# Nebraska license plate: County message

> The Nebraska county message license plate: format 1-LL99, for example 1-OM43, 2023 to today, car, van, truck, and trailer.

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Part of [Nebraska license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nebraska) (7 registration series).

![Nebraska (United States) license plate, County message (2023 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ne/us-ne-county-message/nebraska-license-plate-county-message.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `1-LL99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2023 → today |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, trailer |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-ne-county-message` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nebraska/county-message) |

Sources:

- [Nebraska DMV county registration manual, Chapter 9: the passenger and commercial County Message grammars in full, the residency and surrender rules, the shared Nebraska/Husker graphics, the $40/$70 fees and the one-year message hold; cites Neb. Rev. Stat. §60-3,118 - §60-3,121](https://dmv.nebraska.gov/sites/dmv.nebraska.gov/files/doc/dvr/county/RegManual.pdf)
- [Nebraska DMV, '2023-2029 License Plates': County Message, County Message Commercial, County Message Farm and County Message Trailer types, each 'issued in lieu of regular county plates', citing §60-3,118(2)(a)](https://dmv.nebraska.gov/sites/dmv.nebraska.gov/files/doc/dvr/plates/2023_Series_Plates.pdf)

## About this plate

COUNTY MESSAGE PLATES, a nostalgia program with unusual evidentiary value. Its function is to let a Douglas, Lancaster or Sarpy resident keep the OLD county-designation look after their county converted to alpha/numeric, and because the DMV had to tell county officials exactly what those legacy serials look like, it is the one place Nebraska's county-designation grammar is written down in full.

## About the format

The pattern shows the DOUGLAS form (prefix 1). Every Nebraska designation containing a 9 to 59 Sarpy, 94 dealer, hits this.

## Who can have one

residents of the three alpha/numeric counties ONLY, who elect to keep 'a format prior to their alpha/numeric conversion'; the registrant must live in the county the prefix names, and must SURRENDER the plate on moving to another county

## Fee

$40.00 regular graphic or $70.00 Husker graphic on re-application after a lapse; the message is held for one year only after delinquency, then released to the public (registration manual)

## Other specialty plates here

- [Specialty index](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nebraska/specialty-index) (2023 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ne/us-ne-county-message.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/nebraska?series=us-ne-county-message
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ne` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-ne-county-message"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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