# Maine license plate: Standard 2025 pine

> The Maine standard 2025 pine license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 608 HDX, 2025 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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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, Standard 2025 pine (2025 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-me/us-me-standard-2025-pine/maine-license-plate-standard-2025-pine.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2025 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| 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-me-standard-2025-pine` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/standard-2025-pine) |

Sources:

- [29-A M.R.S. §451: (1) periodic general issue distinguishable by colour; (1-A) begin no later than 1 May 2025, complete before 31 July 2026; (4-A)(A) 'Maine' >= 3/4 in at top plus year; (4-A)(B) numbers not substantially less than 3 in; (4-A)(C) 'Vacationland' >= 3/4 in at bottom or class codes; (4-A)(D)(1) buff background, distinct border, blue characters, eastern white pine, blue North Star; (4-A)(E) the numbering system is delegated to the Secretary of State; (6) manufacture at the Bolduc Correctional Facility](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec451.html)
- [§452: display front and rear, the front-only truck tractor rule](https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec452.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maine)

## About this plate

MAINE 2025 GENERAL ISSUE, PINE TREE VARIANT. The one thing the statute does NOT give is the serial grammar, which it expressly delegates (§451(4-A)(E)), the exact inverse of Florida, where the character cap is statutory and the colours are not.

## How numbers are issued

101 KAA upward, middle letter first

## Replacement

statutory rule: §451(1): 'The Secretary of State shall provide a new general issue of registration plates periodically as determined by the Legislature.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Chickadee](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/chickadee-1999) | 1999 to 2025 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2025 plain](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/standard-2025-plain) (2025 to today)
- [Commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/commercial) (2007 to today)
- [Chickadee](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maine/chickadee-1999) (1999 to 2025)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-me/us-me-standard-2025-pine.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/maine?series=us-me-standard-2025-pine
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-me` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-me-standard-2025-pine"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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