# Florida license plate: Specialty index

> The Florida specialty index license plate: format LLL 999, for example TAX 284, 1995 to today, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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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, Specialty index (1995 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-fl/us-fl-specialty-index/florida-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1995 → today |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| 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-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--florida/specialty-index) |

Over a hundred designs, one rule for the characters: specialty plates carry ordinary Florida serials. The artwork is the message — the serial still decodes to nothing.

Sources:

- [FLHSMV: 'Florida offers over 100 different specialty license plates'; the special-requirement subtype; the military-plate ordering rule; the gift-certificate program](https://www.flhsmv.gov/motor-vehicles-tags-titles/personalized-specialty-license-plates/)
- [Monthly Active Specialty Plates report (no historical data) + Monthly Revenue Collections report (3-year history)](https://services.flhsmv.gov/specialtyplates/)
- [the 27-page official catalogue and its section structure](https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/specialtyplates/FLPB.pdf)
- [§ 320.08056: specialty plate authorisation, annual use fees, the (8)(a) discontinuation duty with its 3,000/4,000-registration threshold, and the History line whose first entry — 's.](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0320/Sections/0320.08056.html)

## About this plate

2, ch. 95-282' (Laws of Florida 1995), and a History note is part of the official statute publication, so this is a statutory-creation-date claim on the FRAMEWORK the index stands for. Two things worth carrying forward. First, the count is CONTESTED: FLHSMV says over 100, Wikipedia says over 120, and the honest record is both figures with their sources, not a split. Second, the monthly active-plate report is the single most valuable structured artefact found in the whole US pass and it is NOT archived by its publisher, a monthly capture job should be scheduled before L2, because every month not captured is permanently gone.

## Use it

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

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