Vehicle registration plates of Mexico

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 are legaloid: they remain technically illegal, but in practice they are tolerated. 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 Three-letter series assigned since 1992
Aguascalientes AGS 01 AAA–AFZ
Baja California BC 02 AGA–CYZ
Baja California Sur BCS 03 CZA–DEZ
Campeche CAMP 04 DFA–DKZ
Chiapas CHIS 07 DLA–DSZ
Chihuahua CHIH 08 DTA–ETZ
Coahuila COAH 05 EUA–FPZ
Colima COL 06 FRA–FWZ
Mexico City (Distrito Federal until 2016) DF 09 see Current series for Mexico City
Durango DGO 10 FXA–GFZ
Guanajuato GTO 11 GGA–GYZ
Guerrero GRO 12 GZA–HFZ
Hidalgo HGO 13 HGA–HRZ
Jalisco JAL 14 HSA–LFZ
Estado de México MEX 15 LGA–PEZ
Michoacán MICH 16 PFA–PUZ
Morelos MOR 17 PVA–RDZ
Nayarit NAY 18 REA–RJZ
Nuevo León N.L. 19 RKA–TGZ
Oaxaca OAX 20 THA–TMZ
Puebla PUE 21 TNA–UJZ
Querétaro QRO 22 UKA–UPZ
Quintana Roo Q.ROO and QR 23 URA–UVZ
San Luis Potosí SLP 24 UWA–VEZ
Sinaloa SIN 25 VFA–VSZ
Sonora SON 26 VTA–WKZ
Tabasco TAB 27 WLA–WWZ
Tamaulipas TAMPS 28 WXA–XSZ
Tlaxcala TLAX 29 XTA–XXZ
Veracruz VER 30 XYA–YVZ
Yucatán YUC 31 YWA–ZCZ
Zacatecas ZAC 32 ZDA–ZHZ

Private, non-border zone
pre-graphic era
Auto Antiguo license plate from Morelos
Type Serial format
Antique automobile AB-12, 1AB-12
AB-123 in Mexico City
Bus 1-ABC-23
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; ABC 12 in Querétaro
1234 A in Mexico City
Passenger ABC-12-34 in Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Jalisco, Estado de México, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala
ABC-123-A in Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Yucatán and Zacatecas
A12-ABC in Mexico City
RV and Trailer 1-AB-2345
Truck AB-12-345
12-34-AB in Mexico City

Public, non-border zone
Type Serial format
Bus 123-456-A
123-45-67 in Mexico City, where the first three numbers denote the bus route number
123-AB-456 in Estado de México–Ciudad de México joint Transporte Metropolitano issues, where the letters denote the municipality
RV A-123-456
Taxi 12-34-ABC (A/B-12345 for free taxis and M-12345 for site taxis in Mexico City)
Truck 1-ABC-234

Private, border zone
Type Serial format
Antique Automobile AB-12
Bus ZAB-12-34
Handicapped 123-AB
Passenger 123-ABC-4
A12-ABC-3 in Baja California
Truck ZAB-12-34
ZAB-123-A in Baja California

Public, border zone
Type Serial format
Bus 12-34-Z AB
Taxi 12-34-ZAB
Truck 12-34-ZAB

Public Federal Service (SPF)
SPF Turismo license plate
Type Serial format
Freight (purple plate) 123-AB-4
Passengers (orange plate) 123-AB-4
Tourism (green plate) 123-AB-4
Border freight (tan plate) 123-AB-4
Hauling (yellow/orange plate) 1234-AB
Rental (blue plate)
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 2003
  • 000-TAA for late 2003 and 2004
  • 000-UAA for 2005 and 2006
  • 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 2014 and 2015
  • A00-AAA for 2015 and 2018
  • A00-BAA for 2018 onwards


Another type of license plate is for the operation of public transport in metropolitan routes crossing to the State of Mexico metropolitan area.

References
  1. http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/MX_MXXX.html
  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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