West Virginia license plate: Antique
Issued today Documented since 2026. Historic plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 8 West Virginia license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLLLLLL, for exampleVEEHCAL(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
- Historic: vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico). Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
- About this plate
- Florida runs TWO historic regimes: Horseless Carriage on a FIXED cutoff (model year 1945 or earlier, which never moves) and Antique on a ROLLING 30 years. West Virginia runs one, rolling, at 25 years, the shortest rolling threshold in this group. Rolling thresholds silently change eligibility every year and are the ones that need re-auditing; fixed ones never do. Recording the threshold TYPE, not just the number, is what makes that auditable.
- Who can have one
- CLASS V: 'Antique motor vehicles are at least 25 years old' (WV DMV Motor Vehicle Classifications), a ROLLING threshold
Legal basis and sources
- WV DMV: Class V, antique motor vehicles at least 25 years old https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/Pages/Classifications.aspx
This plate in your app
The series id is us-wv-antique. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of West Virginia's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-wv \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-wv-antique")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-antique.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-antique/template.svg
