USED CAR DEALER 1993-2013
The prefix range for used car dealers is DLA to DZZ.
Standard plates are issued in the DLA-00oo format.
Courtesy plates are issued in the DLA 0oo format (without a dash).
Regular plates have sequential prefixes; courtesy plates have random prefixes.
1992 BASE
In 1992, there was another general reissue of dealer plates. All previous bases were replaced.
I, O, and Q are used on dealer plates.
Plates are listed alphabetically by prefix.
DL, DN, DO, DP, DR, DS, DZ
prefixes known.
1994
1998
1997
1997
2006Jeff Fazekas
1993Lee Madigan
1995Lee Madigan
2002
2003
2002Lee Madigan
1999/2004
1994
2011
1996Lee Madigan
1998Lee Madigan
Dealer car numbers started using a leading zero around 1997.
1998Lee Madigan
2011
2000
1999
2001
2007/2011
2001Lee Madigan
2002Lee Madigan
2003Jeff Fazekas
2004Jeff Fazekas
2005
1997Lee Madigan
DZW-75 SERIES
Courtesy Dealer
2001Lee Madigan
2005Jeff Fazekas
Slightly crooked numbers
2002Lee Madigan
1998Lee Madigan
1997/98Lee Madigan
1997/98Joe Wasielewski
1997Lee Madigan
2007
2000/07/08Jeff Fazekas
AVERY BASE
3M2 BASE
The Avery base was first issued around 2001-2002. All previous bases remain valid.
It's difficult to see where the Avery base stopped and the 3M2 base started, so they are listed together.
Plates are listed alphabetically by prefix.
DL, DM, DN, DO, DP,
DQ, DR, DS, DY, DZ
prefixes known.
2010
2003Jeff Fazekas
2006Jeff Fazekas
NJ map missing
2005
2002Lee Madigan
2007
2009NJ map missing
2008
NJ map missing
2004DTC is reserved for VEH CONV
Steve SalitOnly DY prefix known
AVERY 02 BASE
2006
2010NJ map missing
2008
2010same plate from 2008
2002AVERY
2003
Highest dealer code DZZ-99
Steve Salit
Courtesy Dealer
2007
2007Jeff Fazekas
Courtesy Dealer - Reverse Format (3M-2 base)
2011
2010
SEQUENTIAL ISSUES
Starting in 2002, after the DLA-DZZ prefixes were exhausted, plates with a DLx suffix started appearing.
DLA through DLF are on the Avery base; DLL and higher are on the 3M2 base.
At this point it became possible to track sequential issues by suffix.
2003
2003
2003
2003Jeff Fazekas
2005
2006
2006
2006
2007
2008
2008/09
2009
2009
2009Extra NJ map
2010
2010
2010
2010
2011
2011Cool DLR suffix
2011
(2011)
(2011)
Registration stickers were eliminated by New Jersey as of August 1, 2010.
The last stickered used car dealer plates may be in the DLX series.
2011
2011
2011
2009 HELIX BASE 
2011
Missing NJ map
2011
2011
2010
Joe Pugliese
2011
Courtesy Dealer
The prefixes are out of range, but apparently that isn't so important anymore.
SEQUENTIAL ISSUES
High number DLZ plates (on the helix base) have different spacing.
The car number is centered and the elements are widely spaced.
51-DLZ (above) has normal spacing ... 65-DLZ has wide spacing.
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
The wide spacing continued until 99-DLZ.
The DM- suffix was reached in January 2012.
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
2014
2014Steve Salit
The first known instances of the 00-DLAoo pattern were seen in 2012 - with and without the NJ map.
This will become the standard numbering pattern starting in 2014 with the flat plates.
2012
2012
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
