Delaware license plate: Officials

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

Delaware (United States) license plate, Officials (2008 to today), sample 585

Format, years and the law

Format
999, for example 585 (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
2008 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, and truck.
Colours
Characters #00305E Background #C8A951

Legal basis and sources

  1. 21 Del. C. § 2121: 'Gold letters on a blue background, except for license plates provided for in § 2123 ... blue letters on a gold background'; § 2123 'Number plates for state/federal officers and judges' 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-officials. 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-officials")'