# Portugal license plate: National 1937

> The Portugal national 1937 license plate: format LL-99-99, for example TN-40-10, 1937 to 1992, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Portugal license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal) (13 registration series).

![Portugal license plate, National 1937 (1937 to 1992)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-national-1937/portugal-license-plate-national-1937.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-99-99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1937–1992 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 460 × 100 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 230 mm: Modelo II — automóveis, rear, two rows (letters over digits); 520 × 120 mm: Modelo III — automóveis, rear, single row; 520 × 120 mm: Modelo V — reboques |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `pt-national-1937` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/national-1937) |

Sources:

- [DL 54/2005 Regulamento art. 3.º n.º 2 a) — 'Matrículas atribuídas até 29 de Fevereiro de 1992 — AA-00-00'; art. 5.º n.º 1 a) + n.º 2 — Anexo II for numbers issued up to 31-12-1991, black ground, white characters; Anexo II Modelos I-V drawings.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2005/03/044a00/18921897.pdf)
- [pt.wikipedia.org](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matr%C3%ADculas_de_autom%C3%B3veis_em_Portugal)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Portugal)

## About this plate

THE FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR SERIES. Its END is enacted law, to the day (29-02-1992, DL 54/2005 art. 3.º n.º 2 a)). Anyone re-verifying should start from the Regulamento do Código da Estrada (Decreto n.º 39 987, de 22 de dezembro de 1954) arts. 35.º and 37.º, which DL 54/2005 revokes by name and which therefore carried the plate rules for the bulk of this window, but 1954 is itself mid-series, so the 1937 instrument is a third link back and remains unlocated.

## How numbers are issued

Reported to have run from AA-10-00 to ZZ-99-99 across fifty-five years, i.e. the letter pair advances as the four digits roll and the series did NOT start at AA-00-00 itself.

## Separators

hyphens, drawn in the Anexo II models ('ML-79-08', 'MF-09-78')

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [National 1992](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/national-1992) | 1992 to 2005 |

## Other standard plates here

- [National 2020](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/national-2020) (2020 to today)
- [National 2005](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/national-2005) (2005 to 2020)
- [National 1992](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/national-1992) (1992 to 2005)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-national-1937.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/portugal?series=pt-national-1937
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/pt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "pt-national-1937"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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