Puerto Rico license plate: Temporary
Issued today 2000 to today. Temporary plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP). One of 7 Puerto Rico license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LLL 999, for exampleEOP 279(L is any letter, 9 any digit)The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it.
- Years issued
- 2000 to today. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Temporary: short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration). Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
- Who can have one
- Art. 2.12: provisional permits go ONLY to new or used motor vehicles or trailers imported or destined for sale that have NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN REGISTERED IN PUERTO RICO, sold by persons in the business of selling vehicles. A separate route exists for vehicles bought by a Public Service Commission concessionaire for public service, where the Commission's substitution authorisation itself serves as the provisional permit until the Department finalises the substitution.
- How long it is valid
- Art. 2.12: the provisional permit is valid for a term NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY (30) DAYS from the date the vehicle was sold, must be carried in the vehicle continuously, and the seller must mark the sale date in the space provided and register the vehicle with the Department within those thirty days. After the term expires the vehicle may not use public roads until registered.
Legal basis and sources
- Art. 2.12: the 30-day provisional permit and its accompanying tablillas, the sale-date marking duty, the importer/dealer-only eligibility, the Public Service Commission route, and the delegation of... https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf
This plate in your app
The series id is us-pr-temporary. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Puerto Rico's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/us-pr \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "us-pr-temporary")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-pr/us-pr-temporary.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/us-pr/us-pr-temporary/template.svg
