VehiclesDB

Alaska license plate: Government

Issued today Documented since 2026. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Alaska Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 13 Alaska license plates.

Alaska (United States) license plate, Government (documented since 2026), sample AMH851
Make this plate with your text Download the blank template (SVG) Every Alaska license plate

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL999, for example AMH851 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
About this plate
GOVERNMENT AND CHARITABLE FLEET PLATES. Alaska folds charities in with the State and its municipalities, which is unusual and which means a "government" classification on an Alaska plate is not a reliable inference about who owns the vehicle. The elected-official plate in AS 28.10.181(f) is recorded in the same citation rather than given its own entry: it is numbered or designed to show the office and may remain on the vehicle ONLY during the official's term, which makes it the one Alaska plate whose validity is tied to an election result.
How long it is valid
AS 28.10.181(e): a certificate and plate issued to the state, a municipality or a charitable organization "is in effect until the vehicle ... is no longer owned and operated by" that body "or until the department, in its discretion, declares its expiration." An OPEN-ENDED registration with a discretionary end, a period shape that no year-based model captures, and worth recording as such.

Legal basis and sources

  1. AS 28.10.181(e): state, municipal and charitable-organization plates; the distinctive design and numbering requirement; the open-ended validity and discretionary expiration; the vehicle-listing duty. Also (f), elected... https://web.archive.org/web/2023id_/http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title28/Chapter10/Section181.htm
  2. the DMV's charitable-exemption route, the live counterpart of AS 28.10.181(e) https://web.archive.org/web/2025id_/https://dmv.alaska.gov/vehicle-services/charitable-exemption-for-license-plates/

This plate in your app

The series id is us-ak-government. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Alaska's series:

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

More license plates

Nearest to Alaska