Mexico license plate: Civil protection

Issued today 2016 to today. Government plates for car, truck, van, bus, and motorcycle, issued by Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT). One of 43 Mexico license plates.

Mexico license plate, Civil protection (2016 to today), sample 36-ZT-436

Format, years and the law

Format
99-LL-999, for example 36-ZT-436 (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
2016 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Government: civil government fleets with distinct series. Issued for car, truck, van, bus, and motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #BA0C2F
Size
300 × 150 mm · every country's size
About this plate
SISTEMA NACIONAL DE PROTECCIÓN CIVIL, the ONLY series in this file whose colours the NOM prescribes, which is why it is the only one carrying a background hex.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Tabla C row 20 'Protección Civil, Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil / Ciudad de México y Entidades Federativas todos los vehículos, 00-AA-000' https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5442476&fecha=24/06/2016
  2. 5.1.6.5.1-5.1.6.5.3, verbatim: 'Placa metálica de color rojo pantone 200C al 100%'; the 300 x 25 mm grey bars top and bottom at Cool gray 10 al 60%; 'la palabra PROTECCIÓN CIVIL y debajo de ésta la palabra MÉXICO,... https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5442476&fecha=24/06/2016

This plate in your app

The series id is mx-civil-protection-2016. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Mexico's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/mx \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "mx-civil-protection-2016")'