Vehicle registration plates of Indonesia

Indonesia vehicle registration plates

Indonesia
Tanda Nomor Kendaraan Bermotor

The latest design of registration plates in Indonesia

Country| Indonesia
Country code| RI
Current series
Size| Cars:
460 mm × 135 mm
18.1 in × 5.3 in
Motorcycles:
275 mm × 115 mm
10.8 in × 4.5 in
Material| Aluminium
Availability
Issued by| Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps

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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 SAMSAT (Indonesian: Sistem Administrasi Manunggal Satu Atap, lit. 'One-stop Administration Services Office'), 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

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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,[1] and the Territorial Police system which was abolished in 2010.

Where area codes are assigned

Prefix codes for Java region

Prefix codes for North Sumatra

Prefix codes for South Sulawesi

The list of area codes are:[2]

Police Unit  | Prefix  | Division

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Java
Polda Metro Jaya  | B | Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang areas (City, Regency, South), Bekasi areas (City, Regency)
Polda Banten  | A | Banten (except Tangerang areas)
Polda Jabar  | F | West Java: ex Bogor residency

(Bogor Regency, City, Cianjur, Sukabumi Regency, City)

T | West Java: ex Karawang residency

(Purwakarta, Karawang, Subang)

E | West Java: ex Cirebon residency

(Cirebon Regency, City, Indramayu, Majalengka, Kuningan)

D | West Java: ex western Preanger Regencies Residency

(Bandung Regency, City, Cimahi, West Bandung)

Z | West Java: ex eastern Preanger Regencies Residency

(Garut, Tasikmalaya Regency, City, Sumedang, Ciamis, Pangandaran, Banjar)

Polda Jateng  | R | Central Java: ex Banyumas residency

(Banyumas, Cilacap, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara)

G | Central Java: ex Pekalongan residency

(Pekalongan Regency, City, Tegal Regency, City, Brebes, Batang, Pemalang)

H | Central Java: ex Semarang residency

(Semarang Regency, City, Salatiga, Kendal, Demak)

K | Central Java: ex Pati residency

(Pati, Kudus, Jepara, Rembang, Blora, Grobogan)

AA | Central Java: ex Kedu residency

(Magelang Regency, City, Purworejo, Kebumen, Temanggung, Wonosobo)

AD | Central Java: ex Surakarta Sunanate

(Surakarta, Sukoharjo, Boyolali, Sragen, Karanganyar, Wonogiri, Klaten)

Polda DIY  | AB | Yogyakarta
Polda Jatim  | AE | East Java: ex Madiun residency

(Madiun Regency, City, Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo, Pacitan)

AG | East Java: ex Kediri residency

(Kediri Regency, City, Blitar Regency, City, Tulungagung, Nganjuk, Trenggalek)

S | East Java: ex Bojonegoro residency

(Bojonegoro, Mojokerto Regency, City, Tuban, Lamongan, Jombang)

W | East Java: Sidoarjo, Gresik
L | East Java: Surabaya
M | East Java: Madura Island
N | East Java: ex Malang residency

(Malang Regency, City, Probolinggo Regency, City, Pasuruan Regency, City, Lumajang, Batu)

P | East Java: ex Besuki residency

(Bondowoso, Situbondo, Jember, Banyuwangi)

Sumatra
Polda Aceh  | BL | Aceh
Polda Sumut  | BB | North Sumatra: Western region:

Dairi, Pakpak Bharat, Samosir, Toba, Tapanuli (Central, North, South), Humbang Hasundutan, Sibolga, Mandailing Natal, Padangsidempuan, Padang Lawas (Regency, North), Gunungsitoli, Nias (Regency, North, South, West)

BK | North Sumatra: Eastern region:

Medan, Binjai, Deli Serdang, Serdang Bedagai, Langkat, Karo, Tebing Tinggi, Simalungun, Pematangsiantar, Batubara, Asahan, Tanjungbalai, Labuhanbatu (Regency, North, South)

Polda Sumbar  | BA | West Sumatra
Polda Riau  | BM | Riau
Polda Kepri  | BP | Riau Islands
Polda Jambi  | BH | Jambi
Polda Bengkulu  | BD | Bengkulu
Polda Sumsel  | BG | South Sumatra
Polda Babel  | BN | Bangka Belitung
Polda Lampung  | BE | Lampung
Kalimantan
Polda Kalbar  | KB | West Kalimantan
Polda Kalteng  | KH | Central Kalimantan
Polda Kalsel  | DA | South Kalimantan
Polda Kaltim  | KT | East Kalimantan
Polda Kaltara  | KU | North Kalimantan
Sulawesi
Polda Sulut  | DL | North Sulawesi: Islands

(Sangihe Islands, Talaud Islands, Sitaro Islands)

DB | North Sulawesi: Mainland

(Manado, Bitung, Tomohon, Kotamobagu, Minahasa Regency, North, South, Southeast, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North, South, East)

Polda Gorontalo  | DM | Gorontalo
Polda Sulteng  | DN | Central Sulawesi
Polda Sulbar  | DC | West Sulawesi
Polda Sulsel  | DP | South Sulawesi: Northern region

(Barru, Parepare, Pinrang, Sidenreng Rappang, Enrekang, Tana Toraja, North Toraja, Palopo, Luwu Regency, North, East)

DW | South Sulawesi: Central region

(Bone, Soppeng, Wajo, Sinjai)

DD | South Sulawesi: Southern region

(Makassar, Gowa, Maros, Pangkajene Islands, Takalar, Jeneponto, Bulukumba, Bantaeng, Selayar)

Polda Sultra  | DT | Southeast Sulawesi
Nusa Tenggara
Polda Bali  | DK | Bali
Polda NTB  | DR | West Nusa Tenggara: Lombok
EA | West Nusa Tenggara: Sumbawa
Polda NTT  | ED | East Nusa Tenggara: Sumba
EB | East Nusa Tenggara: Flores, Alor, Lembata
DH | East Nusa Tenggara: Timor
Maluku
Polda Maluku  | DE | Maluku
Polda Malut  | DG | North Maluku
Papua
Polda Papua  | PA | Papua[3]
Polda Pabar  | PB | West Papua
Polda Papeg  | PG | Highland Papua[4]
Polda Pasel  | PS | South Papua[5]
Polda Pateng  | PT | Central Papua[6]
Polda PBD  | PY | Southwest Papua[7]
Non-motorized vehicles
| SB  | East Java: Surabaya (Trishaws/Rickshaws)
YB  | Yogyakarta (Trishaws/Rickshaws)
YK  | Yogyakarta (Horse carriage)
KS  | Central Java: Surakarta (Trishaws/Rickshaws)

Several areas provide license plates for non-motorized transport vehicles. In Yogyakarta, YB is used for rickshaws. A white-on-blue license plate with area code SB 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, XXXX BS.[citation needed]

### Defunct area codes

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There were some area codes that are no longer in use anymore. These include:

* BR – ex Borneo Residency, Western region[1]
* DF – East Timor[8]
* DS – Papua, prior to 2016.[3]

## History

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### Colonial era

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Two children standing next to a Plymouth with "AA 20" plate. The car belonged to the family of J.W. Bijleveld. c. 1936.

Vehicle registration plates were first introduced in the Dutch East Indies in 1900. The early format included regional codes such as CH for Cirebon, SB for Surabaya, and SOK 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 IN for government vehicles. IN plates were elliptical and the registration numbers were placed below on a rectangular plate.[9]

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.[10] The alphabetical codes were:

* A: Banten
* B: Batavia (now Greater Jakarta)
* D: Preanger Regencies (now Greater Bandung)
* E: Cirebon
* G: Pekalongan
* H: Semarang
* K: Rembang
* L: Surabaya
* M: Madura
* N: Pasuruan, Malang
* P: Besuki
* R: Banyumas
* AA: Kedu
* AB: Special Region of Yogyakarta
* AD: Surakarta (Sragen Regency, Klaten Regency, Karanganyar Regency, Boyolali Regency)
* AE: Madiun (Ngawi Regency, Ponorogo Regency, Magetan Regency, Pacitan Regency)
* AG: Kediri (Tulungagung Regency, Blitar, Trenggalek Regency, Nganjuk Regency)
* BA: Western coast of Sumatra
* BB: Tapanuli
* BD: Bengkulu
* BE: Lampung
* BG: Palembang
* BH: Jambi
* BK: East Sumatra (now Greater Medan)
* BL: Aceh
* BM: Riau
* BN: Bangka
* BP: Riau Islands
* BR: West Kalimantan
* DA: South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan
* DB: Manado
* DD: Sulawesi
* DE: Ambon
* DG: Ternate
* DH: Timor
* DK: Bali and Lombok

Until the 1920s, regional codes were added along with the Karesidenan regional expansion. For example, Bogor used the code F, Bojonegoro used the code S, and Western Papua used the code DS.[9][11]

### Post-colonial era

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#### 1980s

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The license plate design during the New Order, with the expiry date above the registration numbers

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. 06•87) 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.[11][12]

#### 21st century

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Design of Indonesian registration plate for private vehicles from 2000s[13] to April 2011.[14]

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 395 mm × 135 mm (15.6 in × 5.3 in) (four wheel vehicles or more) or 250 mm × 105 mm (9.8 in × 4.1 in) (two or three wheel vehicles) with wide alphabets and a stripe that separates the registration numbers and expiry date.[15] 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.

The design of Indonesian registration plate for private vehicles (especially cars, trucks, and buses) from April 2011 to June 2022[16]

In April 2011, the design of the license plate was redesigned. The new plates are 5 cm (2.0 in) 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/Korlantas Polri) introduced their more-complete coat of arms, with shield and ribbon with the letter "Dharmakerta Marga Raksyaka". The phrase "DITLANTAS" became "KORLANTAS". The license plates are made from 1 mm (0.039 in)-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 275 mm × 115 mm (10.8 in × 4.5 in), while for four-or-more-wheeled vehicles was 430 mm × 135 mm (16.9 in × 5.3 in).[14][17]

The new color scheme of the personal vehicle plates since 2022

Since June 2022, The Traffic Corps of the Indonesian National Police 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.[16] 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 460 mm × 135 mm (18.1 in × 5.3 in), 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

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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: LL NNNN LL 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: B 1945 PKL 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: NN•NN denoting the month and year of the plate's expiry (e.g. 01•28 means until January 2028). The owner must pay a tax to renew it every five years.[citation needed]

### Color scheme

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Vehicles in Indonesia are coded based on their classes and uses. These are:[18]

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 | –  |  |
For commercial vehicle or public transportation vehicles, such as buses, taxis, angkot (share taxis), auto rickshaws and commercial trucks  | Black | Yellow |  |
For vehicles used by fire departments, government ambulances, government officials and other governmental vehicles administered under their respective local governments  | White | Red |  |
For vehicles exclusively used in free-trade zones i.e. Batam (see Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle)  | Black | Green |  |
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 CD prefix code, while consulars use CC,  | Black | White | Black trim |  |

#### Electric vehicles

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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.[19][20][21] However, when personal fossil-fueled vehicle plates have changed the color scheme, personal EV plates are still using the old one (white on black) with blue trim, added with the implementation of 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.  | White (for regular registration plates)  | Black (for regular registration plates)  | Blue trim |  |
Black (for customized registration plates)  | White (for customized registration plates)  |  |
For commercial or public transportation electric vehicles, such as electric buses, electrically-powered taxis, and commercial electric trucks  | Black | Yellow |  |
For electric vehicles used by fire departments, government ambulances, government officials and other governmental EVs administered under their respective local governments  | White | Red |  |
For electric vehicles exclusively used in free-trade zones i.e. Batam (see Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle)  | Black | Green |  |
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 CD prefix code, while consulars use CC,  | White | Black |  |

#### Temporary registration plates

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Temporary plate from dealership plate for new vehicles. This temporary registration plate format is issued nationwide for all types of vehicles.

This format is exclusively issued for new cars in Greater Jakarta, SS is abbreviation of Sifat Sementara and I is a random alphabet.

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 B)[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 SS suffix, which is an abbreviation of Sifat Sementara (temporary use). In January 2024, newer suffixes were introduced, such as LK, AK, PC, PD, AZ and BC. Temporary plates with this format are only valid for 30 days. For example: B 2814 SSP, B 2309 LKV, and B 1491 PDQ. Other regions such as Bandung and Surabaya has their own temporary plate suffixes. For example D 1686 QGK registered in Bandung, and L 1107 PRN registered in Surabaya.

#### Former color scheme

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Use  | Color  | Usage period  | Image

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Letter  | Plate  | 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.[16] |  |  | April 2011–July 2022  |  |
August 2019–July 2022 (customized plates)[22] |  |
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### Special code examples

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#### Vehicle category (Jakarta only)

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In Jakarta, these codes are applied based on vehicle categories. These include:[citation needed]

* B – Code for Double Cabin Pickups
* A/B/D/W/E/R – Code for sedans
* A/C/U/Z – Code for pickups
* D – Code for trucks
* F/K/O/Z/R/Y/I – Code for minibuses
* *HX/*IX – Code for ambulances
* J/L/C – Code for SUVs
* Q/U – Code for government staff
* T/U – Code for taxis
* V/P/M/G/Y/W/U – Code for Minibuses

For example, B 9031 BAY indicates that the vehicle is a pickup, while B 1032 DFA indicates that the vehicle is a minibus.

#### State officials

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A plate with special RF suffix plates for government, military, police, and civil officials

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 B suffix, along with the four numbers that are assigned to the vehicle. The sub-area suffix is replaced with RF 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.[23]

* RFS \- Vehicle registration code intended for civil officials.
* RFO, RFH, and RFQ suffixes are intended for civil officials under the Echelon 2 rank role.
* RFT \- Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian National Armed Forces
* RFD \- Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Army officials.
* RFL \- Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Navy officials.
* RFU \- Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian Air Force officials.
* RFP \- Vehicle registration code intended for Indonesian National Police officials.

For example, B 1703 RFS indicates that the vehicle belongs to a civilian official, whilst B 1148 RFP indicates that the vehicle belongs to a police official.

On 27 January 2023, the Traffic Corps of the Indonesian National Police announced that special RF plates would be discontinued in October 2023, due to often being misused by numbers of people.[24] By July 2023, the special RF plates has been replaced by ZZ plates (not to be confused with the vehicle registration number for Depok city, which has a format B **** Z**).

The application of the ZZ* plates first introduced in Riau Islands province in May 2023. [25]

## Special plate designs

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### Military and police vehicles

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The Indonesian National Armed Forces Headquarter Detachment Plate.

The Indonesian Army plate, with "-02" suffix code indicates the Army's Special Forces Command

The Navy plate

The Air Force plate, with "-10" suffix code indicates the Air Force's Quick Reaction Forces Command

A Toyota Vios with the Indonesian Ministry of Defense plate. The "-05" suffix indicates the Ministry of Defense's Directorate General of Materials, Facilities and Services.

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.[26]

Military and Ministry of Defense vehicles use the numerical convention NNNNN-SS 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.[27]

The suffix codes are:[28]

Armed Forces |
Army |
Navy |
Air Force |
Ministry of Defense |
National Police

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Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department | Suffix | Department
00 | Armed Forces Headquarters  | 00 | Army Headquarters  | 00 | Navy Headquarters  | 00 | Air Force Headquarters  | 00 | Ministry of Defense  | 00 | National Police Headquarters
01 | Staff and Command School  | 01 | Army Strategic Reserve Command (KOSTRAD)  | 01 | 1st Fleet

Command

| 01 | 1st Air Operations Command  | 02 | National Defense Institute  | I | Aceh Police Region
02 | Military Academy | 02 | Army Special Forces Command (KOPASSUS)  | 02 | 2nd Fleet Command  | 02 | 2nd Air Operations Command  | 05 | Directorate General of Materials, Facilities and Services  | II | North Sumatra Police Region
09 | Legal Development Agency  | 03 | Military Regional Command (KODAM Jakarta Raya)  | 03 | 3rd Fleet Command  | 03 | 3rd Air Operations Command  |  |  | III | West Sumatra Police Region
10 | Military Supply Agency  | 04 | Education & Training Command  | 04 | Military Sealift Command | 04 | Material Maintenance Command  |  |  | IV | Riau Police Region
14 or V | Presidential Security Force (PASPAMPRES)  | 05 | Military Regional Command (KODAM Iskandar Muda)  | 05 | Marine Corps | 05 | Doctrine, Education and Training Command  |  |  | V | South Sumatra Police Region
|  | 10 | Army Academy  | 08 | Command and Staff College  | 10 | Quick Reaction Forces Command (KOPASGAT) |  |  | VI | West Kalimantan Police Region
|  | 20 | Command and Staff College  | I-XIV | Main Naval Bases from 1-14  |  |  |  |  | VII | Metro Jaya Police Region
|  | 30 | Army Territorial Center  |  |  |  |  |  |  | VIII | West Java Police Region
|  | 31 | Infantry Armament Center  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IX | Central Java Police Region
|  | 32 | Cavalry Armament Center  |  |  |  |  |  |  | X | East Java Police Region
|  | 33 | Artillery Armament Center  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XI | Bali Police Region
|  | 34 | Military Police Center  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XII | East Kalimantan Police Region
|  | 41 | Directorate of Engineers  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XIII | South Kalimantan Police Region
|  | 42 | Directorate of Supplies and Transportation  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XIV | South Sulawesi Police Region
|  | 43 | Directorate of Equipment  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XV | North Sulawesi Police Region
|  | 44 | Directorate of Supplies and Transportation  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XVI | Maluku Police Region
|  | 45 | Directorate of Health  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XVII | Papua Police Region
|  | 46 | Directorate of the Adjutant General  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XVIII | Central Kalimantan Police Region
|  | 47 | Directorate of Topography  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XIX | Central Sulawesi Police Region
|  | 48 | Directorate of Finance  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XX | Southeast Sulawesi Police Region
|  | 49 | Directorate of Law  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXI | West Nusa Tenggara Police Region
|  | 51 | Information Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXII | East Nusa Tenggara Police Region
|  | 52 | Mental Development Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXIII | Banten Police Region
|  | 53 | Psychology Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXIV | Yogyakarta Special Region Police Region
|  | 54 | Research and Development Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXV | Lampung Police Region
|  | 55 | Information and Data Processing Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXVI | Jambi Police Region
|  | 56 | Aviation Service  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXVII | Bengkulu Police Region
|  | I-XVIII | Military Area Commands from 1-18  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXVIII | Bangka Belitung Islands Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXIX | Gorontalo Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXX | North Maluku Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXXI | Riau Islands Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXXII | West Papua Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXXIII | West Sulawesi Police Region
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | XXXV | North Kalimantan Police Region

### Government officials

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#### Executive branch

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A Mercedes-Benz W116 with the INDONESIA 1 plate. The car was used by former Presidents Suharto, B. J. Habibie, and Abdurrahman Wahid.

Vehicle registration plates belonging to senior government officials like the president or vice president always begins with RI which stands for Republik Indonesia and are followed by a number. For example, the president's registration plate is RI-1, and the vice president's is RI-2. 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 INDONESIA 1 and INDONESIA 2 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.

Code  | Officeholder

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RI 1 or INDONESIA 1 | President of Indonesia
RI 2 or INDONESIA 2 | Vice President of Indonesia
RI 3 | The First Lady
RI 4 | The Second Lady
RI 5 | Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly
RI 6 | Speaker of the House of Representatives
RI 7 | Speaker of the Regional Representative Council
RI 8 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
RI 9 | Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court
RI 10 | Chief of the Audit Board
RI 11 | Chief of the Judicial Commission
RI 12 | Governor of Bank Indonesia
RI 13 | Chief of the Financial Services Authority
RI 14 | Minister of State Secretariat
RI 15 | Coordinating Minister for Politic, Legal and Security Affairs
RI 16 | Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
RI 17 | Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs
RI 18 | Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs
RI 19 | Minister of Home Affairs
RI 21 | Minister of Foreign Affairs
RI 22 | Minister of Defense
RI 23 | Minister of Religious Affairs
RI 24 | Minister of Law and Human Rights
RI 25 | Minister of Finance
RI 26 | Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology
RI 29 | Minister of Social Affairs
RI 30 | Minister of Manpower
RI 31 | Minister of Industry
RI 32 | Minister of Trade
RI 33 | Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
RI 34 | Minister of Public Works and Housing
RI 35 | Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
RI 36 | Minister of Communication and Informatics
RI 37 | Minister of Agriculture
RI 38 | Minister of Environment and Forestry
RI 40 | Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
RI 41 | Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Chief of the National Land Agency
RI 42 | Minister of National Development Planning/Chief of the National Development Planning Agency
RI 43 | Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform
RI 44 | Minister of State-Owned Enterprises
RI 45 | Minister of Cooperatives and Small & Medium Enterprises
RI 48 | Minister of Youth and Sports
RI 53 | Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives

#### Legislative branch

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In May 2021, the Indonesian House of Representatives (Indonesian: Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat) 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:[29]

Code  | Division

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1-00 | Speaker of the House of Representatives
2-00 to 5-00 | Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives
6-xx | Faction Leaders
7-xx | Faction Secretaries
8-xx | Faction Treasurers
xx-01 | PDI-P faction
xx-02 | Golkar faction
xx-03 | Gerindra faction
xx-04 | NasDem faction
xx-05 | PKB faction
xx-06 | Demokrat faction
xx-07 | PKS faction
xx-08 | PAN faction
xx-09 | PPP faction
6-I to 6-XI | Chief of Commission I – XI
7-I to 7-XI | Deputy Chief of Commission I – XI
xx-XII | House of Representatives Honor Court [id]
xx-XIII | Legislation Agency
xx-XIV | Inter-parliament Cooperation Agency
xx-XV | Household Affairs Agency
xx-XVI | Budget Agency
xx-XVII | State Financial Accountability Agency
6-XVIII | General Secretariat
7-XVIII | Expertise Agency
8-XVIII | Deputy of Assembly
9-XVIII | Deputy of Administration
10-XVII | Main Inspector
11-XVII | Chief of General Bureau

For members of the parliament, the format is xx-yy where xx is the member number and yy is the faction number.

### Foreign countries and international organizations

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An Indonesian diplomatic plate on a vehicle owned by the Norwegian embassy in Jakarta

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 CD (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 CD 66 88 is owned by Vietnam. Generally, the number 01 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 CD 13; due to the stigma associated with the number 13, they asked the Indian delegation to exchange numbers.

The list of countries and organizations follows:

Code  | Country/organization

|

CD 12 |  United States
CD 13 |  India
CD 14 |  France
CD 15 |  United Kingdom
CD 16 |  Philippines
CD 17 |  Vatican City
CD 18 |  Australia
CD 19 |  Norway
CD 20 |  Iraq
CD 21 |  Pakistan
CD 22 |  Belgium
CD 23 |  Myanmar
CD 24 |  United Arab Emirates
CD 25 |  China
CD 26 |  Sweden
CD 27 |  Saudi Arabia
CD 28 |  Thailand
CD 29 |  Egypt
CD 30 |  Italy
CD 31 |   Switzerland
CD 32 |  Germany
CD 33 |  Sri Lanka
CD 34 |  Denmark
CD 35 |  Canada
CD 36 |  Brazil
CD 37 |  Russia
CD 38 |  Afghanistan
CD 39 |  Serbia
CD 40 |  Czech Republic
CD 41 |  Finland
CD 42 |  Mexico
CD 43 |  Hungary
CD 44 |  Poland
CD 45 |  Iran
CD 47 |  Malaysia
CD 48 |  Turkey
CD 49 |  Japan
CD 50 |  Bulgaria
CD 51 |  Cambodia
CD 52 |  Argentina
CD 53 |  Romania
CD 54 |  Greece
CD 55 |  Jordan
CD 56 |  Austria
CD 57 |  Syria
CD 58 | UNDP
CD 59 |  New Zealand
CD 60 |  Netherlands
CD 61 |  Yemen
CD 62 | Universal Postal Union
CD 63 |  Portugal
CD 64 |  Algeria
CD 65 |  North Korea
CD 66 |  Vietnam
CD 67 |  Singapore
CD 68 |  Spain
CD 69 |  Bangladesh
CD 70 |  Panama
CD 71 | UNICEF
CD 72 | UNESCO
CD 73 | Food and Agriculture Organization
CD 74 | World Health Organization
CD 75 |  South Korea
CD 76 | Asian Development Bank
CD 77 | World Bank
CD 78 | International Monetary Fund
CD 79 | International Labour Organization
CD 80 |  Papua New Guinea
CD 81 |  Nigeria
CD 82 |  Chile
CD 83 | UNHCR
CD 84 | WFP
CD 85 |  Venezuela
CD 86 | ESCAP
CD 87 |  Colombia
CD 88 |  Brunei Darussalam
CD 89 | UNIC
CD 90 | International Finance Corporation
CD 92 |  Permanent Mission of Indonesia for ASEAN
CD 93 |  Fiji
CD 94 |  Belarus
CD 95 |  Kazakhstan
CD 96 | UNIDO
CD 97 | Red Cross
CD 98 |  Morocco
CD 99 |  European Union
CD 100 |  ASEAN Headquarters
CD 101 |  Tunisia
CD 102 |  Kuwait
CD 103 |  Laos
CD 104 |  Palestine
CD 105 |  Cuba
CD 106 | AIPO
CD 107 |  Libya
CD 108 |  Peru
CD 109 |  Slovakia
CD 110 |  Sudan
CD 111 | ASEAN Foundation
CD 112 | UTUSAN
CD 113 | CIFOR
CD 114 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
CD 115 |  Lebanon
CD 116 |  South Africa
CD 117 |  Croatia
CD 118 |  Ukraine
CD 120 |  Uzbekistan
CD 121 |  Qatar
CD 122 | UNFPA
CD 123 |  Mozambique
CD 125 |  East Timor
CD 126 |  Suriname
CD 127 |  Ecuador
CD 128 |  Zimbabwe
CD 129 | International Organization for Migration
CD 130 |  Azerbaijan
CD 131 |  Somalia
CD 132 |  Georgia
CD 134 |  Oman
CD 135 |  Armenia
CD 136 |  Bahrain
CD 139 |  Ireland
CD 140 |  United Nations Office for Coordination of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Indonesia (UNORCID)
CD 141 | Islamic Development Bank
CD 143 |  Ethiopia
CD 144 |  Solomon Islands
CD 145 | International Fund for Agricultural Development

Consulates also use the same format but instead of using the letters CD, they use CC.

Some foreign countries and international-organization vehicles in Jakarta use the B xxxxx yyy format and a normal white on black plate. Where xxxxx stands for five random digits, and yyy stands for the country or organization code.

## Vanity plates

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An example of a vanity plate in Indonesia using the FE-Schrift typeface since 2019[22]

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's letters after the number.[30] These "vanity" plates are no different from regular plates in terms of format, and are simply 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

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* Driving license in Indonesia

## References

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