West Virginia license plate: Personalized
Issued today Documented since 2026. Personalized plates for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer, 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 exampleMFMFLZS(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
- Personalized: owner-chosen serials inside an official frame. Issued for car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.
- About this plate
- WEST VIRGINIA PERSONALIZED. Kept deliberately thin: the ordering page was located but its character rules were not extracted, and inventing a limit would be worse than recording the gap.
Legal basis and sources
- WV DMV 'Personalized Plate Ordering Information': ordering, fees and the personalized plate availability search https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/License-Plates/Pages/Ordering-Info.aspx
- §17A-3-14(a): the commissioner determines the configuration, which is the authority a personalized combination is issued under https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-14/
This plate in your app
The series id is us-wv-personalized. 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-personalized")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-personalized.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wv/us-wv-personalized/template.svg
