Vehicle registration plates of Mexico are issued with unique visual designs by each state, but with a single national numbering system, such that serials are not duplicated in multiple states.[1] Most states change designs approximately every three years, with each state having its own plate replacement cycle. Every year, owners of Mexican-registered vehicles pay the tenencia or revalidación de placas (car plates renewal tax). A set of Mexican plates includes one pair of plates, a windshield sticker, and in some states a plate sticker. The international code for Mexico is "MEX".

Development

In 2001 the size of the plate number was reduced in order to accommodate the addition of the state number, legend indicating the position of the plate on the vehicle (delantera (front) or trasera (rear)), and additional graphics.

Mexican plates are issued in several different classifications: Private, Private Fronteriza, Public, Public Frontera, Servicio Público Federal, Inspección Fiscal y Aduanera, Armada de México, and Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. The Fronteriza plates were introduced in 1972 and are available in the Mexico–United States border zone. This zone is formed by the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur, as well as parts of Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas. While the state of Nuevo León shares a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) border with the U.S., it does not have any cities within the border zone.

European-style license plates have become popular, as with this example of an unofficial remake of a Baja California plate. Unofficial plates, whilst technically illegal, are tolerated in practice. However, in most states the motorist can choose between Euro-style plates and the more common US-style plates.

As of 24 June 2016, the combinations issued had to be changed as no combinations may be repeated.[2] From having used ABC-12-34, several jurisdictions began changing to ABC-123-A for private vehicles, A-123-ABC for public vehicles. Mexico City changed privately owned vehicles at the same time; they are now A12-ABC.

Plate types

State Image Design Slogan State abbreviation 1969–1998 Serial format number since 1998 Assigned 1992 for Passengers Assigned 1992

for Trucks

Aguascalientes AGS 01 AAA–AFZ AA–AF
Baja California BC 02 AGA–CYZ AG–CD
Baja California Sur BCS 03 CZA–DEZ CE–CL
Campeche CAMP 04 DFA–DKZ CM–CU
Chiapas CHIS 07 DLA–DSZ CV–DC
Chihuahua CHIH 08 DTA–ETZ DD–EG
Coahuila COAH 05 EUA–FPZ EH–FB
Colima COL 06 FRA–FWZ FC–FJ
Mexico City (Distrito Federal until 2016) DF 09 ###-@@@

see Current series for Mexico City

 @-###-@@
Durango DGO 10 FXA–GFZ FK–FX
Guanajuato GTO 11 GGA–GYZ FY–GW
Guerrero GRO 12 GZA–HFZ GX–HG
Hidalgo HGO 13 HGA–HRZ HH–HT
Jalisco JAL 14 HSA–LFZ HU–KK
Estado de México MEX 15 LGA–PEZ KL–MS
Michoacán MICH 16 PFA–PUZ MT–NT
Morelos MOR 17 PVA–RDZ NU–NZ
Nayarit NAY 18 REA–RJZ PA–PG
Nuevo León N.L. 19 RKA–TGZ PH–RP
Oaxaca OAX 20 THA–TMZ RR–RY
Puebla PUE 21 TNA–UJZ RZ–SR
Querétaro QRO 22 UKA–UPZ SS–SY
Quintana Roo Q.ROO and QR 23 URA–UVZ SZ–TB
San Luis Potosí SLP 24 UWA–VEZ TC–TP
Sinaloa SIN 25 VFA–VSZ TR–UL
Sonora SON 26 VTA–WKZ UM–VK
Tabasco TAB 27 WLA–WWZ VL–VT
Tamaulipas TAMPS 28 WXA–XSZ VU–WX
Tlaxcala TLAX 29 XTA–XXZ WY–XE
Veracruz VER 30 XYA–YVZ XF–YM
Yucatán YUC 31 YWA–ZCZ YN–YU
Zacatecas ZAC 32 ZDA–ZHZ YV–ZJ

Non-border zone

pre-graphic era
Auto Antiguo license plate from Morelos
Type Private Public
Antique automobile AB-12, 1AB-12

AB-123 in Mexico City
Bus 12-ABC-34, 1-ABC-23

12-AB-3 in Mexico City

 B-12345-A, 123-456-A

000-12-34, 300-001 to 399-999, and 650-001 to 850-000 in Mexico City (000 = the bus route number)

123-AB-456 in Estado de México–Ciudad de México joint Transporte Metropolitano issues, where the letters denote the municipality

Dealership demo car 1-AB-234
Handicapped driver 123-AB
Motorcycle A123B in Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Estado de México, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Zacatecas; A 123 B in Guanajuato

ABC12 (following exhaustion of A123B allocation?) in Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Quintana Roo and Yucatán;

1234 A in Mexico City
Passenger ABC-123-D, ABC-12-34

(Baja California Sur and Jalisco only have ABC-12-34 so far)

D12-ABC, 123-ABC in Mexico City

 Public Passenger vehicles = Taxis

D-123-ABC, 12-34-ABC

[A/B]-12345 for free taxis, and M-12345 for site taxis in Mexico City

RV and Trailer 1AB-234-C, 1-AB-2345

A-0A-00, A-00-00 in Mexico City

 12345-AB, A-123-456

850-001 to 999-999 in Mexico City

Truck AB-1234-C, AB-12-345

C-123-AB, 12-34-AB in Mexico City

 1-ABC-234, 1-ABC-23D

500-001 to 650-000 in Mexico City

Border zone

Type Private Public
Antique Automobile AB-12
Bus ZAB-12-34 C-123-ZAB, 12-34-ZAB
Handicapped 123-AB
Passenger D12-ABC-3, 123-ABC-4

BAB-12-34 in Baja California in approx. 2004 - 2016

(Note that BAB-123-C are not border plates)

 C-123-ZAB, 12-34-ZAB
Truck ZAB-123-C, ZAB-12-34

BA-12-345 in Baja California in approx. 2002 - 2016

 C-123-ZAB, 12-34-ZAB

Public Federal Service (SPF)

SPF Turismo license plate
Type Serial format
Freight (purple plate) 12-[A/B/C]B-3C, 123-[A/B/C]B-4
Passengers (orange plate) 12-[H/J]B-3C, 123-[H/J]B-4
Tourism (green plate) 12-RB-3C, 123-RB-4
Border freight (tan plate) 12-E[M-Z]-3C, 123-E[M-Z]-4
Hauling (yellow/orange plate) 1234-XB
Rental (blue plate) 12-[MW-PZ]-3C, 123-MW-4
Handicapped (burgundy plate)
Diplomatic (blue plate with Aztec symbol)
I.F.A. (white with dark blue letters)

Seguridad Pública (Local, State or Federal Police and related)

Type Serial format
All vehicles 01-234 (all patrol vehicles, and official-use vehicles from the federal judiciary)

Current series for Mexico City

The current 000-AAA plate series for Mexico City (until 2016 the Distrito Federal) was introduced in 1972, allowing registration for 10,950,300 private automobiles. This series was not affected by plate designs, and continued to be used until its ending in early 2015 (999-ZZZ). However, in 2001 all vehicles using combinations around 000-LWU and older received all-new combinations beginning with 000-MAA. Following the established series, vehicles after 999-ZZZ are registered as A01-AAA, in order not to use a combination used in the past, Letters I, O and Q are not used.

  • 000-LAA for late 2000 and 2001 (plate redesign and full registration renewal around 000-LWU)
  • 000-MAA, 000-NAA and 000-PAA were issued as replacement for older combinations and a few new registrations in 2003.
  • 000-RAA for late 2001 and 2002 new registrations
  • 000-SAA for late 2002 and 2004
  • 000-TAA for late 2003 and 2006
  • 000-UAA for 2006 and 2007
  • 000-VAA for 2007 and early 2008 (plate redesign around 155-VSV and 865-VSV)
  • 000-WAA for 2008 and 2009
  • 000-XAA for 2010 and 2011
  • 000-YAA for 2012 and 2013 (plate redesign after 999-YVT)
  • 000-ZAA for 2013 and 2014
  • A00-AAA for 2015 and 2018
  • A00-BAA for 2018 onwards

References

  1. ↑ "License Plates of Mexico".
  2. ↑ "Norma oficial mexicana" [Official Norms of Mexico] (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes. NOM-001-SCT-2-2016.

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