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 characters, for example: <code>BG 12-34</code>, <code>BG 123-45</code> or <code>BG 123-456</code>. The letter codes matched the municipalities of Yugoslavia:
Special plates
- 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 (<span dir="ltr" lang="sh">registrovano privremeno</span>) 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 (<span dir="ltr" lang="sh">milicija</span>).
- Agricultural plates had white letters on green background.
- Vehicles with exceptional dimensions received red plates with white letters.
Successor state plates
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