# Texas license plate: Specialty index

> The Texas specialty index license plate: format LLL-9999, for example BDE-7833, documented since 2012, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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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, Specialty index (documented since 2012)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-tx/us-tx-specialty-index/texas-license-plate-specialty-index.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2012 → today (documented from 2012; the format is likely older) |
| Class | specialty |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| 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-specialty-index` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--texas/specialty-index) |

Sources:

- [§ 504.008 specialty design authority and eligibility; § 504.601 the $30/$8 default fee split; § 504.6011 the sponsor-vendor route; § 504.009 souvenir plates; §§ 504.301-504.518 the individually legislated military/service/office plates](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm)
- [TxDMV: order through myplates.com, 'the state's plate marketing vendor'; 1/3/5-year specialty terms; the 60-day cancellation rule; souvenir plates 'are not street legal and are not insignias of vehicle registration'](https://www.txdmv.gov/motorists/license-plates)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas)

## About this plate

Two things are worth carrying forward. First, Texas is the US state where the specialty program is most thoroughly PRIVATISED: § 504.851 puts a vendor in the middle and §§ 504.6011-504.6012 route the money through it, so the operative catalogue is a commercial website and there is no FLHSMV-style official brochure to count from. Second, and pulling the other way, Texas legislates individual plates by statute more than any other state in this group, which means a large slice of the catalogue can be enumerated from Chapter 504 itself, an edict of government, without touching the vendor at all. That is the route a future L4 pass should take.

## Use it

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

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