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| Alabama established a numerical county-code system for its license plates in 1941, with codes 1, 2 and 3 assigned to the three most populous counties of the time ([[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson]], [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile]] and [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]]), and codes 4 through 67 assigned to the remaining counties in alphabetical order. The state had no plans to update this numbering system.<ref name="al-tag-nums">{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/auto-tags.html |title=Alabama Automobile Tags Numerical by County |year=2008 |department=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> Code 70 was added in 1948 for replacement plates, followed in 1966 by code 80 for supplemental plates in counties that had run out of standard plates.<ref name="allaboutlicenseplatesAL"/> The system remains in use today on passenger plates and some non-passenger types. Despite being 03 on registration plates, [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]] is no longer the third most populous county and ranks 7th in the state. The current second [[List of counties in Alabama|Most populous]] county as of 2023 is [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison County]] with the registration code of 47. | Alabama established a numerical county-code system for its license plates in 1941, with codes 1, 2 and 3 assigned to the three most populous counties of the time ([[Jefferson County, Alabama|Jefferson]], [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile]] and [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]]), and codes 4 through 67 assigned to the remaining counties in alphabetical order. The state had no plans to update this numbering system.<ref name="al-tag-nums">{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/auto-tags.html |title=Alabama Automobile Tags Numerical by County |year=2008 |department=Alabama Department of Archives and History |access-date=September 1, 2015}}</ref> Code 70 was added in 1948 for replacement plates, followed in 1966 by code 80 for supplemental plates in counties that had run out of standard plates.<ref name="allaboutlicenseplatesAL"/> The system remains in use today on passenger plates and some non-passenger types. Despite being 03 on registration plates, [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]] is no longer the third most populous county and ranks 7th in the state. The current second [[List of counties in Alabama|Most populous]] county as of 2024 is [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison County]] with the registration code of 47. |
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