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 TRODUCTION
IN
 WHAT IS PLATE
NUMBER?
That slim piece of reflectorized metal on
your front and rear bumpers are proof
that your car has been duly registered
(and meets the required conditions set
forth by the government) before it is
allowed to be used on public roads.
Simply put, the plate is there for official
identification purposes.
 WHAT IS A PLATE
NUMBER USED FOR?
As proof of registration, license plates in the
Philippines help authorities monitor every vehicle
on the road, especially in terms of their
compliance with, or violation of, existing
regulations governing traffic. They’re also a
primary identifier in cases of theft or loss,
especially since more than one car comes in a
particular body type, body color, or accessory.
Prior to being issued a proper registration plate, a
brand-new car rolling off the showroom floor is
typically assigned a conduction sticker, which
contains an initial alphanumeric code.
IMPROVISED PLATES
VS.
TEMPORARY PLATES
IMPROVISED PLATES
refers to the plates which may be made by the
owner of the motor vehicle while awaiting for
the official one. This plate type requires the
authority or permit to use improvised plate
issued by any LTO District or Extension Offices
in cases where the owner requests for
duplicate plates, and is valid untilthe actual
plate is available. It also bears the words
"improvised plate" below the assigned plate
number on the plate.
TEMPORARY PLATES
refer to plates issued by dealerships to
motorcycle owners pending the actual plate.
Just like the improvised plate, the temporary
plate may also be made by the owner. It also
bears the words, "temporary plate" at the
bottom part of the plate. However, the permit
or authority to use temporary plate from the
LTO is no longer necessary.
 GUIDES OF USING
TEMPORARY AND
IMPROVISED PLATES
 1 NEW
REGISTRATION
WITH ASSIGNED
PLATES
2 NEW
REGISTRATION
WITHOUT
ASSIGNED
PLATES
3 PREVIOUSLY
REGISTERED
WITHOUT
ASSIGNED
PLATES
4 ELECTRONIC
MOTORCYLE AND
TACTICAL
WHEELED VEHICLE
(TVW) WITH
ASSIGNED PLATE
5 VINTAGE
MOTORCYCLE
WITH ASSIGNED
PLATE
6 IMPROVISED MC
PLATES FOR
LOST/MUTILATED
PLATE
 6 IMPROVISED MC
PLATES FOR
Improvised license plates can only be used in the
event that the vehicle's license plate of a
LOST/MUTILATED
registered motorcycle is damaged,lost,or stolen. PLATE
However,in order to use an improvised license
plate, the vehicle owner must first notify,request
for a duplicate plate,and receive approval for such
from the LTO.
 PLATE
NUMBERS
Private or not for hire MVs

Green with white background, on newer vehicles, the

first letter usually indicates the region where the
vehicle is registered. For example, beginning with “N”,
the vehicle is registered in the National Capital Region
(NCR).For the new series (2014 to present), black
symbols on white background with holograms and bar
codes.
Public Utility Vehicles or for-hire MVs

Black with yellow background usually begin with

either the letter “N” or “P” or “T” or “U” in NCR. Since
1995, they always have either “V” “W” “X” or “Y” in
the middle of the letter block. Older license plates
starting with “N” and “P” may have other letters in the
middle of the block, although the “V” “W” “X” “Y”
letters are also present (from late 70s NVA-101 to
early 1995 NYZ-999). For the new series (2014 to
present), black symbols on yellow background with
holograms and bar codes.
Government MVs

Red (maroon) with white background – usually

starts with letter “S.” For the new series (2014 to
present), red symbols on white background with
holograms and bar codes and the agency/office
indicated.
. Diplomatic or other exempted MVs

Blue characters on a white background plates reserved for diplomats, embassy and consulate
officials, country ambassadors and some expatriates such as scientists and researchers at the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), in the form of five or six digits. For the new series (2014 to
present), blue symbols on white background with holograms and bar codes.

a. Ambassadors’ plates are always “1000” and have the country they represent at the bottom of the
plate. These plates have a small decal on the bottom left partwith a “CM.”
b. 1001-9999; a small decal on the bottom left part displayed as “DC” for “diplomatic corps”
10000-25999; embassy vehicles – a small decal on the bottom left part displayed as “OEV” for “other
exempted vehicle”. For the new series symbolson a light blue background with holograms and bar
codes.
 Trailers

these have yellow or green plates that

mostly have either “U” (private) or
“Z” (for hire) in the middle of the letter block.
Electric Vehicles

orange plates are used (white symbols on orange

background).
Motorcycles

private motorcycles have green characters on

a white background with the letters “MC”
stamped on the upper left-hand corner next to
the registration sticker. Usually in the format AA
1111, but with the rise in the number of
motorcycles on the road, the 1111 AA format has
also come into use.
 Tricycles

private has green characters on a white

background with the letters “MC” stamped on the
upper left-hand corner next to the registration
sticker. This is very rare since tricycles are usually
bought for for-hire. For the public utility “TC”
stamped on the upper right-hand corner next to
the registration sticker.
Department of Tourism (DOT)
accredited vehicles
these are usually tour buses and airport taxis
which are issued with plates that look similar to
those of private vehicles, but have yellow
highlights mixed with green color and share the
same first letter of current PUVs plates. A must
special sticker indicating that they are DOT-
accredited is placed on the rear windows.
Optional Motor Vehicle Special
Plates (OMVSP)

a project of the LTO since 2004, in the form of

3-letter-number. e.g. DGD 24
Personalized (Vanity) Plates

anyone desiring to have his own personalized must

consider the following:
a. Uniqueness – the plate does not have a registered
duplicate anywhere else in the Philippines.
b. It should not have the same format as government
vehicles.
c. Price –
1) Premium edition (ex. 111 ABC) – Php 15,000.00
2) Select Edition (ex. JOEDET) – Php 10,000.00
Commemorative plate

These special plate numbers are issued for specific

purposes such as fund-raising for government
projects and programs.
PROTOCOL
PLATE
NUMBERS
PRESIDENT
 VICE
PRESIDENT
 SENATE
PRESIDENT
 Speaker of the
House of
Representatives
Chief Justice of
the Supreme
Court
SENATORS
Representatives
(Congressmen)
 Associate
Justices of the
Supreme court
Presiding Justice and
other Justices of the
Court of Appeals,
Solicitor-General
(OSG formerly 13)
Chairman of the
Commission on
Elections
 Cabinet
Undersecretary
Solicitor
General
Chief of Staff of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines
and Chief of the
Philippine National
Police
 Regional
Trial Court
Judges
 Regional
Trial Court
Judges
 First Level Courts, including
Metropolitan Trial Court, Municipal
Trial Court, Municipal Trial Court in
Cities, and Shari'ah Circuit courts for
the use of assistant city
prosecutors, district prosecutors
and chief city prosecutors.
DIMENSIONS
AND MEDIUM
1. TAGALOG: PLAKA WHICH MEASURES 390X140
MM
2. CHARACTERS ARE STAMPED ON AN ALUMINUM
PLATE WHICH IS THEN APPLIED WITH
REFLECTORIZED PAINT.
3. PREVIOUSLY, NUMEROUS WATERMARKS OFTHE
LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) LOGO AS
WELL AS A SMALL LOGO OF THE PLATE
MANUFACTURER WERE STAMPED ON THE PLATE
WHICH WAS REPLACED IN 2003 WITH
REFLECTORIZED, PRINTED COLOR STICKER OF THE
STATUE OF JOSE RIZAL.
4. IN 2008, ALL PLATES ARE PRODUCED BY A SOLE,
PRIVATELY FUNDED MANUFACTURER IN MANILA.
5. SLOGAN ON THE BOTTOM PLATE USUALLY
REFLECTS THE GOALS CAMPAIGN OF
THEINCUMBENT PRESIDENT WHICH WAS BEGAN
UNDER PRESIDENT FIDEL V. RAMOS.
A. FIDEL V. RAMOS – “PHILIPPINES 2000”
B. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO – “MATATAG NA
REPUBLIKA” (STRONG REPUBLIC)
6. UNTIL 2004, PLATES ALSO BORE THE WORD
“PILIPINAS” AT THE BOTTOM.
7. COMMON INSCRIPTION
A. PILIPINAS (THE MOST COMMON INSCRIPTION;
1981-1995, 2001, 2002-2003, 2004- PRESENT)
B. PHILIPPINES 2000 (1995-2000)
C. ANGAT PINOY 2004 (“RAISE PINOY 2004”,
2000-2001)
D. PERLAS NG SILANGAN (“PEARL OF THE ORIENT”;
2001-2002)
E. MATATAG NA REPUBLIKA (2003-2013)
8. TYPEFACE. NUMEROUS TYPEFACES ARE USED
BUT THE CURRENT TYPEFACE WAS FIRST
IMPLEMENTED IN 1981 WHICH IS LOOSELY BASED
ON THE AUSTRALIAN LICENSE PLATE SYSTEM
WITH SOME SLIGHT VARIATIONS ON THE FONT
DESIGN SINCE THEN.
9. 2014 SERIES PLATE NUMBERS. IT CONSISTS OF
THREE-LETTER AND FOUR NUMERIC PLATE WITH
THE REGION OF REGISTRATION INSCRIBED BELOW.
10.2018 SERIES PLATE NUMBERS. IT RETAINS THE
THREE-LETTER AND FOUR-NUMERIC PLATE AND THE
REMOVAL OF THE REGION OF REGISTRATION.
 Geographical
designations of Plate
Numbers.
Geographical designations of registered motor vehicles can be determined by the beginning letter.
“A” – Region I (Ilocos Region) and COR (Cordillera Region)
“B” – Region II (Cagayan Valley Region)
“C” – Region III (Central Luzon Region), Superseded by “R” in 2003
“D” – Regions IV-A (CALABARZON) and IV-B (MIMAROPA), superseded by “V” in 2000.
“E” – Region V (Bicol Region)
“F” – Region VI (Western Visayas Region)
“G” – Region VII (Central Visayas Region), superseded by “Y” in 2004
“H” – Region VIII (Eastern Visayas Region)
“J” – Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) and ARMM
“K” – Region X and XIII (Northern Mindanao and CARAGA)
“L” – Region XI (Davao Region)
“M” – Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN)
“N” – NCR, 1981-1982, 2009-2010 (with increments of “I”, “O”, and “Q”)
“P” – National Capital Region, 1982-1991, 2010-2011 (with increments of “I”, “O”, and “Q”
“R” – Region III (Central Luzon Region), overflow series for private since 2003.
“S” – Government owned (Red Plate) vehicles.
“T” – National Capital Region, 1991-1995, 2011-2012 (with increments of “I”, “O”, and “Q”)
“U” – National Capital Region, 1995-1997, 2012 to present (with increments of “I”, “O”, and“Q”)
“V” – Regions IV-A (CALABARZON) and IV-B (MIMAROPA), overflow Series for private since 2000.
“W” – National Capital Region, 1997-2001.
“X” – National Capital Region, 2001-2005.
“Y” – Region VII (Central Visayas Region), overflow series for private since 2004.
“Z” – National Capital Region, 2005-2009.
Approximate Year of
Issuance
1. National Capital Region
1981 – NA, NB, NC, ND, NE, NF, NG, NH, NJ, NK, NL, NM, NN, NP, NR, NS
1982 – NT, PA
1983 – PB, PPC, PD
1984 – PD, PE, PF
1985 – PF, PG
1986 – PH
1987 – PJ
1988 – PK, PL
1989 – PM, PN, PP
1990 – PR, PPS, PT
1991 – TA, TB, TC
1992 – TD, TE, TF
1993 – TG, TH, TJ, TK, TL
1994 – TM, TN, TP, TR, TT
1995 – UA(A-B), TS, UA(C-onwards), UB, UC, UD, UE
1996 – UF, UG, UH, UJ, UK, UL, UM, UN
1997 – UP, UR, US, UT, UU, WA, WB
1998 – WC, WD, WE, WF
1999 - WG, WH, WJ, WK, WL
2000 – WM, WN, WP, WR NOTE: I,O and Q are previously not used to avoid confusion with
2001 – WS, WT, XA, XB the numbers “1”and “0”. But with the exhaustion of the “Z”
2002 – XC, XD, XE, XF, XG series in 2009, they are already used by reverting to the old “N”
2003 – XH, XJ, XK, XL, XM series. A new serial scheme is implemented using these
2004 – XN, XP, XR, XS characters, instead of the third letter coming into series (e.g.
2005 – XT, ZA, ZB, ZC after ZZZ-999 has been reached, ZAB-101) the middle letter is
2006 – ZD, ZE, ZF, ZG the one being replaced (e.g. after NAI-999 series has been
2007 – ZH, ZJ, ZK, ZL exhausted, NBI- 101 will follow). After all possible combinations
2008 – ZM, ZN, ZP, ZR, ZS with I, O and Q as third letter for the same starting letter have
2009 – ZT, N-(I), N-(O), N-(Q), NI been used, I, O and Q are used as middle letters and the third
2010 – NO, NQ, P-(I), P-(O), P-(Q), PI letter is being replaced (e.g. after NZQ-999 has been used, NIA-
2011 – PO, PQ, T-(I), T-(O), T-(Q), TI 101 will follow), if the reverted letter is exhausted (e.g. after
2012 – TO, TQ, UI, U-(I) PQZ-999 has been used, TAI-101 will follow)
2013 – UO
2. Provincial Plate Numbers
“1980’s”
REGION I/CAR – AA, AB, AC (A-N)
REGION II - BA, BB (A-N)
REGION III - CA, CB, CC, CD, CE, CF, CG, CH, CJ (A-E)
REGION IV - DA, DB, DC, DD, DE. DF, DG (A-V)
REGION V - EA (A-U)
REGION VI - FA, FB, FC, (A-S)
REGION VII - GA, GB, GC, GD (A-D)
REGION VIII - HA (A-M)
REGION IX /ARMM - JA
REGION X/XIII - KA, KB
REGION XI - LA, LB, LC (A-E)
REGION XII - MA (A-W)
“1990S”
REGION 1/CAR - AC (P-onwards), AD, AE
REGION II - BB (P-onwards), BC
REGION III - CJ (F-onwards), CK, CL, CM, CN, CP, CR (A-E)
REGION IV - DG (W-Z), DH, DJ, DK, DL, DM, DN, DP, DR, DS, DT
REGION V - EA (V-Z), EB, EC
REGION VI - FC (T-onwards), FD, FE
REGION VII - GD (E-onwards), GE, GF, GG, GH, GJ, GK
REGION VIII - HA (P-onwards), HB
REGION IX/ARMM - JA (W-Z), JB
REGION X/XIII - KB (M-onwards), KC
REGION XI - LC (F-onwards), LD
REGION XII - MA (X-Z), MB
“2000S”
REGION I/CAR - AE, AF (A-D)
REGION II - BC, BD, BE
REGION III - CR (F-onwards), CS, CT, RA, RB, RC, RD, RE, RF, RG, RH, RJ
REGION IV - VA, VB, VC, VD, VE (A-E)
REGION V - EC, ED
REGION VI - FE, FF, FG (A-M)
REGION VII - GL, GM, GP, GR, GS, GT, YA, YB, YC, YD, YE, YF, YG, YH
REGION VIII - HB, HC
REGION IX/ARMM - JB, JC, JD
REGION X/XIII - KC, KD, KE
REGION XI - LD, LE, LF, LG, LH
REGION XII - MB, MC, MD, ME
“2010-2013”
REGION 1/CAR - AF (E-onwards)
REGION II - BE
REGION III - RK, RL, RM
REGION IV - VE (F-onwards), VF
REGION V - ED
REGION VI - FG (N-onwards), FH
REGION VII - YH, YJ, YK
REGION VIII - HC, HD
REGION IX/ARMM - JD, JE
REGION X/XIII - KE, KF
REGION XI - LH
REGION XII - ME, MF
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