# South Dakota license plate: Dealer

> The South Dakota dealer license plate: format 77-L999, for example 77-B123, documented since 2025, car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [South Dakota license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-dakota) (5 registration series).

![South Dakota (United States) license plate, Dealer (documented since 2025)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sd/us-sd-dealer/south-dakota-license-plate-dealer.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `77-L999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2025 → today (documented from 2025; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| 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-sd-dealer` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-dakota/dealer) |

The statute names a specific number — 77 — and hands it to the trade, in a state whose counties number 66.

77 is a county number that belongs to no county: the legislature reserved it for licensed dealers — the statute reads "shall bear as a prefix the number 77" — and the plate floats between the dealer's own vehicles.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `77` | licensed vehicle dealer (reserved non-county prefix) | dealer plate, transferable within the dealership |

Sources:

- [SDCL 32-5-89: dealer and manufacturer plates 'shall bear a distinctive number 77', alongside the department's power to determine size, design, thickness, colour and general makeup](https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-5-89.html)

## About the format

Same fact, two states, and the DSL permits it in one and not the other, worth knowing when reading the two files together.

## Who can have one

dealers, for demonstration purposes, and all motor vehicles registered by manufacturers or dealers (SDCL 32-5-89)

## Use it

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

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