New York license plate: Historic
Issued today 2020 to today. Historic plates for car and truck, issued by New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV). One of 11 New York license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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HX9999, for exampleHX1541(9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- 2020 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car and truck.
- Who can have one
- NYSDMV: a vehicle 'manufactured more than 25 years before the current calendar year', a ROLLING threshold, which silently changes every year and must therefore be re-audited annually. Contrast Maryland (fixed model year 1999 or earlier) and Florida Horseless Carriage (fixed model year 1945 or earlier) in this same programme.
- Fee
- initial registration $28.75 standard / $60 personalised for passenger; $23.75 / $42.50 for motorcycle; annual renewal at the same tiers (NYSDMV)
Legal basis and sources
- NYSDMV: the HX (cars and trucks) / HM (motorcycles) letter rule, the 'manufactured more than 25 years before the current calendar year' eligibility, and the fee schedule https://dmv.ny.gov/plates/historical-and-vintage-plates
This plate in your app
The series id is us-ny-historic. 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-historic")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ny/us-ny-historic.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ny/us-ny-historic/template.svg
