# Michigan license plate: Standard 2013

> The Michigan standard 2013 license plate (Pure Michigan (current printing)): format LLL 9999, for example EKM 2026, 2013 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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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, Standard 2013 (2013 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mi/us-mi-standard-2013/michigan-license-plate-standard-2013.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2013 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF |
| 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-standard-2013` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--michigan/standard-2013) |

Sources:

- [MCL 257.224: one plate per vehicle; plate contents (registration number, state name, expiration by tab or sticker); fully reflectorized material; 100-foot daylight legibility; the ten-year renewal bar; same-number reissue on request](https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-257-motor-vehicles/mi-comp-laws-257-224.html)
- [legislature.mi.gov](https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-257-224)
- [MCL 257.803b: 'Personalized plates must bear letters and numbers as the secretary of state prescribes', must be of the same material as standard plates, must not duplicate another plate, and the sequence is not reassigned in a subsequent year unless the holder fails to reapply — evidence that Michigan delegates the character grammar entirely](https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-257-motor-vehicles/mi-comp-laws-257-803b.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Michigan)

## Designs

| Design | Years | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Michigan (current printing) | c. 2018 to today | PURE set apart from the swash of the M, as on E- and later D-block plates. | https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mi/us-mi-standard-2013.svg |
| Pure Michigan (first printing) | 2013, c. 2018 | The first printing sets PURE closer to the M; seen on earlier D-block plates (DCL, DDF, DJV, DLS, DNJ, DRY). | https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mi/us-mi-standard-2013.svg?design=first-printing |

## About this plate

Those two facts pull in opposite directions and a parse API must hold both.

## How numbers are issued

observed DAA 0000 to approximately FAZ 9999 as of January 2026 (secondary), a three-letter block advancing over a four-digit counter

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 2007](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--michigan/standard-2007) | 2007 to 2013 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2007](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--michigan/standard-2007) (2007 to 2013)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mi/us-mi-standard-2013.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/michigan?series=us-mi-standard-2013
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-mi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-mi-standard-2013"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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