Minnesota license plate: Roadable aircraft

Issued today Documented since 2024. Standard plates for aircraft, issued by Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS). One of 4 Minnesota license plates.

Minnesota (United States) license plate, Roadable aircraft (documented since 2024), sample N89782

Format, years and the law

Format
N99999, for example N89782 (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 2024; 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 aircraft.
About this plate
ROADABLE AIRCRAFT. Two consequences worth carrying forward.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Minn. Stat. § 168.12 subd. 1(i): 'the commissioner must issue a registration number identical to the federally issued tail number assigned to a roadable aircraft' https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/168.12
  2. 14 CFR 47.15(b): the N-number grammar Minnesota adopts by reference, five symbols after the N prefix, the three permitted arrangements, the I/O exclusion and the leading-zero rule. A US federal edict, public domain https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-47.15

This plate in your app

The series id is us-mn-roadable-aircraft. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Minnesota's series:

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