Vehicle registration plates of Cadasa

Since 1928, all motorised vehicles in Cadasa are required to register and display its vehicle registration plates at the front and rear of vehicles. The plates are issued by the Ministry of Transportation.

pre-1957
Cadasa began issuing standarized license plates in 1928. The initial plates sere white-on-black and had the X-#### format, with X being the geographic identifier and #### being the serial number. X could be the following letter depending on the province: Schematic representation (-1945) After World War II, the number of digits was increased to 5. Schematic representation (1945-1958)
 * C: Camatanam
 * H: Haql (1936-)
 * J: Jazali
 * K: Krunghom
 * L: Lang Cit
 * M: Kurabata (1943-)
 * N: Negeri Selatan (1954-)
 * S: Selamat
 * T: Siheng (1951-)

1958-2000
On 15 June 1957, President S. P. Situmorang announced the reform of license plates by 1958. The colors remained the same, but the format was changed to XL-####. Between 1958 and 1989, the following codes were added in addition to the existing 9 codes: Schematic representation 1 Schematic representation 2 In 1978, Selamat passed SZ-9999 and reversed the format to ####-Sx, so SZ-9999 was followed by 0000-SA. Camatanam reversed in 1981, Krunghom in 1982, Lang Cit in 1986, Baratlamuri in 1988, and Siheng in 1992 respectively. In 1989, Baratlamuri gained independence in a referendrum and the B code was deprecated. Chaundree Province was dissolved in 1993.Nan Tung reunified with Cadasa in 1994 and it was allocated the B prefix when it became a territory in 1997.
 * B: Baratlamuri (1958)
 * W: Wencheng (1962)
 * D: North Camatanam (1970)
 * A: Aracat (1972)
 * E: Chaundree (1972)
 * G: Ganpung (1972)
 * U: West Selamat (1977)
 * F: New Cadasa (1990)
 * P: Cendang Islands (1991)

Nan Tung
Prior to 1997, Nan Tung issued separate license plates from Cadasa. In 1903, British Nan Tung's license plate format was NT ####, with #### being the serial number. When it became a city-state in 1925, the series restarted at AA. From 1925 to 1997, Nan Tung license plates were black-on-white and had the format AB 1234, ending at FD. When Nan Tung was upgraded to a special territory in 1997, the format changed to ####-Bx, starting at BB.

2000-present
A new format was launched in January 2000 for the new millenium. Coincedentially, the format is identical to Malaysia's; both Malaysia and Cadasa have the Sxx #### format, but there is a dash between the third letter and first digit. Those are issued sequentially. In 2011, Hsing Yang province was created and it took the R code. Some letters were also allocated to special plates. E was allocated to motorcycles, Q was allocated to temporary plates, V was allocated to the government of Cadasa, X was allocated to trailers, Y was allocated to the military, and Z was allocated for police cars. They use the Lxx-###S format, with L being the code for the special plate.

Motorcycles
Prior to 2000, motorcycles shared the same format as passenger car plates. Motorcycles now have the prefix E followed by the location code, a letter, and 5 numbers. Temporary plates have the EQ prefix. They are white on blue.

Government vehicles
Goverment of Cadasa vehicles typically have the prefix V. Before Ganpung was created in 1972, G was used. They are black on yellow. VPC is reserved for presidential vehicles.

Other special vehicles
Q is used for temporary plates,X is used for trailers, Y is used for the military, and Z is used for police cars.