New York license plate: Dealer

Issued today Documented since 2020. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV). One of 11 New York license plates.

New York (United States) license plate, Dealer (documented since 2020), sample 5807892

Format, years and the law

Format
9999999, for example 5807892 (9 any digit)

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

Years issued
Documented since 2020; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_York
  2. NYSDMV regulates dealers as a distinct business class, the official hook for the class, not for the format https://dmv.ny.gov/businesses-regulated-dmv

This plate in your app

The series id is us-ny-dealer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of New York's series:

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