# Spain license plate: Temporary private

> The Spain temporary private license plate: format P9999LLL, for example P4119JDB, documented since 1999, cited to Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT).

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Part of [Spain license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain) (19 registration series).

![Spain license plate, Temporary private (documented since 1999)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/es/es-temporary-private-1999/spain-license-plate-temporary-private.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `P9999LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1999 → today (documented from 1999; the format is likely older) |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, semitrailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 280 × 200 mm: temporal particular alta; 100 × 168 mm: temporal particular ciclomotores |
| Colours | background verde #007A33; 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 | `es-temporary-private-1999` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain/temporary-private-1999) |

The leading P marks a temporary circulation permit issued to a private individual (particular) — green ground, and valid only until the real plate arrives.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `P` | Permiso temporal (particulares) | private individual's temporary permit |

Sources:

- [Anexo XVIII I.C.a) permisos temporales para particulares: 'El fondo de las placas será retrorreflectante, de color verde. Los caracteres estampados en relieve irán pintados en color blanco mate'; letter P; the three-row ciclomotor layout](https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/1999/BOE-A-1999-1826-consolidado.pdf)

## About this plate

TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, GREEN ground, white characters, prefix P. Spain colour-codes temporary permits by HOLDER TYPE: green for individuals (this entry), red for companies (es-temporary-company-*).

## Other temporary plates here

- [Tourist](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/spain/tourist-1999) (documented since 1999)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/es/es-temporary-private-1999.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/spain?series=es-temporary-private-1999
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/es` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "es-temporary-private-1999"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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