VehiclesDB

Québec licence plate: Dealer X

Issued today 1991 to today. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ). One of 16 Québec license plates.

Québec (Canada) license plate, Dealer X (1991 to today), sample X 95938
Make this plate with your text Download the blank template (SVG) Every Québec license plate

Format, years and the law

Format
X 99999, for example X 95938 (9 any digit)

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

Years issued
1991 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #003DA5 Background #FFFFFF
Size
30 × 15 cm (300 × 150 mm) · every country's size
Restrictions
text: Règlement art. 152, opening verbatim: « Un véhicule visé à l'un des paragraphes 1 à 3 de l'article 149 prêté par le commerçant, le fabricant ou le carrossier et sur lequel est fixée une plaque d'immatriculation amovible doit être utilisé uniquement aux fins suivantes: 1° démontrer son état de fonctionnement ou son état de performance dans le cadre d'un prêt de moins de 6 jours; ... » Art. 153 requires the driver of a loaned vehicle to carry a document naming the lender. Art. 145: a trailer on a removable plate may only be towed within Québec and « sans porter de chargement », unloaded.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Règlement arts. 143-148 (trailer/carrier removable registration), 149-158 (dealer, manufacturer and body-builder removable registration), 159-161 (the X prefix and multiple plates), 10 (display) https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/rc/C-24.2,%20r.%2029
  2. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Quebec

This plate in your app

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

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ca-qc \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ca-qc-dealer-x")'
Check plate formats in your app

More licence plates

Nearest to Québec