# Rhode Island license plate: Standard

> The Rhode Island standard license plate: format 9LL 999, for example 6AN 455, 2023 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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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, Standard (2023 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ri/us-ri-standard-2023/rhode-island-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9LL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2023 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | characters #0B2C5C |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-ri-standard-2023` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island/standard-2023) |

Sources:

- [§ 31-3-11(a): the assigned registration number, the state name with its 'R.I.' abbreviation permission, the year-or-expiration marking, and the mandatory words 'ocean state'](https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-11.HTM)
- [§ 31-3-10: two fully reflective plates for every motor vehicle outside the enumerated single-plate classes](https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-10.HTM)
- [§ 31-3-12: the 100-foot daylight legibility standard and the year-number exemption](https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-12.HTM)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Rhode_Island)

## About this plate

RHODE ISLAND CURRENT STANDARD, the "Ocean Plate". The interesting property for a parse API is that Rhode Island DOES NOT PARTITION ITS SERIAL SPACE BY BASE: the 2023 plate continued the 1996 base's sequence, and the 2023 base is also used to remake serials in every historical Rhode Island format. So a Rhode Island serial identifies a REGISTRATION, not a plate generation, and any inference from format to era is unsafe here in a way it is not in Maine or Massachusetts.

## Separators

printed with a gap (1AB 234).

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Wave](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island/wave-1996) | 1996 to 2023 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island/commercial) (2023 to today)
- [Wave](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--rhode-island/wave-1996) (1996 to 2023)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-ri/us-ri-standard-2023.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/rhode-island?series=us-ri-standard-2023
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-ri` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-ri-standard-2023"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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