New Mexico license plate: Personalized
Issued today Documented since 2026. Personalized plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). One of 8 New Mexico license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleLWPKGLI(L is any letter)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- PRESTIGE (PERSONALIZED) PLATES, THE BEST-SOURCED CHARACTER CONSTRAINT IN THE MOUNTAIN GROUP. Colorado's two-to-seven range comes from statute and is one range; New Mexico's comes from the agency and is SIX ranges, split by design and by vehicle type, all stated in one paragraph.
- Fee
- $17.00 initially and on each regular registration renewal (MVD)
Legal basis and sources
- New Mexico MVD: the per-design and per-vehicle-type character limits, the alphanumeric-only rule, the forbidden special characters INCLUDING THE ZIA SYMBOL, the three refusal grounds, the $17.00 fee and the online... https://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/vehicles/license-plates/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-nm-personalized. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of New Mexico's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nm \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-nm-personalized")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-personalized.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-personalized/template.svg
