# North Carolina license plate: Specialty index

> The North Carolina specialty index license plate: format LLLLLLL, for example AUCSNBF, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [North Carolina license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina) (10 registration series).

![North Carolina (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-specialty-index/north-carolina-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle, trailer |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `us-nc-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [NCDMV: 'more than 100 causes and interest groups'; the limited-production/out-of-stock model; the membership and award verification gating; the establishment process; and the death-transfer restrictions](https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/title-registration/license-plates/Pages/default.aspx)

## About this plate

The count is NCDMV's own "more than 100" and is recorded as an agency estimate, not a count: unlike Virginia, North Carolina does not expose a faceted search that would reconcile a total. What North Carolina gives instead, and no other state in this group does, is an honest statement of the LIMITED-PRODUCTION model, which is the fact that explains why enthusiast catalogues and state lists never agree anywhere in the US. The right L4 move here is not to chase a count but to capture stock state over time, the way the Florida monthly active-plate report should be captured.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-specialty-index.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/north-carolina?series=us-nc-specialty-index
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nc` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nc-specialty-index"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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