Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia

The following are examples of the formats currently used; == Design ==

The current standard for Malaysian number plates were originally derivatives of pre-1932 number plate formats in the United Kingdom, first issued after the introduction of motorised vehicles in the 1900s during British rule. Number plates are typically issued and are formatted similarly for any motorised vehicle that runs on rubber tyres, including most road-legal private, commercial and industrial vehicles, motorcycles, emergency vehicles, and selected heavy equipment (such as agricultural tractors, truck-mounted cranes and backhoe loaders). With the exception of those issued for taxis, vehicle dealers and diplomats, all vehicle number plates in Malaysia have white characters on black background for both front and rear plates, regardless of the vehicle type. -registered number on the front of a motorcycle, represented by FE-Schrift-styled character stickers arranged onto the handlebar fairing which is illegal by JPJ standard but very commonly used. Standards for number plate designs have been defined by the Road Transport Department ==Peninsular Malaysia==

Current format All Peninsular Malaysian number plates for private and commercial type motor vehicles, except for Langkawi registered vehicles, taxis, vehicle dealers and diplomats, follow a xxx #### algorithm. Both FA and FB were already started issued on 22 July 2017 and 16 May 2018 respectively; and exhausted on 28 August 2017 and 25 June 2018 respectively. FC was started issued since 2 May 2019. Next are FD, FE, FF, FFF and FG which were issued on 12 April 2021, April 2022, 14 May 2023, May 2024 and January 2025. respectively. FH was first issued on 3 March 2026. Unlike other state and federal territory plate prefixes, new Putrajaya F prefix sequences are annually issued instead of upon exhaustion. History of Peninsular Malaysian registration numbers Pre-1948 The registration plate system in Malaysia traces back to the introduction of motor vehicles in the early-1900s in colonial British Malaya, with the introduction by respectable state governments of a basic x #### format, where x prefix is the state identifier. Because the x #### format were not expected to be exhausted for a considerable time, state identifiers were allowed to be represented by one or two letters. Straits Settlements Number plates for the Straits Settlements began to be issued in the early-1900s. With the exception of several format changes in intermediate periods, most of the Straits Settlements state identifiers continue to be used by the territories they were originally assigned to. The Straits Settlement of Malacca was assigned with the M state identifier, which has continuously been issued on vehicles registered in the state since its introduction over a century ago. The Straits Settlement of Penang originally had two plate series, P and W, which were assigned respectively to Penang island and the mainland territory of Province Wellesley. The Province Wellesley W series was discontinued in 1957 as P plates would be issued for both territories henceforth. The S series was assigned to the Straits Settlement of Singapore, which continuously used the basic S #### format for several decades until the format was nearly exhausted and subsequently expanded to Sx #### after rationalisation in 1948. Following Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, the S series is no longer administered by the Malaysian Road Transport Department, and fell under the responsibility of the State of Singapore Registry of Vehicles and its successor, the Land Transport Authority; vehicles with Singaporean S plates that were under Malaysian ownership were reissued with corresponding Malaysian number plates. In the years following expulsion, the Singaporean number plate system evolved independently with changing prefix systems to E series since 1972, culminating to the reintroduction of the S series for private cars in 1984, the inclusion of a fourth checksum letter, and varied colour schemes for different classes of vehicles. The L series began to be issued to Labuan in 1906, a then-independent island outpost off the coast of British North Borneo under the British North Borneo Company that would later become part of the Straits Settlement in the following year. The L plate was discontinued in 1963 after the island (now part of North Borneo/Sabah) was reformatted in accordance to North Bornean/Sabahan conventions, and would remain unused until after Labuan's status as a Federal Territory in 1984, when the L series was reinstated for the island. Federated and Unfederated Malay States Due to the initial simplicity of the x #### format, plates in the Federated Malay States (FMS) (Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang) and Unfederated Malay States (UMS) (Johore, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis) originally follow distinct series of state identifiers which may use one or two letters (i.e. SL and KN for early plates in Selangor and Kelantan, respectively). In conjunction with the formation of the Federation of Malaya, rationalisation of Malayan state identifiers was conducted in 1948 to simplify all FMS and two-letter UMS prefixes into single letters. In addition, the Pahang plate, which originally assumed the P prefix and was allowed to conflict with the Penang plates for decades, was finally reassigned with a unique letter, C. Like the pre-1932 number plate designs in the United Kingdom, the order of the new prefixes also denoted the order of population size of the FMS states at the time, with Perak's A series representative of its then larger population ahead of Selangor (B) and Pahang (C). To prevent future conflicts with plates with the xx #### format, pre-1948 plates with two-letter state identifiers were subsequently required to be replaced with plates using replacement one-letter identifiers (i.e. PK 1234 to A 1234 and JB 1234 to J 1234), leading to the extinction of the use of double-letter state identifiers in Malaya; a similar change was imposed on pre-1948 Pahang plates. Remaining single-lettered UMS and Straits Settlement identifiers were not subjected to the 1948 change. Post-1948 Following the rationalisation of prefixes in 1948, new plates registered in Malaya (and then Peninsular Malaysia) bear a xx #### format, which was sufficient for use through the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s and 1980s, the xxx #### format began to reach its limit in states with higher numbers of new vehicle registrations, leading to an inclusion of a third identifying letter, creating a new xxx #### format. Selangor becomes the first state in Peninsular Malaysia to adopt the new format in 1971, followed by Perak in 1977, Johore in 1978, Penang in 1979, Kuala Lumpur in 1981, Pahang in 1986, Negeri Sembilan in 1987, Kedah in 1991, Malacca in 1993, Kelantan in 1995, Terengganu in 2000 and finally Perlis in 2018. The V series plate of Kuala Lumpur, which replaces its predecessor W plates in October 2016, have been reached the xxx #### format on 12 April 2017, which its become the latest registration plates to reach xxx #### format after 17 years. Until 2018, Perlis serial plates becomes only the Peninsular state that have yet exhausted its original xx #### plate series but finally it have been exhausted on 18 August 2018 and xxx #### plate series began issued. In 1974, W series plates began to be reissued for cars registered in the newly ceded Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. To prevent conflicts with pre-1957 Province Wellesley plates, the Kuala Lumpur series started at WA 1 as the Province Wellesley series never exhausted the W 1-to-W 9999 range. As Kuala Lumpur was previously the capital of Selangor, vehicles registered there before 1974 are permitted to continue carrying the B series plates. Being in the economic heart of post-war Malaya and early Malaysia, Selangor's B series was historically the most commonly registered series in the country for decades before it was surpassed by Kuala Lumpur's W series in 1996 (caused by the majority of motor vehicle dealers registering new vehicles at Wangsa Maju RTD/JPJ) and the Johor's J series in 2001 (caused by massive numbers of Malaysians finding employment in Singapore and commuting between Malaysia and Singapore by motorcycles mostly registered in Johor and most Singaporeans who resides in Johor buying vehicle in this state to avoid an expensive COE for vehicles.) The vast majority of vehicles sold in Malaysia are now registered in the Peninsular. At the end of 2012, a total of 22,702,221 vehicles, including motorcycles, have been registered with the Malaysian Road Transport Department. The data shows rest of states except Sabah, Sarawak and Federal Territories, motorcycles outnumbered cars on vehicle registration being issued. Starting 1 May 2014, the border-less registration are now implemented nationwide. This system allows vehicle owners to register the vehicle from desired states and allows slow registered number plates to be registered anywhere regardless according to geographical location. Example of the success of implementation are • As of April 2026, Kelantan D (Currently DFN to DFP) number plates are issued more in West Coast more than ever, beating Melaka in February 2015 (Currently MEF), Negeri Sembilan in February 2019 (Currently NEK) and Pahang in January 2024 (Currently CFG) . • Kapit Division of Sarawak was maintained in QP series from 1991 until late 2014, QPA issued quickly after QP 9999 reached in 2014, it took 23 years for Kapit division to complete QP series; then QPB was issued on 8 May 2018 to 20 December 2021, followed with QPC on 2 March 2022 and QPD on 11 October 2024. • Perlis R number plate (RT started issued on 23 October 2017 after 2 consecutive months of both RR and RS running. then RU issued 19 January 2018, RV on 28 March 2018, RW on 8 May 2018, RX and RY in 6 July to 18 August 2018; currently RBD and RBE). Many R number plates were registered in Kuala Lumpur. • Kota Kinabalu of Sabah SY number plate (SYH started issued on 15 July 2020 after SYG running from 30 June to 8 July 2020). Replaced by SJ series after SYY 9999 was reached on 7 July 2023. Border-less registration creating vehicles no longer registered according to states and divisions and they were often registered based onto similarity to more developed neighboring country format. Example are Sabah and Sarawak number plates are very popular in Johor due to similarity to Singaporean number plates also Selangor and Kedah number plates are very popular in Miri due to similarity to Bruneian number plates. == Sarawak ==

Current format All registration plates of Sarawak for private and commercial motorised vehicles with the exceptions of those used by taxis, vehicle dealers and diplomats follow a Qdx #### x algorithm. • Q - The constant prefix for all Sarawakian number plates. • d - The division (area) prefix. (e.g. : A = Kuching, M = Miri) • x - The alphabetical sequences. (e.g. : A, B, C ... X and Y) • # - The number sequence. (e.g. : 1, 2, 3 ... 9998, 9999) The letters I, O and Z are not used and there are no leading zeroes, as in the case of the Peninsular Malaysian number plates. The current algorithm for the majority of Sarawak's divisions start with the constant Q prefix, followed by the division prefix and the number sequence. An example would be QK 1 of Kuching Division, which was issued in 1991. Once QKY 9999 was reached in 2004, an alphabetical sequence was added to the right of the division prefix; QAA 1 was the result. When QAY 9999 was achieved in late 2011, a second alphabetical sequence was incorporated and served as the suffix; the result was QAA 1 A. When QAA 9999 Y was achieved on 18 June 2020, the second alphabetical sequence was reset and the first alphabetical sequence was advance; QAB 1 A was the result. Since 2011, several more divisions have exhausted their respective Qdx #### formats. In July 2013, Sibu and Mukah Divisions began issuing QS #### x plates after QSY 9999 was reached. This is followed by Miri Division, which began using the QM #### x format since 20 August 2015, after QMY 9999 was reached. After Bintulu's QTY 9999 was reached on 18 October 2023, the QTx #### was replaced with "QDx ####" plate on 7 December 2023. History of Sarawakian registration numbers Pre-1991 Before the formation of the Malaysia in 1963, the Sarawak's vehicle number plates were originally distinguished only by nDx (n = Number, D (constant letter) = Division, x = Alphabet) prefixes which represented the then five Administrative Divisions in Sarawak, followed by a number sequence which ranged from 1 to 9999; an example would be 1Dx #### for the 1st Division, present-day Kuching Division. During the 1970s, Sarikei Division and Kapit Division were formed and split from the 3rd Division to become the 6th and 7th Divisions, and were therefore assigned the 6D and 7D prefixes respectively. By the 1980s, the original 1D and 5D prefixes had been gradually exhausted with the passing of time and were eventually replaced by single-lettered prefixes similar to that of Peninsular Malaysia. The 6D and 7D prefixes continued to be used well into 1991. Post-1991 In 1991, a new format was adopted in which the suffix Q was moved to the front of the sequence in all Sarawakian number plates. The result is QK 1 which extended to QKY 9999. When the change took place, the SG prefix for Sarawakian government vehicles had been exhausted and an x was later placed in front of the Q suffix, resulting in a format that read SG #### xQ. Kuching Division registration plates were the most numerous in Sarawak and the KT #### Q series was issued halfway when the new QK prefix was enforced. The QA prefix later replaced the QK prefix for Kuching Division. Example of the registration number plates in Sarawak A quirk of the KV series, present Sabahan plate format is the restriction of the use of Q or S as the suffix, justified by possible conflicts with specific older East Malaysian number plates ending with Q or S, specifically the Sarawakian xx #### Q format used between 1988 and 1991, and Sabah's early post-independence x #### S format; measures, however, have been taken to restrict the use of the old Sabahan format to accommodate the W series' use of disused Sabah x #### S numbers. Similar restrictions may be applied for future extended plates for the Johor, Selangor, Kedah and Malacca series due to overlaps with plate formats for Kota Kinabalu (J #### S), Betong/Sri Aman (B #### Q), Kuching (K #### Q), Miri (M #### Q) and Beaufort (B #### S). However, finally present Kuching, Sibu, Miri and Keningau plates follow extended W series format (QAA #### Q, QAA #### S, QS #### Q, QS #### S, QM #### Q, QM #### S and SU #### Q) instead of the restriction. == Sabah ==

Current format All registration plates of Sabah (except Labuan which using Lx) for private and commercial motorised vehicles with the exceptions of those used by taxis, vehicle dealers and diplomats follow a Sdx #### x algorithm. as it does not conflict with current number plate formats in Malaysia. Post-1980s From the early 1980s, new Sabahan vehicle number plates were issued in the current Sdx #### S format. Following the format change, Labuan plates were issued with the SLx #### S format until a format similar to its original Straits Settlements format, Lx ####, was reinstated in the mid-1990s following Labuan's separation from the state in 1984 as an independent Federal Territory. In 2017, both Sandakan and Tawau Divisions already exhausted SS 9999 Y and ST 9999 Y respectively; then issued SSA 1 A and STA 1 A series on 20 October 2017 and 19 December 2017 respectively. Sandakan and Tawau are the second and third Divisions of Sabah those have completed two letter format. In 2018, Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan retired the suffix format by changing to SY for Kota Kinabalu after SAC 9999 F and SM for Sandakan after SSA 9999 A. In 2019, SW for Tawau were issued after STA 9999 A officially retired on February 15, 2019. SP for Lahad Datu were issued after SD 9999 Y and will retired on 2026. == Specialised plates, other schemes and miscellaneous ==

Taxi Malaysian taxicab number plates follow a Hxx #### algorithm. While based on the Peninsular Malaysian registration plates, taxi plates usually incorporate a constant H (Hire) prefix and have non reflective plates with black characters on white background for distinction purposes. This format is also complemented by a Kereta Sewa (English: Rental Car) tag on the roof of taxis. Vehicles that are registered under the Kereta Sewa schemes differ from regular taxis such as offering long-distance cross-state travel, in contrast to regular taxis that only serves a specific city or region. This old format is widely used on rural taxis in less developed states such as Kelantan and Pahang, but has been widely replaced by the new Hxx #### format in the highly developed states, namely Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang. However, taxi owners may still choose to opt for either the pre-1980s or post-1980s number plates as both are considered legal and valid. By the end of 2012, there were 39,384 taxis registered in Kuala Lumpur. Issued in a ZB #### format with white characters on a black background, there are no leading zeroes, and the letters I and O are not used. • Z - The constant prefix for all Malaysian Armed Forces vehicles. • B - The branch prefix. (e.g. : D = Malaysian Army, U = Royal Malaysian Air Force) • # - The number sequence. (e.g. : 1, 2, 3 ... 9998, 9999) History of Malayan military registration numbers The Z #### format is preceded by a ## Zx ## format introduced during large-scale procurement of road vehicles and armored cars for Commonwealth armed forces at the height of the Malayan Emergency, a derivative of the registration plate format for British armed forces vehicles circa the late-1940s and 1950s. Similar to its British counterpart, the ## Zx ## format was entirely incremental, except the Z designation indigenous to the region. For example, the series began from 00 ZA 01 to 00 ZA 99 before resuming at 01 ZA 00; when 99 ZA 99 was reached, the secondary letter incrementally progressed to 00 ZB 01 (skipping 00 Zx 00), restarting the cycle of numbers. The format may also be bisected in the middle to read as ##Z x##, as commonly depicted on Emergency-era Daimler Scout Cars; it may also be arranged vertically in parts of two where there is little horizontal space, such as on early Land Rovers. Some vehicles used during the Emergency were also registered under the British ## xx ## convention without a Z designation (most commonly the ## Bx ## range) as the vehicles were originally under Britain ownership. By 1957, the ## Zx ## and ## xx ## formats are rendered obsolete following the introduction of the Z #### format under a new round of rationalisation. The old formats lingered well into the 1960s on a fraction of Emergency-era vehicles handed down to Malaya. Royalty The Sultans of Malaysia, Rulers of States and their immediate royalty use unique registration plates. Most of these official number plates have a yellow background and bear the official title or crest of the owners, such as "Tengku Mahkota Johor" of the Regent of Johore. Trade plates Malaysian trade plates, or temporary number plates, are carried by unregistered vehicles or vehicles without proper documents, such as road tax and insurance, and are largely used by authorised vehicle dealers in the country. Although most Peninsular Malaysian trade plates consistently follow a x #### x format and a white-on-blue colour scheme with leading zeroes for below 100th digits, trade plates in Sarawak similar to normal number plate with white character and red background, whereas those of Sabah follow a ### D prefix and feature red characters on a white background, similar to UK trader's plate. Until September 2013, Kuala Lumpur trade plates followed the usual W #### x format; with the launch of the extended W series that is completely identical in character format, the trade plate format was altered to W/TP #### and W/TS #### for motorcycles. Motorcycles bears trade plate with S suffix, other type of vehicles than motorcycles bears an A suffix for the x #### x format. Although currently Kuala Lumpur issues V series plates, trade plates remain unchanged and maintaining W/TP format. The majority of trade plates are made from pressed alloy, but plastic ones are also commonly used to prevent scratches (usually in black background, technically it is illegal to use plastic trade plate). Trailer plates Articulated lorries or semi-trailers feature two number plates placed at the rear of the trailer. One is designated for the tractor unit, and another for the trailer it pulls. The tractor unit's license number follows standard conventions for motorised vehicles, while the trailer's own number plate uses a T/Sx #### format, with the T/ prefix is a constant for all Malaysian trailers. Both plates have white characters on a black background. Both states of Sarawak and Sabah didn't issued trailer plates for trailers (T/Q #### and T/S ####) instead trailers in both states were issued standard registration plates like other vehicles. However, both Sarawak and Sabah trailer plates were started issued since 2018 onwards. Commemorative plates A limited number of commemorative vanity plates, or plates with distinctive prefixes are made available by the Malaysian Road Transport Department at a higher cost. These special plates may be used to denote the manufacturer of the car, such as the Proton prefix for Proton cars or special events, such as the SUKOM prefix for the 1998 Commonwealth Games. It was noted that G1M number plates were often abused on luxury vehicles to evade motor vehicle import, excise and sales duty in mainland because G1M series could be registered in Langkawi and Labuan, both islands having duty-free status (motor vehicles registered in both islands are exempted from mainland motor vehicle duties). As a result, numbers under the IM4U series are not allowed to be registered in Langkawi and Labuan. Booked prefixes/Highest-bidding plates/Meaningful plate prefixes Unique prefixes such as repeated letters (XXX) became the plates with most bids, starting with AAA issued in 1977, BBB in 1978, JJJ in 2005, CCC in 2007, WWW in 2012, and RR in July 2017 to August 2017; DDD started to be issued on 13 September 2017; PPP started bidding from 5 to 9 November 2020 and starts issued on 26 to 28 November 2020; FF started bidding from 14 to 19 May 2023 and starts issued on 6 June 2023; FFF started bidding from 11 to 15 May 2024. The most expensive plates as of 2016 is "F 1" which bid at RM836,660, "W 1 N" (similar to "Win") at RM748,000 in 2014 and "WWW 1" at RM520,000 in 2012, both owned by Sultan of Johor which is previously bid the "JJJ 1" plate at RM165,000. "DDD 2" was won by Yang Dipertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V at RM385,000 shortly after being issued. In November 2014, plate prefix "BMW" series issued and open for bidding which very popular among BMW owners. "BMW 1" and "BMW 2" were reserved for Selangor Royal Family. "BMW 6" is owned by national badminton player Lee Chong Wei. In February 2015, plate prefix "RM" issued in Perlis open for bid, which is similar to Malaysian ringgit currency symbol. "RM 1" plate was reserved to Raja Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin when "RM 2" to "RM 7" except "RM 5", which belongs to Tengku Amir Shah, Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Selangor, was reserved to Perlis state EXCO's. "RM" becomes highest-bidding serial plate at more than RM7 million. In July 2016, plate prefix "F 1" issued in Putrajaya was bid at RM836,660, again by Sultan of Johor. The "F 1" plates, are similar to Formula One acronyms. Plate prefix AKU which means me or I am in Malay, were issued in August 2017, with AKU 1 bidded at RM207,898.90 when AKU 8055 which means "I'm boss" in Malay, at RM74,000. Plate prefix SYG (Sayang) which means Dear or Honey in Malay, were issued in June 2020, with SYG 1 bidded at RM115,000 when SYG 8055 which means "Dear Boss" in Malay, at RM19,000. Plate prefix PPP were issued in November 2020, with PPP 1 bidded at RM260,000 when PPP 9 at RM160,000. PPP 6 at RM140,000. PPP 8999 at RM12,888. PPP 1 and PPP 6 owned by Lee Chong Hoon, brother of national badminton player Lee Chong Wei. PPP serial numbers for vehicle registration which was opened for five days managed to collect the highest revenue at RM7.3 million, surpassing the SYG serial numbers before this at RM3.6 million. In February 2021, plate prefix KFC issued in Kedah open for bid, which is similar to Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC 7 bidded at RM52,000, KFC 8 and KFC 9 bidded at RM48,000, KFC 3 bidded at RM45,000. Among other sought-after prefixes are plates which are similar to Malaysia's political party acronyms, such as MCA, PAP, DAP, PAS, PKR and PKM. Vanity issue "MM 1" belongs to a former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. MCM prefix are popular on Malaccan government vehicles due to MCM possibly denoting Malacca Chief Minister - and acronyms of states' official names such as JDT can stand for Johor Darul Takzim and KDA might stand for Kedah Darul Aman. The JPJ plates which stands for Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan, a Road Transport Department's acronym in Malay, were partially reserved for brand-new Malaysian Road Transport Department's fleet vehicles, while JMF plates are used by the vehicles owned by Johor Military Forces. Border crossing To and from Brunei Older Brunei number plates bear similarity to the Malaysian state of Selangor and Kedah number plates which also begin with "B" and "K". The newer Brunei number plates have font shape and size that can easily differentiate them from Malaysian registered vehicles. Although the similarities, Malaysia registered vehicle with number plates "B" and "K" usually allowed to enter Brunei, and vice versa. number plate. It looks almost similar with Malaysian format with white on black letters and numbers To and from Thailand Due to the language barrier that arises from the use of Thai and Romanised scripts for vehicle plates registered in Thailand and Malaysia, respectively, road vehicles crossing the Malaysia–Thailand border are typically required to bear stickers in the front and back that translate the characters of the plates into those understandable in the country of entry. Although this is not a mandatory requirement under the ASEAN Accord for vehicles having Romanised plates, some Malaysian vehicles traveling beyond 50 kilometres of the Malaysia–Thailand border may bear permanent stickers that translate Romanised letters of the Malaysian number plates into Thai, but are otherwise identical in both the use of numerical characters and colour schemes; however, a note to indicate *(STATE)*MALAYSIA* under the vehicle registration is obligatory. The stickers do not have to be removed upon re-entry into Malaysia. Entering heavy goods vehicles from Malaysia are also required to bear a separate Thai Trade Registration Number with yellow plates denoted by the 70-xxxx or 7x-xxxx series. Entering Thai-registered vehicles, which use the Thai script for series letters and the province of registration on their number plates, are required to bear strips on the front and back that translate the plate information into a row of Romanised script (including the corresponding series prefix and 4-digit number, and the province in its official 3-letter abbreviation), resulting in a format that reads as AB 1234 PTN or 1AB 1234 BKK. Although the general practice is to use white characters on black, stickers with colour schemes that resemble their original plate colours may also be acceptable; stickers that emulate the layout and colour of the Thai plates have also been known to be used. To and from Singapore Some Malaysian number plate had notably conflicted with the Singapore's W series for engineering plant vehicles and British-sourced 4×4s, Q series for government vehicles, S series for Singapore private vehicles. Moreover, the presence of a suffix letter on both Malaysian and Singaporean respective W, Q and S series results on both completely identical plates. These conflicting similarities can pose problems such as enforcing RON 95 subsidized petrol fuels to Malaysian registered vehicles only. As an example, a Sabah registered vehicle being mistakenly barred from purchasing RON 95 fuel in a petrol station due to its plate format being ambiguous as a Singaporean private vehicle plate. Several other states, federal territories and commemorative series in Malaysia have also conflicted with Singaporean formats that classifies by vehicle types. However, unlike Singapore license plates which requires a suffix letter for checksum (with the exception of some governmental vehicles and private vehicles registered before 1969), most Malaysian plate formats do not feature a suffix letter at the end after the numeric digits, thus eliminating the ambiguity. Examples of overlapping with Singapore series: } Malaysian vehicles entering Singapore that are registered in these W, Q, S and J (starting from 2026) series are not required to be further identified because the Singapore's Land Transport Authority already requires every Malaysian registered vehicle entering Singapore to apply for an Autopass Card which includes all detail of the vehicle, vehicle's owner, and the person who driving the vehicle in their system. Singapore registered vehicles travelling to Malaysia are required to register the vehicles for the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) through the Road Transport Department Malaysia website and VEP registered vehicles will be issued non-transferable VEP-RFID tags which contain pertinent information that uniquely identifies the vehicles. This can only done at Malaysia land checkpoints. Toll transactions in Singapore land checkpoints using Singapore registered vehicles only uses the CEPAS 2.0 (not the newer version of CEPAS 3.0 which is part of account-based ticketing). Those who have different set of plates, having difficulties to read or using the illegal font (FE-Schrift) will not be allowed through. Both the tractor and trailer of Malaysian registered semi-trucks are fitted with the "Hazardous Cargo" registrations plates upon entry into Singapore. The same characters of the Malaysian number plates are used, with the only visible changes being the standardised fonts which reflect that of Singapore's and the colour code, which features black characters on an orange background. The "Hazardous Cargo" number plates subject Malaysian semi-trailers to the same laws followed by Singaporean ones. Buses belonging to Singapore operators that run the cross-border services exclusively have additional brake lights installed and stickers displaying the tax scheme, vehicle specifications, company address, speed limits and APAD/MOT hotlines (Talian Aduan MOT) so as to meet the Malaysian regulations. To Indonesia Malaysian registered vehicles located in Sabah or Sarawak entering the Kalimantan region of Indonesia are required to display a temporary cross-border plate, issued by the Indonesian National Police. The plates affixed to the both front and rear windshields of the vehicles. The cross-border license plates are completely independent of the Malaysian registered plates, and instead has its own independent registration. It follows the standard Indonesian format of LL NNNN LL, where "L" are letters of the Latin alphabet, and "N" numbers from "0" to "9". The first single-or-double-letter prefixes denote the area where the vehicle is registered, depending on the entry point of Malaysian vehicles entering the country. Unlike standard Indonesian formats, the plate's expiry is written in a more detailed date format (DD MMM YYYY), such as 31 DEC 2024 instead of MM•YY (December 2024 being 12•24). The temporary cross-border plates have an expiry date of 30 days from its date of issuance. International "oval" number plate Vehicles with Malaysian registration plates intended to be driven in countries beyond neighbouring countries are often required to carry an oval international number plate or sticker denoting the vehicle's country of registration on the rear of the vehicle. The current code for Malaysian international plates, introduced in 1967, is MAL. Historically, a considerable number of codes were needed to represent the separate Malayan states that would later form Malaysia, undergoing various code changes since the first issue in 1932. == References ==