Vehicle registration plates of Lesotho

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Kingdom of Lesotho
Kfz-Lesotho.jpg
Mosotho regular legal standard number plate.
CountryFlag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Country codeLS
Current series
Serial formatA 1234
Colour (front)Blue on white
Colour (rear)Blue on white
Lesotho number plate with the mokorotlo sticker Kfz-Lesotho.jpg
Lesotho number plate with the mokorotlo sticker

Lesotho requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates .

Contents

Plates are blue-on-white for private vehicles and red-on-white for government vehicles. They follow the format of one or two letters followed by four numbers. Diplomatic Plates are blue-on-white however have the letters CD on them.

A 1234A 1234
A 1234A 1234

A mokorotlo , the same colour as the characters on the plate, is stuck onto the plate to show a 5-year validity period.

Dealer plates are also red-on-white but do not follow the A 1234 standard and do not show the mokorotlo.

Before 1979, private plates were white-on-black and had an additional preceding 'L' which stood for Lesotho.

LA 1234LA 1234

Kingdom of Lesotho

Period following independence:

Government:

Diplomatic corps: Owing to a dispute between the foreign legations, several of them used distinctive codes for a period:

The rest of the legations used DC.

Colony of Basutoland

Prior to independence:

Government:

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