Passenger Reserved

A Passenger Reserved Plate (PAR) series. Anyone can request this series — pick a plate number that fits the format below and ask the RMV for it.

The facts

Who can request it anyone
Current prefix none — you choose the whole plate number
You choose NNNNN LNL NLN LNNL NLLN NNNL LNNN NNNNL
Rule confidence Mixed evidence RMV manual p.4

Known Reserved Plate formats. This is not every possible one-to-five-character L/N arrangement.

Reading the format

In a pattern, L is one letter and N is one digit. Format rules describe what plate numbers in this series look like — they are not a claim that any particular plate number is unregistered or available.

What it looks like

Passenger Reserved

A reserved low-number plate, the format Reserved plates still follow.

Photo: Ericshawwhite, restored by PawełMM · Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Example shape

Massachusetts 11111 The Spirit of America

Illustrative only — not a real registration.

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