Private car 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: car
Mexico license plates
43 registration series, sourced from Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) — Dirección General de Autotransporte Federal.
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{ "plate": "XXM-500-F",
"valid": true, "exact": true,
"matches": [{ "id": "mx-private-car-2016",
"render_url": "…svg?serial=XXM-500-F" }] }
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The alphabet, by law
I
O
Q
"NOTA: EN LOS CARACTERES ALFABÉTICOS NO DEBERÁN UTILIZARSE LAS LETRAS I, Ñ, O, Q." — repeated verbatim under every per-entity allocation table in Apéndice C Normativo of the 2016 NOM. The rule is NEW in 2016: no such note appears in NOM-001-SCT-2-2000, whose own Apéndice C tables carry none.
standard plates 12
the default series issued to private road vehicles
Private truck 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: truck
Private bus 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: bus
CDMX private car 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: car
CDMX private truck 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: truck
Private car 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car
Private truck 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: truck
Private bus 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: bus
CDMX private car 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car
CDMX private truck 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: truck
Private border car
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car
Federal freight
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: truck, bus, trailer
electric plates 1
EV-distinct plates or suffixes (German E, CN green plates)
Eco
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, motorcycle
motorcycle plates 3
reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs
Private motorcycle 2016 A
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
Private motorcycle 2016 B
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
Private motorcycle 2016 C
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
taxi plates 6
for-hire vehicles where separately serialized or colored
Public car 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: car
Public car 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car
Public truck
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: truck
Public bus
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: bus
CDMX public car
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car
CDMX public fixed-route
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: bus, van
trailer plates 4
trailers and semi-trailers where separately serialized
Private trailer 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: trailer, semitrailer
Private trailer 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: trailer, semitrailer
Private dolly
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: dolly
CDMX private trailer
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: trailer, semitrailer
historic plates 3
vintage/oldtimer regimes (German H, ES historico)
Historic 2001
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: car, truck, motorcycle
CDMX historic
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, motorcycle
Historic 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, motorcycle
specialty plates 2
optional-design programs on standard serials (US state programs)
CDMX disability
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, motorcycle
Disability
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, motorcycle
dealer plates 3
trade/garage plates bound to a business, not a vehicle
CDMX dealer
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, trailer, motorcycle
Dealer
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, trailer
Dealer motorcycle
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
temporary plates 2
short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration)
Federal transfer
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, bus, trailer
Federal transfer motorcycle
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit; the other characters are fixed.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
government plates 3
civil government fleets with distinct series
Emergency
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, van, bus
Civil protection
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, van, bus, motorcycle
Federal inspection
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, van
police plates 4
police fleets where distinct from government
Police 2001
In the sample, 9 for any digit.
~2001–2016
documented from 2001 — the format is likely older
issued for: car, truck, van, motorcycle
Police 2016
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, van
Police motorcycle
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: motorcycle
Federal police
In the sample, L stands for any letter and 9 for any digit.
2016 → today
issued for: car, truck, van