# Wisconsin license plate: Standard 2017

> The Wisconsin standard 2017 license plate: format LLL-9999, for example RIW-2182, 2017 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Wisconsin license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--wisconsin) (8 registration series).

![Wisconsin (United States) license plate, Standard 2017 (2017 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wi/us-wi-standard-2017/wisconsin-license-plate-standard-2017.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2017 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `us-wi-standard-2017` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--wisconsin/standard-2017) |

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) the Wisconsin/Wis name requirement; (3)(c) the period indication; (4)(am) the 2022 material spec](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 plates; and the department's power to refuse combinations with 'connotations offensive to good taste or decency, or which would be misleading'](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)

## How numbers are issued

observed AAA-1001 to BDK-2558 as of 2026-04-13 (secondary)

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard 2000](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--wisconsin/standard-2000) | 2000 to 2017 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2000](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--wisconsin/standard-2000) (2000 to 2017)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-wi/us-wi-standard-2017.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/wisconsin?series=us-wi-standard-2017
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-wi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "us-wi-standard-2017"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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