Vehicle registration plates of Latvia

Current Latvian car license plate.

Vehicle registration plates of Latvia consist two letters (trailers plates have one letter), a hyphen and one to four numbers (depending on the age of registration), e.g., AB-1234, or AB-123, or AB-12 or AB-1.

Colour and dimensions

Current plates have black characters on white reflective material for both front and rear plates. After Latvia regained independence in 1991, vehicle registration plates of the Soviet Union were used until 1994, when the new type of vehicle registration plates were introduced. Up and till 2004 a small Latvian national flag with the initials LV would have been used on the left-side of the plate. Ever since Latvia joined the European Union, the EU blue label has been included on the license plate with the initials LV. Front number plates are 520 mm x 111 mm in size. Rear plates may be:

Typeface

All Latvian plates use unknown custom typeface based on old German DIN 1451 script. Most noticeable changes include alternate forms of the 6 and 9[1] and rounded corners.

Car designations

Latvian license plates do not have any particular designation coding. However, Latvian army cars and trucks have LA letters on plates meaning Latvijas Armija and Government cars - MK letters meaning Ministru Kabinets.

Personalized plates

The Latvian government allows registering personalized plates. In 2006, CSDD decided to increase price from 542.80 LVL to 2,500 LVL, because the old price became too affordable.[2] Personalized plates can consist from two to eight symbols: letters, numbers or spaces. The same symbol can be repeated maximum 3 times without breaks (for example, "XXXIXXX"). The plate cannot include only numbers, so the minimum requirement is one letter and one number (e.g., "4O" (forty) consist of the number 4 and the letter O).

Special plates

Taxi license plate.
Motorcycle license plate.
Diplomatic license plate.

See also

References

External links

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