Idaho § 49-443B - License plates for state vehicles and vehicles belonging to taxing districts
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 49-443B — License plates for state vehicles and vehicles belonging to taxing districts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-443B. License plates for state vehicles and vehicles belonging to taxing districts
(1) License plates for state vehicles and vehicles belonging to taxing districts shall be valid for such time as they are in compliance with section 49-443 (2), Idaho Code, and shall remain on the vehicle to which it is issued until transferred to another vehicle or until it is canceled by the department. The department shall be reimbursed by state agencies and the taxing districts for the cost of providing license plates. The department may develop rules to administer this license plate program.
(2) Each license plate issued pursuant to this section shall bear a designator to identify the agency, entity or office to which a vehicle belongs. The designators shall be as follows:
Designator
Agency, entity, office, or plate type
C
School district or miscellaneous city or county agencies, entities or offices
D
Highway district
F
Fire district
G
Fish and game
H
Department of health and welfare
ISP
Idaho state police
J
Department of commerce or department of labor
L
Law enforcement
P
City police
R
Department of parks and recreation
SO
Sheriff’s office
T
Department of transportation
X
Miscellaneous state agencies, entities or offices
Y
Irrigation district
Z
Department of lands
(3) Personalized or specialty license plates are exempt from the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
[49-443B, added 1992, ch. 35, sec. 27, p. 130; am. 2014, ch. 38, sec. 9, p. 78; am. 2018, ch. 93, sec. 3, p. 200; am. 2020, ch. 86, sec. 2, p. 232; am. 2025, ch. 22, sec. 2, p. 66; am. 2026, ch. 29, sec. 2, p. 127.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-443B ("License plates for state vehicles and vehicles belonging to taxing districts") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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