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Alberta licence plate: Dealer

Issued today Documented since 2002. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, and trailer, issued by Registrar of Motor Vehicle Services, Government of Alberta (plates issued through registry agents). One of 8 Alberta license plates.

Alberta (Canada) license plate, Dealer (documented since 2002), sample FY-2057
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Format, years and the law

Format
LL-9999, for example FY-2057 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
Documented since 2002; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #1B3F8B Background #FFFFFF
About this plate
AR 320/2002 ss. 72-74. s. 72(4) states the binding plainly and it is the classic dealer-plate shape: "A dealer's certificate of registration and the licence plates issued with it apply to ALL MOTOR VEHICLES HELD FOR SALE by the holder of the certificate of registration from time to time", the plate is bound to the BUSINESS, not to any vehicle. s. 72(5) excludes vehicles held for hire. s. 73 runs the parallel regime for trailer dealers and s. 74 for dealers' plates generally. 115 and alberta.ca both bar from dealer plates.

Legal basis and sources

  1. ss. 72(1)-(6), 73, 74 https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_320.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is ca-ab-dealer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Alberta's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-ab \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ca-ab-dealer")'
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