# Rhode Island license plate: Specialty index

> The Rhode Island specialty index license plate: format LLLLLL, for example EPTTKI, documented since 2023, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Rhode Island license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island) (6 registration series).

![Rhode Island (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2023)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ri/us-ri-specialty-index/rhode-island-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | ~2023 → today (documented from 2023; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `us-ri-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [RI DMV's own 'Currently in Production' charity plate list: the seventeen plates, each with its enabling R.I. Gen. Laws citation, the per-program character caps, the $43.50/$33.50/$10 fee structure, the per-plate vehicle-class restrictions, and the Doerflinger painting attribution.](https://dmv.ri.gov/registrations-plates-titles/license-plates/charity-plates/currently-production)
- [the chapter index from which the non-charity special-plate sections above were enumerated, including the named-individual emeritus plates](https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/INDEX.HTM)

## About this plate

Two things to carry forward. First, Rhode Island and Connecticut together establish that a STATUTE-DERIVED specialty count is achievable in at least some states and is strictly better than a gallery count: it is dated, versioned, PD, and countable without fetching a DMV page that 403s. Second, the character caps belong in the parse layer as a per-program constraint, a five-character Rhode Island charity string is not merely short, it is evidence of WHICH program, and with seventeen programs and two cap values that is a real, if weak, discriminator.

## Use it

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

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