# Brazil license plate: PNU motorcycle 2012

> The Brazil PNU motorcycle 2012 license plate: format LLL-9999, for example MTC-1044, 2012 to 2020, motorcycle, moped, and tricycle.

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Part of [Brazil license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil) (11 registration series).

![Brazil license plate, PNU motorcycle 2012 (2012 to 2020)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-motorcycle-2012/brazil-license-plate-pnu-motorcycle-2012.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2012–2020 |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle, moped, tricycle |
| Plate size | 200 × 170 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-2012` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-2012) |

Bigger plate, same cipher: the letters still come from the registering state's allocated block, unchanged from the smaller pre-2012 motorcycle plate.

Sources:

- [Anexo item 3.1 (acrescentado pela Resolução nº 372/11): 'a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2012 ... a) dimensões da placa em milímetros: h = 170; c = 200; b) Altura do corpo dos caracteres da placa em milímetros: h = 53'](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815083608/http://www.denatran.gov.br/download/Consolidadas/cons231.pdf)
- [in.gov.br](https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-780-de-26-de-junho-de-2019-179414765)

## About this plate

The larger PNU motorcycle plate, mandatory for machines built (or moved to another municipality) from 1 January 2012 under Res. 372/2011. Both ends of this period are instrument dates: 1 January 2012 in Res. 231/2007 Anexo 3.1 as amended, and 31 January 2020 in Res. 780/2019 art. 21. Its dimensions, 200 x 170 mm, 53 mm characters, are exactly those the Mercosul two-wheeler plate then adopted, so the Brazilian motorcycle plate changed its colours, band and grammar in 2018-2020 without changing its size.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [PNU motorcycle 1990](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-1990) | documented 1990 to 2012 |

## 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 1990](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-motorcycle-1990) (documented 1990 to 2012)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-motorcycle-2012.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/brazil?series=br-pnu-motorcycle-2012
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/br` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "br-pnu-motorcycle-2012"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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