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Maryland license plate: Maryland proud

Issued today Documented since 2016. Standard plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA). One of 7 Maryland license plates.

Maryland (United States) license plate, Maryland proud (documented since 2016), sample 2KO8545
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Format, years and the law

Format
9LL9999, for example 2KO8545 (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
Documented since 2016; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Colours
Characters #1A1A1A
About this plate
MARYLAND PROUD (2016-), THE CURRENT STANDARD ISSUE. That is the single most important gap in this file. PARALLEL ISSUANCE: Maryland's five-year minimum service life is a FLOOR, not a ceiling, and no recall of the 2010 base was located, so War of 1812 plates remain current registrations, which is why the two series overlap at 2016 with distinct notes.
How numbers are issued
The leading digit CYCLES rather than counting, which is why the reported progression appears to run backwards from 8 to 1.
About the format
NO PRINTED SEPARATOR ON THIS BASE. Maryland therefore DROPPED its graphic separator at the 2016 base change, which is the mirror of what Pennsylvania did with its hyphen in 2025.

Legal basis and sources

  1. § 13-410(b) the plate must display the registration number and the name of Maryland; the number 'may consist of letters, numerals, or both'; (c) the county sticker; (d) the five-year service life https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr&section=13-410&enactments=false
  2. § 13-411 display: front and rear for this class of vehicle https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr&section=13-411&enactments=false
  3. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maryland

Before and after

Maryland (United States) license plate, War of 1812 (documented 2010 to 2016) It replaced War of 1812 documented 2010 to 2016

This plate in your app

The series id is us-md-maryland-proud. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Maryland's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-md \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-md-maryland-proud")'
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