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District of Columbia license plate: Dealer

Issued today Documented since 2017. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by District of Columbia Department of Motor Vehicles (DC DMV). One of 10 District of Columbia license plates.

District of Columbia (United States) license plate, Dealer (documented since 2017), sample DFH-6685
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Format, years and the law

Format
DLL-9999, for example DFH-6685 (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 2017; 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, motorcycle, and trailer.
About the format
The same hole exists for a literal '9'.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Washington,_D.C

This plate in your app

The series id is us-dc-dealer. 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-dealer")'
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