The agency is currently processing license plates in the 9UBA000-9UBZ999 range, according to the DMV. Once the state runs out of that license plate sequence, the next sequence will be three ...

California's standard automobile license plates have a configuration of one number, followed by three letters, followed by three numbers, according to Ronald Ongtoaboc, spokesperson for the DMV.

The seven-character pattern California has used for 45 years will finally run out of combinations in 2025, two years earlier than expected. But America's largest car market has a plan.

“You’ll be on the hook for impound fees — and left without a plate,” warned officials with the San Diego Police Department. “License plates are property of the State of California.

In its current form, California's license plate number recipe has been #XXX### for nearly 45 years, starting at license plate number 1AAA000 in 1980. According to a San Francisco Chronicle article ...

California is expected to run out of license plate numbers next year, according to the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This has prompted the department to prepare the launch of a new ...

California is nearing the end of numbers available for its current license plate format. It has taken more than 45 years to exhaust the entire available library of numbers.

The Sacramento Bee reports that as of now, 45 years after the new scheme was implemented, California estimates that it will hit 9ZZZ999—the last plate possible in the sequence—by the end of 2025.