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Virginia license plate: Government

Issued today Documented since 2026. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 8 Virginia license plates.

Virginia (United States) license plate, Government (documented since 2026), sample FNJNTMJ
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Format, years and the law

Format
LLLLLLL, for example FNJNTMJ (L is any letter)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
About this plate
VIRGINIA GOVERNMENT PLATES, AND THE FOUR CARVE-OUTS THAT MATTER TO A CLASSIFIER. The rule is not "state vehicles are marked", it is "state vehicles are marked UNLESS they are police, economic-development, university research, or the Governor's and Attorney General's cars."
Who can have one
motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers owned by the Commonwealth, by political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and by regional jail authorities created under Article 3.1 (§ 53.1-95.2 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 53.1, and used SOLELY for governmental purposes (§ 46.2-750(A))
Fee
equal to the Department's cost of purchasing or manufacturing the plates; receipts go to a special fund for Department expenses (§ 46.2-750(A))

Legal basis and sources

  1. § 46.2-750(A): eligibility, the cost-only fee, the 'official state use only' legend, the four exceptions to it, and the Commissioner's duty to reserve a unique series of numbers https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter6/section46.2-750/

This plate in your app

The series id is us-va-government. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Virginia's series:

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