Newfoundland and Labrador licence plate: Dealer D

Issued today 1982 to today. Dealer plates for car, van, and truck, issued by Motor Registration Division, Department of Digital Government and Service NL. One of 12 Newfoundland and Labrador license plates.

Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) license plate, Dealer D (1982 to today), sample DHD 796

Format, years and the law

Format
DLL 999, for example DHD 796 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
1982 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, and truck.
Colours
Characters #003DA5 Background #FFFFFF
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
Permitted use
the article states the D block is 'issued to auto dealers for test driving and transporting cars', no instrument located states a permitted-use rule, in sharp contrast to Prince Edward Island (HTA s.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
  2. HTA s. 16(4) (the class-plate power) and s. 22 (the registrar's dealer-plate provisions referenced at 'store and use identification plates and dealer plates in accordance with this Act and the regulations'), the Act... https://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/h03.htm

This plate in your app

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

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