Panama requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates.^[1] Current plates are North American standard 12 × 6 inches (300 × 152 mm).^[2]

All vehicles are required to display plates on the back of the vehicle. Front license plates are not required. Additionally, taxis in Panama are also required to display plates on the sides. This is done not with actual metal plates, but by a large decal of the license plate.

Image	First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1942

Image	First issued	Design	Slogan	Serial format	Serials issued	Notes
	1968
	1977
	1985
	1989
	1990
	1992
	1993
	1999
	2003
	2004
	2006
	2007
	2008
	2009 - 2012

In 2013 a new numbering scheme was started. It has usually two letters followed by four digits. The single letter "M" is used for motorcycles and "T" for taxis, "B" for bus. "MB" for Metro Bus. Government vehicles use "G", and "D" is used for demo cars.

In 2018 a variant of FE-Schrift became mandatory.

• Gobierno genera ahorro y transparencia en alquiler de autos para el Estado (in Spanish)
• La Carrera Panamericana (in Spanish)

• Media related to License plates of Panama at Wikimedia Commons
• Panama license plates pictures at Francoplaque Archived 2019-12-31 at the Wayback Machine