# New Mexico license plate: Standard yucca

> The New Mexico standard yucca license plate: format 999-LLL, for example 123-ABC, 1991 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [New Mexico license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico) (8 registration series).

![New Mexico (United States) license plate, Standard yucca (1991 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-standard-yucca-1991/new-mexico-license-plate-standard-yucca.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999-LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1991 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| 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-nm-standard-yucca-1991` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-yucca-1991) |

Sources:

- [New Mexico MVD lists 'Standard Red and Yellow License Plate' among its current standard plates, and states the Zia-symbol exclusion from personalized serials](https://www.mvd.newmexico.gov/vehicles/license-plates/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_Mexico)

## About this plate

NEW MEXICO'S YELLOW BASE, THE LONGEST-RUNNING CURRENT DESIGN IN THE MOUNTAIN GROUP, and by a distance: continuously issued since late 1990 in an arrangement unchanged since early 1991, still short of exhaustion after thirty-four years.

## About the format

It prints the Zia sun symbol.

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard chile](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-chile-2017) (2017 to today)
- [Standard turquoise](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-turquoise-2010) (2010 to today)
- [Standard balloon](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--new-mexico/standard-balloon-1999) (1999 to 2010)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nm/us-nm-standard-yucca-1991.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-mexico?series=us-nm-standard-yucca-1991
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nm` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nm-standard-yucca-1991"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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