West Virginia first started issuing license plates in 1905. West Virginia license plate types include amateur radio, antique, apportioned trailer, apportioned truck, auto, auto auction, bus, car, car trailer, charter bus, city, civil air patrol, classic, combination, county, dealer, demo, disabled, education, emergency medical services, environmental, exempt, farm, firefighter, handicapped, house trailer, interstate railway express, jitney, law enforcement, light trailer, machinery, manufacturer, military, motorcycle, non resident, postmaster, public institution, repossessed vehicle, road tax, semi trailer, special mobile equipment, state, taxi, tow truck, towing, tractor, trailer, transporter, truck, truck for hire, u drive, used car dealer, vanity, veteran, wrecker, and year of manufacture.
