Temp. Non-Passenger – An Illustrated History of Connecticut License Plates

Temp. Non-Passenger

These plates are issued for temporary registrations – such as when purchasing a used vehicle or registering temporarily in order to have it inspected for permanent registration. Camp. Trailer, Camper, Commercial and Motorcycle are the types presently available for purchase. Combination and Commercial Trailer used to be issued as well.

Temporary Dealer and Repair plates are also issued, usually when a permanent plate has been lost.

These plates have holes punched in them for attachment in the same manner as a regular plate, however they often appear taped inside the rear windshield of the vehicle.

These plates are now valid for a period of 10 days.

Up until the early 1980s there were also metal temporary plates of similar design to regular Commercial, Dealer, Repair, etc. plates, with a ‘T’ suffix. These were typically used for vehicles whose plates were lost.

“In-Transit” plates of a similar design are issued, for purchases of a vehicle in Connecticut by an out-of-state owner.

Click the photo to see this type in use.

Camp Trailer

1988 Temporary Camp Trailer
Interesting that this plate doesn’t have the “Temp.” legend on it

1990 Temporary Camp Trailer
These plates used the “Z” series.

1992 Temporary Camp Trailer

1999 Temporary Camp Trailer
The “Temp” legend was eventually added.

2000 Temporary Camp Trailer

Combination

1972 Temp. Combination

1979 Temp. Combination

1989 Temp. Combination

Commercial

1963 Temp. Commercial

1965 Temp. Commercial

1965 Temp. Commercial
This one has a narrower legend for the ‘TEMP. COM.’

1967 Temp. Commercial
From a 1941 Pickup truck

1969 Temp. Commercial

1981 Temporary Commercial. Like temporary passenger plates at this time, the caption was reversed from ‘Temp. Comm.’ to ‘Comm. Temp.’ for a short while.