House Number Plate Design Malaysia

Indonesia vehicle registration plates

Current design of Indonesian registration plates for private vehicles first issued in 2008, with 2011 numbering scheme for high population regions

Current design of Indonesian registration plates only for private vehicles that uses customized vehicle registration numbers since August 2019. The Indonesian Police Traffic Corps logo is now printed on the lower left and more prominent.

Pre-2008 design of Indonesian registration plate for private vehicle. Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang (which includes South Tangerang), and Bekasi, collectively known as JADETABEK, for which the first letter vehicle plate number code is "B".

All motorized vehicles including motorcycles in Indonesia are required to have registration plates. The plates is required to be displayed in front and at the back of the vehicles. The issuing of the number plates is regulated and administered by the One-stop Administration Services Office (Indonesian: Sistem Administrasi Manunggal Satu Atap) or Samsat, which is a collaboration between Indonesian National Police, provincial offices of regional revenue, and the national mandatory vehicle insurance operator Jasa Raharja.

Registration plate design [edit]

Design convention [edit]

Measured at approximately 460 by 135 mm and constructed from stamped metal sheet. With some exception (see below), vehicle registration plate in Indonesia use the following format: LL NNNN LL where "L" are letters of the Latin alphabet, and "N" numbers from "0" to "9" (note that the first number is never a "0"). The first single or double letter prefixes denote the area of registration. This is followed by number between 1 and 9999 without leading zeroes. This is then followed by one or two letters although they may be optional. For example: B 1683 ZKU is a vehicle registered in Depok region, because it begins with B. A smaller, four digit numbers separated by dot is located at the top (old format, with horizontal line as divider) or bottom (newer format, commonly without divider) of the plate with following format: NN・NN which denote the month and year of when the plate will expire (e.g. 12•26 means until December 2026), and the owner must pay the tax to renew it every five years .

A new format was recently introduced which have three suffix letters, due to the increase of motorized vehicle numbers. At first, this format is used for motorcycles since September 2008 until present, for cars in Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and Bekasi. In the three suffix letters of this new format, the first letter divides the Jakarta area into sub areas. For example, The prefix of the whole number plate for Jakarta vehicles is "B". For example, "B 2527 IT" indicates it is from Jakarta. But under the new system, the B indicator is not enough. The new system is E.g. "B 1745 DFJ". There are now three suffix letters. The last two letters are random, but the first letter out of the three dictates the sub areas in Jakarta like: B is West Jakarta, P is Central Jakarta, S is South Jakarta, T is East Jakarta, U is North Jakarta etc. Note that for vehicle plates in Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi still begins with B from the first letter of the whole plate number which is still representing Jakarta although it is from a different province that Tangerang is in the province of Banten, Depok and Bekasi is in the province of West Java. It is representing Jakarta, because the three cities are represented as sub areas of Jakarta, because the distance from Jakarta and those three cities are very near.

A separate format exists for private vehicles belonging to government, military or police officials. Because most of these officials are based in Jakarta, Vehicles belonging to state officials use the "B" suffix which indicates the vehicle is from Jakarta, along with the 4 numbers which are assigned to the vehicle. However, the sub-area suffix is replaced with an "RF" suffix code indicating that the vehicle belongs to a state official, followed by another letter which indicates the type of state official which owns the vehicle.

"RFS" - Vehicle registration code intended for civilian officials.
"RFD" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian army officials.
"RFL" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian navy officials.
"RFU" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian air force officials.
"RFP" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian police officials.

For example, "B 1703 RFS" indicates that the vehicle belongs to a civilian official, whilst "B 1148 RFP" indicates that the vehicle belongs to a police official.

Note that police, military and government-owned vehicles each have their own special plate design, which can be seen in the "Vehicle Classes" section further below.

Registration area codes [edit]

A map where area codes are assigned

The lettering convention to denote area of registration is a legacy of the Dutch colonial era and do not reflect the current regional divisions of the country into provinces. Instead, they follow the old system of Dutch Karesidenan or residencies lettering systems.

In general, plates that start with K are from Kalimantan Island, A is generally used in south-central Java, such as Yogyakarta, Surakarta. D for the group of islands east of Java, such as Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, and Maluku. B is generally used in Sumatra but only alongside another letter – B as a single letter is only for vehicles registered in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area.

The list of area codes are:^[1]

Prefix Letter	Division	Image
A	Banten, except Tangerang Regency
AA	Central Java: ex Kedu residency: Magelang Regency & City, Purworejo, Kebumen, Temanggung, Wonosobo
AB	Yogyakarta
AD	Central Java: ex Surakarta residency: Surakarta, Sukoharjo, Boyolali, Sragen, Karanganyar, Wonogiri, Klaten
AE	East Java: ex Madiun residency: Madiun Regency & City, Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo, Pacitan
AG	East Java: ex Kediri residency: Kediri Regency & City, Blitar Regency & City, Tulungagung, Nganjuk, Trenggalek
B	Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, Bekasi & Bekasi Regency
BA	West Sumatra
BB	North Sumatra: West coast region: Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Samosir, Toba Samosir, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Central Tapanuli, Sibolga, South Tapanuli, Padangsidempuan, Padang Lawas, North Padang Lawas, Mandailing Natal, Gunungsitoli, Nias, South Nias, West Nias, North Nias
BD	Bengkulu
BE	Lampung
BG	South Sumatra
BH	Jambi
BK	North Sumatra: East coast region: Medan, Binjai, Deli Serdang, Langkat, Karo, Serdang Bedagai, Tebing Tinggi, Simalungun, Pematangsiantar, Batubara, Asahan, Tanjungbalai, Labuhan Batu, North Labuhan Batu, South Labuhan Batu
BL	Aceh
BM	Riau
BN	Bangka Belitung
BP	Riau Islands
D	West Java: ex Bandung residency: Bandung Regency & City, Cimahi, West Bandung
DA	South Kalimantan: West region: Barito Kuala regency, Tapin regency, Banjar regency, North Hulu Sungai regency, South Hulu Sungai regency, Central Hulu Sungai regency, Tabalong regency, Banjarmasin city, Banjarbaru city
DB	Mainland of North Sulawesi
DC	West Sulawesi
DD	South Sulawesi: South region: Makassar, Gowa, Maros, Pangkajene Islands, Takalar, Jeneponto, Bulukumba, Bantaeng, Selayar
DE	Maluku
DG	North Maluku
DH	East Nusa Tenggara: Timor
DK	Bali
DL	North Sulawesi: Sangihe Islands, Talaud Islands & Sitaro Islands
DM	Gorontalo
DN	Central Sulawesi
DP	South Sulawesi: North region: Barru, Parepare, Pinrang, Sidenreng Rappang, Enrekang, Tana Toraja, North Toraja, Luwu, Palopo, North Luwu, East Luwu
DR	West Nusa Tenggara: Lombok Island
DT	Southeast Sulawesi
DW	South Sulawesi: Central Region: Bone, Soppeng, Wajo, Sinjai
E	West Java: ex Cirebon residency: Cirebon Regency & City, Indramayu, Majalengka, Kuningan
EA	West Nusa Tenggara: Sumbawa island
EB	East Nusa Tenggara: Flores Island, Alor, Lembata
ED	East Nusa Tenggara: Sumba Island
F	West Java: ex Bogor residency: Bogor Regency & City, Cianjur, Sukabumi Regency & City
G	Central Java: ex Pekalongan residency: Pekalongan Regency & City, Tegal Regency & City, Brebes, Batang, Pemalang
H	Central Java: ex Semarang residency: Semarang Regency & City, Salatiga, Kendal, Demak
K	Central Java: ex Pati residency: Pati, Kudus, Jepara, Rembang, Blora, Grobogan
KB	West Kalimantan
KH	Central Kalimantan
KS	South Kalimantan: East region: Tanah Laut regency, Balangan regency, Tanah Bumbu regency, Kotabaru regency
KT	East Kalimantan
KU	North Kalimantan
L	East Java: Surabaya
M	East Java: Madura Island
N	East Java: ex Malang residency: Malang Regency & City, Probolinggo Regency & City, Pasuruan Regency & City, Lumajang, Batu
P	East Java: ex Besuki residency: Bondowoso, Situbondo, Jember, Banyuwangi
PA	Papua^[2]
PB	West Papua
R	Central Java: ex Banyumas residency: Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara
S	East Java: ex Bojonegoro residency: Bojonegoro, Mojokerto Regency & City, Tuban, Lamongan, Jombang
SKB	Surabaya: Rickshaws
T	West Java: ex Karawang residency: Purwakarta, Karawang, Subang
W	East Java: Sidoarjo, Gresik
YB	Yogyakarta: Rickshaws
YK	Yogyakarta: Andongs
Z	West Java: ex Eastern Parahyangan residency: Garut, Tasikmalaya Regency & City, Sumedang, Ciamis, Pangandaran, Banjar

Vehicle classes [edit]

South Sulawesi dealership plate for new vehicles

There are several classes of the registration plates, each can be distinguished by their color:

Format scheme for Commercial vehicle or Public transportation.

Format scheme for Government-owned vehicle.

White on black: The most common type of registration plate, for privately owned vehicles.
Red on white: Vehicles that have not been registered yet, or for new cars that have no owners yet or no legal identification.
Black on yellow: Commercial vehicle or public transportation, such as buses, taxis, angkot, auto rickshaws and trucks.
White on red: Government-owned vehicles.
Black on Red: Vehicles belonging to foreign countries. Commonly used by foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to International organizations. These adopt a different convention (see below).
Black on White: Vehicles belonging to foreign countries. Commonly used by foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to International organizations. These adopt a different convention (see below).
White on Blue: Belongs to rickshaws in Surabaya. Mainly coded "SB"
Black on green: Free Zone vehicles i.e. Batam (see Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle).
Blue on white: Vehicles belonging to foreign countries, mainly used before the vehicle has been registered.
Military and police vehicles have their own colors and alphanumeric conventions, including their insignia and/or the rank of the officer owning the vehicle, especially for high-ranking officers. Army-personnel vehicles are yellow on green background, plus a yellow star on the top. Navy-personnel plate is yellow on light blue, plus a yellow anchor. Air Force-personnel plate is yellow on dark blue, plus a red and white air force roundel. Police plate is yellow on black. Personnel in Armed Forces Headquarters uses yellow numbers on red background plates. Slightly similar, Ministry of Defence vehicles also uses yellow on red plates, only replacing Armed Forces' insignia with the Ministry's insignia. This is also being implemented on other military vehicles, such as motorcycles, jeeps, trucks, tanks, etc.
Fire departments, government ambulances, and other governmental vehicles administered under their respective local governments uses White on Red.
There are also other special plates or conventions, such as for vehicles used by the President, Vice President, or other senior government officials (see below).

Emergency vehicles [edit]

Emergency vehicles such as ambulances uses white on black or white on red depending on the ownership of the vehicle itself, if owned by private medical services or hospital, the plate is white on black, while the plate for ambulance provided by the government is white on red. For fire trucks, the plate is always white on red, because all fire departments are government-owned and opposition-owned. Police vehicles have special plates (see above).

Trucks and buses [edit]

For trucks, the plate colors may differ, some are officially black on yellow, but some that are issued by private contract are white on black. If a bus is used for public transport such as city buses, black on yellow plates are used, but for private use buses, the plates are white on black.

Special plate designs [edit]

Government vehicles [edit]

Government vehicles have special registration plates. Anytime the government officials go to outside the capital or going out from Indonesia, the plates will be placed on the vehicles which is ridden by the government officials.

Senior government officials [edit]

Vehicle registration plates belonging to senior government officials like the President or Vice President always begin with RI (which stands for "Republik Indonesia") and are followed by a number. For example, the president's registration plate is "RI-1", and the vice president's is "RI-2". Other senior officials such as government ministers, Chairman of The House of Representatives, Commander of The National Armed Forces and Chief of National Police also share the same convention and get the numbers after the President and Vice President. These plates are used for everyday activities, so they are white on black design.

In a special case, there are some very special numbers which are "INDONESIA 1" and "INDONESIA 2" for the President and Vice President, respectively. These numbers are used for a ceremonial purposes, such as presidential/vice presidential inaugurations, national day ceremonies and armed forces day. On the inauguration day, at the time the new president/vice president take the oath, the plates are moved from the former presidential/vice presidential cars to the new car. These numbers also being used for all ceremonial presidential/vice presidential cars, no matters what the type of the vehicles used, and being white on red design.

Foreign countries or international organizations [edit]

An Indonesian diplomatic plate on a vehicle owned by the Norwegian embassy in Jakarta.

Registration plates for vehicles belonging to foreign countries or international organizations adopt a different convention. They have black letters on a white background.

The plates have the letter CD followed by two or three digits denoting the country or organization, followed by up to three digits of the serial number. For example, a car with number CD 66 88 is owned by Vietnam. Generally, the number 01 is reserved for the ambassador's official vehicle.

The numbers are ordered based on when they recognized Indonesia as a country. The United States was originally assigned CD 13; due to the stigma associated with the number 13, they asked the Indian delegation to exchange numbers.

The list of countries and organizations follows:

Code	Country or Organization
CD 12	United States
CD 13	India
CD 14	France
CD 15	United Kingdom
CD 16	Philippines
CD 17	Vatican City
CD 18	Australia
CD 19	Norway
CD 20	Iraq
CD 21	Pakistan
CD 22	Belgium
CD 23	Myanmar
CD 24	United Arab Emirates
CD 25	China
CD 26	Sweden
CD 27	Saudi Arabia
CD 28	Thailand
CD 29	Egypt
CD 30	Italy
CD 31	Switzerland
CD 32	Germany
CD 33	Sri Lanka
CD 34	Denmark
CD 35	Canada
CD 36	Brazil
CD 37	Russia
CD 38	Afghanistan
CD 39	Serbia
CD 40	Czech Republic
CD 41	Finland
CD 42	Mexico
CD 43	Hungary
CD 44	Poland
CD 45	Iran
CD 47	Malaysia
CD 48	Turkey
CD 49	Japan
CD 50	Bulgaria
CD 51	Cambodia
CD 52	Argentina
CD 53	Romania
CD 54	Greece
CD 55	Jordan
CD 56	Austria
CD 57	Syria
CD 58	UNDP
CD 59	New Zealand
CD 60	Netherlands
CD 61	Yemen
CD 62	UPU
CD 63	Portugal
CD 64	Algeria
CD 65	North Korea
CD 66	Vietnam
CD 67	Singapore
CD 68	Spain
CD 69	Bangladesh
CD 70	Panama
CD 71	UNICEF
CD 72	UNESCO
CD 73	FAO
CD 74	World Health Organization
CD 75	South Korea
CD 76	Asian Development Bank
CD 77	World Bank
CD 78	International Monetary Fund
CD 79	International Labour Organization
CD 80	Papua New Guinea
CD 81	Nigeria
CD 82	Chile
CD 83	UNHCR
CD 84	WFP
CD 85	Venezuela
CD 86	ESCAP
CD 87	Colombia
CD 88	Brunei Darussalam
CD 89	UNIC
CD 90	International Finance Corporation
CD 91	UNTAET
CD 94	Belarus
CD 96	UNIDO
CD 97	Red Cross
CD 98	Morocco
CD 99	European Union
CD 100	ASEAN Secretariat
CD 101	Tunisia
CD 102	Kuwait
CD 103	Laos
CD 105	Cuba
CD 106	AIPO
CD 107	Libya
CD 108	Peru
CD 109	Slovakia
CD 110	Sudan
CD 111	ASEAN Foundation
CD 112	UTUSAN
CD 113	CIFOR
CD 114	Bosnia and Herzegovina
CD 115	Lebanon
CD 116	South Africa
CD 117	Croatia
CD 118	Ukraine
CD 120	Uzbekistan
CD 121	Qatar
CD 122	UNFPA
CD 123	Mozambique
CD 130	Azerbaijan
CD 136	Bahrain

Consulates also use the same format, but instead of using the letters CD, they use CC.

Some foreign countries and international organization vehicles in Jakarta use the " B xxxxx ^yyy " format and a normal white on black plate. Where "xxxxx" stands for five random digits, and "^yyy" stands for the country / organization code (see above)

Vanity plates [edit]

A few vehicle owners pay an extra amount of money to get a certain plate as their desire. Because the convention is not flexible to include a full word, people try creative uses of numbers and letters. For example, Idris Sardi, a violin player, uses ( B 10 LA ) for his vehicle. It is a play on the word BIOLA which means "violin" in Indonesian. Leoni, a famous actress and singer, uses L 30 NI for her car. Even the former President Megawati Soekarnoputri chooses "M 3 GA" for her personal vehicle, as the plate resembles her broadly-known nickname. Edhie Bhaskoro Yudhoyono, former President Yudhoyono's younger son, has "B 24 EB", which "EB" is being his name initial. With the new format of three suffix alphabets, many vanity or personal registration plates are possible to be created. For example, a Toyota Fortuner owner may choose the plate B 42 NER which sounds like B four-two-NER. Syahrini, an Indonesian singer, has "B 1 SYR" as her registration plate number, with "SYR" being her initials.

References [edit]

^ Republic of Indonesia. Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 22 Tahun 2009 Tentang Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan.
^ http://www.jawapos.com/read/2016/07/02/37531/papua-ubah-kode-plat-kendaraan

External links [edit]

Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 22 Tahun 2009 Tentang Lalu Lintas Dan Angkutan Jalan – law regulating registration plates, among other things (in Indonesian)
Indonesian license plates – Operation of Indonesian license plates (in Spanish)

House Number Plate Design Malaysia

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Indonesia