Since October 2, 2000, Paraguay has required its residents to register their vehicles at the Motor Vehicle Registry Directorate (dependent on the Supreme Court of Justice), to carry the new license plates. registration or plates, as it is colloquially called. This system has replaced the previous format, in which the plates were issued by the municipal authorities, but which still maintain local records and collect the respective taxes. However, several extensions were issued in 2001 and 2002 for those who had not yet registered their vehicles in the Motor Vehicle Registry, or had problems in the process of legalizing their vehicles. For the year 2004, the vast majority of vehicles had already adopted the current system, however there were still vehicles registered in the Special and Transitory Registry of the Automotive Registry computer system. These vehicles, instead of having been granted the 'green card' (under normal conditions), were given the 'brown card', which was only useful within the national territory while the legal procedures of the vehicle were regularized (whether it was mau or No). Therefore, Law 2405/04 was issued, which allowed the aforementioned vehicles to be regularized, if the vehicles were not subject to "claim action or theft complaint". Features and special uses The plates or "plates" present a combination of three letters and three numbers -inscribed in red- ('ABC 123' for vehicles in general, '123 ABC' for motorcycles); with the flag of Paraguay in the upper left, the denomination "PARAGUAY" in the upper center, and the national symbol in the upper right; and remain with the vehicle for the remainder of its useful life. Its dimensions are 320mm x 150mm for vehicle license plates in general, and 200mm x 130mm for motorcycles. For lost or stolen license plates, the letters "D" (duplicate) and "T" (triplicate) are stamped within a circle in the middle of the series of letters and numbers. The series "Axx nnn" and "Bxx nnn" have been used mainly by the Registry's central office in Asunción, while series beginning with other letters have been used by Registry offices in the interior of the country. . The "Exx nnn" series is (originally) reserved for public (state) vehicles that are exempt from taxes (although these can be sold to private individuals and cease to be state-owned). The "Txx nnn" series is for tractores and agricultural machinery, the "Vxx nnn" series is for vintage cars (and "VAP nnn" for