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Malaysia license plate: Standard suffix

Issued today Documented since 1987. Standard plates for car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle, issued by Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan Malaysia (JPJ). One of 8 Malaysia license plates.

Malaysia license plate, Standard suffix (documented since 1987), sample PMC 4823 Y
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Format, years and the law

Format
LLL 9999 L, for example PMC 4823 Y (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 1987; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #000000
About this plate
THE ORDINARY MALAYSIAN PLATE, suffix form: index mark, number, then a single trailing letter, SK 4097 H, QM 5771 U, JB 6419 J. Historically the Sabah and Sarawak arrangement, it is now also Johor's (the J…J series), Langkawi's (KV) and was Kuala Lumpur's during the W run-out before the V series began.

Legal basis and sources

  1. JPJ live API, queried per area code 2026-08-03 00:47-00:49 (+08): JB 6419 J Johor, KV 859 F Langkawi, QAB 3426 P Kuching, QS 5608 Y Mukah, QM 5771 U Miri, SK 4097 H Kudat, SB 1644 L Beaufort, SU 7665 Q Keningau, eight... https://portal-api.jpj.gov.my/api/semak-no-pendaftaran-terkini
  2. Road Transport Act 1987 s. 11(1)(a), s. https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputaktap/1871744_BI/Act%20333_Final_15%20Oct%202023%20(25.3.24).pdf
  3. web.archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20130516074518/http://www.jpj.gov.my/web/eng/specifications-of-vehicle-number-plates

This plate in your app

The series id is my-standard-suffix. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Malaysia's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/my \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "my-standard-suffix")'
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