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Wisconsin license plate: Specialty index

Issued today Documented since 2026. Specialty plates for car, van, truck, and motorcycle, issued by Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV). One of 8 Wisconsin license plates.

Wisconsin (United States) license plate, Specialty index (documented since 2026), sample KHQ-3438
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Format, years and the law

Format
LLL-9999, for example KHQ-3438 (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 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Specialty: optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs). Issued for car, van, truck, and motorcycle.
About this plate
Two details are worth carrying: the threshold is SIGNATURES OF INTENT rather than applications, which is a weaker commitment than Illinois demands and predicts a larger, churnier catalogue; and 341.145 varies the personalized position cap BY PLATE TYPE, which means Wisconsin's owner-chosen serial space is not one grammar but four.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Wis. Stat. 341.14: the special-plate authorisation, the enumerated categories, the 500-signature threshold ('the signatures of at least 500 residents of this state who affirm their intent to obtain special plates'),... https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-14.html
  2. Wis. Stat. 341.145: the per-plate-type position caps (7 standard, 6 certain veteran/conservation, 5 motorcycle, 5 electric vehicle) and the good-taste refusal power 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-specialty-index. 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-specialty-index")'
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