Vehicle registration plates of Uruguay

In 2001, by agreement of the National Congress of Mayors, it was decided to implement the new alphanumeric system (3 letters and 4 numbers) for the entire country.

During that year and at the beginning of 2002, the new system was adopted in Montevideo,[1][2] that spread throughout all the departments of the country, except Maldonado and Salto.

[3][4][5][6] Maldonado was the only department that did not adopt the new alphanumeric license plate system for automobiles during the first decade of the 2000s (like the rest of the departments), except for motorcycles and some special license plates (such as those of ediles, intendencia, officials, tourism, professional freight transport, taxis and remises).

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.

The letter B corresponds to the department; to its right is placed the departmental coat of arms and then a code of 3 to 6 numbers, which, together with the colors of the plate/plate, indicate the function of the wheel.

In addition, the first number indicates in which locality a vehicle is registered, and this is reflected in the legend shown below in capital letters and without accents.In October 2014 the design of the new license plate to be used by all Mercosur countries was officially presented.