Ohio license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today 2015 to today. Motorcycle plates, issued by Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (Ohio BMV), Ohio Department of Public Safety. One of 7 Ohio license plates.

Ohio (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (2015 to today), sample SZP32

Format, years and the law

Format
LLL99, for example SZP32 (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
2015 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
About this plate
MOTORCYCLE. Its own series rather than a flag on the standard plate because the FORMAT differs (five positions against seven) and the plate size differs.

Legal basis and sources

  1. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ohio
  2. ORC 4503.19 governs issuance and rear display for motorcycles as for other vehicles; no motorcycle-specific grammar exists https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xlv-motor-vehicles-aeronautics-watercraft/oh-rev-code-sect-4503-19.html

This plate in your app

The series id is us-oh-motorcycle-2015. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Ohio's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-oh \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-oh-motorcycle-2015")'