North Dakota license plate: Manufacturer

Issued today Documented since 2025. Dealer plates for car, van, and truck, issued by North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), Motor Vehicle Division. One of 6 North Dakota license plates.

North Dakota (United States) license plate, Manufacturer (documented since 2025), sample 401384

Format, years and the law

Format
999999, for example 401384 (9 any digit)

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 2025; 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, and truck.
Who can have one
a RESIDENT FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE of a motor vehicle manufacturer, for the single vehicle used in the course of that employment; separately, a manufacturer of motor vehicles may use a manufacturer plate on its DEMONSTRATION vehicles, issued in the manufacturer's name and used solely for demonstration by the registrant or its designated employees
Fee
$150.00 for a twelve-month period, prorated monthly if procured mid-period; procurement is IN LIEU OF any other registration fee, sales tax or use tax on the vehicle (§ 39-04-10.1)

Legal basis and sources

  1. NDCC § 39-04-10.1: the resident factory representative, the director-designed plate, the $150 twelve-month fee and monthly proration, the in-lieu-of-tax effect, the personal-use and single-vehicle restrictions,... https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t39c04.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is us-nd-manufacturer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of North Dakota's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-nd \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-nd-manufacturer")'