# Louisiana license plate: Specialty index

> The Louisiana specialty index license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 585 ILP, documented since 2016, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Louisiana license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--louisiana) (7 registration series).

![Louisiana (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2016)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-la/us-la-specialty-index/louisiana-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2016 → today (documented from 2016; the format is likely older) |
| 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-la-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--louisiana/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [the OMV Policy Manual Section 5 index — 187 numbered plate policies from 1.00 to 205.00, each linking to its own dated PDF; the count claim](https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/resources/omv-policy/vehicle-license-plate-classifications-requirements/)
- [Policy 45.00 — the Category #1/#2/#3 tables mapping named plate types to their authorising R.S. sections, and the three-class exemption from the uniform scheme](https://public.powerdms.com/ladpsc/documents/370991)
- [OMV: 'Louisiana offers a wide variety of specialty license plates, as well as your choice of a personalized plate'; the Specialty Plates Viewer; the Specialized Vehicle Unit contact](https://expresslane.la.gov/omv/vehicles/plates/special-personalized-plates/)

## About this plate

THE LOUISIANA SPECIALTY INDEX. The count published here is deliberately the raw one, 187 numbered plate policies, with an explicit statement of what it counts, rather than a cleaner "roughly 150 specialty programs" that would be a guess wearing a number's clothes. The structurally interesting finding is that Louisiana, like Texas and unlike Florida, authorises specialty plates ONE STATUTE AT A TIME, so its catalogue is recoverable from edicts of government even where the agency's own viewer is unfetchable.

## Use it

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

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