Wisconsin license plate: Motorcycle

Issued today 2024 to today. Motorcycle plates, issued by Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV). One of 8 Wisconsin license plates.

Wisconsin (United States) license plate, Motorcycle (2024 to today), sample L233YK

Format, years and the law

Format
L999LL, for example L233YK (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
2024 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle.
About this plate
MOTORCYCLE, current base. Everything about the serial is secondary.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Wis. Stat. 341.12(1) the one-plate rule for other vehicles; (3)(b) the 'Wisconsin' or 'Wis' requirement the motorcycle plate satisfies with the abbreviation https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-12.html
  2. Wis. Stat. 341.145: the 5-position cap on personalized motorcycle combinations https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-145.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-motorcycle-2024. 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-motorcycle-2024")'