# Brazil license plate: PNU official

> The Brazil PNU official license plate: format LLL-9999, for example GOV-1234, 1990 to 2020, car, van, truck, and bus.

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

![Brazil license plate, PNU official (1990 to 2020)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-official-1990/brazil-license-plate-pnu-official.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1990–2020 |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 400 × 130 mm |
| Colours | background #F6F6F6; 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-official-1990` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-official-1990) |

Same letters, different messenger: on the white official plate the tarjeta strip did the decoding — BRASIL for a federal vehicle, the state's name for state fleets, state initials plus municipality for town halls.

Sources:

- [art. 1 § 1 (official plates excepted from the ordinary tarjeta), art. 1 § 2 I-III (BRASIL / state name / UF + municipality), Anexo 5.1 row 'Oficial' (white ground, black characters)](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815083608/http://www.denatran.gov.br/download/Consolidadas/cons231.pdf)
- [Res. 45/98 art. 1 § 1-§ 2: the identical rule a decade earlier](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao045_98.zip)

## About this plate

Government fleets under the PNU: a WHITE plate with black characters, visually the same colour pair as a private plate but on white rather than grey, distinguished in the field by the tarjeta, which read BRASIL for federal vehicles, the state's name for state vehicles, and UF + municipality for municipal ones. CTB art. 116 separately allows police and public-security vehicles in reserved service to wear ordinary private plates, which is why an official-looking Brazilian vehicle may lawfully carry a grey plate.

## Use it

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

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