Alabama license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today 2014 to today. Motorcycle plates, issued by Alabama Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division (ALDOR MVD). One of 5 Alabama license plates.

Alabama (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (2014 to today), sample 215795M

Format, years and the law

Format
999999M, for example 215795M (9 any digit)

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

Years issued
2014 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #000000
Size
7 × 4 in (178 × 102 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
ALABAMA MOTORCYCLE PLATES. Both facts are true; the standard series carries the size as a variant and cross-refers here, and this entry carries the distinct serial.

Legal basis and sources

  1. the 4x7 in motorcycle plate size, and the instruction that the logo maximum is 'adjusted accordingly for motorcycle plate' https://www.revenue.alabama.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/License-Plate-Design-Specifications-040821.pdf
  2. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Alabama

This plate in your app

The series id is us-al-motorcycle. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Alabama's series:

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