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West Virginia license plate: Trailer

Issued today Documented since 2026. Trailer plates, issued by West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). One of 8 West Virginia license plates.

West Virginia (United States) license plate, Trailer (documented since 2026), sample FVNNLPU
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Format, years and the law

Format
LLLLLLL, for example FVNNLPU (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
WEST VIRGINIA TRAILERS, MODELLED AS ONE SERIES OVER THREE OFFICIAL CLASSES, and flagged as a simplification rather than pretending the state agrees with us. West Virginia splits trailers three ways (C, T, R) on weight, tow vehicle and habitability.
Who can have one
TWO CLASSES, SPLIT AT 2,000 POUNDS. Class C: all trailers and semitrailers EXCEPT house trailers and trailers/semitrailers designed to be drawn by Class A motor vehicles, having a gross weight of more than 2,000 lb. Class T: trailers, boat trailers or semitrailers designed to be drawn by Class A vehicles with a gross weight of LESS than 2,000 lb. Class R is a third, separate class for travel trailers (temporary living quarters). (WV DMV Motor Vehicle Classifications)

Legal basis and sources

  1. WV DMV: the Class C / Class T / Class R trailer split and its 2,000-pound and tow-vehicle criteria https://transportation.wv.gov/DMV/Vehicle-Services/Pages/Classifications.aspx

This plate in your app

The series id is us-wv-trailer. 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-trailer")'
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