District of Columbia license plate: Taxi
Issued today 2017 to today. Taxi plates for car and van, 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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H-99999, for exampleH-65778(9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- 2017 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Taxi: for-hire vehicles where separately serialized or colored. Issued for car and van.
- About this plate
- TAXI (FOR-HIRE). A carve-out creating a class is a pattern worth watching for in other jurisdictions.
Legal basis and sources
- § 50-1501.02(f-1): for-hire vehicles 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
This plate in your app
The series id is us-dc-taxi. 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-taxi")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-taxi.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-taxi/template.svg
