Delaware license plate: Dealer

Issued today 2008 to today. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles (DelDOT DMV). One of 10 Delaware license plates.

Delaware (United States) license plate, Dealer (2008 to today), sample D31294

Format, years and the law

Format
D99999, for example D31294 (9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2008 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #C8A951 Background #00305E

Legal basis and sources

  1. 21 Del. C. § 2124: 'Number plates for manufacturers, dealers, and transporters' - the statutory class, which distinguishes THREE trade categories where most states distinguish one or two https://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c021/sc02/index.html
  2. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Delaware

This plate in your app

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

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