# Delaware license plate: Standard beveled

> The Delaware standard beveled license plate: format 999999, for example 892043, documented since 2008, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Delaware license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--delaware) (10 registration series).

![Delaware (United States) license plate, Standard beveled (documented since 2008)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-de/us-de-standard-beveled/delaware-license-plate-standard-beveled.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2008 → today (documented from 2008; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #00305E; characters #C8A951; border #C8A951 |
| 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-de-standard-beveled` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--delaware/standard-beveled) |

Sources:

- [21 Del. C. § 2121: one plate per vehicle, 'the registration number assigned to the vehicle, the name of this State', 'Number plates shall be of such design, size, material and color as the Department may determine', 'Gold letters on a blue background'; § 2125 ownership of plates; § 2126 rear display](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c021/sc02/index.html)
- [DelDOT DMV's own plate index - the agency-page-in-force evidence that this scheme is current](https://www.dmv.de.gov/VehicleServices/tags/index.shtml)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Delaware)

## About this plate

Every other state in this group can be roughly dated from its base; Delaware can only be dated from its NUMBER, and only by someone holding the issuance history. This is also why the two Delaware series overlap in 2008 with distinct notes: nothing was recalled, so 1969 plates and 2008 plates are both current registrations today.

## How numbers are issued

strictly sequential ascending; the space has NEVER been reset, which is why Delaware serials are an unusually good age proxy, a low number is an old registration or an expensive one.

## Replacement

note: NO REPLACEMENT PROVISION LOCATED in Subchapter II. This is the pole opposite Florida's statutory 10 years.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard flat](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--delaware/standard-flat) | documented 1969 to 2008 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard flat](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--delaware/standard-flat) (documented 1969 to 2008)

## Use it

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

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