License Plates of Interest

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This page lists the New York license plates which make recurring appearances in Person of Interest episodes.

The prop master for the show maintains a number of actual NY state licence plates that are not assigned and are considered to be "clear". Some plates have been seen in other television programs such as ABC's "Castle". For reasons of privacy, the producers must check with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles to make sure the plates they use on TV are not assigned at the time of filming. They have been known to digitally obscure or sometimes edit plates used a second or third time in an episode. This differs from California, which reserves all license plates beginning with the letter Q for television productions.

One trick of the trade a show may use is to visit the NY state DMV website's vanity plate generator to see if a random letter/number combination is available, and then print out a plate using a laser printer, although this method is normally not used when a close up is required.

Marked police and emergency vehicles are rented from the city as needed, however, the stars unmarked cars that reappear throughout the series are provided through product placement contracts with major auto companies. The NYFD ambulance (#52) seen in a variety of episodes is a decommissioned city vehicle owned by a prop company.

The NYC Film Office posts notices in the area of the city where filming will be taking place. Any privately owned vehicles that are in this area are considered to have provided consent for their plates to be broadcast, although this is a rare occurrence.

920B-ET[]

Assigned to the NYFD ambulance as seen in:

“Foe”
“Blue Code”
“Provenance”
“Root Path (/)”

AWQ-2538[]

On Peter Yogorov's Mercedes SUV in “Witness”
On Hector Alvarez's Dodge Ram pick-up in “Get Carter”
On Matt Duggan's Honda in “Number Crunch”
On the armored car robber's getaway van in “Matsya Nyaya”
On the Lexus that transports Harvey Specter around in Suits.

BNQ-1925[]

On the stolen ATF car in “Dead Reckoning”
On the Honda Reese steals in “Trojan Horse”
On Matakari's Chevrolet Tahoe in “Razgovor”
On Roots car in “Nautilus”

CTQ-4318[]

On Jamie Hallen's wrecked car in “Number Crunch”
On Mark Snow"s CIA Chevrolet Tahoe in “Number Crunch”
On Carter's Ford Expedition in “Flesh and Blood”

DQF-8093[]

On Daniel's truck in “The High Road”
On the gunmen's Mercedes Benz in “C.O.D.”
On Foster's Cadillac in “4C”

EOF-1609[]

On Jimmy Calhoun's Cadillac in “Ghosts”
On the gang's Ford LTD in “Judgment”

EWQ-2147[]

On Fusco's unmarked car throughout the first three seasons
On Scott Powell's Dodge pick-up in “Root Cause”
On Harvey Specter's chauffeur-driven Lexus throughout the show

GHO-7561[]

On Samuel Douglas' Range Rover in “The Fix”
On Hector Alvarez's Pontiac in “Get Carter”
On Tyrell Evans' CIA Chevrolet Tahoe in “Number Crunch”
On Michael Cahill's Dodge Charger in “Blue Code”

GRB-123[]

On the kidnapper's van in “Baby Blue”
On the armored car in “Matsya Nyaya”

GRQ-1325[]

On the Jeep outside Junior's in “Ghosts”
On Andrew Benton's Mercedes Benz in “Cura Te Ipsum”
On Monty's Cadillac Escalade in “Masquerade”
On the Ford Explorer behind Reese while Graham Wyler's SUV burns in “The High Road”
On Kara Stanton's Buick in “Dead Reckoning”
On Patrick Simmons's GMC Yukon in “Razgovor”
On the Toyota Corolla parked behind the cab that explodes in “Most Likely To...”
On the Escalade outside the diner in the opening of “Death Benefit”
On the Honda driven by Claire Mahoney's "Father" in “Nautilus”
On Harvey Specter's Lexus. "Suits" “[[Template:Ep/3x9|Template:Ep/3x9]]”

IOP-7610[]

On Reese and Root's car in “M.I.A.”

HQO-6874[]

On Angela Markham's Range Rover in “Judgment”
On the kidnapper's Ford Expedition in “Number Crunch”
On one of the cars detected by Finch's license plate reader in “Matsya Nyaya”
On Sameen Shaw's Honda in “Relevance”
On Alex's chauffeured Mercedes in “Lady Killer”
On Hersh's Tahoe in “Aletheia”
On Aris' Town Car in “Provenance”
On Zachary's black Tahoe which he uses to stop the homeless man in “Beta”
On the getaway van Shaw drives in “Nautilus”

JYU-O2L8[]

On Andre Wilcox's Cadillac in “Wolf and Cub”
On L.O.S.'s Chevrolet Tahoe in “Blue Code”

KNQ-8633[]

On the car Reese takes cover under in “Number Crunch”
On Reese's car in “Til Death”
On Reese's Acura in “Triggerman”
On Reese's Cadillac in “Trojan Horse”
On Reese's Chrysler in “Mors Praematura”
On the Chrysler sedan from which Reese and Shaw are watching Wainwright in “Most Likely To...”
On Otto's BMW in “A House Divided”

LXQ-2038[]

On Finch's Lincoln Town Car in numerous episodes.
On the Ford Van that takes away Denton Weeks' body in “Bad Code”
On the Mercedes S-class sedan that Reese and Shaw drove off the edge of the expressway in “God Mode”.
On the van that crashes into a parked car in the opening scene in “The Fix”.
On the BMW with which Reese saves Jack Salazar from being kidnapped in “Liberty”.
On Root's car in “Mors Praematura”
On Collier's van in “Mors Praematura”
On the Tahoe that Zachary used to kidnap Grace Hendricks in “Beta”
On the black Cadillac at the opening crime scene in “Brotherhood”

NUQ-1724[]

On the Dodge truck that crashes into Gianni Moretti's car in “Baby Blue”
On one of the cars detected by Finch's license plate reader in “Matsya Nyaya”
On the Scion that Henry Peck walks by in “No Good Deed”
On the Impala that the CIA van hits in “Mors Praematura”
On Finch's Town Car in “Death Benefit” and “Beta”
On the car given to John Wick by the continental.

OAF-4595[]

On Reese's Geo in “Blue Code”
On the HR cop's Honda in “Flesh and Blood”

POH-9812[]

On the kidnapper's Cadillac in “Judgment”
On the gold Honda Reese tries to steal in “Witness”
On Hector Alvarez's Pontiac Trans Am in “Get Carter”
On Reese's Pontiac in “Flesh and Blood”
On a Mercedes parked outside Peter Arndt's house in “Many Happy Returns”

R2L-4728[]

On Cap's town car in “The Contingency”
On Finch's Lincoln Town Car in “Triggerman”

SQT-94J0[]

On Trim's Cadillac Escadale in “Wolf and Cub”
On Gianni Moretti's gold Cadillac in “Baby Blue”
On Gianni Moretti, Jr.'s black Cadillac in “Flesh and Blood”
On the HR thug's Dodge in “Firewall”

SRQ-2876[]

On Carter's squad car in “Flesh and Blood”
On the station wagon Reese steals in “God Mode”
On Carter's Ford Expedition in “Razgovor”
On the black Mazda that Claire Mahoney shoots at in “Nautilus”

SQR-5635[]

On Harvey Specter's Lexus LS 460 in Suits, Season 2, Ep. 14, "He's back"
On George Massey's Cadillac Escalade in “Triggerman”
On the Cadillac Escalade of the drone pilot in “Zero Day”
On the pickup Root steals in “God Mode”
On Patrick Simmons's Ford in “Mors Praematura”
On the BWM with the suits hanging inside in “Last Call”
On the Mercedes-Benz S 550 [W221] in Michael Clayton, Movie, 2007

SWU-63L7[]

On Trim's grandmother's Town Car in “Wolf and Cub”
On the runaway minivan in “Baby Blue”

TNF-0818[]

On Scarface's Chevrolet in “Witness”

VOQ-7041[]

On Molina 's squad car in “Mission Creep”
On Womack's Lincoln in “Cura Te Ipsum”

WKO-3542[]

On one of the cars detected by Finch's license plate reader in “Matsya Nyaya”
On Sabrina Drake's car in “Til Death”
On Raymond Terney's squad car in “The Perfect Mark”
On Finch's Town Car in “Lethe” and “Provenance”
On the black Tahoe carrying Decima gunmen seen several times in “Beta”
On Shaw's Prius in “Nautilus”

YKO-1989[]

On Drost's BMW in “Judgment”
On the Audi in which Reese chauffeurs Zoe Morgan in “The Fix”
On Neil Vargas's town car in “Blue Code”
On Scarface's Chevrolet Tahoe in “Baby Blue”

ZET-36D (New Jersey)[]

On a Honda in the lot in “The Contingency”
On a Nissan in the valet lane in “Bury the Lede”

Sightings in Other TV Shows[]

Castle (ABC)[]

EWQ-2147 is seen in the Season 1 Finale on a Mercedes S500.
AWQ-2538 can be seen in episode 4x21 about 7 minutes in.
HQO-6874 is seen on Rick's Mercedes in episode 5x04
NUQ-1724 is seen on Dolan's Escalade in episode 5x08
LXQ-2038 is seen on the car that was used to "kill" Castle in the season 6 finale.

Blue Bloods (CBS)[]

GRQ-1325 appears on Joe Reagan's Camaro SS in episode 1x07.
SRQ-2876 appears on the stalker's Escalade in the opening of episode 1x08.
KNQ-8633 appears on Judge Fenton's Cadillac in episode 1x10.
BNQ-1925 appears on the kidnapper's van in episode 1x14.
KNQ-8633 appears on Danny Reagan's Jeep in episode 1x18.
NUQ-1724 appears on the kidnappers Crown Victoria in episode 1x18.
AWQ-2538 appears on the Dodge sedan when the kidnapped girl runs through traffic in episode 1x22.
NUQ-1724 appears on the car Jackie uses to tail Campion in episode 1x22.
KNQ-8633 appears on the red Chevy pick up Jackie rear ends in episode 1x22.
SRQ-2876 appears on the kidnappers Jeep in episode 1x22.
AWQ-2538 appears on Danny Reagan's personal Jeep in episode 1x22.
BNQ-1925 appears on Buchannan's Ford Mustang in episode 1x22.
SRQ-2876 appears on the kidnappers van in episode 4x14.

Miscellaneous[]

SRQ-2876 and NUQ-1724 are used episodes 1x04 and 2x03, respectively of The Following.
AWQ-2538 appears on the Mercedes Benz in episode 1x12 of "666 Park Avenue".
AWQ-2538 appears n Hank Lawson's car in "Royal Pains".
BNQ-1925 appears on "Rabbit's" Town Car in episode 2x10 of Cinemax' "Banshee".
EWQ-2147 appears on a Maserati in an episode of "Louie".
GRQ-1325 appears on Harvey Specter's chauffeured Lexus sedan throughout season 3 of "Suits".
NUQ-1724 appears on Ruby Simms Dodge Challenger in "American Odyssey".
NUQ-1724 appears on the Jeep in front of the killer's van in the opening of "The Blacklist" 1x13.
NUQ-1724 appears on John Wick's Dodge Charger in John Wick.
SRQ-2876 appears regularly on Abe's personal BMW in ABC's "Forever".
SQR-5635 appears on the BMW of the CFO, David Wallace, of the show "The Office" S06:E02 "The Meeting".
SQR-5635 appears on a Ford Fusion in "White Collar".
EWQ-2147 appears on Peraltas car in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine S01:E12"
AWQ-2538 appears on the car used by the pontiac-bandits contact in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine S01:E12"