Vehicle registration plates of Yugoslavia

A Yugoslav plate from Sarajevo

Car number plates in SFR Yugoslavia consisted of a two-letter district code that showed the place where the car carrying them was registered, followed by a red star and two groups of digits that could contain two or three letters, for example: BG 12-34, BG 123-45 or BG 123-456. The letter codes matched the municipalities of Yugoslavia:

Code	Region	Renamed	Code	Region	Renamed
AR	Aranđelovac		NM	Novo Mesto
BL	Banja Luka		OG	Ogulin
BR	Bar		OH	Ohrid
BM	Beli Manastir		OS	Osijek
BG	Beograd		PA	Pančevo
BI	Bihać		PE	Peć
BN	Bijeljina		PI	Pirot
BT	Bitola		PV	Pljevlja
BJ	Bjelovar		PO	Požarevac
BO	Bor		PB	Priboj
BČ	Brčko		PP	Prilep
BD	Budva		PD	Prijedor
BU	Bugojno		PR	Priština
CE	Celje		PS	Podravska Slatina	from 1992 Slatina
CT	Cetinje		PZ	Prizren
ČA	Čačak		PK	Prokuplje
ČK	Čakovec		PU	Pula
ČP	Čapljina		RI	Rijeka
DA	Daruvar		RU	Ruma
DE	Delnice		SA	Sarajevo
DO	Doboj		SI	Sisak
DU	Dubrovnik		SK	Skopje
DJ	Djakovica		SB	Slavonski Brod
DJK	Djakovo		SP	Slavonska Požega	from 1991 Požega
GL	Gnjilane		SD	Smederevo
GM	Gornji Milanovac		SC	Sokolac
GŽ	Goražde		SO	Sombor
GO	Nova Gorica		ST	Split
GS	Gospić		SM	Sremska Mitrovica
GV	Gostivar		SR	Strumica
HN	Herceg Novi		SU	Subotica
IG	Ivangrad	from 1992 Berane	SV	Svetozarevo	from 1992 Jagodina
JC	Jajce		ŠA	Šabac
KA	Karlovac		ŠI	Šibenik
KI	Kikinda		ŠT	Štip
KNJ	Konjic		TE	Tetovo
KP	Koper		TG	Titograd	from 1992 Podgorica
KC	Koprivnica		TD	Titov Drvar	from 1992 Drvar
KO	Kotor		TK	Titova Korenica	from 1991 Korenica
KG	Kragujevac		TM	Titova Mitrovica	from 1989 Kosovska Mitrovica
KV	Kraljevo		TV	Titov Veles	from 1992 Veles
KR	Kranj		TU	Titovo Užice	from 1992 Užice
KN	Krapina		TR	Travnik
KŽ	Križevci		TB	Trebinje
KŠ	Kruševac		TS	Trstenik
KU	Kumanovo		TZ	Tuzla
KT	Kutina		UL	Ulcinj
LE	Leskovac		UR	Uroševac
LI	Livno		VA	Valjevo
LO	Loznica		VŽ	Varaždin
LJ	Ljubljana		VK	Vinkovci
MA	Makarska		VT	Virovitica
MB	Maribor		VI	Visoko
MD	Modriča		VR	Vranje
MO	Mostar		VŠ	Vršac
MS	Murska Sobota		VU	Vukovar
NA	Našice		ZD	Zadar
NK	Nikšić		ZG	Zagreb
NI	Niš		ZA	Zaječar
NG	Nova Gradiška		ZR	Zrenjanin
NP	Novi Pazar		ZE	Zenica
NS	Novi Sad		ZV	Zvornik

Special plates

A temporary plate

• Trailer plates had the reverse format of the normal plates, starting with the digits and ending with the regional code.
• Diplomatic plates had yellow letters on black background. The vehicles were marked with an oval sticker with a mark CMD, CD or CC.
• Plates of vehicles and trailers belonging to the Yugoslav armed forces had the red star separated on the left side, together with a red JNA inscription.
• Temporary plates had RP (registrovano privremeno) on the place of the district code, followed by three or four digits, a vertical red band containing the year of registration and a numerical denotation of the republic where the vehicle was temporarily registered.
• Police plates had white letters on blue background and started with M (milicija).
• Agricultural plates had white letters on green background.
• Vehicles with exceptional dimensions received red plates with white letters.

Successor state plates

• Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Vehicle registration plates of Croatia
• Vehicle registration plates of Kosovo
• Vehicle registration plates of Montenegro
• Vehicle registration plates of North Macedonia
• Vehicle registration plates of Serbia
• Vehicle registration plates of Slovenia