New York license plate: Trailer

Issued today Documented since 2020. Trailer plates, issued by New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV). One of 11 New York license plates.

New York (United States) license plate, Trailer (documented since 2020), sample PH-88678

Format, years and the law

Format
LL-99999, for example PH-88678 (L is any letter, 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
Trailer: trailers and semi-trailers where separately serialized. Issued for trailer.
About this plate
TRAILER. Included because L2 asks for the core distinct classes a state separately serialises and New York does serialise trailers apart; flagged because nothing official was obtained.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_York

This plate in your app

The series id is us-ny-trailer. 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-trailer")'