# U.S. Virgin Islands license plate: Standard 2016

> The U.S. Virgin Islands standard 2016 license plate: format LLL 999, for example CED 338, 2016 to 2023, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [U.S. Virgin Islands license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--u-s-virgin-islands) (9 registration series).

![U.S. Virgin Islands (United States) license plate, Standard 2016 (2016 to 2023)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-vi/us-vi-standard-2016/u-s-virgin-islands-license-plate-standard-2016.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2016–2023 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| 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-vi-standard-2016` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--u-s-virgin-islands/standard-2016) |

Sources:

- [THE END BOUNDARY IS PRIMARY: BMV's notice makes the successor plate mandatory from March 1 2023 and requires surrender of 'the old plates' at renewal, which is what closes this series](https://bmv.vi.gov/2023/03/03/2023-emancipation-license-plates/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands)
- [CORROBORATION: dated photographs of VI plates in use in 2017, 2018 and September 2019, which place a distinct base in circulation across this window without fixing either boundary](http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Virgin_Islands/viy2k.html)

## About this plate

NOTE ALSO that the serial grammar is UNCHANGED across the boundary, same island prefix, same three-plus-three shape, so unlike Guam's 1994/2009 boundary this one cannot be detected from the serial at all. Only the artwork changed, which means a parse API can never date a USVI plate from its number.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard 2023](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--u-s-virgin-islands/standard-2023) | 2023 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2023](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--u-s-virgin-islands/standard-2023) (2023 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-vi/us-vi-standard-2016.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/u-s-virgin-islands?series=us-vi-standard-2016
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-vi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-vi-standard-2016"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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