Virginia license plate: Trailer
Issued today Documented since 2026. Trailer plates, issued by Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 8 Virginia license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleBDFPSYM(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
- Trailer: trailers and semi-trailers where separately serialized. Issued for trailer.
- About this plate
- VIRGINIA TRAILER AND SEMITRAILER. The interesting content is not the serial, which is unsourced, but two statutory design facts that most plate datasets never model: the anti-removal construction authorisation in § 46.2-711(A), and the PERMANENT, decal-free, expiry-free plate in § 46.2-712(B).
Legal basis and sources
- § 46.2-711(A): one plate for trailers and semitrailers; the anti-removal design authorisation; (B)(7) trailers and semitrailers as an appropriately designated class https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter6/section46.2-711/
- § 46.2-712(B): permanent, decal-free, expiry-free plates for trailers and semitrailers regardless of weight, and the other permanent classes https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapter6/section46.2-712/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-va-trailer. 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-trailer")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-va/us-va-trailer.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-va/us-va-trailer/template.svg
