# Western Australia number plate: State series

> The Western Australia state series number plate: format 9LLL 999, for example 4TNC 729, 1997 to today, car, van, truck, bus, 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, State series (1997 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/au-wa/au-wa-state-series/western-australia-license-plate-state-series.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1997 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 372 × 134 mm |
| Other sizes | 254 × 100 mm: full-size motorcycle plate; 190 × 100 mm: small motorcycle plate; 253 × 99 mm: auxiliary (bike-rack) plate |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `au-wa-state-series` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/state-series) |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010058/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1997/07/Unveiling-of-new-generation-of-vehicle-licence-plates.aspx)
- [transport.wa.gov.au](https://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/plates/standard/state)

## How numbers are issued

Ascending, and the department says so in terms: "The plates are issued for general use and are manufactured on demand in large quantities in an ascending alpha/numeric series." The 1997 statement's own arithmetic, 1AAA 000 in 1997 to 1ZZZ 999 in 2137, is the reason WA has run ONE general-issue series for nearly thirty years while Victoria and Queensland each changed over: the series was deliberately sized for 140 years. The Minister's stated motive, verbatim: "Until now we have been getting just four or five years from each licence plate series and with the current nine series plates about to expire, Transport was keen to develop something which will provide long-term consistency."

## 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

- [District series](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/australia--western-australia/district-series) (documented since 1997)
- [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-state-series.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/western-australia?series=au-wa-state-series
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/au-wa` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "au-wa-state-series"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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