With the state running out of its current combination of license plate numbers and letters, California plans to launch a new license plate sequence for newly registered vehicles starting next year ...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced plans to introduce a new license plate format in 2026, as the current system is projected to exhaust all available combinations. In a ...

Steve Jobs was known for having many strange habits, one of which was not having a license plate on his car. And his reason ...

For the first time in nearly 50 years, new license plate numbers for cars will be introduced in California in 2026. The existing license plate format, introduced in 1980, follows a sequence of one ...

The new format will feature three numbers, three letters, and a final number. Image source: Getty Images California is preparing to update its standard vehicle license plate sequence for the first ...

So 999ZZZ9 will be the last license plate sequence in the next combination. This sequence doesn't impact custom license plates that don't follow any combination rules, but must be approved by the DMV.

California law already fortunately — in theory — limits the ability of police to share photo-captured vehicle license plate data with out-of-state public agencies.

SAN DIEGO — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced plans to introduce a new license plate format in 2026, as the current system is projected to exhaust all available combinations.