# New Brunswick licence plate: Antique

> The New Brunswick antique license plate: format LL9 999, for example YM1 947, 2003 to today, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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Part of [New Brunswick license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--new-brunswick) (9 registration series).

![New Brunswick (Canada) license plate, Antique (2003 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-nb/ca-nb-antique-2003/new-brunswick-license-plate-antique.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL9 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2003 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #C8102E |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `ca-nb-antique-2003` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--new-brunswick/antique-2003) |

Sources:

- [MVA s. 1 (the 25-year restored-to-original definition, verbatim above); s. 29(1)(a)(i) (one plate for an antique vehicle); s. 1 'fictitious registration plate' definition, whose carve-outs expressly contemplate an out-of-year plate on 'a motorcycle, an antique vehicle, a trailer, a semi-trailer or a vehicle that has a gross mass of less than 4 500 kg' fitted to the FRONT — the statutory residue of the abolished front plate](https://web.archive.org/web/20251201033750/https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cs/M-17/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_Brunswick)

## About this plate

THE HIDDEN GEM IS IN THE DEFINITIONS SECTION: New Brunswick's definition of "fictitious registration plate" carves out "a registration plate not furnished and issued for the current registration year that is attached to the FRONT of a motorcycle, an antique vehicle, a trailer, a semi-trailer or a vehicle that has a gross mass of less than 4 500 kg", i.e. after 2019 it is lawful to keep an expired plate on the front of your car, and the legislature said so in a definition rather than in an operative section. Format and period are the article's.

## Who can have one

text: MVA s. New Brunswick's is younger AND stricter, a lower age bar with a restoration requirement.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-nb/ca-nb-antique-2003.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-brunswick?series=ca-nb-antique-2003
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-nb` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ca-nb-antique-2003"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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