# Virginia license plate: Standard plain

> The Virginia standard plain license plate: format LLL-9999, for example WXA-3008, documented 2008 to 2014, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Virginia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--virginia) (8 registration series).

![Virginia (United States) license plate, Standard plain (documented 2008 to 2014)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-va/us-va-standard-plain-2008/virginia-license-plate-standard-plain.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2008–2014 (documented from 2008; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 12 × 6 in |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #1F3D7A |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-va-standard-plain-2008` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--virginia/standard-plain-2008) |

Sources:

- [§ 46.2-712(A): the same statutory frame governed this base — Virginia's plate law did not change across the boundary, only the Commissioner's design did](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter6/section46.2-712/)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Virginia)

## About this plate

THE PREVIOUS VIRGINIA STANDARD BASE, AND THE REASON THE BOUNDARY IS SOFT. Nothing in Virginia law marks this transition, no effective date, no instrument, no departmental notice was located. The 2014 overlap year is deliberate and is the honest shape of a rollout: old stock issues on. Verifiers should treat both endpoints as soft and should not "tighten" them without a Virginia primary.

## How numbers are issued

reported as running BACKWARDS from XXP-9999 towards approximately WLN-1001, with the 'R' series reserved for rental vehicles, the same rental reservation Virginia is reported to have run from the 1973 base until the late 1990s.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard lovers](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--virginia/standard-lovers) | documented since 2014 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard lovers](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--virginia/standard-lovers) (documented since 2014)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-va/us-va-standard-plain-2008.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/virginia?series=us-va-standard-plain-2008
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-va` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-va-standard-plain-2008"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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