District of Columbia license plate: Temporary
Issued today 2024 to today. Temporary plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, 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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LLLLLLLL, for exampleECBQVMMN(L is any letter)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
- 2024 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Temporary: short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration). Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
- About this plate
- TEMPORARY, THE BEST-DATED SERIES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC GROUP, AND THE ONLY ONE WITH A PRIMARY FOR ITS OWN START DATE. DC DMV published the change itself, with a reason (fraud mitigation), an effective date, a transition window and a physical description. It is also a useful reminder that agency PRESS RELEASES are systematically better sources for plate transitions than agency service pages, and should be the first place a US pass looks.
- How long it is valid
- 45 days. DC DMV replaced the temporary registration WINDOW STICKER with a temporary registration CARD 'to be carried in the vehicle for 45 days'.
Legal basis and sources
- DC DMV's own release: the 30 September 2024 changeover, the DESTINY-generated laser-printed alphanumeric, weather-resistant/fade-proof/tear-proof paper, industry-standard mounting holes, the DC flag corners and DMV... https://dmv.dc.gov/release/dc-dmv-redesigns-temporary-tags-mitigate-fraud
- 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-temporary. 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-temporary")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-temporary.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-dc/us-dc-temporary/template.svg
