# Malaysia license plate: Diplomatic DC

> The Malaysia diplomatic DC license plate: format 99-99-DC, for example 30-21-DC, 1987 to today, car. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malaysia/diplomatic-dc · 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 [Malaysia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malaysia) (8 registration series).

![Malaysia license plate, Diplomatic DC (1987 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/my/my-diplomatic-dc/malaysia-license-plate-diplomatic-dc.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99-99-DC` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1987 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car |
| Colours | background #CC0000; characters #FFFFFF |
| 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 | `my-diplomatic-dc` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malaysia/diplomatic-dc) |

Sources:

- [Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia (Wisma Putra), 'MOTOR VEHICLES' paras 6.4 (the full DC rank allocation table), 6.5 (a diplomat keeps his DC number across vehicles), 6.6 (second car 60-99), 6.7 (chargés d'affaires numbered by rank), 6.8 (mission-registered vehicles from 101), 6.9 (red vs black fields).](https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163606/http://www.kln.gov.my/web/guest/diplomat)
- [JPJ, verbatim: 'White alphabets and numbers, embossed or glued on a red plate for vehicles belonging to embassies, the UN and the International Natural Rubber Association.' — the ROAD AUTHORITY's own statement of the red plate, independent of the foreign ministry's.](https://web.archive.org/web/20130516074518/http://www.jpj.gov.my/web/eng/specifications-of-vehicle-number-plates)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Malaysia)

## What each position encodes

- marking: Diplomatic Corps

## About this plate

DIPLOMATIC CORPS. TWO INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES SOURCE THIS PLATE and they agree, which is rare: JPJ (the road authority) publishes the red plate as one of the three permitted plate forms, and Wisma Putra (the foreign ministry) publishes the allocation rules and the red/black split. What is sourced: the colours, the red-for-person / black-for-institution rule, and the complete RANK-TO-NUMBER table. What is NOT sourced: the country-code table and the exact printed group order, which come from secondary accounts. Wisma Putra para 6.5 also gives Malaysia a small cherished-number rule of its own, a diplomat "is required to retain the number plate even when he disposes [of the car] after 18 months or more as the same number will be given to his new car".

## About the format

Country code, rank/serial number, and the literal DC.

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [UN](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/malaysia/un) (1987 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/my/my-diplomatic-dc.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/malaysia?series=my-diplomatic-dc
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/my` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "my-diplomatic-dc"` (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). Plate images show sample serials and are not open data (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/image-license). Dataset commit db0ec0a: https://github.com/vehiclesdb/vehiclesdb