# India license plate: Temporary

> The India temporary license plate: format T 9999 LL 9999 LL, for example T 0825 KA 1234 AB, 2021 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [India license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india) (16 registration series).

![India license plate, Temporary (2021 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-temporary-2021/india-license-plate-temporary.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `T 9999 LL 9999 LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2021 → today |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `in-temporary-2021` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/temporary-2021) |

Self-dating: after the T for temporary certificate come four digits that are the month and year of issue, then the State code, a serial, and two letters that skip O and I. Expiry pressure, readable straight off the plate.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `T` | Temporary certificate | temporary registration |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20210421181546id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/notifications_document/GSR%20240%28E%29%20dated%2031st%20March%202021%20Committee%20A%20Licensing%20of%20drivers%2C%20Fitness%20and%20Registration%20of%20motor%20vehicles%20%20.pdf)
- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20250804185944id_/https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1798/1/aA1988-59.pdf)

## About this plate

THE STANDARDISED TEMPORARY MARK, and the reason it is dated 2021 rather than 1989: temporary registration has existed since the Act (§ 43), but until rule 53C was inserted its mark had NO nationally prescribed shape and every State invented one. G.S.R. 240(E) gave it a form for the first time.

## How the region is encoded

State code only, rule 53C's legend has no RTO district element, which is consistent with a temporary mark being valid for movement rather than tied to an office. The decode returns a State and must not attempt a district.

## How numbers are issued

The month and year of ISSUE are in the mark, which makes the Indian temporary plate self-dating and its expiry mechanically checkable: rule 53B gives an initial validity extendable "one or more times by 30 days each".

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-temporary-2021.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/india?series=in-temporary-2021
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/in` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "in-temporary-2021"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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