Maryland license plate: Motorcycle
Issued today Documented since 2016. Motorcycle plates, issued by Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration (MDOT MVA). One of 7 Maryland license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999Y99, for example689Y47(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
- Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
- Colours
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Characters
#1A1A1A - Size
- 7 × 4 in (178 × 102 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- MOTORCYCLE (CLASS D), THE ONLY SERIES IN THIS GROUP WITH A DIMENSION. § 13-410(g)'s 7 x 4 inches is the answer to a question the whole US slice has been unable to answer since SAE J686 turned out to be paywalled: it shows that per-state statutes CAN supply renderable geometry, and that the right research move for US dimensions is to read fifty vehicle codes rather than to buy one SAE standard.
Legal basis and sources
- § 13-410(g): 'Class D (motorcycle) registration plates shall measure 7 inches wide by 4 inches high'; § 13-410(a)(1)(i) one plate for Class D https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr§ion=13-410&enactments=false
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Maryland
This plate in your app
The series id is us-md-motorcycle. 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-motorcycle")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-md/us-md-motorcycle.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-md/us-md-motorcycle/template.svg
