Maine license plate: Standard 2025 plain
Issued today 2025 to today. Standard plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), Department of the Secretary of State. One of 7 Maine license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999 LLL, for example555 MBK(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
- 2025 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- It also has a distinct serial block (F-H vs K), so the format differs in practice as well.
Legal basis and sources
- §451(4-A)(D)(2): 'Blue identification numbers and letters with no other features', the second statutory variant, in the alternative to (D)(1) https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-A/title29-Asec451.html
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maine
Before and after
This plate in your app
The series id is us-me-standard-2025-plain. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Maine's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-me \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-me-standard-2025-plain")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-me/us-me-standard-2025-plain.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-me/us-me-standard-2025-plain/template.svg
