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 standardized license plates in 1928. The first license plate was S-1, registered to Zavian G. Kotta's car. The initial plates were 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 Schematic representation
 * C: Camatanam
 * H: Haql (1936-)
 * J: Jazali
 * K: Krunghom
 * L: Lang Cit
 * M: Kurabata (1943-)
 * NS: Negeri Selatan (1954-)
 * S: Selamat
 * SH: Siheng (1951-)

1958-1983
On 15 June 1957, President S. P. Situmorang announced the standarization of license plates by 1958. The colors remained the same, but the format was changed to XL-####. The codes remained unchanged except for Negeri Selatan, Kurabata, and Siheng, which had their codes changed from NS, KU, and SH to N, U, and A. After a province reached Z-9999, a new letter would be assigned, until all 26 letters were taken. After the letters were taken, the format would be reversed. The following codes were added from 19581958-1971: In May 1971, the Ministry of Transport announced that the format would be reversed for some provinces beginning in 1974, because all 26 letters were taken. After that, several provinces reversed their formats. By July 1983, Selamat was on the ####-OZ series, leading to the format being replaced on August 1983 (Q and Y were reallocated to the newly created province of Selamat Barat in 1978).
 * T: Tejaz (1960)
 * W: Wencheng (1962)
 * D: Selamat (overflow series, 1964)
 * E: Camatanam (overflow series, 1964)
 * F: Krunghom (overflow series, 1965)
 * G: Lang Cit (overflow series, 1965)
 * I: Baratlamuri (overflow series, 1966)
 * M: Haql (overflow series, 1967)
 * O: Selamat (overflow series, 1967)
 * P: Camatanam (overflow series, 1967)
 * Q: Selamat (overflow series, 1970)
 * R: Camatanam (overflow series, 1970)
 * V: Siheng (overflow series, 1970)
 * X: Camatanam Utara (1970)
 * Y: Selamat (overflow series, 1971)
 * Z: Wencheng (overflow series, 1971)

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.

1983-present
A new format was launched in September 1983, changing the format to Sxx-####. The codes were also chnaged. The new codes, in addition to the existing codes were: In 2000, the plate specifications across Nesiondalsa were standarized. Cadasa's plate has "REPUBLIK KADASA" on the top, and the flags of the Federation of Nesiondalsan States, Cadasa, and the province of issuance on the bottom. After Ganpung was allocated the Z prefix on 9 June 2008, the Ministry of Transport announced that states would now use the Sxx-x### format after they exhausted all of their existing combinations. Siheng was the first province to adopt the new format on 7 November 2008, followed by Krunghom on 11 July 2009. As of, only Selamat Timur, Ganpung, Naru Cadasa, and Basau Cendang have not adopted the Sxx-x### format.
 * A: Aracat
 * B: Naru Cadasa
 * C: Camatanam Selatan
 * D: Camatanam Utara
 * E: Basau Cendang
 * F: Lang Cit (overflow from 1992/11/30)
 * G: Ganpung
 * H: Haql
 * I: Selamat Barat (overflow from 1995/05/07)
 * J: Jazali
 * K: Krunghom
 * L: Lang Cit
 * M: Kurabata
 * N: Negeri Selatan
 * O: Camatanam Selatan (overflow from 1995/06/07)
 * P: Krunghom (overflow from 1996/08/11)
 * Q: Hsing Yang
 * R: Selamat Barat
 * S: Selamat Timur
 * T: Nan Tung (overflow from 2002/08/24)
 * U: Siheng
 * V: Selamat Timur (overflow from 2004/07/17)
 * W: Wencheng
 * X: Selamat Barat (overflow from 2008/01/05)
 * Y: Camatanam Selatan (overflow from 2008/03/13)
 * Z: Ganpung (overflow from 2008/06/09)

Motorcycles
Prior to 2000, motorcycles shared the same format as passenger car plates. Motorcycles now have the Sx-##### format.

Commercial vehicles
Commercial vehicles used to be white-on-black before 2000. After 2000, commercial vehicles have a yellow background with black characters.

Diplomatic vehicles
In Cadasa, vehicles for diplomatic corps take the format CD-##-##, in which CD means "Corps Diplomasi", the first set of numbers equals the country code, and the second set of numbers indicate the rank.

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.