Tennessee license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today Documented since 2024. Motorcycle plates, issued by Tennessee Department of Revenue, Vehicle Services Division. One of 6 Tennessee license plates.

Tennessee (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (documented since 2024), sample 786662

Format, years and the law

Format
999999, for example 786662 (9 any digit)

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 2024; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
Size
7 × 4 in (178 × 102 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
TENNESSEE MOTORCYCLE PLATES, AN HONEST STUB, AND LABELLED AS ONE.
About the format
It exists to record that Tennessee serializes motorcycles separately, not to validate one.

Legal basis and sources

  1. the Department's plate index, which establishes that Tennessee issues motorcycle plates as a distinct type https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates.html

This plate in your app

The series id is us-tn-motorcycle. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Tennessee's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-tn \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-tn-motorcycle")'