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Malaysian vehicle license plates are the license plates displayed on all motorized road vehicles in Malaysia, as required by law. All vehicle license plates in Malaysia, other than those issued to diplomats and taxis (see below), have white characters on a black background, regardless of the vehicle type. The issue of license plates is regulated and administered by the Malaysian Road Transport Department.

Contents 1 Basic design 2 Location prefixes 2.1 Peninsular Malaysia 2.2 East Malaysia 3 Specialised designations 3.1 Taxi 3.2 Diplomatic vehicle 3.3 Military vehicle 3.4 Vehicle of royalty 3.5 Company vehicle 3.6 Trailer 3.7 Vanity plates 4 See also 5 External links

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The most common form of Malaysian license plates typically begin with one or more letters (the first letter(s) serving as a vehicle or location prefix) followed by up to four numerical digits. Thus, the configuration of a common Malaysian number plate may be in the form of ABC 1234, as depicted at the right.

The sequence of licensed numbers issued begins with x 1 ("x" being the prefixes of the vehicle's registered location and vehicle type) to x 9999, followed by xA 1 to xY 9999, xAA 1 to xAY 9999, xBA 1 to xBY 9999, and so on. (except I,O and Z)

The format is used in virtually all classes of vehicles, including, unless stated later:

• Private vehicles (cars, motorcycles, vans, trucks and other vehicles of similar design).
• Commercial and industrial vehicles (vans, trucks - light or heavy, buses, road-legal vehicles for construction and excavation and other vehicles of similar design).
• Service vehicles (police cars, ambulances, fire engines, public utility vehicles and other vehicles of similar design).

While motorcycles' rear number plates are normally displayed in standard fashion, there is little restriction to the manner in which their license numbers are displayed at the front, allowing them to be place on the front fender or fairing of the vehicle, or on another license plate.

Vehicle license plates used in Peninsular Malaysia start with a letter of the alphabet. They do not use a checksum digit, unlike number plates from Singapore. Vehicles registered in the various states begin with specific letters as follows:

• A: Perak
• B: Selangor, including plates registered in Kuala Lumpur before the city is a federal territory
• C: Pahang
• D: Kelantan
• J: Johor, including Government (JDT**) and Johor Military Force or Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri (JMF)
• K: Kedah, including Langkawi (KV)
• M: Malacca
• N: Negri Sembilan
• P: Penang
• R: Perlis
• T: Terengganu
• Vehicles registered in the federal territories:
  • L: Labuan
  • PUTRAJAYA as starting text: Putrajaya
  • W: Kuala Lumpur (Up to 1957, W was the code for Province Wellesley).

Peninsular Malaysia Motor Dealer's (Trade) plates are fashioned with white letters on a blue background using the "L 123 L" format, where the first letter is the state code and the final letter is a serial, as are the numbers.

SS 1203 C

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Vehicles registered in the states of Sarawak and Sabah are allocated vehicle number plates commencing with the letters Q (Sarawak) or S (Sabah). Then follows the regional code and a serial number - when 9999 is reached a serial letter is used, in alphabetical order, to augment.

In Sabah this serial letter follows the serial number ("SA 1234 A", followed by "SAA 1234 A" in 2000 after the complete use of postfix letter "X" in the year 1999), and in Sarawak it follows the regional code ("QKA 1234").

• Q: Sarawak
  • QA and QK: Kuching
  • QB: Sri Aman
  • QC: Kota Samarahan
  • QL: Limbang
  • QM: Miri
  • QP: Kapit
  • QR: Sarikei
  • QS: Sibu
  • QT: Bintulu
  • QSG: Government

Sarawak Motor Dealers' (Trade) plates vary only in their colour, which is white on a red ground.

• S: Sabah
  • SA: Kota Kinabalu and Kota Belud
  • SB: Beaufort
  • SD: Lahad Datu
  • SK: Kudat
  • SS: Sandakan
  • ST: Tawau
  • SU: Keningau
  • SG: Government

Sabah Motor Dealers' (Trade) plates are red on white in the format 1-3 numbers followed by a district letter, usually J, for Kota Kinabalu (formerly Jesselton).

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While older taxicab number plates had previously used normal number plate formats as standard vehicles, most newer Malaysian taxi assume a H prefix at the start of its plate, followed by its respective location prefix. Unlike standard vehicles, taxi number plates have black characters on a white background. An example of a taxi license plate is illustrated at the right.

• HA: Ipoh, Perak
• HB: Klang Valley, Selangor
• HC: Kuantan, Pahang
• HJ: Johor Bahru, Johor
• HM: Melaka
• HN: Seremban, Negri Sembilan
• HP: Penang
• HQK: Kuching, Sarawak
• HSA: Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
• HW: Kuala Lumpur
• LIMO **** W/B: Kuala Lumpur International Airport limousines

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Diplomats' number plates also use white on a black background and Consular Corps personnel have white on red plates. Unlike other licence plates, which have the format of (typically) ABC 1234, diplomatic licence plates are formatted (for example) 11-22-DC for Diplomatic corps and CC for Consular Corps for Commonwealth countries. United Nations used UN and members of the International Rubber Organisation are said to have had the code PA, but PA has never been actually seen. UN plates may be seen at UN headquarters at Damansara Heights.

The Malaysian military uses Z as the starting prefix of a licence plate, followed by a second prefix letter to denote the branch of the military.

• ZA to ZD: Army
• ZL: Navy
• ZU: Air Force
• ZZ: Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) staff
• JMF: Johor Military Force or Askar Timbalan Setia Negeri especially in Johor

The Sultans, Rulers of States and their immediate Royalties uses a plate of their own, usually just bearing their official title e.g. "Tengku Mahkota Johor" is used by the Regent of Johore. This is limited to their official vehicle. The plates are usually coloured in Royal Yellow.

• 2692 or 2962 : Johor Corporation (JCorp)

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Semi-trailers feature two license plates, place at the rear of the trailer. One is designated for the tractor unit, and another for the following trailer itself. The tractor unit's license plate follows that of a normal ABC 1234 arrangement in accordance to those of the tractor unit itself, while the trailer's own license plate features a T/ prefix, followed by the trailer's normal registration number. Thus, an example of a trailer's license plate tends to read as followed: T/BA 1234. In a handful of cases, the T/ prefix is superscripted.

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Vanity plates, i.e. plates using special, distinctive prefixes, are available at extra cost. These special prefixes may denote the brand of the car (such prefixes are often used, for example, on Proton and Perodua cars). Among the more commonly used special prefixes are:

• Proton: Issued for certain Proton cars.
• Perodua: Issued for certain Perodua cars.
• WAJA: Issued for Proton Waja cars.
• Satria: Issued for Proton Satria cars.
• Tiara: Issued for Proton Tiara cars.
• Perdana: Issued for Proton Perdana cars.
• KRISS: Issued for Modenas Kriss motorcycle.
• Jaguh: Issued for Modenas Jaguh motorcycle.
• NAZA: Issued for Naza vehicles.
• SUKOM: Issued only during the 1998 Commonwealth Games, which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
• XIII NAM: Issued only during the 2003 NAM Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
• X OIC: Issued only during the 2003 OIC Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
• XI ASEAN: Issued only during the 2005 ASEAN Summit which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.
• BAMbee: Issued only during the 2000 Thomas and Uber Cup which was held in Kuala Lumpur at that year.

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