Guam license plate: Dealer
Issued today 1952 to today. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Guam Department of Revenue and Taxation (DRT), Motor Vehicle Division. One of 10 Guam license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLL 999, for exampleIGM 872(L is any letter, 9 any digit)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
- 1952 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
- About this plate
- THE INTERESTING STRUCTURAL FACT is § 7128(c)'s composite serial: a "general distinguishing number" identifies the DEALER and a further number or symbol distinguishes each plate WITHIN that dealer's allocation. That is a two-level namespace inside a single plate serial, and it is the kind of thing a parse API can decode once the grammar is known, so the absence of the grammar is flagged as a high-value gap rather than shrugged off.
- About the format
- The composite structure above is the thing to encode when a Guam primary finally gives the grammar.
- Who can have one
- § 7127: a dealer or distributor may operate an otherwise-registrable vehicle on the highways WITHOUT REGISTERING IT "solely for the purpose of testing, demonstrating, repairing, delivering, servicing, storing or selling such vehicle", on condition that a special plate issued to that owner is displayed. § 7128(a) requires a written application with proof of bona fide dealer or distributor status; § 7128(b) requires DRT to issue a CERTIFICATE listing the plates assigned.
- Fee
- § 7170: forty dollars ($40.00) for each special plate issued to or renewed by a dealer or distributor
Legal basis and sources
- § 7127 (GC § 23322, P.L. 1-088, Nov. 29, 1952) the seven permitted dealer uses and the display condition; § 7128 (GC § 23323, P.L. 1-088, amended P.L. 5-017:2, Mar. 13, 1959) the written application, the certificate... https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/16gc007_0.pdf
This plate in your app
The series id is us-gu-dealer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Guam's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-gu \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-gu-dealer")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-gu/us-gu-dealer.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-gu/us-gu-dealer/template.svg
