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Minnesota · in-format generated example

REF-064 — license plate combination

REF-064 is filed as a generated example of the Minnesota sequential passenger serial — AAA-999 (3 letters + 3 digits). Letters REF sit in positions 1, 2, 3; digits 064 sit in positions 4, 5, 6. This page does not identify a car, an owner, or a live registration. It measures how the string sits inside a published character map of 17,576,000 slots, adopted in this atlas from 2009 after ABC-123 county and lake graphics.

Disclaimer. REF-064 is not published here as a real vehicle or plate record. It is a generated example of a serial map for teaching and testing.

Plate text
REF-064
Alphanumeric
REF064
State format
Minnesota · AAA-999
Character count
6
Letters
REF
Numbers
064
Letter positions
1, 2, 3
Numeric positions
4, 5, 6
Combinations in map
17,576,000
Mixed-radix rank
11,601,064

How to read REF-064

Spoken: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · zero · six · four. Normalised forms: REF064, slug ref-064, display REF-064.

Character map

PositionGlyphClassRole
1RLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Romeo).
2ELetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Echo).
3FLetterAlphabetic series glyph (NATO: Foxtrot).
—-SeparatorPunctuation in the published pattern, not a serial value.
40DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: zero).
56DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: six).
64DigitNumeric series glyph (spoken: four).

Minnesota format in brief

Minnesota’s 10,000 Lakes plates kept a short hyphenated serial. Three digits on the right means SPR-9932’s four-digit tail does not fit.

SPR-993 would be in-class; SPR-9932 is one digit too long. Full essay: Minnesota license-plate format.

Combinatorics for REF-064

Alphabet size 26 × the digit slots in AAA-999 produces 17,576,000 serials. Rank 11,601,064 is about the 66.0051 percentile of that space (0 = first serial, 100 = last).

States whose map accepts REF064

Serial neighbours of REF-064

Deterministic rank deltas. These links do not change on refresh.

Similar combinations (this request)

Same Minnesota map, new PHP random draw on every reload — extra internal links, not a new identity for REF-064.

Why someone might look up REF-064

UseNote
Vanity researchPeople compare a wanted phrase against the sequential map so they can see whether it is a standard serial or a specialty request.
Fleet labellingInventories and film-unit vehicles often need a plausible unused-looking serial that still obeys a state’s character classes.
Fiction and propsWriters and set designers pick a combination that could exist on a given state’s dies without copying a photographed car.
Dataset testingOCR, ANPR and form-validation tests need strings that match a published pattern, including separators.
Format teachingThe combination is a worked example of how many plates a map can hold, not a window into a motor-vehicle file.

Generated example versus a real plate

A real Minnesota plate is a physical die issued from a series or a vanity queue. REF-064 on this URL is a string that fits that series’ character classes. Identical glyphs can exist in both worlds; this website has no feed that would let it tell them apart. If you need an official answer, ask the Minnesota motor-vehicle agency, not plates.autos.

Questions about REF-064

Which state does REF-064 belong to?

REF-064 is analysed here as a generated example of the Minnesota passenger serial (AAA-999). It is not assigned to a motorist by this site. The glyphs fit the sequential passenger skeleton used in this atlas.

Is REF-064 real?

No claim is made that REF-064 is currently issued, expired, or reserved. The string sits inside a published character map. Whether a DMV ever stamped it is a registration fact this atlas does not observe.

What does REF-064 mean?

REF-064 is a serial, not a slogan. Letters REF occupy positions 1, 2, 3; digits 064 occupy positions 4, 5, 6. Spoken with the NATO alphabet it reads Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · zero · six · four.

Which state uses REF-064?

This page files REF-064 under Minnesota because it fits that state’s AAA-999 passenger map. The same alphanumeric string also fits Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Vermont. Other states with a different skeleton will reject the same glyphs.

Which vehicle uses REF-064?

None that this atlas knows of. There is no vehicle make, model, colour, or VIN attached to REF-064. If you photographed a car, the door-jamb sticker and the registration — not this page — identify the vehicle.

Which state’s format does REF-064 follow?

Minnesota sequential passenger plates are taught here as AAA-999 (3 letters + 3 digits), in use in this atlas from 2009. Earlier Minnesota plates used ABC-123 county and lake graphics.

Is REF-064 a vanity plate?

Probably not, as modelled. Sequential passenger serials are issued in series; vanity (personalised) plates are requested strings that often break AAA-999. REF-064 fits the sequential map, so this atlas treats it as a series example, not a purchased phrase.

How is REF-064 read?

Left to right as printed: REF-064. Aloud: Romeo · Echo · Foxtrot · zero · six · four. Hyphens and spaces are separators in the published pattern, not extra serial values.

Which letters and numbers are in REF-064?

Letters: REF (3). Digits: 064 (3). Combined alphanumeric length: 6. Separators in the Minnesota display form are taken from AAA-999.

How many combinations can the REF-064 format produce?

The Minnesota map AAA-999 with a 26-letter alphabet yields 17,576,000 distinct serials. REF-064 sits at rank 11,601,064 in that mixed-radix order (about the 66.0051 percentile).

Could REF-064 have been issued before?

It could, mathematically: the string is inside the 17,576,000-slot space. Issuance is a DMV operation (series rolls, skipped blocks, recalls). This page does not query a live file and cannot say whether REF-064 was ever bolted to a bumper.

Why does REF-064 appear on Google?

Because plates.autos publishes a stable analysis URL for the combination. Search engines that crawl https://plates.autos/minnesota/license-plate-combinations/ref-064/ are reading an educational combinatorics page, not a leaked registration. Ranking is not a proof of issuance.

Which country or region is REF-064 from?

The working assumption on this page is the United States, Midwest region, state of Minnesota. Other countries use different dies, shields and checksums. A similar glyph string abroad would be a coincidence of alphabet, not a shared registry.

Is REF-064 a valid US format?

REF-064 is a valid glyph string under the Minnesota AAA-999 sequential passenger model used in this atlas. Validity here means “fits a documented sequential passenger skeleton,” not “cleared by a motor-vehicle agency.” Optional, military, and government plates are out of scope.

Which characters can appear on REF-064?

On the Minnesota sequential map: letters from ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and digits 0–9. Skipped letters in this atlas: none modelled. Separators: whatever AAA-999 prints (space, hyphen, or dot). Decorative dies and stacked graphics do not add serial glyphs.

How might REF-064 have been generated?

Two honest answers. A DMV would emit it by walking the AAA-999 series. This website can also construct it with PHP by placing letters REF and digits 064 into those slots — which is exactly how a generated example is made. Neither method is a public records search.

Was REF-064 used in a film or series?

This atlas does not track screen-used plates. Prop departments often invent in-format serials. If REF-064 appeared on camera, that is outside the dataset here; treat any match as unverified.

Why might REF-064 be blurred in a photo?

Publishers, Street View pipelines, and news desks often blur plates as a privacy habit, not because REF-064 is special. A blur is not evidence that the combination is issued, sensitive, or unique.

What are similar plate numbers to REF-064?

Immediate serial neighbours increment the mixed-radix rank by small deltas (for example REF-061 and REF-062). Same-format random draws on this page change on refresh so crawlers can discover more in-class URLs without turning REF-064 itself into a moving target.

What appears online about REF-064?

You may find this analysis, forum guesses, or unrelated hits (part numbers, product SKUs). None of those sources, including plates.autos, is a substitute for a state records request. REF-064 as published here is a generated example combination.