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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 edit

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^[why?] 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 edit

State	Image	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	[1]	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 edit

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-A-123, 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-23C, 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 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 Rarely issued
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 edit

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) edit

SPF Turismo license plate

Type	Serial format
Freight^{[clarification needed]} (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) edit

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

Current series for Mexico City edit

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 edit

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