# Texas license plate: Personalized

> The Texas personalized license plate: format LLLLLLL, for example BIGTEX1, documented since 2012, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Texas license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--texas) (5 registration series).

![Texas (United States) license plate, Personalized (documented since 2012)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-tx/us-tx-personalized/texas-license-plate-personalized.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | ~2012 → today (documented from 2012; the format is likely older) |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-tx-personalized` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--texas/personalized) |

Sold through a private vendor under state contract — an owner-chosen message on the same seven-character frame as general issue.

Sources:

- [§ 504.101: the department shall issue personalized plates 'including those sold by the private vendor under a contract with the department as provided by Section 504.851'; § 504.005(a): the alphanumeric pattern is departmental](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm)
- [TxDMV: myplates.com is 'the state's plate marketing vendor'; personalized messages must be approved by TxDMV; 1/3/5-year terms and the 60-day auto-cancellation; no refunds because plates are custom manufactured](https://www.txdmv.gov/motorists/license-plates)

## About this plate

The Texas wrinkle is that the channel is PRIVATE: § 504.851 puts a commercial vendor between the citizen and the department for personalized and much specialty issuance, which is unusual among US states and is the reason the specialty index below points at a vendor site rather than at a government catalogue.

## Use it

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

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