Vehicle registration plates of Serbia


Vehicle registration plates of Serbia display black alphanumeric characters on a white background with blue field placed along the left side edge.
Issuance of current registration plates started on 1 January 2011 and they were used alongside the old ones during the transitional period until the end of 2011.

Standard plates

The two-letter regional code is followed by three or four-digit numeric code separated by the Serbian cross shield and a Cyrillic letter combination for the region below, and then followed by a two-letter alpha code, separated by a hyphen.
A blue field is placed along the left side edge, as in European Union countries, bearing SRB.
Numeric code contains combination of three or four digits, while two letter alpha code is made of combination of letters using Serbian Latin alphabet, with addition of letter X. Since 2017 plates with the special "hooked" letters of the Serbian latin alphabet as well as letters Y and W are no longer issued.
The standard dimensions of a Serbian license plates are 520.5 × 112.9 mm.

Special plates

There are numerous special license plates.

Agriculture vehicle plates

Agriculture plates consist of regional code and Serbian cross shield on upper side; and two numbers and three letters on lower side; both on green background.

Moped plates

Moped plates have two-letter regional code and Serbian cross shield on upper side; and two and three numbers on lower side; both on yellow background.

Motorcycle plates

Motorcycle plates have two-letter regional code and Serbian cross shield on upper side; and two and three numbers on lower side; both on white background.

Historic/classic vehicle plates

Historic or classic vehicle plates have two-letter regional code and Serbian cross shield on upper side; and OT as serial letters and numbers on lower side; both on white background.

Taxi plates

Taxi plates have almost identical format of the civilian license plates with regional code first, Serbian cross shield, numbers, and TX as serial letters.

Trailer plates

Trailer plates have a reversed format of the civilian license plates with serial letters first, Serbian cross shield, and then numbers and regional code.

Police plates

Police of Serbia plates have letter П, Serbian cross shield, and then six numbers; on a blue background.

Military plates

Military plates have one letter, an emblem of Serbian Armed Forces, and then four numbers.

Diplomatic plates

Vehicles operated by foreign embassies, consulates, consular and diplomatic staff and various international organizations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of two numbers, one letter, three numbers. Vehicle owned by a diplomat or by accredited non-diplomatic staff carry a plate with characters printed in yellow on a black background while the vehicle owned by a foreign press agency, a foreign cultural representative or by an office of a foreign company and/or its staff, has plates with characters printed in black on a yellow background.
The first group of three numbers identifies the country or organization to which the plate has been issued, the second group of three numbers is a serial number. The letter in the middle is denoting the status of the owner.
Additionally, plates have vertically orientated two-letter initials in small letters on the left side indicating the city in which they were issued and two numbers on the right side indicating the year for which they are valid.
CodeExplanation
Avehicle owned by a diplomat - Ambassade
Mvehicle owned by accredited non-diplomatic staff - Mission
Pvehicle owned by a foreign press agency or a foreign cultural representative - Presse
CMDadditional oval plate for vehicles used by the chief of a diplomatic mission - Chef de Mission Diplomatique
CDadditional oval plate for vehicles used by a person with diplomatic status - Corps Diplomatique

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Regional codes

Following are the registration plate regional codes in Serbian Cyrillic alphabetical order: