District of Columbia license plate: Motorcycle
Issued today Documented since 2021. Motorcycle plates, 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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MY9999, for exampleMY3758(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 2021; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
- About this plate
- It is also the only series in the mid-Atlantic group whose legend is governed by a statutory EXCLUSION rather than a statutory mandate, which is a nice demonstration that carve-outs are as load-bearing as rules: a classifier trained to expect the District's slogan will fail on every DC motorcycle, taxi and organization plate, all three excluded by name in § 50-1501.02(f-1).
Legal basis and sources
- § 50-1501.02(f-1): motorcycles and autocycles are excluded from the mandated phrase 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
- AAMVA: stacked characters are part of the official plate number, at most two stacked https://www.aamva.org/getmedia/646bcc8a-219b-47d8-b5cd-726240473163/License-Plate-Standard-Edition-3_September-2025-U...
This plate in your app
The series id is us-dc-motorcycle. 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-motorcycle")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-motorcycle.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-motorcycle/template.svg
