# South Carolina license plate: Specialty index

> The South Carolina specialty index license plate: format LLLLLLL, for example TUTGVHD, documented since 2026, car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [South Carolina license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-carolina) (8 registration series).

![South Carolina (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2026)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sc/us-sc-specialty-index/south-carolina-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | ~2026 → today (documented from 2026; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle, trailer |
| 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-sc-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-carolina/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [§ 56-3-8100(A) the $6,800 fee and marketing plan; (C) the unified basic design, the emblem slot, the no-added-text rule, the organisation name across the top, and the 1 July 2013 mandatory-adoption date; (D)-(G) the fee structure and distribution; (H) the 300-application discontinuation threshold and issue-until-exhausted rule; (I) the thirteen articles it is applied to by name; (K) the motorcycle classification rule. Also the chapter's 153 ARTICLE headings, from which the derived upper bound is taken.](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c003.php)

## About this plate

THE SOUTH CAROLINA SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX, and the one place in group southeast-a where the specialty programme is BETTER sourced than the standard plate, because South Carolina legislates the programme rather than administering it. Three findings. FIRST, the unified basic design (§ 56-3-8100(C)) makes South Carolina's specialty catalogue mechanically renderable from one template plus an emblem, an L4 shortcut no other state in this group offers. SECOND, the 300-application discontinuation threshold answers, for South Carolina, the question us-fl recorded as an open gap for Florida.

## Use it

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

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