Municipal plates are used on everything from Police cars to public works vehicles. The Towns use initials to identify their plates. The State codes their plates with numbers to cover vehicle types. Municipal plates do not require expiration stickers.

State

	3M reflective STATE plate. DS collection
1987-1999 Map Base	Above: 87-99 "MAP" base plate. Judging by its poor condition, this was probably off of a dump truck. (eBay photo)
Gradiant Base	Above: State- from box truck. Above: New Graphic style base. (in use)

Municipal

Map Base	Above: Town of Bloomfield. '87-'99. (DS collection) Ellington Municipal p[late DS collection Above: Town of Madison plate. 87-99 Base. (eBay photo) Manchester? DS collection Stafford DS collection
Gradiant Base	Above: 2000 base, Town of Bloomfield. (in use) Above: 2000 base, Town of Plymouth. (in use) Above: 2000 base, Town of Stamford. (in use) Above: 2000 base. Town of Windsor. (photographed on car)
	Town of Windsor on a Long Island Sound base. Notice the sticker applied when a "base" of municipal is not used. (photographed on car)
MDC	Above: 1987-99. MDC stands for Metropolitan District Commission. As seen on our Water company vehicles.