Colorado license plate: Personalized
Issued today Documented since 2023. Personalized plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 5 Colorado license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleLDKBFKI(L is any letter)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2023; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- Fee
- $35 on issuance, $25 on reissuance, $25 annual renewal, $12 to transfer to another vehicle (§ 42-3-211(6)(a)-(c)); a plate of only two alphabetic figures and up to four numeric figures costs the actual cost of issuing it (§ 42-3-211(6)(e))
Legal basis and sources
- § 42-3-211: the 2-to-7-position frame, same-colour-and-design rule, street rod exception, county opt-out, refusal criteria, the full fee schedule and the priority-loss rule in (6)(d) https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.pdf
- Colorado DMV: the application-then-approval-then-payment sequence, 6-8 week production, and the $60 one-time / $25 annual figures quoted on the FAQ (note the discrepancy against the statute's $35/$25, recorded, not... https://dmv.colorado.gov/license-plates
This plate in your app
The series id is us-co-personalized. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Colorado's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-co \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-co-personalized")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-co/us-co-personalized.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-co/us-co-personalized/template.svg
