- Departmental coding
- Current series
- Previous series
- 2016 Mercosur standard
- External links
{{short description|Uruguay vehicle license plates}}{{refimprove|date=March 2012}}Uruguay requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. Departmental codingPlates issued in each department begin with a one-letter code. These codes, used on the unique local issues of the past, have carried over to the current national series as part of the standard nationwide format. Department or entity | Code |
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Artigas Department | G | Canelones Department | A | Cerro Largo Department | E | Colonia Department | L | Durazno Department | Q | Flores Department | N | Florida Department | O | Lavalleja Department | P | Maldonado Department | B | Montevideo Department[1] | S | Paysandú Department | I | Río Negro Department | J | Rivera Department | F | Rocha Department | C | Salto Department | H | San José Department | M | Soriano Department | K | Tacuarembó Department | R | Treinta y Tres Department | D |
1. ^S also used on plates issued to vehicles owned by the government and several other plate types that are issued centrally.
Current seriesPrior to the introduction of this series{{when|date=February 2018}}, plates issued in each department had a unique design, in many instances displaying only the name of the municipality, rather than that of the department or the country. The change echoes that made in Argentina in 1994 with the change to a national plate series displaying the nation's name rather than a more local designation. Under the current plate series, a single serial number format of ABC 1234 (and ABC 123 for motorcycles) has been introduced for the entire country, with either the country name, the vehicle type, or both displayed on the plate. Now absent are department or municipality designations, except for the small official logos displayed on many plates, one between the letters and numbers indicating the department of registration and another in the lower right corner indicating the municipality of registration. Plates in the current series employ FE-Schrift for their serials. Some older plates are still in use, but evidently they are being replaced with plates of the current series, as even many antique cars have plates from the current series. Italicized letters indicate a departmental code; bold letters indicate a fixed type code that appears on all plates of a particular type: Image | Type | Legend | Serial format | Design |
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English | Spanish |
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Passenger | Particular | URUGUAY | ABC 1234 | black on white | Motorcycle | Motocicleta | URUGUAY | ABC 123 | black on white | Official | Oficial}} | OFICIAL—URUGUAY | SOF 1234 | blue on white | Ambulance | Ambulancia | URUGUAY | AAM 1234 | green on white; embossed cross in lower left corner | Doctor | Médico | URUGUAY | AME 1234 | green on white; embossed cross in lower left corner | Departmental Assembly | Edil Junta Departamental | EDIL JUNTA DEPARTAMENTAL | AED 1234 | white on light blue; screened type designation | President of Departmental Assembly | Presidente de la Junta Departamental | PRESIDENTE J. DEPARTAMENTAL | APE 1 | Diplomatic | Diplomático | URUGUAY | SCD 1234 | black on white | Diplomatic—Motorcycle | Diplomático—Motocicleta | URUGUAY | SCD 123 | black on white | Diplomatic—Consular Corps | Diplomático—Cuerpo Consular | URUGUAY | SCC 1234 | black on white | Diplomatic—Consular Corps—Motorcycle | Diplomático—Cuerpo Consular—Motocicleta | URUGUAY | SCC 123 | black on white | Government | Gobierno | URUGUAY | SAB 1234 | black on white | Government—unknown type | ? | URUGUAY | SAB 1234 | white on orange | International organization | Organización internacional | URUGUAY | SOI 1234 | black on white | National Representative | Representante Nacional | REPRESENTANTE NACIONAL | ARN 1234 | blue on white | Non-governmental organization | Organización no gubernamental | URUGUAY | SNG 1234 | black on white | Livery | Remise | REMISE | ARE 1234 | black on yellow | Taxi | TAXI | ATX 1234 | black on yellow | Public transportation | Transporte colectivo | URUGUAY | ATC 1234 | black on yellow | School | Escolar | ESCOLAR | AES 1234 | black on yellow | Tourist van | Turismo | TURISMO—URUGUAY | AMT 1234 | black on yellow | Tourist bus | Turismo | TURISMO—URUGUAY | ATU 1234 | white on blue | Truck | Carga | CARGA URUGUAY | ATP 1234 | black on white | Rental motorcycle | Motocicleta—Alquiler | URUGUAY | AAL 123 | black on yellow | Rental vehicle | Alquiler | ALQUILER—URUGUAY | AAL 1234 | black on white | |
Previous seriesWhile also issued by department with the same codes, these plates employ varying designs, with unique plate sizes and shapes, dies, and color schemes and may identify the municipality of registration rather than the department itself. Many plates featured a white and blue color scheme. Italicized letters indicate a departmental code; bold letters indicate a fixed type code that appears on all plates of a particular type: {{Expand list|date=August 2011}}Image | Location and/or type | Serial format | Design | Legend(s) |
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Diplomatic | CC 123? | white on blue | ? | National Navy | 123 | black on white; embossed anchor at center | "ARMADA" |
| Public safety/government | MI 12-345 MI 123456 | black on white or blue on white; variety of manufacturing styles | none | Artigas Department | GA-1234 | blue on white | "ARTIGAS"; "ROU" debossed in embossed box at left | Canelones Department | ABC 123 | Caneloles Department—Official | A 1234 | white on blue | "OFICIAL URUGUAY" | Cerro Largo Department—Melo city | EM-12345 | black on white | "CERRO LARGO" embossed at top; "ROU" embossed vertically at left; "MELO" embossed vertically at right; the small M below the hyphen also indicates the city |
| Colonia Department | LA-1234 | blue on white | "COLONIA" debossed within embossed square that contains the "L"; "URUGUAY" at top. Some plates have a full-color seal, while others do not. | Maldonado Department—Punta del Este city | B 51-234 B 512-345 | black on white | "PUNTA DEL ESTE" at bottom; first number signifies city | Maldonado Department—San Carlos city | B 212-345 | black on white | "SAN CARLOS" at bottom; first number signifies city | Río Negro Department—Fray Bentos city | JAB 123 | black on white | "FRAY BENTOS" at top, "RIO NEGRO" in orange band at bottom | Salto Department | HA 123 | black on white; Salto logo at left | "SALTO" at bottom | Soriano Department | K 12-3456 | blue on white | "SORIANO URUGUAY" at bottom |
2016 Mercosur standardIn October 2014 the design of the new license plate to be used by all Mercosur countries was officially presented. This consists of a plate of {{convert|15.75|x|5.12|in|mm|2|abbr=on}}, with a white background, the characters and frame in black and a blue band at the top that shows the name of the country, its flag and the Mercosur logo. The typeface used is FE-Schrift. External links{{South America in topic|Vehicle registration plates of }}{{Uruguay topics}} 3 : Vehicle registration plates by country|Transport in Uruguay|Uruguay transport-related lists |