Oregon license plate: Government exempt
Issued today Documented since 2026. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (Oregon DMV), Oregon Department of Transportation. One of 5 Oregon license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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L999999, for exampleN949496(L is any letter, 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 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- GOVERNMENT / EXEMPT. Modelled because Oregon separately serializes it and because the reported colourway is the pre-1989 scheme, a live example of a superseded base surviving inside a non-standard class.
Legal basis and sources
- ORS 803.535: the design, reflectorization and legend rules apply to registration plates generally https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors803.html
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Oregon
This plate in your app
The series id is us-or-government-exempt. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Oregon's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-or \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-or-government-exempt")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-or/us-or-government-exempt.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-or/us-or-government-exempt/template.svg
