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New License Plates in 2025

Pine Tree & "No Tree" License Plate will be Replacing the Chickadee Plate in May of 2025
 
Images of the old Maine Standard Issue Chickadee License Plate and New Alternative Plates with a Pine Tree and No Pine TreeBeginning May 1, 2025, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) and Agents will no longer issue license plates with the chickadee design. Anyone who currently has plates with the chickadee design will be required to obtain new plates when they renew their registration or obtain a new registration on or after May 1, 2025.  
 
This means municipalities, including the Town of Casco, will be issuing a new plate when registrants with a chickadee plate renew their registrations.  For new registrations and renewals in the Passenger Class (PC) class code, registrants can choose:
 
  • a Pine Tree Plate (existing PC class code) for no additional costs or;
 
  • a “no tree plate” (new NT class code) for no additional costs or;