Montana license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today 1989 to today. Motorcycle plates, issued by Montana Motor Vehicle Division (MVD), Montana Department of Justice. One of 5 Montana license plates.

Montana (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (1989 to today), sample 122067

Format, years and the law

Format
999999, for example 122067 (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
1989 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
Size
7 × 4 in (178 × 102 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
Also exempt from the 5-year replacement clock by 61-3-332(3)(d).

Legal basis and sources

  1. MCA 61-3-332(4)(a) the state-outline exception for 4 x 7 in plates; (4)(c) the 4 x 7 in motorcycle and quadricycle size; (5) the county-number exemption for 4 x 7 in standard plates; (3)(d) exemption from the 5-year... 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-motorcycle. 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-motorcycle")'