{"id":810,"date":"2010-09-02T19:56:31","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T19:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2010-09-02T19:56:31","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T19:56:31","slug":"changes-for-washington-registration-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/02\/changes-for-washington-registration-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes for Washington Registration Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>Your new Washington State  license plate could look a lot like California\u2019s.\u00a0 The color scheme and Mount Rainier background aren\u2019t changing.\u00a0 But,  the new plates have seven characters.\u00a0 The additional-digit plates are  now beginning to be seen more frequently here in Lewis County.\u00a0  The State Department of Licensing says they needed to do something  after running out of numbers.\u00a0 The new plates are for passenger cars and  SUV\u2019s.\u00a0 Trucks and commercial vehicles have had the seven-digit format  for sometime now.\u00a0 The change means there are now 138 million different  license plate configurations.\u00a0 If you want to keep your old number, it  will cost you an additional $20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your new Washington State license plate could look a lot like California\u2019s.\u00a0 The color scheme and Mount Rainier background aren\u2019t changing.\u00a0 But, the new plates have seven characters.\u00a0 The additional-digit plates are now beginning to be seen more frequently here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/02\/changes-for-washington-registration-plates\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your new Washington State license plate could look a lot like California\u2019s. 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