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Alaska license plate: Historic vehicle

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

Alaska (United States) license plate, Historic vehicle (documented since 2026), sample 269
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Format, years and the law

Format
999, for example 269 (9 any digit)

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

Years issued
Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car.
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
HISTORIC VEHICLE. Alaska's version of the series Florida, California and Hawaii all legislate, a separate permanent numerical run, but with two distinguishing choices. It numbers from "Historic Vehicle No. 1" rather than "Horseless Carriage No. 1"; and it delegates the age threshold to the commissioner's regulations instead of fixing it in statute, so the 30-year rule the DMV publishes is agency practice rather than law. Since 30 years is a ROLLING threshold, this is a series whose eligible fleet changes annually without any instrument being amended, the exact case the quarterly audit has to re-derive rather than trust.
Who can have one
AS 28.10.181(b): the department registers a historic vehicle 'when satisfied that the vehicle meets the requirements for historic vehicle registration under REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER', the threshold is delegated to regulation, not stated in statute. The DMV catalogue states the operative rule: 'For vehicles 30 or more years in age and driven for historical exhibitions', $10. A ROLLING threshold, which silently grows every year and must be re-audited.
How long it is valid
permanent; 'Registration plates issued under this subsection remain with the vehicle as long as the vehicle is registered under this subsection' (AS 28.10.181(b)).
Fee
$10 initial, $0 renewal (Alaska DMV catalogue).

Legal basis and sources

  1. AS 28.10.181(b)(1) (reproduction, current through December 2007): two permanent plates, distinctive design and colour, bearing no date, 'Historic Vehicle No. 1' separate numerical series, plates remain with the vehicle https://web.archive.org/web/2023id_/http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title28/Chapter10/Section181.htm
  2. Alaska DMV: Historic Vehicle plate, $10, 'For vehicles 30 or more years in age and driven for historical exhibitions' https://web.archive.org/web/2025id_/https://dmv.alaska.gov/vehicle-services/license-plates/

This plate in your app

The series id is us-ak-historic-vehicle. 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-historic-vehicle")'
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