West Virginia license plate: Motorcycle
Issued today Documented since 2026. Motorcycle plates for motorcycle and moped, 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 exampleGODMIOG(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
- Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle and moped.
- About this plate
- WEST VIRGINIA CLASS G. Worth noting what West Virginia puts in ONE class that other jurisdictions split across three: motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and MOPEDS all register as Class G, bounded by "no more than three wheels" rather than by engine displacement. The Netherlands gives mopeds their own sidecodes and their own plate colour; West Virginia does not distinguish them at all.
- Who can have one
- CLASS G: 'Every motorcycle including; motor driven cycles mopeds, having saddle, and no more than three wheels' (WV DMV Motor Vehicle Classifications)
Legal basis and sources
- WV DMV: Class G definition, including motor-driven cycles and mopeds and the three-wheel bound https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/Pages/Classifications.aspx
- §17A-3-14(a): one plate per registered vehicle, configuration determined by the commissioner, the same rule applies to Class G https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-14/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-wv-motorcycle. 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-motorcycle")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-motorcycle.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-motorcycle/template.svg
