Pennsylvania license plate: Specialty index
Issued today 2017 to today. Specialty plates for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles (PennDOT). One of 9 Pennsylvania license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLL9999, for exampleGDA9607(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
- 2017 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.
- About this plate
- THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX. Pennsylvania is the negative case that makes the index worth having: the programme plainly exists across four tracks, PennDOT describes it in prose, and NOBODY - including PennDOT - publishes a list or a number. Recording an explicit null with the reason (the catalogue is behind a search box that will not enumerate) is the honest output, and it tells a future pass exactly what to fix rather than leaving a silent hole.
Legal basis and sources
- the seven-track structure and the 'majority of which can be personalized' statement https://www.pa.gov/en/agencies/dmv/vehicle-services/registration-plates.html
- the special-organization description, eligibility list and application route; its search interface returned no results for an empty query https://www.pa.gov/services/dmv/apply-for-special-organization-registration-plates.html
- the special-fund track; likewise not enumerable https://www.pa.gov/services/dmv/apply-for-special-fund-registration-plates.html
This plate in your app
The series id is us-pa-specialty-index. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Pennsylvania's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-pa \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-pa-specialty-index")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-pa/us-pa-specialty-index.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-pa/us-pa-specialty-index/template.svg
