# South Africa license plate: Diplomatic D

> The South Africa diplomatic D license plate: format LLL 999 D, for example YUD 686 D, documented since 2000, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [South Africa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa) (20 registration series).

![South Africa license plate, Diplomatic D (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-diplomatic-d/south-africa-license-plate-diplomatic-d.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999 D` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `za-diplomatic-d` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/diplomatic-d) |

Sources:

- [reg 27(5)(d), verbatim: the licence number of a motor vehicle the owner of which is '(i) a foreign government, diplomat representing a foreign government, an international or inter-governmental organisation; (ii) a member of staff or suite of such government or organisation; or (iii) any other person or class of person determined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, shall consist of such letters and figures as are determined by the Director-General: Department of Foreign Affairs but shall end in the letter "D"'](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)
- [GG 37542 GN 287 of 9 April 2014 reproducing reg 27(5)(d) identically](https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/37542gen287.pdf)

## About this plate

DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR CORPS. The one certain fact is the terminal D, and it is the whole of what the Regulations say. Until it lands this series is a recall net and is labelled as one.

## Region code notes

A diplomatic number carries no provincial mark and no registering- authority mark: reg 27(5)(d) takes it out of the provincial systems entirely. Decoding its letters as geography is the single most likely parse-API error in South Africa.

## About the format

The pattern shows one representative shape.

## Use it

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

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