# American Samoa license plate: Standard

> The American Samoa standard license plate: format 9999, for example 8628, 1972 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [American Samoa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--american-samoa) (5 registration series).

![American Samoa (United States) license plate, Standard (1972 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-as/us-as-standard/american-samoa-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1972 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-as-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--american-samoa/standard) |

Sources:

- [22.1002 — the whole statutory content of an American Samoa standard registration: the four preconditions, two decals placed on the tags, the fee schedule ($32.00 motor vehicle plus $12.00 per ton, $32.00 renewal, $2.00 bicycle, $10.00 titles and transfers, $9.00 late penalty), two tags on first registration or after five years' absence, $22.00 tag replacement, and the $7.00 per-fee allocation to a DPS fund for law-enforcement costs and for PRODUCTION of driver licences and vehicle registrations](https://asbar.org/code-annotated/22-1002-application-for-and-issuance-of-license-fees/)
- [22.1003: front and rear display, 50-foot legibility, illumination](https://asbar.org/code-annotated/22-1003-display-of-license/)
- [22.1001: the 'valid registration and vehicle license tags' requirement, and the statute's own vocabulary — American Samoa says TAGS, not plates](https://asbar.org/code-annotated/22-1001-motor-vehicle-registration-and-license-required/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_American_Samoa)
- [No licence statement on the site — treated as all rights reserved; facts only, no text or images copied](http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/PA_AMSA.html)
- [CORROBORATION: dated photographs establishing multi-year decal stacking on single tags ('August 2019 through August 21', 'January 2017 through January 2023'), which is the practical confirmation of 22.1002(f)'s five-year reissue rule; plus dated taxi, rental, dealer, government and US Congressional-delegate plates](http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/American_Samoa/asy2k.html)
- [AAMVA Ed.3 geometry and the 75-foot legibility recommendation against which American Samoa's statutory 50 feet is compared](https://www.aamva.org/getmedia/646bcc8a-219b-47d8-b5cd-726240473163/License-Plate-Standard-Edition-3_September-2025-Update.pdf)

## About this plate

AMERICAN SAMOA STANDARD ISSUE. It is recorded as the instrument date rather than invented. THREE THINGS MAKE THIS THE MOST DISTINCTIVE STANDARD SERIES IN THE TERRITORIES GROUP. First, it is ALL-NUMERIC, the only one in the group, which means an American Samoa plate carries no letters at all unless it carries a CLASS PREFIX, so the presence of letters is itself a classification signal. Second, TAGS ARE NOT REISSUED at every registration: 22.1002(f)'s five-year rule means a single pair of tags can accumulate half a decade of decals, and the photographs prove it does. Third, the statute calls them TAGS throughout, which is preserved here rather than normalised, because a jurisdiction's own vocabulary is a fact about it.

## Use it

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

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