District of Columbia license plate: Alternate design
Issued today Documented since 2018. Standard plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV). One of 10 District of Columbia license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LL-9999, for exampleFJ-8455(L is any letter, 9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2018; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
- Colours
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Characters
#003087 - About this plate
- THE ALTERNATE DESIGN (2018-). Its own series rather than a variant because its DESIGN differs from the mandated-legend base while its format and period overlap it, the §2.3 test.
Legal basis and sources
- § 50-1501.02(f-1): the individual opt-out and the Department's duty to supply an alternate design https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-1501.02
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Washington,_D.C
Before and after
This plate in your app
The series id is us-dc-alternate-design. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of District of Columbia's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-dc \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-dc-alternate-design")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-alternate-design.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-alternate-design/template.svg
