# South Africa license plate: Police B

> The South Africa police B license plate: format LLL 999 B, for example ZOT 758 B, 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, Police B (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-police-b/south-africa-license-plate-police-b.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999 B` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | police |
| 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 follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `za-police-b` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/police-b) |

Sources:

- [reg 27(5)(b), verbatim: the licence number of a motor vehicle 'the owner of which is the South African Police Service, may consist of three letters, three figures, followed by the letter B'; reg 21A/25(2)(f) confirms a SAPS-allocated number is recorded as such](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)(b) identically](https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/37542gen287.pdf)

## About this plate

Like reg 27(5)(a) this limb is permissive ("may consist of"), so SAPS vehicles on ordinary provincial numbers exist. Metropolitan police departments are municipal, not SAPS, and are not covered by this limb.

## Use it

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

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