All about Kansas license plates

2002 brought a bit of a departure with the new tags.

(Courtesy Plateshack.com) The 2001 issue Sample Plate	A "full issue" 2001 plate with a 2005 Sticker.
A 2002 Motorcycle tag. Note that it uses the same size month and year decal, but the county code is a bit smaller.

Sequence: The first sequence for the 2002 issue plate ranges from PBA to SLZ (the 1995 issue continues the sequence was used to cover overruns) and from TAA at least to the XQ range, at which point the numbering sequence was reset for the new “Ad Astra” series of licence plates. Many three letter combinations with a negative connontations, such as "SEX" or "WAR," were deliberatlely skipped. Although some states had skipped over "POO", this combination was not skipped, and neither was "POS" (Although I doubt there are any political motivations behind it, the entire "PO" range was assigned to Douglas County). "SAM", on the other hand, appears to be reserved for sample plates.

Renewal Decals: Automobile and light truck plates were issued for the 2002 expiration only. All heavy trucks and "short-term" new car registrations were issued 1995 tags until renewal time. Motorcycle tags use the same green on white colored decal as the ones for personalized and specialty tags. Heavy Trucks (over 12M) had their official" expiration month changed from December of 2003 to February 2005 to better reflect the actual renewal period for heavy trucks. (which is been between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15)

The 2002 plates remain valid until 2010, although the next series of general issue plates are now in service.

Year	Color
2002*	02
2003	03
2004	04
2005	05
2006	06
2007	07
2008	08
2009	09
2010	TBD

*Motorcycles and special issue tags only