Who A License Plate Is Registered To

Indonesia vehicle registration plates

Current pattern of Indonesian registration plates for individual vehicles first issued in 2008, with 2011 numbering scheme for loftier population regions

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

Pre-2008 blueprint of Indonesian registration plate for private vehicle. Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang (which includes Southward Tangerang), and Bekasi, collectively known equally JADETABEK, for which the start 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 end 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 post-obit 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 unmarried or double letter prefixes announce the area of registration. This is followed by number between ane and 9999 without leading zeroes. This is and then followed by one or two messages although they may be optional. For example: B 1577 RKE is a vehicle registered in Dki jakarta Timur region, because it begins with B. A smaller, iv digit numbers separated by dot is located at the tiptop (old format, with horizontal line as divider) or bottom (newer format, normally without divider) of the plate with following format: NN・NN which denote the month and year of when the plate will elapse (e.1000. 03•27 ways until March 2027), and the owner must pay the tax to renew it every five years .

A divide format exists for individual vehicles belonging to government, military or police officials. Because almost of these officials are based in Djakarta, Vehicles belonging to state officials use the "B" suffix which indicates the vehicle is from Jakarta, forth with the 4 numbers which are assigned to the vehicle. Nonetheless, the sub-area suffix is replaced with an "RF" suffix code indicating that the vehicle belongs to a state official, followed past some other letter which indicates the type of state official which owns the vehicle.

"RFS" - Vehicle registration lawmaking intended for civilian officials.
"RFD" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian regular army officials.
"RFL" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian navy officials.
"RFU" - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian air strength officials.
"RFP" - Vehicle registration lawmaking intended for Indonesian law officials.

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

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

Registration expanse codes [edit]

A map where area codes are assigned

The lettering convention to denote expanse of registration is a legacy of the Dutch colonial era and do non reverberate the current regional divisions of the country into provinces. Instead, they follow the old organization of Dutch Karesidenan or residencies lettering systems.

In general, plates that first with K are from Borneo 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 of the alphabet – B as a unmarried alphabetic character is only for vehicles registered in the Jakarta Metropolitan Expanse.

The list of area codes are:^[1]

Prefix Letter	Partition	Image
A	Banten, except Tangerang Regency
AA	Central Java: ex Kedu residency: Magelang Regency & City, Purworejo, Kebumen, Temanggung, Wonosobo
AB	Yogyakarta
Ad	Key Coffee: 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, Southward Tangerang, Bekasi & Bekasi Regency
BA	W Sumatra
BB	N Sumatra: West declension region: Dairi, Pakpak India, Samosir, Toba Samosir, North Tapanuli, Humbang Hasundutan, Central Tapanuli, Sibolga, Due south Tapanuli, Padangsidempuan, Padang Lawas, North Padang Lawas, Mandailing Natal, Gunungsitoli, Nias, South Nias, W Nias, North Nias
BD	Bengkulu
Exist	Lampung
BG	South Sumatra
BH	Jambi
BK	North Sumatra: East declension 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 Borneo: West region: Barito Kuala regency, Tapin regency, Banjar regency, North Hulu Sungai regency, Due south Hulu Sungai regency, Central Hulu Sungai regency, Tabalong regency, Banjarmasin urban center, Banjarbaru city
DB	Mainland of North Sulawesi
DC	Westward Sulawesi
DD	South Sulawesi: South region: Makassar, Gowa, Maros, Pangkajene Islands, Takalar, Jeneponto, Bulukumba, Bantaeng, Selayar
DE	Maluku
DG	N 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: Due north region: Barru, Parepare, Pinrang, Sidenreng Rappang, Enrekang, Tana Toraja, North Toraja, Luwu, Palopo, North Luwu, East Luwu
DR	West Nusa Tenggara: Lombok Isle
DT	Southeast Sulawesi
DW	South Sulawesi: Cardinal Region: Bone, Soppeng, Wajo, Sinjai
E	West Java: ex Cirebon residency: Cirebon Regency & City, Indramayu, Majalengka, Kuningan
EA	West Nusa Tenggara: Sumbawa island
EB	E Nusa Tenggara: Flores Isle, Alor, Lembata
ED	East Nusa Tenggara: Sumba Isle
F	West Java: ex Bogor residency: Bogor Regency & City, Cianjur, Sukabumi Regency & City
G	Primal Java: ex Pekalongan residency: Pekalongan Regency & City, Tegal Regency & City, Brebes, Batang, Pemalang
H	Cardinal Java: ex Semarang residency: Semarang Regency & Metropolis, Salatiga, Kendal, Demak
One thousand	Fundamental Coffee: ex Pati residency: Pati, Kudus, Jepara, Rembang, Blora, Grobogan
KB	W Kalimantan
KH	Cardinal Kalimantan
KS	South Kalimantan: Due east region: Tanah Laut regency, Balangan regency, Tanah Bumbu regency, Kotabaru regency
KT	East Borneo
KU	N Kalimantan
50	Due east Java: Surabaya
M	East Java: Madura Island
North	E Java: ex Malang residency: Malang Regency & City, Probolinggo Regency & Urban center, Pasuruan Regency & Urban center, Lumajang, Batu
P	East Coffee: ex Besuki residency: Bondowoso, Situbondo, Jember, Banyuwangi
PA	Papua^[two]
PB	Westward Papua
R	Central Java: ex Banyumas residency: Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara
Due south	East Java: ex Bojonegoro residency: Bojonegoro, Mojokerto Regency & City, Tuban, Lamongan, Jombang
SKB	Surabaya: Rickshaws
T	Westward Java: ex Karawang residency: Purwakarta, Karawang, Subang
W	Due east Java: Sidoarjo, Gresik
YB	Yogyakarta: Rickshaws
YK	Yogyakarta: Andongs
Z	W Java: ex Eastern Parahyangan residency: Garut, Tasikmalaya Regency & Urban center, Sumedang, Ciamis, Pangandaran, Banjar

Vehicle classes [edit]

South Sulawesi dealership plate for new vehicles

There are several classes of the registration plates, each tin can exist distinguished past their colour:

Format scheme for Commercial vehicle or Public transportation.

Format scheme for Government-owned vehicle.

White on black: The most common blazon of registration plate, for privately owned vehicles.
Ruddy on white: Vehicles that have not been registered yet, or for new cars that have no owners still or no legal identification.
Black on xanthous: Commercial vehicle or public transportation, such as buses, taxis, angkot, auto rickshaws and trucks.
White on red: Government-endemic vehicles.
Blackness on Red: Vehicles belonging to strange countries. Commonly used past foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to International organizations. These adopt a different convention (see beneath).
Blackness on White: Vehicles belonging to foreign countries. Normally used past foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to International organizations. These prefer a different convention (encounter below).
White on Blue: Belongs to rickshaws in Surabaya. Mainly coded "SB"
Blackness on green: Costless 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 peak. 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 strength roundel. Police plate is yellow on blackness. Personnel in Armed Forces Headquarters uses yellow numbers on crimson background plates. Slightly similar, Ministry of Defense vehicles also uses yellow on blood-red plates, only replacing Armed Forces' insignia with the Ministry's insignia. This is also beingness implemented on other military vehicles, such as motorcycles, jeeps, trucks, tanks, etc.
Fire departments, regime ambulances, and other governmental vehicles administered nether their respective local governments uses White on Red.
There are as well other special plates or conventions, such as for vehicles used past the President, Vice President, or other senior government officials (see beneath).

Emergency vehicles [edit]

Emergency vehicles such as ambulances uses white on black or white on cherry-red depending on the buying of the vehicle itself, if owned by private medical services or hospital, the plate is white on blackness, while the plate for ambulance provided by the government is white on cherry-red. For fire trucks, the plate is always white on red, considering 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 blackness on yellow, simply 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 yellowish 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 majuscule or going out from Indonesia, the plates will be placed on the vehicles which is ridden by the regime officials.

Senior authorities officials [edit]

Vehicle registration plates belonging to senior authorities officials similar the President or Vice President always begin with RI (which stands for "Republik Indonesia") and are followed by a number. For example, the president'due south registration plate is "RI-one", and the vice president's is "RI-two". Other senior officials such as government ministers, Chairman of The House of Representatives, Commander of The National Armed forces and Main of National Police also share the aforementioned convention and get the numbers after the President and Vice President. These plates are used for everyday activities, and then they are white on blackness pattern.

In a special example, in that location are some very special numbers which are "INDONESIA ane" and "INDONESIA 2" for the President and Vice President, respectively. These numbers are used for a ceremonial purposes, such every bit presidential/vice presidential inaugurations, national day ceremonies and armed forces twenty-four hours. On the inauguration day, at the fourth dimension the new president/vice president take the oath, the plates are moved from the quondam presidential/vice presidential cars to the new motorcar. These numbers also beingness used for all formalism presidential/vice presidential cars, no matters what the type of the vehicles used, and being white on ruby blueprint.

Foreign countries or international organizations [edit]

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

Registration plates for vehicles belonging to strange countries or international organizations prefer a different convention. They take black letters on a white groundwork.

The plates take the letter of the alphabet CD followed by two or three digits denoting the country or organisation, followed by up to iii digits of the serial number. For example, a auto 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 Republic of indonesia equally 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 substitution numbers.

The list of countries and organizations follows:

Code	State or Arrangement
CD 12	United States
CD 13	India
CD fourteen	France
CD 15	Uk
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	Czechia
CD 41	Finland
CD 42	Mexico
CD 43	Republic of hungary
CD 44	Poland
CD 45	Iran
CD 47	Malaysia
CD 48	Turkey
CD 49	Japan
CD fifty	Republic of bulgaria
CD 51	Kingdom of cambodia
CD 52	Argentina
CD 53	Romania
CD 54	Greece
CD 55	Jordan
CD 56	Republic of austria
CD 57	Syrian arab republic
CD 58	UNDP
CD 59	New Zealand
CD threescore	Netherlands
CD 61	Yemen
CD 62	UPU
CD 63	Portugal
CD 64	Algeria
CD 65	N 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 eighty	Papua New Republic of guinea
CD 81	Nigeria
CD 82	Chile
CD 83	UNHCR
CD 84	WFP
CD 85	Venezuela
CD 86	ESCAP
CD 87	Republic of colombia
CD 88	Brunei Darussalam
CD 89	UNIC
CD xc	International Finance Corporation
CD 91	UNTAET
CD 94	Belarus
CD 96	UNIDO
CD 97	Cerise Cross
CD 98	Morocco
CD 99	European Wedlock
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	Association of southeast asian nations Foundation
CD 112	UTUSAN
CD 113	CIFOR
CD 114	Bosnia and Herzegovina
CD 115	Lebanon
CD 116	S Africa
CD 117	Croatia
CD 118	Ukraine
CD 120	Uzbekistan
CD 121	Qatar
CD 122	UNFPA
CD 123	Mozambique
CD 130	Republic of azerbaijan
CD 136	Bahrain

Consulates too use the same format, just instead of using the messages CD, they use CC.

Some strange countries and international organization vehicles in Djakarta use the " B xxxxx ^yyy " format and a normal white on black plate. Where "xxxxx" stands for v random digits, and "^yyy" stands for the country / organization lawmaking (come across to a higher place)

Vanity plates [edit]

A few vehicle owners pay an extra amount of money to get a sure plate as their want. Because the convention is not flexible to include a full word, people endeavor artistic uses of numbers and letters. For case, Idris Sardi, a violin player, uses ( B ten LA ) for his vehicle. It is a play on the word BIOLA which means "violin" in Indonesian. Leoni, a famous actress and singer, uses 50 thirty NI for her car. Even the former President Megawati Soekarnoputri chooses "Thousand 3 GA" for her personal vehicle, every bit 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 proper noun initial. With the new format of 3 suffix alphabets, many vanity or personal registration plates are possible to exist 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" equally her registration plate number, with "SYR" existence her initials.

References [edit]

^ Republic of Indonesia. Undang-Undang Republik Republic of indonesia Nomor 22 Tahun 2009 Tentang Lalu Lintas dan Angkutan Jalan.
^ "Papua Ubah Kode Plat Kendaraan.. | Jawapos.com". Archived from the original on 2016-07-03.

External links [edit]

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