# Colorado license plate: Standard 2018

> The Colorado standard 2018 license plate: format LLL-L99, for example ABC-D12, 2018 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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

![Colorado (United States) license plate, Standard 2018 (2018 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-co/us-co-standard-2018/colorado-license-plate-standard-2018.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-L99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2018 → 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-co-standard-2018` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--colorado/standard-2018) |

Sources:

- [§ 42-3-201(5)(a): the SIX-CHARACTER cap, 'standardized coloring', and the personalized-plate exception; (2): displayed content and the 100-foot legibility rule](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.pdf)
- [Colorado DMV: all Colorado plates are printed by Colorado Correctional Industries; the Print-On-Demand programme for low-issuance plates; plate expiry on transfer under SB 21-069](https://dmv.colorado.gov/license-plates)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Colorado)

## About this plate

COLORADO STANDARD ISSUE, CURRENT ARRANGEMENT. The BASE DESIGN did not change in 2018, the mountain plate dates to January 2000 and the mountain motif to 1960, so a reader must not read this series' start as a redesign date.

## How numbers are issued

Not alphabetical in issuance. The DMV's own explanation, via the collector record: plates are MANUFACTURED alphabetically but ISSUED from stock, and "the most progressive numbers are often found on low-volume special plates, as they are typically issued after being manufactured rather than kept in stock". Consequence for era inference: a Colorado serial's position in the alphabet bounds its MANUFACTURE date, not its issue date. Corroboration-grade.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 2015](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--colorado/standard-2015) | 2015 to 2018 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Retired style](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--colorado/retired-style-2023) (2023 to today)
- [Standard 2015](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--colorado/standard-2015) (2015 to 2018)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-co/us-co-standard-2018.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/colorado?series=us-co-standard-2018
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-co` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-co-standard-2018"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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