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As of the year 2019 there are two different valid systems[ clarification needed ] of vehicle registration plates in the Czech Republic .
The latest system of Czech vehicle registration plate was introduced between 29 June and 17 July 2001. In this system, the first letter from the left represents the region (kraj), and this is combined with numbers issued in series from 1x0 0001, where x is the letter representing the region.
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By 2009, Prague (A) has reached the combination 9x9 9999 in its respective series; consequently it then started issuing plates which included a two-letter combination in the format 1xa 0000 to 9xa 9999, where x is the regional letter and a is a letter in alphabetical order (so that 1AA 9999 is followed by 1AB 0000, and so on). Shortly after that the Central-Bohemian region came. As of the beginning of the summer 2014, the South Moravian (B) and Moravian-Silesian in the November, lastly in April 2019 the Usti region. Regions were also issuing registration marks with two-letter combinations. [1]
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In mid-2023, the serial of new license plates issued in the Prague region added a letter. [2]
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Motorcycle plates have the 2-line format 1x 0001, where x is the letter representing the region.
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Since 2004 with the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, a blue European strip with the letters CZ and European stars have been added.
As of 1 January 2015, registration numbers are not changed if the owner of a vehicle moves to another region or if the vehicle is re-registered to a new owner residing in a different region. New numbers (with the corresponding code of the region of re-registration) are assigned only in the case of damage, loss, or theft of a registration plate.
Since 2017 custom ("personalized") plates have been available, against payment of a special fee of 5 000 CZK (around 222 USD) per plate, i.e for a car it would cost 10 000 CZK and for a motorcycle 5 000 CZK. These have the format XXX-XXXXX (i.e. they have one more character than ordinary plates) and must contain at least one number. The letters G, CH, O, Q and W may not be used. The license plate cannot contain any abusive or offensive words.
| Code | Region | Czech Name |
|---|---|---|
| A (01) | Capital City Prague | Hlavní město Praha |
| B (02) | South Moravia | Jihomoravský kraj (Brno) |
| C (03) | South Bohemia | Jihočeský kraj (České Budějovice) |
| E (04) | Pardubice | Pardubický kraj (Pardubice) |
| H (05) | Hradec Králové | Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové) |
| J (06) | Highland (Vysočina) Region | Vysočina (Jihlava) |
| K (07) | Karlovy Vary | Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary) |
| L (08) | Liberec | Liberecký kraj (Liberec) |
| M (09) | Olomouc | Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc) |
| P (10) | Plzeň | Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň) |
| S (11) | Central Bohemia (Prague) | Středočeský kraj (Praha) |
| T (12) | Moravia-Silesia | Moravskoslezský kraj (Ostrava) |
| U (13) | Ústí nad Labem | Ústecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem) |
| V | Historic vehicles (From 2006 they have a format of NNV XXXX, where NN means the number code, V the letter V and X a serial number) | |
| Z (14) | Zlín | Zlínský kraj (Zlín) |
| Numbers | Military vehicles, and diplomatic corps |
[3] This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1932. The first letters are represented by region.
X-NN-NNN, white on black
X-NNNNN, black on white
This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1960. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Republic introduced a new system of car registration plates in 1997 while the Czech Republic kept issuing the old one until 2001. In the old system, the two first letters represented the district ( okres ). Registrations in Prague began with A, while the vehicles used by the government had registration plates beginning with AA.
XX-NN-NN or XXX-NN-NN
XX NN-NN or XXX NN-NN
(X = letters, N = numbers.)
Commercially used vehicles and heavy goods vehicle had a yellow background. Vehicles with foreign owners had a blue background and yellow letters.
| Code | Region | Code | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Praha | MO | Most |
| AA | for vehicles used by the government (until 1989) | NA | Náchod |
| BE | Beroun | NB | Nymburk |
| BI | Brno-venkov (it was only used with a yellow background for heavy goods vehicles) | NJ | Nový Jičín |
| BK | Blansko | OC | Olomouc |
| BM | Brno-město | OL | Olomouc |
| BN | Benešov | OM | Olomouc |
| BO | Brno-venkov | OP | Opava |
| BR | Bruntál | OS | Ostrava-město |
| BS | Brno-město | OT | Ostrava-město |
| BV | Břeclav | OV | Ostrava-město |
| BZ | Brno-město | PA | Pardubice |
| CB | České Budějovice | PB | Příbram |
| CE | České Budějovice | PC | Praha-západ |
| CH | Cheb | PE | Pelhřímov |
| CK | Český Krumlov | PH | Praha-východ |
| CL | Česká Lípa | PI | Písek |
| CR | Chrudim | PJ | Plzeň-jih |
| CV | Chomutov | PM | Plzeň-město |
| DC | Děčín | PN | Plzeň-město |
| DD | Diplomatic corps | PR | Přerov |
| DO | Domažlice | PS | Plzeň-sever |
| FI | Frýdek-Místek (it was never used) | PT | Prachatice |
| FM | Frýdek-Místek | PU | Pardubice |
| GT | Gottwaldov (until 1989, town then renamed to Zlín) | PV | Prostějov |
| GV | Gottwaldov (until 1989) | PY | Praha-východ |
| HB | Havlíčkův Brod | PZ | Praha-západ |
| HK | Hradec Králové | RA | Rakovník |
| HO | Hodonín | RK | Rychnov nad Kněžnou |
| HR | Hradec Králové | RO | Rokycany |
| JC | Jičín | SM | Semily |
| JE | Jeseník (from 1996) | SO | Sokolov |
| JI | Jihlava | ST | Strakonice |
| JH | Jindřichův Hradec | SU | Šumperk |
| JN | Jablonec nad Nisou | SY | Svitavy |
| KA | Karviná | TA | Tábor |
| KD | Kladno | TC | Tachov |
| KH | Kutná Hora | TP | Teplice |
| KI | Karviná | TR | Třebíč |
| KL | Kladno | TU | Trutnov |
| KM | Kroměříž | UH | Uherské Hradiště |
| KO | Kolín | UL | Ústí nad Labem |
| KR | Karlovy Vary | UO | Ústí nad Orlici |
| KT | Klatovy | US | Ústí nad Labem (it was never used) |
| KV | Karlovy Vary | VS | Vsetín |
| LB | Liberec | VY | Vyškov |
| LI | Liberec | XX | Consular corps |
| LN | Louny | ZL | Zlín (from 1990, previously GT/GV = Gottwaldov) |
| LT | Litoměřice | ZN | Znojmo |
| MB | Mladá Boleslav | ZR | Žďár nad Sázavou |
| ME | Mělník | Numbers | Military vehicle |
Until 2001 diplomatic plates (as well as those on cars owned by foreign residents) in the Czech Republic used a blue background with yellow letters. Foreigners (Czechoslovakia) used same plates as DC plates except they did not use the DD or XX codes, and non-diplomatic personnel used a XX code instead. Since 2001 the yellow on blue plates have been replaced by plates with blue letters on a white background.
Commercial vehicles of have black letters with a yellow background, military have numbers only, rentals have red letters on a white background (discontinued), historic vehicles use green letters on a white background (always using "V" as a prefix), trailers have the district codes put in the middle (99 XXX-99 or 99 XX-99) and technical embassies use red letters on a yellow background (discontinued).
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