# Vermont license plate: Standard 1985

> The Vermont standard 1985 license plate: format 9L999, for example 1U513, 1985 to 1989, car, van, and bus. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Vermont license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--vermont) (7 registration series).

![Vermont (United States) license plate, Standard 1985 (1985 to 1989)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-vt/us-vt-standard-1985/vermont-license-plate-standard-1985.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9L999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1985–1989 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #006B3C; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `us-vt-standard-1985` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--vermont/standard-1985) |

Sources:

- [§ 304(a): the delegation under which all four of this base's grammars were chosen — the statute did not change across any of them](https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/007/00304)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Vermont)

## About this plate

THE PREVIOUS BASE. Its 1989 endgame is the instructive part: with the space exhausted, Vermont ran two grammars at once and split them by REGISTRANT STATUS, replacements on one, new registrations on the other, before abandoning both for ABC 123 on 1 January 1990.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard 1990](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--vermont/standard-1990) | 1990 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Truck](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--vermont/truck) (2009 to today)
- [Standard 1990](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--vermont/standard-1990) (1990 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-vt/us-vt-standard-1985.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/vermont?series=us-vt-standard-1985
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-vt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-vt-standard-1985"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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