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Wisconsin license plate: Dealer

Issued today 2018 to today. Dealer plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV). One of 8 Wisconsin license plates.

Wisconsin (United States) license plate, Dealer (2018 to today), sample MV 2563X
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Format, years and the law

Format
MV 9999L, for example MV 2563X (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
2018 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Dealer: trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
About this plate
Two statutory facts sharpen the class: the plate COUNT is two, not one, and the statute that issues them (341.51) says nothing whatever about how they look, which is why the format here is entirely secondary while the count and the permitted use are primary. That split, sourced administration, unsourced appearance, is the normal shape of US plate law and is worth internalising.
How numbers are issued
the predecessor series (2011-2018) used M/V 1234 without the trailing letter; the letter suffix arrives with the 2018 base (secondary)
Permitted use
Wis. Stat. 341.47 exempts a dealer's, distributor's or manufacturer's vehicle from ordinary registration while it displays 'valid registration plates issued under s. 341.51 to the dealer, distributor or manufacturer', for sale, transit, testing or repossession; transporters likewise.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Wis. Stat. 341.51: two plates issued to a dealer/distributor/manufacturer/transporter, additional plates at $5, replacements at $2; NO design or marking is specified https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-51.html
  2. Wis. Stat. 341.47: the registration exemption for vehicles displaying s. 341.51 plates, for sale, transit, testing or repossession https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-47.html
  3. en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Wisconsin

This plate in your app

The series id is us-wi-dealer-2018. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Wisconsin's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-wi \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-wi-dealer-2018")'
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