# Maryland license plate: Specialty index

> The Maryland specialty index license plate: format 9LL9999, for example 5VE7951, 2016 to today, car, truck, and motorcycle.

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

![Maryland (United States) license plate, Specialty index (2016 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-md/us-md-specialty-index/maryland-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9LL9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2016 → today |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, truck, motorcycle |
| 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-md-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--maryland/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [Md. Code, Transp. § 13-619: the nonprofit-organisation special plate, the 25-owner threshold per class, the eligible vehicle classes, the letters/numerals/emblem design latitude, cost-recovery-only fees, the National Guard and volunteer emergency service exemptions, and the surviving-spouse provision](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr&section=13-619&enactments=false)
- [§ 13-410(c)(6): county stickers may not be placed on special or commemorative plates; § 13-410(f): reflectorized plates may be issued under §§ 13-618 and 13-619](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr&section=13-410&enactments=false)

## About this plate

THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX, STATUTE-ONLY, BY NECESSITY. Maryland is the inverse of Delaware: Delaware publishes a complete list and no statutory threshold in plain sight, Maryland publishes a precise statutory threshold and a catalogue nobody outside can read. Recording the 25-owner bar and an explicit null count is the honest output, and the 403 is the named, fixable obstacle.

## Use it

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

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