Maryland Optional License Plates


These are the Maryland plates that people pay extra fee for Optional License Plates. 
Most of these optional plates can come in
Passenger
Multipurpose vehicle
Trucks (EPO) 
Vanities 
Handicap
And trailers


1976 Bicentennial

These Maryland bicentennial plates came out with the 1976 bass red on white background 
They were issued the same time as the red and white background with A small extra fee. It was issued until 1980

350th anniversary

These Maryland 350th anniversary License Plates came out in 1983 as an optional issue along with the 1981 base It was in use until 1987
Celebrating the 350th anniversary from 1634 to 1984
Some of these plates people put the stickers over the 1984 where it actually supposed to be on the bottom right 

Treasure the Chesapeake

In late December 1990 Maryland treasure the Chesapeake
Bay license plates issued as an optional with the 1986 shield base
These plates issues from December 1990 to January 2004 as a different version of the Chesapeake Bay plate made its debut 


Agriculture License Plates

Another optional license plate the Maryland agriculture plate made its debut in 2001 through the present which is still issued as an optional plate as well with an extra fee


Second generation treasure the Chesapeake

This Maryland second generation treasure to Chesapeake Bay License Plates debut in January 2004
Unlike the first generation of Chesapeake Bay plates these second generation has a different format that go for all classes of vehicles regardless of the weight of the vehicle. These were issued between January 2004 through approximately October 2018 with the third generation Chesapeake Bay plate 




1910 vintage plate Limited edition

For a short amount of time for only one year in 2014 these Maryland 1910 vintage plates were available with a very high Extra Fee although the plates were not advertise very well you had to ordered them
They were issued only from January to December 2014
The plates were issued to almost all classes of vehicles the weight including historic plates street rod plates And also vanities


Maryland Protect the Chesapeake

The third generation of the Maryland Chesapeake Bay license plate made its debut in late 2018 starting with CH series almost where they left off in the second generation Chesapeake Bay plate, same format as the last generation but this time there’s no blue heron on the plate as picture of a crab in the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and the slogan this time says protect the Chesapeake instead of treasure to Chesapeake