South Carolina license plate: Manufacturer
Issued today Documented since 2026. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle, issued by South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV). One of 8 South Carolina license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleBAXNFNJ(L is any letter)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
- Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.
- About this plate
- SOUTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURER PLATES. The one-licensed-vehicle-per-household rule is a genuine oddity, South Carolina limits how many manufacturer-plated cars can live at one address.
- Permitted use
- exclusively on vehicles, including motorcycles, owned by or in the possession of the manufacturer; not on wreckers, not on vehicles leased or rented to the public. Vehicles so plated, not more than one licensed vehicle per household, may be operated by persons authorised by the manufacturer, on that manufacturer's brand, for TESTING, DISTRIBUTION, EVALUATION AND PROMOTION, and for no more than TWENTY CONSECUTIVE DAYS in connection with civic and sporting events (§ 56-3-2330(A), (C))
Legal basis and sources
This plate in your app
The series id is us-sc-manufacturer. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of South Carolina's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-sc \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-sc-manufacturer")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sc/us-sc-manufacturer.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sc/us-sc-manufacturer/template.svg
