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Texas license plate: Exempt

Issued today 2014 to today. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV). One of 5 Texas license plates.

Texas (United States) license plate, Exempt (2014 to today), sample 245-6789
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Format, years and the law

Format
999-9999, for example 245-6789 (9 any digit)

All digits, no code, the word EXEMPT above the serial does the marking for government fleets. The X-prefix is history: early Department of Public Safety permanent plates wore XA, XF and XS before Texas went all-numeric.

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2014 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Colours
Characters #111111 Background #FFFFFF
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
EXEMPT (GOVERNMENT FLEET) PLATES. The honest summary is: class sourced, arrangement not.

Legal basis and sources

  1. § 504.007(f): 'exempt plates for governmental entities and temporary registration plates' named as a distinct class in statute https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm
  2. TxDMV memo, 9 July 2025: eligible entities are 'governmental agencies (state, federal, city, county)', 'public schools' and 'certain nonprofit organizations, as defined by statute'; and 'Exempt plates are not issued... https://www.txdmv.gov/sites/default/files/body-files/Memo_Exempt-Plates-Process_07092025.pdf
  3. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas

This plate in your app

The series id is us-tx-exempt. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Texas's series:

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