North Carolina license plate: Dealer
Issued today Documented since 2026. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV). One of 10 North Carolina license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleCGSYASN(L is any letter)The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2026; 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, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
- About this plate
- What is sourced is that the class EXISTS, from the neighbouring section's own title.
Legal basis and sources
- § 20-79.1's title and text presuppose dealers' plates ('in lieu of dealers' plates'), which sources the EXISTENCE of the class and nothing more https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-20-motor-vehicles/nc-gen-st-sect-20-79-1.html
This plate in your app
The series id is us-nc-dealer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of North Carolina's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nc \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-nc-dealer")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-dealer.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-dealer/template.svg
