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Brazilian vehicle registration plates are issued by the states. Each state has a Departamento de Trânsito (DETRAN) that is in charge of vehicle registration and car tax collection, but plates are standardized across the country and form a national vehicle registration database.
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The current system, being phased out in favor of Mercosul standard plates, was created in 1990 and was named Registro Nacional de Veículos Automotores (RENAVAM). It uses the form "LLL·NNNN", where LLL is a three-letter combination followed by a four-digit number with a dot between the letters and numbers. A combination given to one vehicle stays with it "for life" - it cannot be changed or transferred to another vehicle. Vanity plates are allowed as long as they abide by the same standard as non-vanity plates.
Above the combination is a metallic band with the standardized state abbreviation and the name of the municipality in which the vehicle is currently registered. This band has to be changed when a vehicle needs to be registered in a different municipality. Rear number plates are bound to the vehicle by a plastic seal. Broken seals invalidate the number plate, which has to be re-sealed by the authorities. Seals need to be broken in order to change State/Municipality tags.
The size of the Brazilian license plates has been standardized to 400 × 130 mm (15" × 5" approx.) in 2008. That standardization also requires a unique typeface known as "Mandatory", which is similar to the typeface used on British plates introduced there in 2001. Plates in North American standard or European standard size can no longer be used as of 1 January 2008.
The letters on the license plate can describe the state where a vehicle was originally registered. Vehicles relocated from one state to another will show the new state/municipality on the replaceable tag, but it is always possible to determine the place of original registration for a used vehicle by observing the license plate range for each Brazilian State:
State | 1st sequence | 2nd sequence | 3rd sequence | 4th sequence | 5th sequence | 6th sequence | 7th sequence | 8th sequence | 9th sequence | 10th sequence | 11th sequence | 12th sequence | 13th sequence |
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![]() | AAA to BEZ | RHA to RHZ | SDP to SFO | ||||||||||
![]() | BFA to GKI | QSN to QSZ | |||||||||||
![]() | GKJ to HOK | NXX to NYG | OLO to OMH | OOV to ORC | OWH to OXK | PUA to PZZ | QMQ to QQZ | QUA to QUZ | QWR to QXZ | RFA to RGD | RMD to RNZ | RTA to RVZ | SHB to SIZ |
![]() | HOL to HQE | NHA to NHT | NMP to NNI | NWS to NXQ | OIR to OJQ | OXQ to OXZ | PSA to PTZ | ROA to ROZ | |||||
![]() | HQF to HTW | NRF to NSD | OOG to OOU | QAA to QAZ | REW to REZ | ||||||||
![]() | HTX to HZA | NQL to NRE | NUM to NVF | OCB to OCU | OHX to OIQ | ORN to OSV | OZA | PMA to POZ | RIA to RIN | SAN to SBV | |||
![]() | HZB to IAP | NVG to NVN | OEJ to OES | OZB | QKN to QKZ | QMA to QMP | RQW to RRH | ||||||
![]() | IAQ to JDO | ||||||||||||
![]() | JDP to JKR | OVM to OVV | OZW to PBZ | REC to REV | SGN to SGZ | ||||||||
![]() | JKS to JSZ | NTD to NTW | NYH to NZZ | OKI to OLG | OUF to OVD | OZC to OZV | PJA to PLZ | QTU to QTZ | RCO to RDR | RPA to RQL | |||
![]() | JTA to JWE | NSE to NTC | OBT to OCA | OFI to OFW | OSW to OTZ | QDA to QEZ | QVA to QVZ | RWK to RXD | |||||
![]() | JWF to JXY | NOI to NPB | OAA to OAO | OXM | PHA to PHZ | QZA to QZZ | |||||||
![]() | JXZ to KAU | NIY to NJW | NPC to NPQ | NTX to NUG | OAP to OBS | QBA to QCZ | RAK to RAZ | RRI to RRZ | |||||
![]() | KAV to KFC | NFC to NGZ | NJX to NLU | NVO to NWR | OGH to OHA | OMI to OOF | PQA to PRZ | QTN to QTS | RBK to RCN | SBW to SDO | |||
![]() | KFD to KME | NXU to NXW | OYL to OYZ | PCA to PGZ | QYA to QYZ | RZE to RZZ | |||||||
![]() | KMF to LVE | RIO to RKV | |||||||||||
![]() | LVF to LWQ | NHU to NIX | ODU to OEI | OUA to OUE | OVW to OVY | PIA to PIZ | QRN to QRZ | RSG to RST | |||||
![]() | LWR to MMM | OKD to OKH | QHA to QJZ | QTK to QTM | RAA to RAJ | RDS to REB | RKW to RLP | RXK to RYZ | |||||
![]() | MMN to MOW | NPR to NQK | OET to OFH | OFX to OGG | OXO | QFA to QFZ | QSA to QSM | RLQ to RMC | |||||
![]() | MOX to MTZ | OCV to ODT | OVE to OVF | OVH to OVL | OYD to OYK | PPA to PPZ | QRB to QRM | RBA to RBJ | RQM to RQV | SFP to SGM | |||
![]() | MUA to MVK | NLV to NMO | OHB to OHK | ORD to ORM | OXN | QLA to QLM | QTT | QWG to QWL | RGO to RGU | SAA to SAJ | |||
![]() | MVL to MXG | OLH to OLN | OYA to OYC | QKA to QKM | QWA to QWF | RSA to RSF | |||||||
![]() | MXH to MZM | NNJ to NOH | OJR to OKC | OVZ to OWG | QGA to QGZ | RGE to RGN | |||||||
![]() | MZM to NAG | NXR to NXT | OVG | OXP | QLU to QLZ | QWM to QWQ | SHA | ||||||
![]() | NAH to NBA | NUH to NUL | RZA to RZD | ||||||||||
![]() | NBB to NEH | OHL to OHW | OXL | QRA | QTA to QTJ | RSU to RSZ | |||||||
![]() | NEI to NFB | QLN to QLT | SAK to SAM |
Below is an alphabetically organized list of Letter Sequences and corresponding States. This list is up to date as of September 2022.
Alphabetically organized list of Letter Sequences and corresponding States | |
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Letter Sequence | State |
AAA to BEZ | ![]() |
BFA to GKI | ![]() |
GKJ to HOK | ![]() |
HOL to HQE | ![]() |
HQF to HTW | ![]() |
HTX to HZA | ![]() |
HZB to IAP | ![]() |
IAQ to JDO | ![]() |
JDP to JKR | ![]() |
JKS to JSZ | ![]() |
JTA to JWE | ![]() |
JWF to JXY | ![]() |
JXZ to KAU | ![]() |
KAV to KFC | ![]() |
KFD to KME | ![]() |
KMF to LVE | ![]() |
LVF to LWQ | ![]() |
LWR to MMM | ![]() |
MMN to MOW | ![]() |
MOX to MTZ | ![]() |
MUA to MVK | ![]() |
MVL to MXG | ![]() |
MXH to MZM | ![]() |
MZM to NAG | ![]() |
NAH to NBA | ![]() |
NBB to NEH | ![]() |
NEI to NFB | ![]() |
NFC to NGZ | ![]() |
NHA to NHT | ![]() |
NHU to NIX | ![]() |
NIY to NJW | ![]() |
NJX to NLU | ![]() |
NLV to NMO | ![]() |
NMP to NNI | ![]() |
NNJ to NOH | ![]() |
NOI to NPB | ![]() |
NPC to NPQ | ![]() |
NPR to NQK | ![]() |
NQL to NRE | ![]() |
NRF to NSD | ![]() |
NSE to NTC | ![]() |
NTD to NTW | ![]() |
NTX to NUG | ![]() |
NUH to NUL | ![]() |
NUM to NVF | ![]() |
NVG to NVN | ![]() |
NVO to NWR | ![]() |
NWS to NXQ | ![]() |
NXR to NXT | ![]() |
NXU to NXW | ![]() |
NXX to NYG | ![]() |
NYH to NZZ | ![]() |
OAA to OAO | ![]() |
OAP to OBS | ![]() |
OBT to OCA | ![]() |
OCB to OCU | ![]() |
OCV to ODT | ![]() |
ODU to OEI | ![]() |
OEJ to OES | ![]() |
OET to OFH | ![]() |
OFI to OFW | ![]() |
OFX to OGG | ![]() |
OGH to OHA | ![]() |
OHB to OHK | ![]() |
OHL to OHW | ![]() |
OHX to OIQ | ![]() |
OIR to OJQ | ![]() |
OJR to OKC | ![]() |
OKD to OKH | ![]() |
OKI to OLG | ![]() |
OLH to OLN | ![]() |
OLO to OMH | ![]() |
OMI to OOF | ![]() |
OOG to OOU | ![]() |
OOV to ORC | ![]() |
ORD to ORM | ![]() |
ORN to OSV | ![]() |
OSW to OTZ | ![]() |
OUA to OUE | ![]() |
OUF to OVD | ![]() |
OVE to OVF | ![]() |
OVG | ![]() |
OVH to OVL | ![]() |
OVM to OVV | ![]() |
OVW to OVY | ![]() |
OVZ to OWG | ![]() |
OWH to OXK | ![]() |
OXL | ![]() |
OXM | ![]() |
OXN | ![]() |
OXO | ![]() |
OXP | ![]() |
OXQ to OXZ | ![]() |
OYA to OYC | ![]() |
OYD to OYK | ![]() |
OYL to OYZ | ![]() |
OZA | ![]() |
OZB | ![]() |
OZC to OZV | ![]() |
OZW to PBZ | ![]() |
PCA to PGZ | ![]() |
PHA to PHZ | ![]() |
PIA to PIZ | ![]() |
PJA to PLZ | ![]() |
PMA to POZ | ![]() |
PPA to PPZ | ![]() |
PQA to PRZ | ![]() |
PSA to PTZ | ![]() |
PUA to PZZ | ![]() |
QAA to QAZ | ![]() |
QBA to QCZ | ![]() |
QDA to QEZ | ![]() |
QFA to QFZ | ![]() |
QGA to QGZ | ![]() |
QHA to QJZ | ![]() |
QKA to QKM | ![]() |
QKN to QKZ | ![]() |
QLA to QLM | ![]() |
QLN to QLT | ![]() |
QLU to QLZ | ![]() |
QMA to QMP | ![]() |
QMQ to QQZ | ![]() |
QRA | ![]() |
QRB to QRM | ![]() |
QRN to QRZ | ![]() |
QSA to QSM | ![]() |
QSN to QSZ | ![]() |
QTA to QTJ | ![]() |
QTK to QTM | ![]() |
QTN to QTS | ![]() |
QTT | ![]() |
QTU to QTZ | ![]() |
QUA to QUZ | ![]() |
QVA to QVZ | ![]() |
QWA to QWF | ![]() |
QWG to QWL | ![]() |
QWM to QWQ | ![]() |
QWR to QXZ | ![]() |
QYA to QYZ | ![]() |
QZA to QZZ | ![]() |
RAA to RAJ | ![]() |
RAK to RAZ | ![]() |
RBA to RBJ | ![]() |
RBK to RCN | ![]() |
RCO to RDR | ![]() |
RDS to REB | ![]() |
REC to REV | ![]() |
REW to REZ | ![]() |
RFA to RGD | ![]() |
RGE to RGN | ![]() |
RGO to RGU | ![]() |
RGV to RGZ | Letter Sequence not allocated yet |
RHA to RHZ | ![]() |
RIA to RIN | ![]() |
RIO to RKV | ![]() |
RKW to RLP | ![]() |
RLQ to RMC | ![]() |
RMD to RNZ | ![]() |
ROA to ROZ | ![]() |
RPA to RQL | ![]() |
RQM to RQV | ![]() |
RQW to RRH | ![]() |
RRI to RRZ | ![]() |
RSA to RSF | ![]() |
RSG to RST | ![]() |
RSU to RSZ | ![]() |
RTA to RVZ | ![]() |
RWA to RWJ | ![]() |
RWK to RXD | ![]() |
RXE to RXJ | Letter Sequence not allocated yet |
RXK to RYZ | ![]() |
RZA to RZD | ![]() |
RZE to RZZ | ![]() |
SAA to SAJ | ![]() |
SAK to SAM | ![]() |
SAN to SBV | ![]() |
SBW to SDO | ![]() |
SDP to SFO | ![]() |
SFP to SGM | ![]() |
SGN to SGZ | ![]() |
SHA | ![]() |
SHB to SIZ | ![]() |
SJA to ZZZ | Letter Sequence not allocated yet |
In October 2014 the design of the new license plate to be used by all Mercosul countries was officially presented. This consists of a plate of 15.75 in × 5.12 in (400.05 mm × 130.05 mm), 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 Mercosul logo. The typeface used is FE-Schrift.
In September, 2018, Mercosul standard license plates started to be adopted in Rio de Janeiro. As of January 2020, all states have started issuing the new plates. By the end of 2023, all vehicles are expected to be carrying these new plates.[1]
The Mercosul license plates have a new alphanumeric format that will allow for more available combinations. While the previous system used a LLL-#### format, the new format is LLL#L##. Vehicles who are to switch their old license plates for the new one will retain their previous license plate number, with the exception of the 2nd digit (5th character). The number in that position of the alphanumberic format is being replaced by a letter, in accordance with the below table.
2nd Digit in the previous plate Design ( ABC·1234 Format) |
4th Letter in the Mercosul Format ( ABC1D23 Format) |
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0 |
A |
1 |
B |
2 |
C |
3 |
D |
4 |
E |
5 |
F |
6 |
G |
7 |
H |
8 |
I |
9 |
J |
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