# Western Australia number plate: District series

> The Western Australia district series number plate: format LL 999, for example RK 483, documented since 1997, car, van, truck, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Western Australia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia) (3 registration series).

![Western Australia (Australia) license plate, District series (documented since 1997)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-wa/au-wa-district-series/western-australia-license-plate-district-series.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1997 → today (documented from 1997; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 372 × 134 mm |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `au-wa-district-series` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/district-series) |

Sources:

- [transport.wa.gov.au](https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/plates/standard/district)

## About this plate

WA DISTRICT SERIES, THE ONE GEOGRAPHIC DECODE IN AUSTRALIAN PLATES, AND IT IS DELIBERATELY LEFT AS A MECHANISM. The department states the mechanism plainly and gives a single example; it publishes no code table. The period is an UPPER BOUND for an unusual reason worth stating: the department's own page dates nothing except a 2021 administrative change ("Eligible District series number plates can be converted to a District series optional plate from Monday 13 December 2021"), and the only era boundary it draws is the Brand WA colourway, which is the 1997 boundary the state series carries. So 1997 here means "this series was running by then", not "it started then", district plates are much older.

## Who can have one

the department, verbatim: 'These plates can be issued to motor vehicles, trailers and motorcycles owned by persons who reside in that Shire or District.', a RESIDENCE test, which is what makes the prefix a real geographic claim rather than decoration

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/standard-1978) | 1978 to 1997 |

## Other standard plates here

- [State series](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/state-series) (1997 to today)
- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/standard-1978) (1978 to 1997)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-wa/au-wa-district-series.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/western-australia?series=au-wa-district-series
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-wa` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-wa-district-series"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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