Vehicle registration plates of the Czech Republic

As of the year 2019 there are two different valid systems of vehicle registration plates in the Czech Republic.

Format
A Czech registration plate from 2004 to now on, in which A = Prague
A Czech registration plate from 2001 to 2004, in which H = Hradec Králové Region
A custom registration plate: the 'O' of DIC-TAT0R is actually a zero

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.

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]

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 (Around 444 USD) and for a motorcycle 5 000 CZK (Around 222 USD). 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.

Map of the Czech Republic with regions (coded)
CodeRegionCzech Name
A (01)Capital City PragueHlavní město Praha
B (02)South MoraviaJihomoravský kraj (Brno)
C (03)South BohemiaJihočeský kraj (České Budějovice)
E (04)PardubicePardubický kraj (Pardubice)
H (05)Hradec KrálovéKrálovéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové)
J (06)Highland (Vysočina) RegionVysočina (Jihlava)
K (07)Karlovy VaryKarlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary)
L (08)LiberecLiberecký kraj (Liberec)
M (09)OlomoucOlomoucký kraj (Olomouc)
P (10)PlzeňPlzeňský kraj (Plzeň)
S (11)Central Bohemia (Prague)Středočeský kraj (Praha)
T (12)Moravia-SilesiaMoravskoslezský kraj (Ostrava)
U (13)Ústí nad LabemÚstecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem)
VHistoric 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)ZlínZlínský kraj (Zlín)
NumbersMilitary vehicles, and diplomatic corps

History

1932 - 1954

[2] This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1932. The first letters are represented by region.

  • Composition (newer form: 1945 - 1954):

X-NN-NNN, white on black

  • Composition (older form: 1932 - 1939):

X-NNNNN, black on white

1954 - 2001
Czech registration plate 1992-2001 (here A = Prague registration)
Czechoslovak registration plate for a commercially used vehicle 1986-1992
Czechoslovak registration from the 1970s, still valid in the Czech Republic

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.

  • Composition (older form: 1960–1984):

XX-NN-NN or XXX-NN-NN

  • Composition (newer form: 1984–2001):

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.

List of districts
CodeRegionCodeRegion
APrahaMOMost
AAfor vehicles used by the government (until 1989)NANáchod
BEBerounNBNymburk
BIBrno-venkov (it was only used with a yellow background for heavy goods vehicles)NJNový Jičín
BKBlanskoOCOlomouc
BMBrno-městoOLOlomouc
BNBenešovOMOlomouc
BOBrno-venkovOPOpava
BRBruntálOSOstrava-město
BSBrno-městoOTOstrava-město
BVBřeclavOVOstrava-město
BZBrno-městoPAPardubice
CBČeské BudějovicePBPříbram
CEČeské BudějovicePCPraha-západ
CHChebPEPelhřímov
CKČeský KrumlovPHPraha-východ
CLČeská LípaPIPísek
CRChrudimPJPlzeň-jih
CVChomutovPMPlzeň-město
DCDěčínPNPlzeň-město
DDDiplomatic corpsPRPřerov
DODomažlicePSPlzeň-sever
FIFrýdek-Místek (it was never used)PTPrachatice
FMFrýdek-MístekPUPardubice
GTGottwaldov (until 1989, town then renamed to Zlín)PVProstějov
GVGottwaldov (until 1989)PYPraha-východ
HBHavlíčkův BrodPZPraha-západ
HKHradec KrálovéRARakovník
HOHodonínRKRychnov nad Kněžnou
HRHradec KrálovéRORokycany
JCJičínSMSemily
JEJeseník (from 1996)SOSokolov
JIJihlavaSTStrakonice
JHJindřichův HradecSUŠumperk
JNJablonec nad NisouSYSvitavy
KAKarvináTATábor
KDKladnoTCTachov
KHKutná HoraTPTeplice
KIKarvináTRTřebíč
KLKladnoTUTrutnov
KMKroměřížUHUherské Hradiště
KOKolínULÚstí nad Labem
KRKarlovy VaryUOÚstí nad Orlici
KTKlatovyUSÚstí nad Labem (it was never used)
KVKarlovy VaryVSVsetín
LBLiberecVYVyškov
LILiberecXXConsular corps
LNLounyZLZlín (from 1990, previously GT/GV = Gottwaldov)
LTLitoměřiceZNZnojmo
MBMladá BoleslavZRŽďár nad Sázavou
MEMělníkNumbersMilitary vehicle

Special license plates

Diplomatic registration plates
Diplomatic plate – old system
Diplomatic plate – new system

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. These have been replaced by plates with blue letters on a white background. Foreigners (Czechoslovakia) used same plates as DC plates except they don't use DD or XX, and non-diplomatic personnel used a XX code instead.

Others

Commercial vehicles of Czechoslovakia have black letters with a yellow background, military have numbers only, rentals of Czechoslovakia have red letters on a white background (discontinued), historic vehicles use green letters on a white background (always using "V" as a prefix), trailers of Czechoslovakia 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).

  • Utilitary vehicle registration from the 90s
  • American standard plate
  • Military vehicle registration
  • Export plate
  • Antique vehicle registration
  • Electric car registration

References
  1. "Státní poznávací značky v Česku", Wikipedie (in Czech), 2019-06-22, retrieved 2019-06-22
  2. http://matriculasdelmundo.com/checoslovaquia.html
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