# Alaska license plate: Government

> The Alaska government license plate: format LLL999, for example AMH851, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Alaska license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alaska) (13 registration series).

![Alaska (United States) license plate, Government (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ak/us-ak-government/alaska-license-plate-government.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `us-ak-government` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--alaska/government) |

Sources:

- [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 state officials, whose plates are numbered or designed to indicate the office and may remain only during the term](https://web.archive.org/web/2023id_/http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title28/Chapter10/Section181.htm)
- [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/)

## 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.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ak/us-ak-government.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/alaska?series=us-ak-government
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ak` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-ak-government"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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