# Michigan license plate: Specialty index

> The Michigan specialty index license plate: format LLL 9999, for example GGF 6531, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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

![Michigan (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mi/us-mi-specialty-index/michigan-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, 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-mi-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--michigan/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [MCL 257.811e: authorisation by public act, the purpose and nonprofit-fund requirements, the three-year-average start-up fee payable within 18 months, and the absence of any application threshold](https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-257-motor-vehicles/mi-comp-laws-257-811e.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Michigan)

## About this plate

The durable finding is the mechanism: Michigan gates specialty plates through the LEGISLATURE, Illinois through a 2,000-application petition, Wisconsin through 500 signatures, Ohio through individual authorising statutes, and Indiana through a dedicated code article. Whatever the catalogue counts turn out to be, those five mechanisms are the structural fact, and they predict the churn rate of each state's catalogue better than any snapshot count could.

## Use it

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

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