(1) Any licensed dealer or manufacturer may, upon payment of a fee of thirty dollars, make an application, on a form approved by the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, to the county treasurer of the county in which his or her place of business is located for a certificate and one dealer license plate for the type of motor vehicle or trailer the dealer has been authorized by the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board to sell and demonstrate. One additional dealer license plate may be procured for the type of motor vehicle or trailer the dealer has sold during the last previous period of October 1 through September 30 for each twenty motor vehicles or trailers sold at retail during such period or one additional dealer license plate for each thirty motor vehicles or trailers sold at wholesale during such period, but not to exceed a total of five additional dealer license plates in the case of motor vehicles or trailers sold at wholesale, or, in the case of a manufacturer, for each ten motor vehicles or trailers actually manufactured or assembled within the state within the last previous period of October 1 through September 30 for a fee of fifteen dollars each.

(2) Dealer or manufacturer license plates shall display, in addition to the registration number, the letters DLR.