Texas
Special
Vehicle Plates
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Conservation First Issued: 1963? Plate number always has an "S" The owner of a truck-tractor, semitrailer, or lowboy trailer used on a highway exclusively to transport the owner's soil conservation machinery or equipment used in clearing real property, terracing, or building farm ponds, levees, or ditches may register the vehicle for a fee equal to 50 percent of the fee otherwise prescribed by this chapter for the vehicle. An owner may register only one truck-tractor and only one semitrailer or lowboy trailer under this section. |
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Cotton Vehicle First Issued: 1991 Plate "C" prefix and "V" suffix. Used on vehicles that are used only to transport seed cotton modules, cotton, cotton burrs, or equipment used in transporting or processing cotton; and are not more than 10 feet in width. |
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Disaster First Issued: 1962 Plate has "12D" prefix. For use on trucks & trailers used exclusively for disaster relief purposes (Red Cross, Salvation Army, etc.). |
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Forestry Vehicle First Issued: 1993 "Forestry vehicle" means a vehicle used exclusively for transporting forest products in their natural state, including logs, debarked logs, untreated ties, stave bolts, plywood bolts, pulpwood billets, wood chips, stumps, sawdust, moss, bark, wood shavings, and property used in production of those products. |
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Log Loader First Issued: 1991 Plate has "L" prefix Used for vehicles that load logs, but do not haul logs. |
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Machinery First Issued: 1950 Plate has "M", mid-number. Issued to machinery used for well drilling or construction. |
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Parade First Issued: 1962 Plate has "PAR" prefix or suffix. One plateÊissued to a motorized vehicle owned and operated by a nonprofit service organization and designed, constructed, and used primarily for parade purposes. Trailers and semi-trailers do not qualify. This is a 5 year plate. Current plates expire in 2013. |
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Permit First Issued: 1964 Plate has "P" mid-number. Used for mobile cranes & vehicles constructed for oil well servicing, cleaning, & drilling. |
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