Added: May 6, 2024 Clarification

PR License Plates

License plates from Puerto Rico, whether we have a regular license plate or an authorized custom plate, would have between 4 to 7 characters

Letter A (mainly from 1980s cars), from AAA000 to AZZ999

Letter B (mainly from 1990s cars), from BAA000 to BZZ999

Letter C (mainly from 1990s cars), from CAA000 to CZZ999

Letter D (mainly from 1990s cars), from DAA000 to DZZ999

Letter E (mainly from 2000s cars), from EAA000 to EZZ999

Letter F (mainly from 2000s cars), from FAA000 to FZZ999

Letter G (mainly from 2000s cars), from GAA000 to GZZ999

Letter H (mainly from 2000s cars), from HAA000 to HZZ999

Letter I (mainly from 2010s cars), from IAA000 to IZZ999

Letter J (mainly from 2010s cars), from JAA000 to JZZ999

Letter K (mainly from 2020s cars), from KAA000 to KZZ999

Beside those, we also have transactions from pickup trucks and vans, which will show the word CARGA (“cargo”) at the top of the license plate, and they will usually come in numeric sets of 6 or 7 digits, according to when the vehicle model (or plate) was issued: 6-digit cargo plate (starting between number 1 and 9), cargo vehicles from 1960s to 2010s:

7-digit cargo plate (starting with number 1), cargo vehicles from the 2020s
You should be careful with the latter, since sometimes the OCR reader in the toll plaza may omit digits in the middle or the end of the license plate, and it may initially show up only with 6 digits in the License Plate field, instead of the 7-digits shown in the picture.

A = Arrastre [Trailers]. They will usually have the letter A at the end, and they will have the word “Arrastre” at the top of the license plate.

CH = Cónsul Honorario [Honorary Consul] (it will usually begin with those letters)

CP = Carro Público [Public Car] (it will usually begin with those letters)

ET = Excursión Turística [Tourist Excursion vehicle] (it will usually begin with those letters and it may also have the same license plate at the front of the car)

GE = Gobierno Estatal [State Government] (it may have those two letter either at the beginning or at the end of the license plate).

GP = Grúa Pública [Public Tow Truck] (it will usually begin with those letters)

H = Heavy [Truck] (it will usually begin with those letters)

HP = Heavy Público [Public Heavy Truck] (it will usually begin with those letters and it may also have the same license plate at the front of the car)

KP4 = Radioaficionado [Radio Amateur Operator] (it will usually begin with those letters)

LT = Limusina Turística [Tourist Limousine] (it will usually begin with those letters and it may also have the same license plate at the front of the car)

MU = Municipal [Government] (it will usually begin with those letters)

OP = Ómnibus Público [Public Omnibus] (it can either have those letters at the beginning or the end of the license plate)

POW = Prisoner of War (it will usually begin with those letters)

PUR = Olympic Code of Puerto Rico, it was part of a limited-edition release for Olympic fundraising (it would normally begin with those letter at the beginning of the license plate)

R = Remolque [Trailer Truck] (it will usually begin with those letters and it may have the plate both at the FRONT and the BACK of the truck)

RP = Remolque Público [Public Trailer Truck] (it will usually begin with those letters and it may have the plate both at the FRONT and the BACK of the truck)

TA = Transporte de Agregados [Gravel Truck] (letters will be at the beginning of the license plate, and this plate would just show up at the BACK of a truck) [IF IT’S THE ONLY AVAILABLE LICENSE PLATE IN THE SET OF PICTURES, IT SHOULD BE VOIDED WITH THE TRAILER PLATE CODE-OFF, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER IN THIS PRESENTATION

TC = Transporte Colectivo [Collective Transport] (it will usually end with those letters)

TE = Transporte Escolar [School Bus] (it will usually end with those letters)

TR = Transporte Remolcador [Trail Truck] (it will show up at the FRONT or BACK of a truck, as long as it’s not carrying a trailer along with it)

TT = Taxi Turístico [Tourist Taxi] (it will usually end with those letters, and the plate may be available at the front of the taxi as well)

TV = Transporte de Volteo [Dump Truck] (it will show up at the FRONT or BACK of a truck)

TX = Taxi (it will usually end with those letters, and the plate may also be available at the front of the taxi)

V = Veterano [Veteran’s Plate] (it will usually begin with this letter).

Now, in regards of the Veteran’s License Plate we should be careful when the image is presented in black and white, since it may look like this:

So, as long as we see that blank gap a the left of the license plate, and it starts with a “0” right

away” and it’s all digits from that point on, then we must assume that there’s the red V-letter

missing and we should add it at the beginning of the license plate, because otherwise, if we just

identify this example as “024036” it will never match a customer’s account nor will be bringing

up information from the DMV department since we have no license plates with digits-only

beginning with a “0”, as we discussed earlier in regards of the cargo plates (those will begin

between 1 and 9).

WP4 = Radioaficionado [Radio Amateur Operator] (it will usually begin with those letters)

However, if we just identify them as we see them in the picture (in the example above, just as “263387”), there may be an issue in which a motorcycle identified as such may be confused at the DMV department as a cargo vehicle, so in those instances, if we catch up a motorcycle with a plate such as this one, we would place a letter M at the end of the numeric plate, in order to successfully match the motorcycle with the customer’s account or the customer’s information at the DMV department, whichever would be the case.

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