Vehicle registration plates of Venezuela

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Venezuela requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates . [1]

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Current plates are North American standard 6 × 12 inches (152 × 300 mm).

Car registration valid between 1997 and 2008. Matricula automovilistica Venezuela 1995 Sucre RAP 44W.jpg
Car registration valid between 1997 and 2008.
Car registration valid between 1982 and 1997. Matricula automovilistica Venezuela 1982 FAH-467.jpg
Car registration valid between 1982 and 1997.
Car registration in force around 1955. Matricula automovilistica Venezuela 1955 1-A-2988-H.jpg
Car registration in force around 1955.
Current automobile license plate in 1950. VENEZUELA 1950's passenger plate.jpg
Current automobile license plate in 1950.

The car registration plates of Venezuela (also called plates) are distinctive used for the identification of all vehicles automotiveis that travel through the national communication channels. The coding system in force since 2008 establishes a serialization consisting of four letters and three numbers. Fees vary according to the type of transport and its specific use.

Format

Venezuelan license plates have a serialization of four letters and three numbers, for a total of seven characters ('AB123CD). The plates have a rectangular shape of 300 mm x 150 mm, [n 1] framed with black borders and a white background on which an impression of the national flag has been superimposed. The alphanumeric serial is located in the center of the plate, whose sequence of digits will correspond to the type of vehicle. The legend Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is inscribed in the upper part in blue, while the lower part will indicate the federal entity in which it is domiciled the owner of the vehicle. The last letter of the particular serial will indicate that same locality by code. [2]

Identification

According to the federal entity

The current legal provision establishes that the last letter of the plate indicates the federal entity in which the vehicle was registered. In previous resolutions, this was located in the first letter.

CodeCondition
AFlag of Caracas (2022).svg  Caracas/Capital District
BFlag of Anzoategui State.svg  Anzoátegui
CFlag of Apure State.svg  Apure
DFlag of Aragua State.svg  Aragua
EFlag of Barinas State.svg  Barinas
F Bolivar
GFlag of Carabobo State.svg  Carabobo
HFlag of Cojedes State.svg  Cojedes
IFlag of Falcon State.svg  Falcón
JFlag of Guarico State.svg  Guárico
K Lara
L Merida
M Miranda
NFlag of Monagas State.svg  Monagas
ORFlag of Nueva Esparta.svg  Nueva Esparta
PFlag of Portuguesa.svg  Portuguesa
R Sucre
Y Táchira
T Trujillo
UFlag of Yaracuy State.svg  Yaracuy
VFlag of Zulia State.svg  Zulia
WFlag of Vargas State.svg  Vargas
XFlag of Amazonas Indigenous State.svg  Amazonas (Venezuela)
YFlag of Delta Amacuro State.svg  Delta Amacuro

During the 1990s, the use of the letters W, X and Y began to designate the former federal territories that were elevated to the category of state: Delta Amacuro in 1991, Amazonas in 1992 and Vargas in 1998. For its part, the letter Z is used for signalization, but does not designate any entity in particular.

Depending on the type of vehicle

The license plates between ordinary (private) vehicles and special ones present differences in the ordering of their characters, as well as in their measurements, designs and security devices depending on the use or the organization to which they are assigned.

Ordinary

GuyFormatDescriptionPhoto
Private carsxx123x'AFor use by private vehicles. The (x) indicate the variable alphabetic characters. The A at the end designates the federal entity in which the owner of the vehicle is domiciled.

Specials

GuyFormatDescription
Blood Tractionx1xx2AThe (x) indicate the variable alphabetic characters. The A at the end designates the federal entity. It is the only license plate that has only six characters.
Motorcyclesxx1x23'AThe (x) indicate the variable alphabetic characters.
Cars, minibuses, passenger vans and mobile homesxx123x'AIdem.
Freight vehiclesx12xx3'A'Idem.
Cranesx12x34'AIdem.
Vehicles for the disabled(Symbol)x12x3AIdem.
School transportationx123x4'AIdem.
Private transportationx1234x'AIdem.
Tourist transportRustic: x1xx23'A
Minibuses: x12x3xx
Buses: x1x2x3x
Idem.
Urban public transport01xx2xA
Idem. The numbers at the beginning of the serials are fixed.
Suburban public transportCars: 12x3x4A
Minibuses: 21x34xA
Buses: 31xx24 A
Intercity public transportCars: 412x3xA
Minibuses: 512xx3A
Buses: 6123x4 A
Taxis7x1x2xA
Public transport in peripheral areaRustic: 8x1x23A
Minibuses: 9x123xA
Test vehicles, chassis and provisional123456'AIdem. Below the serial must be the inscription Temporal. The plate shall have a lime yellow background and black characters.
Vehicles entered the country under the Special Free Port RegimeMotorcycles: xx1234O
Non-profit vehicles: xx12x3O
Cargo: x1x234O
Public transport: 1xx234 Or
Idem. The O at the end of the serial, symbolizing the state Nueva Esparta, is fixed. Below the serial must be the inscription Puerto Libre. The plate must have a faded gray state map in the background in the center. On the left side, a faded red vertical stripe, and on the right side a design of the national flag.

Officials

GuyFormatDescriptionPhoto
Executive Branch President: 01
Vice President: 02
Ministers: 03
Attorney General: 04
Exclusive of the charges mentioned. The plaque bears a raised and colored design of the national coat of arms followed by the assigned numbers, on a gold background and with black alphanumeric characters. Below the serial, the position it represents.
Legislative Power President of the AN: PL-01
Vice presidents of the AN: PL-02 and PL-03
Ibid. Below the serial, the position it represents, printed or labeled in abbreviated form.
Judiciary President of the TSJ: PJ-01
Principal Magistrate: PJ-02
Ibid.
Citizen Power Comptroller General: PC-01
Ombudsman: PC-02
Attorney General: PC-03
Ibid.
Electoral Power President of the CNE: PE-01
Principal Rector of the CNE: PE-02
Ibid.
Diplomatic Corps (Serial assigned by the MPPRE)The plates have a red background with white alphanumeric characters. Below the serial, the inscription Diplomatic Corps or Consular Corps stamped in relief.
State Public Power01-AExclusive to state governors. Design and background identical to the plates of the National Public Power. The letter at the end identifies the state of the regional president.
Municipal Public Power23-AExclusive to the mayors of municipalities. Identical design and background. The letter at the end identifies the state to which the mayor's municipality belongs.
National Armed Force Army: 0000001
Aviation: 0000002
Army: 0000003
National Guard: 0000004
Only assigned to vehicles for official use. The fixed numbers identify the component, while the rest of the correlative characters vary. Optionally, a printed shield can be used, at the discretion of each military component. The plates will have a blue background and the characters will be white. Below the serial, the word that identifies the component.
Technical Corps of Surveillance of Traffic and Land TransportationTT-12345Variable numbers. Optionally, a shield or the logo of the MPPTOP may be incorporated. The plate will have an orange background and blue alphanumeric characters.
Police, ambulances, fire departments and forensic medicine1–01-AThe first number identifies the body, followed by assigned correlative numbers and a letter that identifies the federal entity. Plates with the words or shield of the component. Green background design and white alphanumeric characters.

Disputes

The new Venezuelan license plates in force since 2008 have been strongly criticized by citizens and by security forces because it is difficult to identify a vehicle at the time of any type of accident (theft, homicide, robbery, collision without responsibility, etc.) what makes the old system (1982 -1997) endearing, where the plates had three letters and three numbers, the type of use was identified with colors at the bottom of the plate and at the bottom of the letters, the special plates also they were visibly notable (schoolchildren, taxi, by post and public authorities). It has been determined worldwide that the more numbers and letters the license plate of a vehicle has, the more difficult and tedious the identification system is.

Notes

  1. In the case of motorcycles, 200mm x 150 mm. These measures are also valid alternatively for test vehicles, chassis, the Armed Forces and the Technical Corps of Surveillance of Traffic and Land Transportation. In the case of blood-drawn vehicles, they will be 180 mm x 90 mm.

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References

  1. "License Plates of Venezuela".
  2. Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela N° 38.944 , June 3, 2008.