Missouri license plate: Specialty index
Issued today Documented since 2025. Specialty 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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LL9L9L, for exampleBD4X9Y(L is any letter, 9 any digit)The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2025; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- About this plate
- Missouri's index is unusual in this group for being derived from a MACHINE-READABLE agency catalogue rather than from a brochure or a statutory enumeration, which makes the count reproducible and the per-design character limits sourced.
Legal basis and sources
- the Missouri DOR plate-preview catalogue: 7 standard, 32 collegiate, 49 military and 75 organizational designs, each with a six-character limit and a text colour https://dor.mo.gov/js/platescript.js
- the DOR's Personalized and Specialty License Plates page, which the preview tool and its four design categories sit behind https://dor.mo.gov/motor-vehicle/plates/personalized-specialty.html
This plate in your app
The series id is us-mo-specialty-index. 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-specialty-index")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mo/us-mo-specialty-index.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mo/us-mo-specialty-index/template.svg
