# Arizona license plate: Standard 2021

> The Arizona standard 2021 license plate: format LLL 9LL, for example DKA 5RW, 2021 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Arizona license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arizona) (5 registration series).

![Arizona (United States) license plate, Standard 2021 (2021 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-az/us-az-standard-2021/arizona-license-plate-standard-2021.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 9LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2021 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| 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-az-standard-2021` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arizona/standard-2021) |

Sources:

- [§ 28-2351: the absence of any statutory serial constraint, the director's design power, the reflective coating, the contrast rule and the sans-serif state-name height](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/28/02351.htm)
- [ADOT's own June 2020 announcement of the new plate-numbering system.](https://azdot.gov/adot-news/your-eyes-don%E2%80%99t-deceive-you-new-license-plate-numbers-are-different)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Arizona)

## About this plate

ARIZONA STANDARD ISSUE, CURRENT GENERATION. THE BASE DESIGN IS OLDER THAN THE SERIES: the desert scene dates to 1996 (flat-printed from January 2008), and 2021 is a SERIAL-GRAMMAR boundary, not a redesign. WHY THIS SERIES IS INTERESTING BEYOND ARIZONA: it is the cleanest US example of a state exhausting its serial space and answering with an alphabet change rather than a redesign, 999 ZZZ ran out in mid-January 2008, ABC1234 ran out by April 2020, and the answer both times was more characters or a wider alphabet on the SAME plate.

## How numbers are issued

NOT LEXICOGRAPHIC. Consequence for the parse API: an Arizona serial's alphabetical position tells you almost nothing about its issue date, and any era inference built on ordinary odometer logic will be wrong.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 2020 transitional](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arizona/standard-2020-transitional) | 2020 to 2021 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2020 transitional](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arizona/standard-2020-transitional) (2020 to 2021)
- [Standard 2008](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arizona/standard-2008) (2008 to 2020)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-az/us-az-standard-2021.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/arizona?series=us-az-standard-2021
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-az` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-az-standard-2021"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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