Wisconsin license plate: Standard 2017
Issued today 2017 to today. Standard plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles (WisDOT DMV). One of 8 Wisconsin license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLL-9999, for exampleRIW-2182(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
- 2017 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
- How numbers are issued
- observed AAA-1001 to BDK-2558 as of 2026-04-13 (secondary)
Legal basis and sources
- Wis. Stat. 341.12: (2) the department's design discretion and the period/fee-class encoding instruction, and Waupun manufacture; (3)(a) 'The registration number shall be composed of numbers or letters or both'; (3)(b)... https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-12.html
- docs.legis.wisconsin.gov https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/341/II/12
- Wis. Stat. 341.145: personalized combinations 'not exceeding 7 positions and not less than one position' on standard plates, 5 on motorcycle plates, 6 on certain veteran and conservation plates, 5 on electric-vehicle... https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/vehicles-ch-340-to-351/wi-st-341-145.html
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Wisconsin
Before and after
This plate in your app
The series id is us-wi-standard-2017. 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-standard-2017")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wi/us-wi-standard-2017.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wi/us-wi-standard-2017/template.svg
