Oklahoma license plate: Highway patrol
Issued today Documented since 2008. Police plates for car, van, and truck, issued by Service Oklahoma. One of 6 Oklahoma license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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OHP-999, for exampleOHP-508(9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2008; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Police: police fleets where distinct from government. Issued for car, van, and truck.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL. Two facts a parse API should carry: the numeric component is a badge number and therefore not an issuance counter, and the glyph between the letters and the digits is the state seal. 335) and is an UPPER BOUND on this series' true start, which certainly predates it; the § 1113(B)(5) specification itself carries no date in the text read. Recorded as an upper bound rather than invented.
- Who the plate belongs to
- Flagged as a possible vocabulary addition alongside vehicle/owner/business.
- How numbers are issued
- not sequential in the ordinary sense, the number is the assigned officer's badge number, so the serial is keyed to a PERSON rather than to an issuance counter. That is an unusual binding and it is stated in the statute.
Legal basis and sources
- 47 O.S. § 1113(B)(5): the 'Oklahoma OK' legend, the literal 'OHP' letters, the state seal, the officer's badge number as the serial, and the 'Oklahoma Highway Patrol' wording https://oksenate.gov/sites/default/files/2019-12/os47.pdf
This plate in your app
The series id is us-ok-highway-patrol. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Oklahoma's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ok \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-ok-highway-patrol")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ok/us-ok-highway-patrol.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ok/us-ok-highway-patrol/template.svg
