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Srbija · Србија

Serbian plates start with a municipality code, show the national arms and a small Cyrillic repeat, then carry digits and two serial letters.

CURRENT STANDARD
SRBBG4821-AB
City 0000-AAIntroduced 2011
THE SYSTEM

How the numbering works

01

The ordinary example follows City 0000-AA.

02

BG identifies Belgrade, NS Novi Sad and NI Niš.

03

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is SRB.

04

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

05

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

BEYOND THE STANDARD

Special & distinctive series

Colour and suffixes can completely change a plate's meaning.

SRBBG4821-AB

Standard private

The current ordinary City 0000-AA registration.

SRBBG482-TX

Taxi

TX is reserved for taxi registrations.

12-A-048

Diplomatic

Diplomatic plates use yellow characters on blue.

BGRP-482

Temporary

Temporary and test plates use protected letters.

CURRENT REFERENCE

Serbia's current plate system

A reconstructed current plate and concise system timeline, separated from the more extensively documented country archives.

2011
BG 4821-AB

Present registration system

Serbian plates start with a municipality code, show the national arms and a small Cyrillic repeat, then carry digits and two serial letters.

2011

Current grammar introduced

The City 0000-AA system establishes the ordinary plate described above.

Today

City coded

BG identifies Belgrade, NS Novi Sad and NI Niš.

BEYOND THE EVERYDAY

More plates worth knowing

Special status, vehicle class or use can change the colour, prefix, suffix or even the entire registration logic.

Taxi
BG482-TX

TX is reserved for taxi registrations.

Diplomatic
12-A-048

Diplomatic plates use yellow characters on blue.

Temporary
BGRP-482

Temporary and test plates use protected letters.

CURRENT GRAMMAR

How to read Serbia's ordinary plate

Serbian plates start with a municipality code, show the national arms and a small Cyrillic repeat, then carry digits and two serial letters.

FormatCity 0000-AA

The ordinary example follows City 0000-AA.

Geographic clueCity coded

BG identifies Belgrade, NS Novi Sad and NI Niš.

International markSRB

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is SRB.

Physical variantsEuropean long format

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

Protected seriesSpecial use

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

VISIBLE CATEGORIES

Ordinary and special plates use separate visual rules

Colour, prefix, dimensions or a control field can signal a different legal registration class.

Standard privateBG 4821-AB

The current ordinary City 0000-AA registration.

TaxiBG 482-TX

TX is reserved for taxi registrations.

Diplomatic12-A-048

Diplomatic plates use yellow characters on blue.

TemporaryBG RP-482

Temporary and test plates use protected letters.

PLATE REFERENCE

Formats and protected families

Search the ordinary City 0000-AA grammar and the principal special registrations represented in this guide.

7 of 7 entriesCity codedCountry mark SRB
City
Opening registration blockOrdinary format · 1
0000
Registration block 2Ordinary format · 2
AA
Registration block 3Ordinary format · 3
BG
Standard privatePlate family · 1
BG
TaxiPlate family · 2
12-A-048
DiplomaticPlate family · 3
BG
TemporaryPlate family · 4
GOOD TO KNOW

Three road-side clues

BG identifies Belgrade, NS Novi Sad and NI Niš.

The SRB identifier distinguishes the country in international traffic.

Special-series colours and codes are legal status markers rather than decorative alternatives.

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