South Africa license plate: MP standard 3L3F
Issued today Documented since 2000. Standard plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Department of Transport (national) and the MEC responsible for road traffic in each of the nine provinces. One of 20 South Africa license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLL 999 MP, for exampleFZY 557 MP(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
- Documented since 2000; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Standard: the default series issued to private road vehicles. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
- Colours
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Characters
#000000Background#FFFFFF - Size
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520 × 113 mm · every country's size
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MP standard 3L3F 250×205 mm
standard · 250 × 205 mm
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MP standard 3L3F 250×165 mm
standard · 250 × 165 mm
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- About this plate
- MPUMALANGA, three letters + three figures + MP.
Legal basis and sources
- reg 27(2)(a)(ii)(aa) + proviso https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf
- en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_South_Africa
This plate in your app
The series id is za-mp-standard-3l3f. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of South Africa's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/za \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "za-mp-standard-3l3f")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-mp-standard-3l3f.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-mp-standard-3l3f/template.svg
