# Nevada license plate: Replica

> The Nevada replica license plate: format 999 LLL, for example 878 LVO, 1997 to today, car, van, and truck. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Nevada license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nevada) (10 registration series).

![Nevada (United States) license plate, Replica (1997 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nv/us-nv-replica-1982/nevada-license-plate-replica.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1997 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| 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-nv-replica-1982` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nevada/replica-1982) |

Sources:

- [§ 482.266 in full: the written-request procedure, the same-process-dies-and-materials manufacturing duty, the 180-day delivery deadline, the $25 fee cap and its destination, the not-a-special-plate carve-out and the keep-your-old-plates rule; Source note (Added to NRS by 1997, 1502)](https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-482.html)
- [Nevada DMV lists 'Circa 1982 Replica' among the MAIN NEVADA PLATES, alongside Home Means Nevada, Accessible and Exempt](https://dmv.nv.gov/platesmain.htm)
- [Nevada DMV: 'See Circa 1982 Replica Plates for blue plates and "county designator" plate numbers'](https://dmv.nv.gov/platesnumbers.htm)

## About this plate

That is a real claim, not an upper bound, and it is the model for how the rest of this group's undated series should eventually be fixed: Nevada's compilation prints a Source line under every section, and those lines are the primary evidence for period boundaries that this whole gate is short of. WHY THE SERIES MATTERS CONCEPTUALLY: it is a CURRENTLY ISSUED plate of a DISCONTINUED DESIGN, which breaks the assumption that design age and issue period travel together, and it sits beside a legislatively protected legacy fleet of the genuine article (§ 482.270(3), § 482.2705(3)).

## Fee

the manufacturing fee prescribed by the Department, capped by § 482.266(3)(b) at $25, credited to the State Highway Fund and allocated to the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates under § 482.1805

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2024](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nevada/standard-2024) (2024 to today)
- [Standard 2016](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nevada/standard-2016) (2016 to 2024)
- [Standard sierra](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--nevada/standard-sierra-2001) (2001 to 2017)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nv/us-nv-replica-1982.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/nevada?series=us-nv-replica-1982
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nv` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nv-replica-1982"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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