prosecutors and chief city prosecutors. Stamped with initials of 17*ACP (court branch number). Personalized plates A motorist who would like to have personalized plates can choose any letter combination upon three conditions: It is unique i.e., the plate does not have a registered duplicate anywhere else in the Philippines. The plate is not in the same format as those of government vehicles. The motorist pays a PHP 25,000 ($500+) fee. Temporary plate numbers Motor Vehicle File Number The MV File Number for each vehicle has 15 digits, which are based on where the initial registration of the vehicle was carried out. (e.g. MV File # 1301-00000012345 registered in NCR). LTO-Authorized 6-digit temporary plate number The temporary plate number was later issued by LTO, which has 6 digits based on where the initial purchase location of the vehicle was and its use as a PUV. (e.g. 130123 for NCR use). It is widely used due to extensive backlog of vehicle plate distribution from 2016 to 2019. Public utility vehicles registered from July 1, 2016, onwards currently use private plates (white), MV File Number or the 6-digit Temporary Plate Number since yellow plates are in production. Government vehicles registered from 2020 onwards currently use private plates (white) but in February 2022 the red plates released by LTO. Former plate number designs still in use 1981 Series Plate number design The 1981 design was the most widely used plate number design, in production from 1981 to 2014. LTO issued the numbering format LLL-DDD for automobile vehicles, and LL-DDDD and DDDD-LL for motorcycles. Color-coded year stickers appeared in 1982, based on the license plate's color scheme. Stickers for vehicle classification appeared in the same year. Registration area prefix The first letter in the 1981 series of license plates represents the prefix, which denotes the following region where the vehicle was registered. The letter S is used to indicate a government-owned vehicle. The letters I and O were not used in plates as the prefix to avoid confusion with the numbers 1 and 0. In 2009, they are displayed either in the middle or end, which is exclusively for private vehicles. The letter Q was also used on regular plate circulation for motorcycles in public use. In 2009, it was used as a middle or last letter for NCR plates, while it was used as a last letter for Region 7 plates. Vehicle classification by