Connecticut license plate: Dealer

Issued today Documented since 2015. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles (CT DMV). One of 7 Connecticut license plates.

Connecticut (United States) license plate, Dealer (documented since 2015), sample XT 3615

Format, years and the law

Format
XL 9999, for example XT 3615 (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 2015; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
PERIOD: the start is an upper bound from the statute edition read, not a real start; Connecticut dealer plates are reported to date to the 1920s.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Connecticut
  2. cga.ct.gov https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm

This plate in your app

The series id is us-ct-dealer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Connecticut's series:

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