Vehicle registration plates of the Czech Republic

As of the year 2007 there are two different valid systems of vehicle registration plates in the Czech Republic.

Format

Czech registration plate; here A = Prague
Czech registration plate; here H = Hradec Králové Region

The new Czech vehicle registration plate system was introduced between 29 June 2001 and 17 July 2001. The first letter from the left represents the region (Kraj), and then there follows a combination of letters or numbers numbered upward from 1X0 0001, where X is the letter of the region. In 2009, both Prague (A) and Středočeský kraj/Central Bohemia (S) reached the combination of six 9s in their license plates and started issuing a two letter format numbered 1XA 0000, where X is the letter of region and A is a letter in alphabetical order (after 1AA 9999, 1AB 0000 follows).

Since 2004 with the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, a blue European strip with the letters CZ and European stars were 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.

Map of the Czech Republic with regions (coded)
Code Region Czech Name
A Capital City Prague Hlavní město Praha
B South Moravia Jihomoravský kraj (Brno)
C South Bohemia Jihočeský kraj (České Budějovice)
E Pardubice Pardubický kraj (Pardubice)
H Hradec Králové Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové)
J Highland (Vysočina) Region Vysočina (Jihlava)
K Karlovy Vary Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary)
L Liberec Liberecký kraj (Liberec)
M Olomouc Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc)
P Plzeň Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň)
S Central Bohemia (Prague) Středočeský kraj (Praha)
T Moravia-Silesia Moravskoslezský kraj (Ostrava)
U Ústí nad Labem Ústecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem)
V Historic vehicles
Z Zlín Zlínský kraj (Zlín)
Numbers Military vehicles, and diplomatic corps

History

1932 - 1954

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

1954 - 2001

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

List of districts

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

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.

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