What City is License Plate R from? Check the Information Here!

When traveling, drivers often see various license plates with certain letter prefixes. This sometimes makes one curious when seeing unfamiliar license plates from outside their own area. For example, like the R plate. So, which city does this plate come from? To satisfy your curiosity, let's find out more by paying attention to the following information. 

What City is License Plate R From?

The origin of license plate R comes from the Banyumas Residency area in Central Java. This area includes Banyumas Regency, Cilacap, Purbalingga, and Banjarnegara. Although some of these regions have license plates that start with the same letter code, namely R. However, the ending code of the license plate has different letters. The differences are as follows.

• Banyumas Regency: ends with the letters A/E/G/H/J/S/X. Example: R 1999 AE.
• Cilacap Regency: ends with the letters B/F/K/N/P/R/T. Example: R 1999 TR.
• Purbalingga Regency: ends with the letters C/L/Q/U/V/Z. Example: R 1999 ZV.
• Banjarnegara Regency: ends with the letters D/I/M/O/W/Y. Example: R 1999 YO.

Read Also : Complete List of License Plate Codes Throughout Indonesia

How to Check Vehicle Tax with License Plate R

After you know the origin of license plate R, you also need to know how to check the vehicle tax. There are several ways you can do to check the vehicle tax with license plate R. Here are the complete methods.

How to check via offline

If you want to check the vehicle tax with license plate R, you need to pay attention to the following steps.

• Prepare the required documents, starting from the vehicle number to be checked, and the vehicle identification number listed on the STNK.
• Once the required documents are complete, you can visit the nearest Samsat according to the domicile of your motor vehicle. 
• Follow all directions and procedures for checking from the Samsat authorities.

How to check via online

In addition to offline, vehicle tax checks can now be done online very easily. Here’s how.

1. How to check via e-Samsat site

You can check the motor vehicle tax with plate R online by visiting the e-Samsat site. Here’s how. 

• Open the search page on your PC or mobile.
• Then visit the site https://e-samsat.id. 
• Once the site page is open, don’t forget to fill in the data according to the form displayed on the site page. Starting from the plate number, serial number, chassis number, to the Province.
• Then press the “Check Now” menu. 
• Next, the site page will display complete information about the vehicle along with the tax amount imposed. 
• In addition to the e-Samsat site, you can also check on other online tax check sites. Such as https://cekpajak.com/jawa-tengah or https://bapenda.jatengprov.id.

2. How to check via e-Samsat application

In addition to the e-Samsat site, you can also check vehicle tax through the e-Samsat application. Here’s how.

• First, download the e-Samsat application, such as SIGNAL or New Sakpole.
• Once done, install the application.
• Then, register an account on the application by filling in your personal data, email, or active phone number.
• Once done, fill in the data of the motor vehicle to be checked. Starting from the plate number, serial number, 5 digits of the chassis number, province, and captcha.
• Once done, just press the “Check Vehicle Data” button, and the application will automatically display complete information about the vehicle and the tax amount imposed.

In addition to the above methods, you can also use SMS services to check vehicle tax. The way is to type a message in the format “JATENG (space) license plate code”. Then send it to 9600. Example: JATENG R 1124 LF.

How are the above methods very easy to understand, right? Besides needing to pay attention to the grace period for vehicle tax payments, you also need to pay attention to the health condition of your car. If there are issues, just visit the nearest Daihatsu workshop.