West Virginia license plate: Standard

Issued today Documented since 2023. Standard plates for car, van, and truck, issued by West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 8 West Virginia license plates.

West Virginia (United States) license plate, Standard (documented since 2023), sample 439 901T

Format, years and the law

Format
999 999L, for example 439 901T (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 2023; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, and truck.
Colours
Characters #1F3160 Background #FFFFFF
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
WEST VIRGINIA CURRENT STANDARD ISSUE (CLASS A). Everything structural here, one plate, commissioner-set configuration, reflectorization, 100-foot legibility, is statutory and cited.

Legal basis and sources

  1. §17A-3-14(a): one plate, registration number 'consisting of a combination of letters, numerals, symbols, or characters in a configuration determined by the commissioner', the statutory basis for there being no... https://code.wvlegislature.gov/17A-3-14/
  2. WV DMV: Class A = passenger cars and trucks of 10,000 lb or less, the class this base serves https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/Pages/Classifications.aspx
  3. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_West_Virginia

Before and after

This plate in your app

The series id is us-wv-standard-2023. 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-standard-2023")'