# Florida license plate: Dealer

> The Florida dealer license plate: format LLL 999, for example YRS 723, documented since 1997, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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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, Dealer (documented since 1997)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-fl/us-fl-dealer/florida-license-plate-dealer.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1997 → today (documented from 1997; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| 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-dealer` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida/dealer) |

"Dealer" at the bottom, and the plate binds to the dealership, not to any vehicle. The trap: a dealer may run a specialty design instead, which displaces the legend — the one bottom legend the statute lets disappear.

Sources:

- [§ 320.06(3)(a): the 'Dealer' legend, the § 320.08(12) tax hook, and the specialty-plate exception](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0320/Sections/0320.06.html)
- [leg.state.fl.us](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0320/SEC06.HTM&StatuteYear=1997)
- [laws.flrules.org](http://laws.flrules.org/1999/248)

## About this plate

DEALER PLATES. The dealer TAX CLASS (§ 320.08(12)) is far older than the legend evidence; what this series records is the legend-bearing plate, and 1997 bounds that. Sentence history actually pinned: ch. 99-248 s. 21 (1999) DELETED the original exception letting gross-vehicle-weight dealer vehicles take a 'Restricted' plate; the CURRENT exception (a specialty design may displace the Dealer legend, s. The specialty carve-out is the interesting fact and a trap for any classifier that keys off the legend.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Manufacturer](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida/manufacturer) (1999 to today)

## Use it

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

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