Wyoming license plate: Government

Issued today Documented since 2026. Government plates for car, van, truck, and bus, issued by Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT), Motor Vehicle Services. One of 4 Wyoming license plates.

Wyoming (United States) license plate, Government (documented since 2026), sample 696297

Format, years and the law

Format
999999, for example 696297 (9 any digit)

The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.

Years issued
Documented since 2026; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, van, truck, and bus.
Size
12 × 6 in (305 × 152 mm) · every country's size
About this plate
Kept because two of its facts are high-value and both are statutory: the eligible-entity list expressly includes TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS of the Wind River Indian Reservation alongside federal, state and local bodies, and the covert-plate clause sets a hard, legislated ceiling on what any plate-parse product may claim about Wyoming vehicles.

Legal basis and sources

  1. W.S. 31-2-207: the distinctive public-ownership plate, its full list of eligible public entities including the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribal governments and joint powers boards, and the covert-plate... https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title31.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is us-wy-government. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Wyoming's series:

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