South Dakota license plate: Personalized
Issued today Documented since 2025. Personalized plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by South Dakota Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division (plates issued through the county treasurers). One of 5 South Dakota license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleRWDBKXZ(L is any letter)The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 2025; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- Colours
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Characters
#1D2849 - About this plate
- PERSONALIZED PLATES. SDCL 32-5-89.2 and 32-5-89.3 themselves were not read (gap).
- Who can have one
- an owner of a vehicle who is a resident of South Dakota (SD DOR)
- Fee
- $25.00 annually for cars, trucks and motorhomes and $20.00 for motorcycles, plus the regular licence plate fee, plus a $12.00 mailing fee; application on form MV 1300
Legal basis and sources
- SD DOR: 'Personalized plates can consist of no more than seven letters, nor fewer than one'; the $25/$20 annual fees, the $12 mailing fee, form MV 1300, the 14 September 2023 policy update, and the Department's... https://dor.sd.gov/individuals/motor-vehicle/cars-trucks-vans/personalized-specialty-plates/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-sd-personalized. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of South Dakota's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-sd \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-sd-personalized")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sd/us-sd-personalized.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sd/us-sd-personalized/template.svg
