# North Carolina license plate: Standard first in flight red

> The North Carolina standard first in flight red license plate: format LLL-9999, for example YVA-6346, documented 2007 to 2009, car, van, and truck.

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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, Standard first in flight red (documented 2007 to 2009)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-standard-first-in-flight-red-2007/north-carolina-license-plate-standard-first-in-flight-red.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2007–2009 (documented from 2007; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #C8102E |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-nc-standard-first-in-flight-red-2007` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/standard-first-in-flight-red-2007) |

Sources:

- [§ 20-63(b)-(c) via FindLaw; ncleg.gov 403: the same statutory frame and the 100-foot daylight bar the red serial was said to fail in practice](https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-20-motor-vehicles/nc-gen-st-sect-20-63.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_North_Carolina)

## About this plate

THE PREVIOUS NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD EXECUTION, a colour change, not a redesign, and included for two reasons. Second, it carries the second-letter N-Z allocation rule, which is the era signal described in its charset notes and is far more useful to a parser than the colour itself. The 2009 overlap with the current series is the rollout, with old stock issuing on.

## How numbers are issued

reported: WTF-1976 to approximately ZND-9999, issued mainly as replacements for earlier First in Flight plates carrying the older ABC-123 and ABC-12 formats.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard first in flight](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/standard-first-in-flight) | documented since 2009 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard national state mottos](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/standard-national-state-mottos) (documented since 2019)
- [Standard first in freedom](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/standard-first-in-freedom) (documented since 2015)
- [Standard first in flight](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--north-carolina/standard-first-in-flight) (documented since 2009)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-nc/us-nc-standard-first-in-flight-red-2007.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/north-carolina?series=us-nc-standard-first-in-flight-red-2007
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nc` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-nc-standard-first-in-flight-red-2007"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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