New Jersey license plate: Specialty index

Issued today 2014 to today. Specialty plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJ MVC). One of 11 New Jersey license plates.

New Jersey (United States) license plate, Specialty index (2014 to today), sample K26 IKP

Format, years and the law

Format
L99 LLL, for example K26 IKP (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2014 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

Legal basis and sources

  1. the 17 dedicated plates enumerated above, the $50/$10 fee structure and its two exceptions, the five-character personalisation cap https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/dedicated.htm
  2. NJ MVC: 'three organizational plate types' - Service, Community, Alumni; 'Plate fees vary by plate type' https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/organizational.htm
  3. the five-track structure: Personalized, Dedicated, Specialty/Organizational, Sports, Special Vehicle (Historic/Hot Rod), Disability https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicles/standplates.htm

This plate in your app

The series id is us-nj-specialty-index. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of New Jersey's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nj \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-nj-specialty-index")'