New York license plate: Personalized

Format, years and the law

Format

LLLLLLLL, for example LXKZRPKS (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

2020 to today. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

About this plate

PERSONALISED. New York is the rare state where the character cap is in STATUTE (§ 404's eight) and the agency page agrees with it to the cent on fees, a clean statute/agency corroboration of the kind the sourcing law wants.

Fee

passenger/commercial: $60.00 initial, $31.25 annual. Motorcycle: $35.00 initial, $18.75 annual (NYSDMV). VAT § 404 sets the underlying annual service charge at thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents, with commissioner discretion between $18.75 and $31.25 on budget-director approval, the statute and the fee page agree exactly.

Legal basis and sources

1. NYSDMV: 2-8 characters standard / 2-6 motorcycle / up to 6 on a picture plate; 'A character is a letter (A to Z), number (0 to 9), the state image, or a space'; the state-image position rule; the fee schedule https://dmv.ny.gov/plates/personalized-plate-numbers
2. § 404: a special number plate contains 'not more than eight letters, numerals or any combination thereof'; the $31.25 annual service charge and the $18.75-$31.25 discretion; 'Nothing contained in this section shall be... https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/VAT/404