Missouri license plate: Personalized
Issued today Documented since 2025. Personalized plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by Missouri Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Bureau. One of 5 Missouri license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLL, for exampleCDRIHP(L is any letter)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2025; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- About this plate
- PERSONALIZED PLATES. Missouri is the tightest personalized frame in group midwest-b at six characters, against seven in Kansas, North Dakota and South Dakota and seven in Nebraska's message plates.
Legal basis and sources
- the DOR preview catalogue: every design, including all seven standard designs, carries a six-character limit https://dor.mo.gov/js/platescript.js
- RSMo 301.130.3 cross-references 'the fee prescribed for personalized license plates in subsection 1 of section 301.144', the statutory hook for the personalized program https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=301.130
This plate in your app
The series id is us-mo-personalized. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Missouri's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-mo \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-mo-personalized")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mo/us-mo-personalized.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mo/us-mo-personalized/template.svg
