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Alaska license plate: Motorcycle

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

Alaska (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (documented since 2026), sample KBR952
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Format, years and the law

Format
LLL999, for example KBR952 (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
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
About this plate
MOTORCYCLE. Its own series because the ISSUANCE RULE differs by statute, one plate rather than two, even though nothing else about it could be sourced.

Legal basis and sources

  1. AS 28.10.161(a): one fully reflectorized plate for a trailer or a motorcycle https://web.archive.org/web/2023id_/http://www.touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstats/Statutes/Title28/Chapter10/Section161.htm
  2. Alaska DMV: motorcycles are in the one-plate-on-the-back list 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-motorcycle. 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-motorcycle")'
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