# Portugal license plate: Trailer

> The Portugal trailer license plate: format L-999999, for example E-314427, documented since 2005, trailer and semitrailer.

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

![Portugal license plate, Trailer (documented since 2005)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-trailer/portugal-license-plate-trailer.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L-999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2005 → today (documented from 2005; the format is likely older) |
| Class | trailer |
| Issued for | trailer, semitrailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| 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-trailer` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/trailer) |

Portugal's one geographic plate: the prefix letter names the district office that registered the trailer — L Lisboa, P Porto, twenty-one codes in all — while every Portuguese car carries a meaningless counter. The letter records the issuing office, not where the trailer works.

Sources:

- [DL 54/2005 Regulamento art. 4.º n.os 1-2: 'O número de matrícula dos reboques é constituído por uma ou duas letras identificadoras do serviço regional que procedeu à matrícula, seguidas de um número de ordem', with the table at Anexo I; Anexo II Modelo V, Anexo III Modelo III and Anexo IV Modelo III drawings.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2005/03/044a00/18921897.pdf)
- [DL 106/2006 art. 1.º n.º 3: replaces Anexo I — the current code list.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2006/06/111a00/40524060.pdf)
- [DL 2/2020 Anexo, ANEXO V Modelo III — Reboques: the current trailer plate model, drawn as 'L 808970' with the EU band and no dash.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2020/01/00900/0000400012.pdf)

## About this plate

PORTUGUESE TRAILERS ARE DECODABLE AND PORTUGUESE CARS ARE NOT. The prefix names the district office that issued the registration, not the trailer's base, not the towing vehicle's plate. The composition is demonstrably older, and the proof is inside the same instrument: Anexo II Modelo V, the model governing numbers issued UP TO 31-12-1991, is drawn as "L-10978". Contrast Spain, where the trailer letter is a fixed R prefix and the province code trails; here the letter IS the geography and there is no fixed prefix.

## Use it

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

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