Illinois license plate: Motorcycle
Issued today Documented since 2026. Motorcycle plates, issued by Illinois Secretary of State, Vehicle Services Department. One of 8 Illinois license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LL 9999, for exampleNA 4778(L is any letter, 9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
- How numbers are issued
- observed AA 101 to GE 2085 as of 2025-04-26 (secondary)
Legal basis and sources
- 3-412(a): one plate for a motorcycle; (m) the 4 by 7 inch autocycle dimension, which shows the legislature sizing small plates when it chooses to https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-625-vehicles/il-st-sect-625-5-3-412.html
- 3-413: motorcycles display at the rear only https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-625-vehicles/il-st-sect-625-5-3-413.html
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Illinois
This plate in your app
The series id is us-il-motorcycle. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Illinois's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-il \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-il-motorcycle")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-il/us-il-motorcycle.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-il/us-il-motorcycle/template.svg
