Blank California license plate templates
16 blank California license plate templates: every California plate design we draw, with the registration left empty. Download each as SVG or PNG, free. Want your own text on it? Use the California license plate generator.
For mock-ups, design and teaching. Each template is the plate as issued, with the registration left blank and the stickers drawn as schematics with sample numbers. They are pictures of plates, not plates: a plate for a vehicle comes from the issuing authority or a licensed plate maker. To put your own text on a plate, use the license plate generator; for every template in your own app, the plates API.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) for cars; 7 × 4 in (178 × 102 mm) for motorcycles
- Format
- 999LLL9, for example 123SBX4 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)
- Plates on a car
- Two plates, front and rear
- Every fact about California license plates, with its source
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Standard 1ABC123 (1980–2026) Format 9LLL999 -
Standard 1ABC123 (1980–2026) Script base, no legend · 1993–1998, 2001–2011 Format 9LLL999 -
Standard 1ABC123 (1980–2026) Script base, SESQUICENTENNIAL legend · 1998–2001 Format 9LLL999 -
Standard 123ABC1 (~2026 → today) Format 999LLL9 -
Standard: Commercial (~2026 → today) Format 99999L9 -
Motorcycle (~2026 → today) Format 99L9999 -
Permanent trailer (~2026 → today) Format 9LL9999 -
Historic: Horseless carriage (~2026 → today) Format 999 -
Historical vehicle (~2026 → today) Format 999 -
Historic: Year of manufacture (~2026 → today) Format LLL999 -
Personalized (~2026 → today) Format LLLLLLL -
Specialty: Legacy 1960s (~2015 → today) Format LLLLLL -
Specialty index (~2026 → today) Format 999LLL9 -
Dealer (~2026 → today) Format 99999 -
Temporary (2019 → today) Format LL99L99 -
Government: Exempt (~2026 → today) Format 9999999
Formats, years and sources for each plate: California license plates. All countries and states: blank license plate templates.
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