# Puerto Rico license plate: Antique

> The Puerto Rico antique license plate: format LLL 999, for example EBZ 979, 2000 to today, car. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Puerto Rico license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--puerto-rico) (7 registration series).

![Puerto Rico (United States) license plate, Antique (2000 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-pr/us-pr-antique/puerto-rico-license-plate-antique.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2000 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car |
| 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 | `us-pr-antique` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-states--puerto-rico/antique) |

Sources:

- [Art. 2.26: the rolling 40-year threshold measured from the plate's issue date, the no-extra-fee rule, and the delegation of design/characteristics/issuance/renewal/cancellation to reglamento](https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf)
- [plateshack.com](http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Puerto_Rico/pry2k.html)

## About this plate

ANTIQUE PLATES. Puerto Rico sets a ROLLING threshold (40 years), the same design choice as Florida's Antique series (30 years) and the opposite of Florida's Horseless Carriage (fixed model year 1945).

## Who can have one

Art. 2.26: a special plate is issued on application to any motor vehicle classifiable as an "automóvil antiguo", meaning any car "que haya sido construido por lo menos CUARENTA (40) AÑOS ANTES DE LA FECHA DE EXPEDICIÓN DE LA TABLILLA", a ROLLING forty-year threshold measured against the ISSUE DATE OF THE PLATE, not against the calendar year.

## Fee

Art. 2.26: no fee beyond that fixed by law for private-use plates

## Use it

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

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