# Florida license plate: Antique

> The Florida antique license plate: format 999, for example 175, 1999 to today, car, truck, and bus. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Florida license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida) (10 registration series).

![Florida (United States) license plate, Antique (1999 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-fl/us-fl-antique/florida-license-plate-antique.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1999 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-fl-antique` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida/antique) |

Its own numeric series, statutorily "commencing with Antique No. 1", for vehicles thirty years old and counting — a rolling threshold, the opposite design choice to the Horseless Carriage's fixed one. In 1999 it absorbed and renamed the old twenty-year "Collectible" series.

Sources:

- [§ 320.086(2)(a) the rolling 30-year threshold, the 'Antique No. 1' series, distinguishing colour, the regular/specialty opt-out; (2)(b) the 1 October 1999 permanent and 'Collectible' transitions; (3) firefighting apparatus, former military and other historical vehicles; History line includes 's.](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0320/Sections/0320.086.html)
- [leg.state.fl.us](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0320/SEC086.HTM&StatuteYear=1997)
- [Laws of Florida ch. 99-248 s. 319); the (2)(b) transition keyed to 1 October 1999 enacted in the same section](http://laws.flrules.org/1999/248)
- [§ 316.605(1) cross-reference to s. 320.086(5), which EXEMPTS display of plates on described former military vehicles](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0316/Sections/0316.605.html)

## About this plate

ANTIQUE. The chapter law shows the OPPOSITE: the 'Antique' label is itself the 1999 novelty, ch. 99-248 s. (2)(b) grandfathers plates issued under the SECTION's earlier regimes, which is why it is written around 1 October 1999.

## Who can have one

motor vehicle for private use manufactured in a model year AFTER 1945 and 'of the age of 30 years or more after the model year', a ROLLING threshold. § 320.086(3) extends the same plates to ancient or antique firefighting apparatus, FORMER MILITARY VEHICLES and other historical motor vehicles 30 years old or older that are 'used only in exhibitions, parades, or public display', with permanent validity tied to that restricted use.

## Other historic plates here

- [Horseless carriage](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida/horseless-carriage) (1957 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-fl/us-fl-antique.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/florida?series=us-fl-antique
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-fl` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-fl-antique"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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