Vehicle registration plates of Panama

Summary

Panama requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates.[1] Current plates are North American standard 12 × 6 inches (300 × 152 mm).[2]

2018 motorcycle license plate

All vehicles are required to display plates on the back of the vehicle. Front license plates are not required. Additionally, taxis in Panama are also required to display plates on the sides. This is done not with actual metal plates, but by a large decal of the license plate.

1925-1956 edit

Image First issued Design Slogan Serial format Serials issued Notes
  1942

1957 to 2012 edit

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2013 to present edit

In 2013 a new numbering scheme was started. It has usually two letters followed by four digits. The single letter "M" is used for motorcycles and "T" for taxis, "B" for bus. "MB" for Metro Bus. Government vehicles use "G", and "D" is used for demo cars.

In 2018 a variant of FE-Schrift became mandatory.

References edit

  1. ^ "License Plates of Panama".
  2. ^ "Panama Y2K".

Further reading edit

  • Gobierno genera ahorro y transparencia en alquiler de autos para el Estado (in Spanish)
  • La Carrera Panamericana (in Spanish)

External links edit

  •   Media related to License plates of Panama at Wikimedia Commons
  • Panama license plates pictures at Francoplaque Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine