# Ohio license plate: Specialty index

> The Ohio specialty index license plate: format LLL 9999, for example GNF 3470, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Ohio license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--ohio) (7 registration series).

![Ohio (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-oh/us-oh-specialty-index/ohio-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| 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-oh-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--ohio/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ohio)
- [ORC 4503.14 is a worked example of the per-plate statutory pattern: it authorises plates bearing 'the official call letters of the applicant as assigned by the federal communications commission' for licensed amateur-radio and broadcast operators](https://codes.findlaw.com/oh/title-xlv-motor-vehicles-aeronautics-watercraft/oh-rev-code-sect-4503-14.html)

## About this plate

The count is a declared gap. The finding worth carrying forward is STRUCTURAL rather than numeric: Ohio does not have a generic specialty-plate mechanism with a petition threshold the way Illinois and Wisconsin do; it authorises plates individually in statute. That makes the Ohio catalogue enumerable from a public-domain edict rather than from an agency page, a better long-run source than any brochure, and one that also explains why the amateur-radio call-sign plate (ORC 4503.14) is a SPECIALTY plate whose serial is not assigned by the state at all but by the FCC. That is a genuinely unusual serial provenance and the only Ohio plate whose characters are governed by federal allocation.

## Use it

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

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