to old RI plate, but with reverse color pattern.

Front plates are not required.

Kentucky plate looks similar to Michigan plate, but blue part should be bigger than on Michigan's plate.

Front plates are not required.

Colors of this plate seems to be bleaker than the image suggests so it is not that easy to spot it. Look for that fade pinkish/yellowish bottom with possibly a bit of red in top center. Honestly, this plate often looks plain white. In older footage or on older cars colors seems to be more distinctive.

You might confuse it with Iowa's standard issue so make sure the green is very deep.

Front plates are required.

Look for that distinctive red/brown part in bottom center.

Front plates are required.

Red text is usually visible through the blur.

Front plates are not required.

white/blue design is similar to Kentucky plate so consider other clues before making a guess. Blue part on Michigan plate usually shows up smaller than Kentucky one.

Yellow plate with a bridge shows up less often but it's distinctive enough to immediately guess Michigan.

Front plates are required.

Top blue part is smaller compared to Illinois and Connecticut. Also look for that bit of blue in bottom center to differentiate it from Iowa. Sticker in bottom right might help you as well.

Front plates are not required.

White plate shows up in newer footage (2024 onwards). No tricks to this plate, it just a plain white plate on a blur, sometimes you can see a bit of dark blue coming through but don't count on it.

2019-2023 plate shows up through blur as two big patches of light brown divided by white section in the middle. You can often see it in parking lots because they usually have older footage.

Front plates are required.

Tough plate to spot quickly but look for that thin red and blue strips. Between the two red is definitely easier to spot initially. Sticker of varying color is usually placed dead center and shows up through the blur.

Front plates are required.

Montana might be the least consistent state in terms of plates. It has one of the highest varieties of license plate designs including many specialty/charity plates and free replica bases of older designs. The plain dark blue one is the default one, but you don't see it as often as default plates in other states. The best advice for Montana I can give is that if it seems like every car has a different plate than there is a high chance it's Montana.

Front plates are required.

First plate is white with dark blue and yellow top strip. Can be confused with West Virginia's plate so look for other clues as well.

2nd plate shows up in new footage. Through the blur looks white, but sometimes you can see 1 or 2 dark blue spots in the middle.

Front plates are required.

Pretty easy to spot and remember, blue takes a big portion of the plate with bottom yellow strip.

Front plates are required.

Look for patch of green on the right side.

Front plates are required.

Very common and very easy to spot.

Front plates are not required.

Yellow plate is more common, but turquoise plate is seen a lot as well.

Front plates are required.

Both variants are almost equally shown on street view.

Front plates are not required.

Red text shows up at the bottom while feint blue shows up in the middle of the plate.

Front plates are required.

More vivid blue and orange bottom strip make it easy to differentiate it from Nevada's plate.

Front plates are required.

In older footage look for the 2nd design.

Front plates are not required.

This plate shows up through the blur as light blue all around white center.

Front plates are required.

Tree shows up as a big green oval. Very distinctive.

Front plates are not required.

Blue-white-yellow pattern is very easy to remember.

Front plates are required.

Look for that feint blue wave pattern when looking for RI plate.

New RI plate might appear all blue on the street view. Introduced in 2023 so look for it in new coverage.

Front plates are not required.

Sometimes both blue strips converge and make it harder to distinguish this plate from Montana and Tennessee, but usually white middle divides them well.

Front plates are required.

Blue on top of brown/grey.

Front plates are not required.

Similar to Montana's plate but much more common to see in Tennessee.

Front plates are required.

Sometimes you can see black text coming through but often shows up as a plain white plate.

Front plates are required.

The Arch plate is extremely common and easy to spot, but 2nd plate shows up decent amount as well.

Front plates are required.

One of the easier plates to remember. Full green plate.

Front plates are required.

Plain white plate. Possible stickers in both top corners of the plate.

Front plates are required.

Blue shows up in very light color and sometimes you can even see a bit of red text in top left.

Front plates are required.

This plate is only being use in the Washington City.

Unfortunately, this plate is hard to spot and often shows up as plain white.

Front plates are not required.

Can be confused with Nebraska's plate so look for that hard to spot feint yellow at the bottom of the plate as well as other clues. Also, West Virginia sticker should be in one of the bottom corners while Nebraska's sticker is in top right corner.

Front plates are required.

Red text in top left often shows up through the blur.

Front plates are required.

Wyoming doesn't have a lot of street view coverage, but if you do end up in Wyoming this plate is easy to spot.