# Louisiana license plate: Standard

> The Louisiana standard license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 236 HPR, 2016 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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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, Standard (2016 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-la/us-la-standard/louisiana-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2016 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--louisiana/standard) |

Sources:

- [Louisiana OMV Policy 21.00, 'Personalized Prestige License Plates' (revised 2025-02-14), authority R.S. 47:462 and 47:463.2 — the prohibition on vanity plates containing 'a regular plate sequence (i.e. three numbers followed by three alpha or three alpha followed by three numbers)', which is the department's own statement of the regular passenger arrangement](https://public.powerdms.com/ladpsc/documents/366665)
- [Louisiana OMV Policy 45.00, 'Uniform License Plates', authority R.S. 47:463(3) and Senate Concurrent Resolution 196 — the Category #1 colour scheme: blue letters and numbers on white, 'Louisiana' in red script at top centre, 'Sportsman's Paradise' in blue block letters at bottom](https://public.powerdms.com/ladpsc/documents/370991)
- [Louisiana OMV Policy 38.00, 'Automobile License Plates', authority R.S. 47:463(A) — eligibility for the passenger class, the two-year registration period, non-transferability between owners, and the ad valorem licence tax](https://public.powerdms.com/ladpsc/documents/366583)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Louisiana)

## About this plate

LOUISIANA CURRENT ISSUE, KEYED TO THE FORMAT. Also note what Louisiana does NOT have: no replacement cycle at all, but a two-year registration period, plates that die with the owner rather than transfer, and an ad valorem tax, a combination that churns plates through transfer rather than through age.

## Region code notes

NONE TODAY, BUT LOUISIANA HAD ONE AND IT WAS NOT COUNTY-BASED. Worth flagging as an L4 decode candidate precisely because troop areas are not parishes and a naive decode table would map it wrong.

## How numbers are issued

The sequence therefore RUNS THROUGH the base change, so the base cannot be inferred from the serial, the same trap Oklahoma sets.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard LLL999](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--louisiana/standard-lll999) | 1993 to 2016 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard LLL999](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--louisiana/standard-lll999) (1993 to 2016)

## Use it

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

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