Montana license plate: Government exempt
Issued today 1989 to today. Government plates for car, van, truck, bus, and trailer, issued by Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Montana Department of Justice. One of 5 Montana license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999, for example327(9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- 1989 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, and trailer.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- GOVERNMENT / EXEMPT. Among the best-specified government plate rules found in any US state at this gate: Montana legislates the legend, the numbering origin, the numbering scope (per county), the prohibition on a year number, and the replacement trigger (physical condition only).
- How numbers are issued
- strictly sequential from 1, restarting within each county
Legal basis and sources
- MCA 61-3-332(6)(a): the 'State Owned' legend, department prefix numbers, permanent nature and no year number; (6)(b): the 'X' or 'EXEMPT' marking, the per-county consecutive numbering from one, the civil air patrol... https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0030/part_0030/section_0320/0610-0030-0030-0320.html
This plate in your app
The series id is us-mt-government-exempt. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Montana's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-mt \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-mt-government-exempt")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mt/us-mt-government-exempt.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-mt/us-mt-government-exempt/template.svg
