# South Dakota license plate: Tribal

> The South Dakota tribal license plate: format LLL999, for example GCT276, documented since 2025, car, van, and truck.

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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, Tribal (documented since 2025)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-sd/us-sd-tribal/south-dakota-license-plate-tribal.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2025 → today (documented from 2025; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck |
| 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-tribal` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-dakota/tribal) |

Nine Sioux tribes participate; the plate substitutes for the regular plate, and eligibility runs to any resident, not just tribal members.

The serial says nothing — the tribe's seal and name do the talking, one design for each of South Dakota's nine Sioux tribes, with no county number in sight. The plate fee is routed to that tribe for reservation roads and bridges.

Sources:

- [SD DOR: the nine participating tribes, the any-resident eligibility rule, the in-place-of-regular-plates display requirement, the $10 initial and no-renewal fee structure, the $12 mailing fee and form MV-101. Cites SDCL 32-5-123](https://dor.sd.gov/individuals/motor-vehicle/cars-trucks-vans/personalized-specialty-plates/)

## About this plate

TRIBAL PLATES. Included as a core distinct class because South Dakota separately serialises and separately authorises it by statute, and because it is the most substantively distinctive plate program in group midwest-b. SDCL 32-5-123's own text was not read (gap).

## Who can have one

ANY RESIDENT may obtain Indian tribal plates, on having registered the vehicle, paid the current year's county plate fees and supplied a copy of the current registration, note the agency states no tribal-membership requirement

## Fee

$10.00 initial fee, no renewal fee, plus a $12.00 mailing fee; application on form MV-101

## Other specialty plates here

- [Specialty index](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--south-dakota/specialty-index) (documented since 2025)

## Use it

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

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