# Brazil license plate: PNU motorcycle 1990

> The Brazil PNU motorcycle 1990 license plate: format LLL-9999, for example MTB-0921, documented 1990 to 2012, motorcycle, moped, and tricycle.

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![Brazil license plate, PNU motorcycle 1990 (documented 1990 to 2012)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-motorcycle-1990/brazil-license-plate-pnu-motorcycle-1990.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1990–2012 (documented from 1990; the format is likely older) |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle, moped, tricycle |
| Plate size | 187 × 136 mm |
| Colours | background #8F999F; characters #1C1C1C |
| 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 | `br-pnu-motorcycle-1990` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-1990) |

Motorcycles decoded exactly like cars: the three letters came from the registering state's reserved block, so a bike's first home state was readable at a glance.

Sources:

- [Anexo item 3: 'motocicleta, motoneta, ciclomotor e triciclos motorizados ... a) dimensões da placa em milímetros: h = 136; c= 187; b) dimensões dos caracteres da placa em milímetros: h = 42; d = 6'](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815083608/http://www.denatran.gov.br/download/Consolidadas/cons231.pdf)
- [Res. 45/98 Anexo item 3: the same 187 x 136 mm plate for 'biciclos, triciclos e similares motorizados' in 1998](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao045_98.zip)

## About this plate

372/2011 inserted Anexo item 3.1 requiring motorcycles "fabricados ou quando da mudança de município, a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2012" to use the larger plate, so the small plate stopped being fitted to new machines at that date while remaining lawful on those already carrying it. Reflective film became compulsory for motorcycle plates in stages, hire category from 1 January 2008, other categories for machines registered or transferred from 1 January 2008, all remaining vehicles built from 1 January 2012 (art. 6 and its parágrafo único, as amended by Res. 241/07 and 372/11), so motorcycle plates fitted before those dates were under no reflective-film obligation at all.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [PNU motorcycle 2012](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-2012) | 2012 to 2020 |

## Other motorcycle plates here

- [Mercosur motorcycle](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/mercosul-motorcycle-2018) (2018 to today)
- [Mercosur motorcycle converted](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/mercosul-motorcycle-converted-2018) (2018 to today)
- [PNU motorcycle 2012](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-2012) (2012 to 2020)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-motorcycle-1990.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/brazil?series=br-pnu-motorcycle-1990
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/br` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "br-pnu-motorcycle-1990"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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