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Vehicle registration plates of Bolivia

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The previous Bolivian license plate system, used until January 1987, had an American format like the current one, with the name of the country; "BOLIVIA" at the bottom left of the license plate with a configuration of three numbers and three letters. The first letter indicated the department and the
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second letter indicated the type of vehicle (A-Car, C-Truck, T-Public car, etc.). The color of the license plate indicated the type of vehicle it was. Black characters on a white background for private vehicles, black on yellow for government vehicles, and white on red for public service vehicles.
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Contains blue characters and boxes on a white background. It consists of the inscription "BOLIVIA" at the top, and a small box to its right indicates the vehicle's registration department. In the box there is a letter, which represents each department of the country as follows:
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The second format corresponds to utility and service vehicles with the following format: EBJ 123 (Army) and FAX 123 (X according to department) corresponding to the Air Force, both with the inscription BOLIVIA on the lower left side. Bolivian Navy vehicles use the PTA
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The numbering consists of the PTA (Vehicle Titled Policy) that is issued for each vehicle only once. It consists of 3 or 4 numbers and 3 letters, starting the numbering in older vehicles 0XX AAA and ending in newer vehicles 56XX AAA (June 2021).
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The vehicles of the Diplomatic Corps, Consular Corps, Non-Governmental Organizations, International Mission, Departmental Government and some vehicles of the Police, Armed Forces and Emergency Services are exempt from the previous format.
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Some police and fire vehicles have the following format: PNX 123 and the inscription POLICÍA NACIONAL at the bottom (X referring to the department, example: PNL 456 which corresponds to a patrol car).
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The first corresponds to campaign vehicles, tanks and armored vehicles. It has the following format: EB 1234-56, FAB 1234-56 and ARB 1234-56 painted white on the body.
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was presented. It was expected that from January 1, 2016 this new license plate would be used in the member countries.
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The first set of numbers indicates the country; the second set indicates the seniority rank.
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In Bolivia, the AB 12345 format will be used for the new patent.
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The type of service is described with the background of the box.
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All these vehicles bear the inscription BOLIVIA on the top.
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