# New Jersey license plate: Garden state screened

> The New Jersey garden state screened license plate: format L99 LLL, for example R26 KTM, documented since 2014, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [New Jersey license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-jersey) (11 registration series).

![New Jersey (United States) license plate, Garden state screened (documented since 2014)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nj/us-nj-garden-state-screened/new-jersey-license-plate-garden-state-screened.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L99 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2014 → today (documented from 2014; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #F5D547; characters #231F20 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-nj-garden-state-screened` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-jersey/garden-state-screened) |

Sources:

- [NJ MVC's standard-plate page and its official 'Standard Plate Example' image — the source for the 3+3 grouping, the state-outline separator, the gradient, the mixed-case legends and the two-plate rule](https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/standplates.htm)
- [NJ MVC: 'A personalized plate must have at least three letters and a maximum of seven characters' — the only official New Jersey character constraint](https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/personalized.htm)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_Jersey)

## How numbers are issued

The second block is evidence the first exhausted, which is useful era-inference signal and is recorded as reported, not as fact.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Garden state embossed](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-jersey/garden-state-embossed) | documented 2010 to 2014 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Garden state embossed](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-jersey/garden-state-embossed) (documented 2010 to 2014)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nj/us-nj-garden-state-screened.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-jersey?series=us-nj-garden-state-screened
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nj` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nj-garden-state-screened"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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