# Maine license plate: Specialty index

> The Maine specialty index license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 352 QZL, 2003 to today, car, van, and truck.

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

![Maine (United States) license plate, Specialty index (2003 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-me/us-me-specialty-index/maine-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2003 → today |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| 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-me-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [§451(5): special classes may display only their own plates; the temporary-credential alternative and the routine-technical-rules authority](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec451.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maine)

## About this plate

THE MAINE SPECIALTY INDEX, nine programs, a shared grammar, and a block-allocation scheme that is effectively a decode table waiting to be built. Two things worth carrying forward. Second, Maine's vanity plates are a genuinely notable adjacent fact: the legislature removed its vanity review criteria in 2015 as constitutionally doubtful, a proliferation followed, and in 2021 it directed the BMV to make new rules banning profane, violent and derogatory content, with the review committee reportedly consulting Urban Dictionary for arcane lingo. Recorded as index colour, not as a series; the vanity grammar itself (form MV-45, $25 annual fee, three ranked choices, 10-12 week delivery) was obtained but no character rule was stated on the form, so no vanity series is minted.

## Use it

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

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