Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia
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Motorized vehicles in Indonesia are required to have registration plates, which must be displayed both at the front and back of the vehicles. The issuing of number plates is regulated and administered by Template:Ill (Template:Langx), which is a collaboration between the Indonesian National Police, provincial offices of regional revenue, and the national mandatory vehicle insurance operator Jasa Raharja.
Registration area codes
The lettering convention denoting the area of registration is a legacy of the Dutch colonial era and does not reflect the current regional divisions of the country into provinces. They follow the old system of Dutch Karesidenan or residencies lettering systems, which were adopted in the 1920s,<ref name="Jejakrekam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Territorial Police system which was abolished in 2010.
The list of area codes are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Several areas provide license plates for non-motorized transport vehicles. In Yogyakarta, Template:Mono is used for rickshaws. A white-on-blue license plate with area code Template:Mono is issued for rickshaws operating in the city of Surabaya. In Banjarmasin, rickshaws operating in the city are issued with plate using a unique format, Template:Mono.Template:Citation needed
Defunct area codes
There were some area codes that are no longer in use. These include:
- Template:Mono – ex Borneo Residency, Western region<ref name="Jejakrekam" />
- Template:Mono – East Timor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Mono – Papua, prior to 2016.<ref name="papua" />
History
Colonial era
Vehicle registration plates were first introduced in the Dutch East Indies in 1900. The early format included regional codes such as Template:Mono for Cirebon, Template:Mono for Surabaya, and Template:Mono for the eastern coast of Sumatra; and registration numbers with no official standards. Plates were not always installed at the front and the rear of the vehicle; some owners affixed the plates on the side of the vehicle. For international purposes, the Government of the Dutch East Indies introduced the code Template:Mono for government vehicles. Template:Mono plates were elliptical and the registration numbers were placed below on a rectangular plate.<ref name="www.conam.info">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
A more-structured system was introduced in 1917 with the implementation of regulations regarding the content of applications for number and driving licenses, the specification of numbers and letters, the models of number and driving licenses, the establishment of registers of holders of the licenses and the publication of the contents of the registers. The regulation obliged vehicle owners to register their vehicles. The Karesidenan-based system was first implemented on Java and afterwards elsewhere in the colony.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The alphabetical codes were:
- Template:Mono: Banten
- Template:Mono: Batavia (now Greater Jakarta)
- Template:Mono: Preanger Regencies (now Greater Bandung)
- Template:Mono: Cirebon
- Template:Mono: Pekalongan
- Template:Mono: Semarang
- Template:Mono: Rembang
- Template:Mono: Surabaya
- Template:Mono: Madura
- Template:Mono: Pasuruan, Malang
- Template:Mono: Besuki
- Template:Mono: Banyumas
- Template:Mono: Kedu
- Template:Mono: Special Region of Yogyakarta
- Template:Mono: Surakarta (Sragen Regency, Klaten Regency, Karanganyar Regency, Boyolali Regency)
- Template:Mono: Madiun (Ngawi Regency, Ponorogo Regency, Magetan Regency, Pacitan Regency)
- Template:Mono: Kediri (Tulungagung Regency, Blitar, Trenggalek Regency, Nganjuk Regency)
- Template:Mono: Western coast of Sumatra
- Template:Mono: Tapanuli
- Template:Mono: Bengkulu
- Template:Mono: Lampung
- Template:Mono: Palembang
- Template:Mono: Jambi
- Template:Mono: East Sumatra (now Greater Medan)
- Template:Mono: Aceh
- Template:Mono: Riau
- Template:Mono: Bangka
- Template:Mono: Riau Islands
- Template:Mono: West Kalimantan
- Template:Mono: South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan
- Template:Mono: Manado
- Template:Mono: Sulawesi
- Template:Mono: Ambon
- Template:Mono: Ternate
- Template:Mono: Timor
- Template:Mono: Bali and Lombok
Until the 1920s, regional codes were added along with the Karesidenan regional expansion. For example, Bogor used the code Template:Mono, Bojonegoro used the code Template:Mono, and Western Papua used the code Template:Mono.<ref name="www.conam.info" /><ref name="www.worldlicenseplates.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Post-colonial era
1980s
The early format of registration plates remained in use after Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945. At the beginning of the 1980s, plates with four-digit numbers separated by a dot at the bottom that denote the month and year of expiry (e.g. Template:Mono) was introduced. Vehicle owners must pay a tax to renew the plate every five years. The typefaces are embossed. There were two variations of design during the New Order; the expiry date would be placed above or below the registration numbers.<ref name="www.worldlicenseplates.com" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
21st century
Along with the increase of motorized vehicles in Indonesia, the technical design and specification of vehicle registration plates began to be regulated by the Direktorat Lalu Lintas Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia/Ditlantas Polri (Traffic Directorate) of the Indonesian National Police. The size of the license plates during the 2000s was Template:Convert (four wheel vehicles or more) or Template:Convert (two or three wheel vehicles) with wide alphabets and a stripe that separates the registration numbers and expiry date.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the lower left and upper right corners is the Traffic Police symbol, and at the lower-right and upper-left corners is a "DIRLANTAS POLRI" sign as a security feature and proof of the originality of the license plate.
In April 2011, the design of the license plate was redesigned. The new plates are Template:Convert longer to accommodate more characters and the typeface is slimmer. The Traffic Corps of the Indonesian National Police (Korps Lalu Lintas Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, abbreviated as Korlantas Polri) introduced their more-complete coat of arms, with shield and ribbon with the letter "Dharmakerta Marga Raksyaka". The abbreviation "DITLANTAS" became "KORLANTAS". The license plates are made from Template:Convert-thick aluminium with edge lines with the same color as the numbers. The size of the plate for two-or-three-wheeled vehicles now is Template:Convert, while for four-or-more-wheeled vehicles was Template:Convert.<ref name="newplates" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 2022, the Traffic Corps changed the color scheme for personal and rental vehicles from black plates with white letters to white plates with black letters. The new color scheme was implemented to ease the detection of motoring offenses with traffic enforcement cameras.<ref name="Nanda-2022" /> To increase the effectivity of the new color scheme, FE-Schrift typeface was first implemented for regular personal four-wheel plates only since November 2022. Besides that, commercial/public transport (black on yellow) and government-owned (white on red) vehicle plates began to use FE-Schrift at the same time. Currently, the size of the plate for four-or-more-wheeled vehicles is Template:Convert, with the width upsized from 430 mm to 460 mm to accommodate the new wider FE-Schrift typeface and the suffix extension to three letters, while the size of the plate for two-or-three-wheeled vehicles has not changed.
Registration plate design convention
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Size and formating
Indonesian vehicle registration plates for four-wheel vehicles are approximately 460 mm × 135 mm and plates for two-or-three-wheel vehicles are approximately 275 mm × 115 mm. All plates are constructed from stamped sheet metal. With some exceptions, plates use the following format: Template:Mono where "L" are letters of the Latin alphabet, and "N" numbers from "0" to "9" (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: Template:Mono is a vehicle registered in Central Jakarta city; it begins with B. A smaller, four-digit number 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: Template:Mono denoting the month and year of the plate's expiry (e.g. Template:Mono means until January 2028). The owner must pay a tax to renew it every five years.Template:Citation needed
Color scheme
Vehicles in Indonesia are coded based on their classes and uses, which Four or more wheelers were used FE-Schrift since November 2022. These are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Use | Color | Image | |||
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| Letter | Plate | Bottom trim | Four-or-more-wheelers (cars, trucks, buses, etc.) |
Two-or-three-wheelers (motorcycles, autorickshaws, etc.) | |
| For privately owned vehicles. Trucks that are registered for private use are issued with this plate, and also the ambulances. | Black | White | – | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, private).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, private).svg |
| For commercial vehicle or public transportation vehicles, such as buses, taxis, angkot (share taxis), auto rickshaws and commercial trucks | Black | Yellow | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, public).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, public).svg | |
| For vehicles used by fire departments, government ambulances, government officials and other governmental vehicles administered under their respective local governments | White | Red | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, govt).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, govt).svg | |
| For vehicles exclusively used in free-trade zones i.e. Batam (see Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle) | Black | Green | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, FTZ).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, FTZ).svg | |
| For vehicles belonging to diplomatic or consular corps of foreign countries, commonly used by foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to international organizations. Diplomatic plates are always using Template:Mono prefix code, while consulars use Template:Mono, | Black | White | Black trim | File:2023 Indonesian plate (diplomat).svg | |
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Electric vehicles
The Indonesian National Police has set a special license plate for electric vehicles with additional blue trim at the expiry date row in accordance with the regulations in the Decree of the Head of the Traffic Corps of the Indonesian National Police in 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Four or more wheelers are used FE-Schrift since November 2022.
| Use | Color | Image | |||
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| Letter | Plate | Bottom trim | Four-or-more-wheelers (cars, trucks, buses, etc.) |
Two-or-three-wheelers (motorcycles, autorickshaws, etc.) | |
| For privately owned electric vehicles and rental electric vehicles. | Black | White | Blue trim | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, private, EV).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, private, EV).svg |
| For commercial or public transportation electric vehicles, such as electric buses, electrically powered taxis, and commercial electric trucks | Black | Yellow | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, public, EV).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, public, EV).svg | |
| For electric vehicles used by fire departments, government ambulances, government officials and other governmental EVs administered under their respective local governments | White | Red | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, govt, EV).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, govt, EV).svg | |
| For electric vehicles exclusively used in free-trade zones i.e. Batam (see Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle) | Black | Green | File:2023 Indonesian plate (regular, FTZ, EV).svg | File:2023 Indonesian plate (2-3-wheeler, FTZ, EV).svg | |
| For electric vehicles belonging to diplomatic or consular corps of foreign countries, commonly used by foreign embassies or vehicles belonging to international organizations. Diplomatic plates are always using Template:Mono prefix code, while consulars use Template:Mono, | White | Black | File:2023 Indonesian plate (diplomat, EV).svg | ||
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Temporary registration plates
Temporary registration plates currently have two formats, namely:
- Red on white: Vehicles that have not been registered yet, or for new cars that have no owners yet or no legal identification. This format is widely used nationally for all vehicle types.
- Black on white with special suffix: This format is exclusively used within the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police jurisdiction (which uses the registration code Template:Mono)Template:Clarification needed and commonly used for new car owners that haven't got the permanent registration yet. It looks similar with the permanent personal vehicle plates, but added with the Template:Mono suffix, which is an abbreviation of Sifat Sementara (temporary use). In January 2024, newer suffixes were introduced, such as Template:Mono, Template:Mono, Template:Mono, Template:Mono, Template:Mono and Template:Mono. Temporary plates with this format are only valid for 30 days. For example: Template:Mono, Template:Mono, and Template:Mono. Other regions such as Bandung and Surabaya has their own temporary plate suffixes. For example Template:Mono registered in Bandung, and Template:Mono registered in Surabaya.
Former color scheme
| Use | Color | Usage period | Image | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letter | Plate | Bottom trim | Four-or-more-wheelers (cars, trucks, buses, etc.) |
Two-or-three-wheelers (motorcycles, autorickshaws, etc.) | ||
| For privately owned vehicles. Trucks that are registered for private use were issued with this plate, so are the ambulances. Superseded by the black on white color scheme but still valid during 5-year transition period.<ref name="Nanda-2022" /> | White | Black | – | April 2011–July 2022 | File:2011 indonesian plate.png | File:Current vehicle plate number design of Indonesia.jpg |
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| Blue trim | January 2020–July 2022 (regular registration plates, currently used bt temporary license plate until reguarly plate issued) | File:Indonesian License Plate for Electric Vehicle (2022 series).jpg | File:Indonesian License Plate for Electric Motorcycle (2020 series).jpg | |||
| White plates before change by FE-Schrift used for privately owned vehicles. Trucks that are registered for private use were issued with this plate, so are the ambulances. | Black | White | – | July–November 2022 (regular registration plates) | File:2022 indonesian plate general.png | |
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Special code examples
Vehicle category (Jakarta only)
In Jakarta, these codes are applied based on vehicle categories. These include:Template:Citation needed
- Template:Mono – Code for Double Cabin Pickups
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for sedans
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for pickups
- Template:Mono – Code for trucks
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for minibuses
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for ambulances
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for SUVs
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for government staff
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for taxis
- Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono/Template:Mono – Code for Minibuses
For example, Template:Mono indicates that the vehicle is a pickup, while Template:Mono indicates that the vehicle is a minibus.
State officials
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A separate format exists for private vehicles belonging to government, military or police officials. Because most of these agencies are based in Jakarta, vehicles belonging to state officials use the Template:Mono suffix, along with the four numbers that are assigned to the vehicle. The sub-area suffix is replaced with Template:Mono suffix code, indicating the vehicle belongs to a state official, followed by another letter that indicates the corresponding agency or institution of the state official.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for civil officials.
- Template:Mono, Template:Mono, and Template:Mono suffixes are intended for civil officials under the Echelon 2 rank role.
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian National Armed Forces
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Army officials.
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Navy officials.
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Air Force officials.
- Template:Mono - Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian National Police officials.
For example, Template:Mono indicates that the vehicle belongs to a civilian official, whilst Template:Mono indicates that the vehicle belongs to a police official.
On 27 January 2023, the Traffic Corps of the Indonesian National Police announced that special Template:Mono plates would be discontinued in October 2023, due to often being misused by numbers of people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By July 2023, the special Template:Mono plates has been replaced by Template:Mono plates (not to be confused with the vehicle registration number for Depok city, which has a format Template:Mono).
The application of the ZZ* plates first introduced in Riau Islands province in May 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Special plate designs
Military and police vehicles
Military and police vehicles have their own colors and alpha-numeric 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 Defense 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, and tanks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Military and Ministry of Defense vehicles use the numerical convention Template:Mono where "N" is for numbers from "0" to "9" for registration and "S" denotes a special suffix number/letter which denotes the type of office or unit in which the person who owns the vehicle belongs to.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The suffix codes are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| File:Insignia of the Indonesian National Armed Forces.svg Armed Forces |
File:Insignia of the Indonesian Army.svg Army |
File:Insignia of the Indonesian Navy.svg Navy |
File:Insignia of the Indonesian Air Force.svg Air Force |
File:Seal of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia (2022).svg Ministry of Defense |
File:Insignia of the Indonesian National Police.svg National Police | ||||||
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| Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department |
| Template:Mono | Armed Forces Headquarters | Template:Mono | Army Headquarters | Template:Mono | Navy Headquarters | Template:Mono | Air Force Headquarters | Template:Mono | Ministry of Defense | Template:Mono | National Police Headquarters |
| Template:Mono | Staff and Command School | Template:Mono | Army Strategic Reserve Command (KOSTRAD) | Template:Mono | 1st Fleet
Command |
Template:Mono | 1st Air Operations Command | Template:Mono | National Defense Institute | Template:Mono | Aceh Police Region |
| Template:Mono | Military Academy | Template:Mono | Army Special Forces Command (KOPASSUS) | Template:Mono | 2nd Fleet Command | Template:Mono | 2nd Air Operations Command | Template:Mono | Directorate General of Materials, Facilities and Services | Template:Mono | North Sumatra Police Region |
| Template:Mono | Legal Development Agency | Template:Mono | Military Regional Command (KODAM Jakarta Raya) | Template:Mono | 3rd Fleet Command | Template:Mono | 3rd Air Operations Command | Template:Mono | West Sumatra Police Region | ||
| Template:Mono | Military Supply Agency | Template:Mono | Education & Training Command | Template:Mono | Military Sealift Command | Template:Mono | Material Maintenance Command | Template:Mono | Riau Police Region | ||
| Template:Mono or Template:Mono | Presidential Security Force (PASPAMPRES) | Template:Mono | Military Regional Command (KODAM Iskandar Muda) | Template:Mono | Marine Corps | Template:Mono | Doctrine, Education and Training Command | Template:Mono | South Sumatra Police Region | ||
| Template:Mono | Army Academy | Template:Mono | Command and Staff College | Template:Mono | Quick Reaction Forces Command (KOPASGAT) | Template:Mono | West Kalimantan Police Region | ||||
| Template:Mono | Command and Staff College | Template:Mono | Main Naval Bases from 1–14 | Template:Mono | Metro Jaya Police Region | ||||||
| Template:Mono | Army Territorial Center | Template:Mono | West Java Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Infantry Armament Center | Template:Mono | Central Java Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Cavalry Armament Center | Template:Mono | East Java Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Artillery Armament Center | Template:Mono | Bali Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Military Police Center | Template:Mono | East Kalimantan Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Engineers | Template:Mono | South Kalimantan Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Supplies and Transportation | Template:Mono | South Sulawesi Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Equipment | Template:Mono | North Sulawesi Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Supplies and Transportation | Template:Mono | Maluku Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Health | Template:Mono | Papua Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of the Adjutant General | Template:Mono | Central Kalimantan Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Topography | Template:Mono | Central Sulawesi Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Finance | Template:Mono | Southeast Sulawesi Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Directorate of Law | Template:Mono | West Nusa Tenggara Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Information Service | Template:Mono | East Nusa Tenggara Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Mental Development Service | Template:Mono | Banten Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Psychology Service | Template:Mono | Yogyakarta Special Region Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Research and Development Service | Template:Mono | Lampung Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Information and Data Processing Service | Template:Mono | Jambi Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Aviation Service | Template:Mono | Bengkulu Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Military Area Commands from 1–18 | Template:Mono | Bangka Belitung Islands Police Region | ||||||||
| Template:Mono | Gorontalo Police Region | ||||||||||
| Template:Mono | North Maluku Police Region | ||||||||||
| Template:Mono | Riau Islands Police Region | ||||||||||
| Template:Mono | West Papua Police Region | ||||||||||
| Template:Mono | West Sulawesi Police Region | ||||||||||
| Template:Mono | North Kalimantan Police Region | ||||||||||
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Government officials
Executive branch
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Vehicle registration plates belonging to senior government officials like the president or vice president always begins with Template:Mono which stands for Republik Indonesia and are followed by a number. For example, the president's registration plate is Template:Mono, and the vice president's is Template:Mono. Other senior officials such as government ministers, the chairman of the House of Representatives, the commander of the National Armed Forces and the chief of the National Police also share the same convention and are assigned the numbers after the President and vice president. These plates are used for everyday activities and have a black on white design.
There are some very special numbers, which are Template:Mono and Template:Mono for the president and vice president, respectively. These numbers are used for ceremonial purposes, such as presidential/vice-presidential inaugurations, national day ceremonies and armed forces day. On inauguration day, at the time the new president and vice president take the oath, the plates are moved from the former presidential/vice-presidential cars to the new car. These numbers are also used for all ceremonial presidential/vice-presidential cars, and have a white-on-red design.
Legislative branch
In May 2021, the Indonesian House of Representatives (Template:Langx) introduced their owned special registration plates, in order to supervise their member's driving behavior. The plate design is similar to the Ministry of Defence's plate, but painted in black and white combination with the seal of the House of Representatives. The codes are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Code | Division |
|---|---|
| Template:Mono | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| Template:Mono to Template:Mono | Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives |
| Template:Mono | Faction Leaders |
| Template:Mono | Faction Secretaries |
| Template:Mono | Faction Treasurers |
| Template:Mono | PDI-P faction |
| Template:Mono | Golkar faction |
| Template:Mono | Gerindra faction |
| Template:Mono | NasDem faction |
| Template:Mono | PKB faction |
| Template:Mono | Demokrat faction |
| Template:Mono | PKS faction |
| Template:Mono | PAN faction |
| Template:Mono | PPP faction |
| Template:Mono to Template:Mono | Chief of Commission I – XI |
| Template:Mono to Template:Mono | Deputy Chief of Commission I – XI |
| Template:Mono | Template:Interlanguage link |
| Template:Mono | Legislation Agency |
| Template:Mono | Inter-parliament Cooperation Agency |
| Template:Mono | Household Affairs Agency |
| Template:Mono | Budget Agency |
| Template:Mono | State Financial Accountability Agency |
| Template:Mono | General Secretariat |
| Template:Mono | Expertise Agency |
| Template:Mono | Deputy of Assembly |
| Template:Mono | Deputy of Administration |
| Template:Mono | Main Inspector |
| Template:Mono | Chief of General Bureau |
For members of the parliament, the format is xx-Template:Mono where xx is the member number and Template:Mono is the faction number.
Foreign countries and international organizations
Registration plates for vehicles belonging to the government of foreign countries or international organizations follow a different convention. They used to have black letters on a white background with black trim on the bottom. In June 2022, the black trim was scrapped, so the plates would look similar to regular personal vehicle plates.
The plates have the letter Template:Mono (abbreviation of Corps Diplomatique, French for Diplomatic Corps) 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 Template:Mono is owned by Vietnam. Generally, the number Template:Mono is reserved for an ambassador's official vehicle.
The order of numbers is based on when they recognized Indonesia as a country. The United States was originally assigned Template:Mono; due to the stigma associated with the number 13, they asked the Indian delegation to exchange numbers.
The list of countries and organizations follows:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Consulates also use the same format but instead of using the letters Template:Mono, they use Template:Mono.
Some foreign countries and international-organization vehicles in Jakarta use the Template:Mono format and a normal white on black plate. Where Template:Mono stands for five random digits, and Template:Mono stands for the country or organization code.
Vanity plates
A few vehicle owners pay an extra amount of money to get a certain plate as their desire. An option for customized registration plate is available, with these plates being officially called as "Beautiful Number Plates" (Indonesian: Plat Nomor Cantik). Prices vary depending on how many numerical digits a plate will have and if there are letters after the number.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These "vanity" plates are no different from regular plates in terms of format, and are simply regular plates sold at a higher value.
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.
See also
References
External links
- Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 22 Tahun 2009 Tentang Lalu Lintas Dan Angkutan Jalan – law regulating registration plates, among other things Template:In lang
- Indonesian license plates – Operation of Indonesian license plates Template:In lang