Delaware state police license plate

Rivetted reflective numbers. Passenger expiry tabs. Standard 6" x 12". Reflective yellow rivetted numbers on dark blue background. Passenger expiry tabs and decals used. Circa 's titled front plate. Believed to be "unofficial" issue. Yellow-gold over blue. Flat aluminum. Circa DSP front plate. Also possibly an "unofficial" issue but became popular with troopers at that time. No painted border. Circa ?

Features validation decal "navel" in lower right corner. All-screened reflective yellow-gold over blue-green. There were no reserved number blocs for DSP patrol vehicles. Plate has rivetted numerals. Unusual type. Courtesy Bill Ceravola Circa ? Front plate. Believed to also be "unofficial" issue that some troopers had made by highway department.

Confirmed DSP plate utilizing December validation decal. Possibly used on unmarked car. Not confirmed for use by DSP at this time, but possible. Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team special unit front plate. Courtesy Robert Ward 90th Anniversary issue. Plates will be reserved and held at DMV until February 28, , at which time all unclaimed reserved plates from this release will be re-allocated. All five-digit tags will be blue and gold.

Upgrades can be completed any time after updating your title with the DMV to reflect an eligible tag number. The division also offers a variety of background plates which can be ordered to display your five-digit tag number.

Five-digit plates can be placed on cars or pickup trucks registered up to 10, pounds or less. Customers are responsible for all applicable transfer fees. Once you reserve your five-digit plate, you will receive a confirmation email with detailed instructions; please make sure that you have all your required documentation before heading to the selected DMV.

This website showcases the history of license plate issuance for all the State Police and Highway Patrol agencies in the United States of America from the earliest days of motoring to the current century. Created by hobbyists Norm Ratcliffe and Allan Cooper in March of , this website has grown from an informal idea to the world's largest single repository of police motor vehicle registration plate information.

The formation of many of America's state law enforcement agencies took place at the same time as the formation of America's car culture.

Police patrol went from horseback to horseless carriage in a very short time at the beginning of the 20th Century where many agencies were getting started out of the gate with tackling new motor laws. State police and highway patrol agencies began to obtain motorcycles and patrol cars and found ways to make them stand apart from the burgeoning number of civilian motor vehicles on the road.

To ensure that their vehicles appeared to evoke the same air of authority as their officers, many agencies equipped them with the "uniform" of livery and the "badge" of the license plate.

This website delves as far back as records go and examples exist of these "badges" worn on the bumpers and fenders which carried state troopers in their duties from coast to coast and decade to decade. While many of the badges and patches of those earliest enforcers of state law have been preserved and showcased, the license plates of their "mechanical partners" were rarely retained or preserved. Pearl Harbor Survivor. Penn State University. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Purdue University Alumni. Prince Hall Affiliated. Prisoner of War. Professional Firefighter. Purple Heart. Reserve Forces. Retired New Castle Police Department. Retired State Police. Saint Josephs University. Salesianum Alumni. Silver Star. Stop Child Abuse.

Delaware Street Rod Association. Standardbred Owners Association. Submarine Service. Telephone Pioneers. Temple University. United Auto Workers. United States Air Force. University of Delaware. University of Michigan. University of Pennsylvania. US Naval Academy. Veterans Foreign War. Vietnam Veteran.

Villanova University. Virginia Tech. Volunteer Fireman. Wesley College. West Point. West Virginia University.