# Arkansas license plate: Antique

> The Arkansas antique license plate: format L9999, for example R3137, 2007 to today, car and truck. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Arkansas license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arkansas) (6 registration series).

![Arkansas (United States) license plate, Antique (2007 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ar/us-ar-antique/arkansas-license-plate-antique.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2007 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, truck |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| 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-ar-antique` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--arkansas/antique) |

Sources:

- [DFA's own catalogue entry for the CURRENT antique vehicle plate: the rolling 30-year eligibility rule, the essentially-unaltered condition, the era-characteristic and safety-modification allowances, the Affidavit for License for an Antique Vehicle, and the 'Special Interest' plate category](https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/specialty-plates/antique-vehicle-license-plate-current/)
- [DFA's own catalogue entry titled 'Antique Vehicle License Plate - Valid - No Longer Issued' — the authority itself distinguishing a VALID but DISCONTINUED series, which is direct support for the ended-but-displayed modelling above](https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/specialty-plates/antique-vehicle-license-plate-valid-no-longer-issued/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Arkansas)

## About this plate

ARKANSAS ANTIQUE. The genuinely valuable thing here is not the format but the DFA catalogue's own two-entry treatment: the department publishes "Antique Vehicle License Plate - Current" and "Antique Vehicle License Plate - Valid - No Longer Issued" as separate catalogue items.

## Who can have one

text: DFA's own catalogue entry, verbatim: "For historical or special interest vehicles or any vehicle that is THIRTY (30) YEARS OLD OR OLDER, which is essentially unaltered from the original manufacturers specifications." DFA adds that "Certain modifications are permitted if they are characteristic of the approximate era to which the vehicle belongs or considered to be safety related (brakes, seal beam headlights, seat belts, etc.).". threshold kind: rolling. threshold note: A ROLLING thirty-year threshold, eligibility moves every year, which puts Arkansas with Florida's Antique plate (rolling 30 years, § 320.086(2)(a)) and against Florida's Horseless Carriage plate (fixed model year 1945 or earlier). Texas's § 504.501 Classic is rolling 25. Three of the four southcentral states therefore use rolling age thresholds and only the fixed-cutoff kind is absent here. The distinction is operationally real: a rolling threshold silently re-qualifies vehicles every 1 January and must be re-audited; a fixed cutoff never changes.. plate category: DFA classifies it under the catalogue's 'Special Interest' plate category. basis: authority-stated

## Use it

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

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