# Japan license plate: Registered special purpose alnum > The Japan registered special purpose alnum license plate: format 8LL 99-99, for example 8RB 24-53, 2017 to today, ambulance, motorhome, truck, and bus. Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-alnum · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms Part of [Japan license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan) (47 registration series). ![Japan license plate, Registered special purpose alnum (2017 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-special-purpose-alnum/japan-license-plate-registered-special-purpose-alnum.svg) | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Format | `8LL 99-99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) | | Years | 2017 → today | | Class | standard | | Issued for | ambulance, motorhome, truck, bus | | Plate size | 330 × 165 mm | | Other sizes | 440 × 220 mm: 大型番号標 — Form No. 1 remark (4) proviso: 普通自動車 of 8,000 kg or more gross vehicle weight, 5,000 kg or more maximum load, or 30 or more seats. The drawing carries both sets of dimensions, the large one in parentheses throughout (remark (7)). | | Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #00693E | | 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 | `jp-registered-special-purpose-alnum` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-alnum) | Sources: - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345M50000800007) - [第一号様式（自動車登録番号標）（第十一条関係） remark (3): 「自動車登録番号標の塗色は、事業用自動車にあつては緑地に白文字とし、自家用自動車にあつては白地に緑文字とするほか、国土交通大臣の定めるところによる。」 and remarks (4)-(7) + the drawing: 330 x 165 mm, (440 x 220) for the vehicles in the remark (4) proviso](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074) - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/345M50000800007) - [附則（平成二八年一二月二八日国土交通省令第八七号）第一条 — the 2017-01-01 commencement of the 第十三条第一項第二号 and 別表第二 amendments](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345M50000800007) - [secondary: first alphabet plate issued 2018-01-12 at 練馬](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本のナンバープレート) ## What each position encodes - 運輸支局等を表示する文字 - 分類番号 - 平仮名又はローマ字 - 四けた以下のアラビア数字 ## About this plate The 8-series carries ambulances, fire appliances, hearses, refrigerated bodies, camper conversions and mobile shops, the statute names sprinklers, advertising vehicles and hearses expressly. ROMAN LETTERS IN THE CLASS CODE, the newest Japanese grammar and the cleanest era signal on the plate. Any letter in the class code dates the ASSIGNMENT to 2017 or later, because 第十三条第一項第二号 did not admit one before MLIT Ordinance No. 87 of 2016 took effect on 1 January 2017 (the amendments to 第十三条第一項第二号 and 別表第二 are expressly carved OUT of the 1 April 2017 delay). The letters are issued only when the numeric block for a place-and-class combination is exhausted, so they appear first in the busiest offices; ja.wikipedia reports the first issue on 12 January 2018 at 練馬, which is recorded as secondary corroboration and not as this series' start. ## Other standard plates here - [Kei goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei special purpose alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered bus alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Kei passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Kei special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Registered bus 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Kei US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Registered classcode 1-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-classcode-1digit) (documented since 1970) - [Registered US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Kei goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Registered bus 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) ## Use it - Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-registered-special-purpose-alnum.svg - Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/japan?series=jp-registered-special-purpose-alnum - API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "jp-registered-special-purpose-alnum"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api) --- Open data, CC BY 4.0: reuse it with a visible credit to VehiclesDB and a link (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution). 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