Rhode Island license plate: Commercial
Issued today 2023 to today. Standard plates for truck and van, issued by Rhode Island Division of Motor Vehicles, Rhode Island Department of Revenue. One of 6 Rhode Island license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999999, for example793269(9 any digit)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- 2023 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for truck and van.
- Size
- 12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
- About this plate
- COMMERCIAL. The statutory slogan exemption is the reason this series earns its own entry rather than a sub-entry: it is a DESIGN difference mandated by law, which is the §2.3 test.
Legal basis and sources
- § 31-3-11(b): the express exemption of commercial plates (and Purple Heart plates) from the 'ocean state' slogan requirement https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-11.HTM
- § 31-3-10: commercial plates are not in the single-plate list, so two plates are issued; the section also directs that commercial-plate applications be available at all DMV offices https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-10.HTM
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Rhode_Island
Before and after
This plate in your app
The series id is us-ri-commercial. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Rhode Island's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ri \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-ri-commercial")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ri/us-ri-commercial.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ri/us-ri-commercial/template.svg
