Arizona license plate: Special plate index

Issued today Documented since 2026. Specialty plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (ADOT MVD). One of 5 Arizona license plates.

Arizona (United States) license plate, Special plate index (documented since 2026), sample KHR 1TU

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL 9LL, for example KHR 1TU (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
Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
IT IS DELIBERATELY THIN, and the thinness is the finding: Arizona is the only state in the mountain group whose issuing agency could not be reached at all. A future pass with a browser should start here.

Legal basis and sources

  1. the Title 28 section index from which Article 11 (28-2351 to 28-2356) and Article 12 (28-2401 onward) were read https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=28
  2. § 28-2401 Definitions: 'special plates' means plates issued pursuant to this article; the immediate-family-member definition https://www.azleg.gov/ars/28/02401.htm
  3. No claim in this entry rests on it. https://azdot.gov/motor-vehicles/vehicle-services/license-plates

This plate in your app

The series id is us-az-special-plate-index. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Arizona's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-az \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-az-special-plate-index")'