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 .

New System (2001)

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 follows a combination of letters or numbers numbered upward from 1X0 0001 - where X is the letter of 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.

Map of the Czech Republic with regions.

• A - Hlavní město Praha, Capital City Prague
• B - Jihomoravský kraj (Brno), South Moravia (Brno)
• C - Jihočeský kraj (České Budějovice), South Bohemia (České Budějovice)
• E - Pardubický kraj (Pardubice), (Pardubice)
• H - Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové), (Hradec Králové)
• J - Vysočina(Jihlava), Highland (Vysočina) Region(Jihlava)
• K - Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary), (Karlovy Vary)
• L - Liberecký kraj (Liberec), (Liberec)
• M - Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc), (Olomouc)
• P - Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň), (Plzeň)
• S - Středočeský kraj (Praha), Central Bohemia (Prague)
• T - Moravskoslezský kraj (Ostrava), Moravia-Silesia Region(Ostrava)
• U - Ústecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem), (Ústí nad Labem)
• Z - Zlínský kraj (Zlín), (Zlín)

Old System (1960–2001)

Czech registration plate (here A = Prague registration)

Czechoslovak registration plate for commercially used vehicle

Czechoslovak registration from 1970s still valid in the Czech Republic

This system was introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1960. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 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 vehicle and heavy goods vehicle had a yellow background. Vehicles with foreign owners had a blue background and yellow letters.

List of districts

Moravian districts have letter M in the end and Silesian districts have S; the others are Bohemian district. B/M or M/B in the end means Bohemian/Moravian district; M/S or S/M is Moravian/Silesian district.

A Praha AA for vehicles used by the government (until 1989) BE Beroun BI Brno-venkov M (it was only used with a yellow background for heavy goods vehicles) BK Blansko M BM Brno-město M BN Benešov BO Brno-venkov M BR Bruntál S/M BS Brno-město M BV Břeclav M BZ Brno-město M CB České Budějovice CE České Budějovice CH Cheb CK Český Krumlov CL Česká Lípa CR Chrudim CV Chomutov DC Děčín DO Domažlice FI Frýdek-Místek S/M (it was never used) FM Frýdek-Místek S/M GT Gottwaldov (until 1989, town then renamed to Zlín) GV Gottwaldov (until 1989) HB Havlíčkův Brod HK Hradec Králové HO Hodonín M HR Hradec Králové JC Jičín JE Jeseník S (from 1996) JI Jihlava M/B JH Jindřichův Hradec B/M JN Jablonec nad Nisou KA Karviná S KD Kladno KH Kutná Hora KI Karviná S KL Kladno KM Kroměříž M KO Kolín KR Karlovy Vary KT Klatovy KV Karlovy Vary LB Liberec LI Liberec LN Louny LT Litoměřice MB Mladá Boleslav ME Mělník MO Most

NA Náchod NB Nymburk NJ Nový Jičín M OC Olomouc M OL Olomouc M OM Olomouc M OP Opava S OS Ostrava-město M/S OT Ostrava-město M/S OV Ostrava-město M/S PA Pardubice PB Příbram PC Praha-západ PE Pelhřímov PH Praha-východ PI Písek PJ Plzeň-jih PM Plzeň-město PN Plzeň-město PR Přerov M PS Plzeň-sever PT Prachatice PU Pardubice PV Prostějov M PY Praha-východ PZ Praha-západ RA Rakovník RK Rychnov nad Kněžnou RO Rokycany SM Semily SO Sokolov ST Strakonice SU Šumperk M SY Svitavy M/B TA Tábor TC Tachov TP Teplice TR Třebíč M TU Trutnov UH Uherské Hradiště M UL Ústí nad Labem UO Ústí nad Orlici US Ústí nad Labem (it was never used) VS Vsetín M VY Vyškov M ZL Zlín M (from 1990, previously GT/GV = Gottwaldov) ZN Znojmo M ZR Žďár nad Sázavou M/B

Diplomatic registration plate

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.

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  Utilitary vehicle registration from 90's

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  American standard plate

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  Military vehicle registration

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  Antique vehicle registration

External links

• Media related to License plates of the Czech Republic at Wikimedia Commons
• Diplomatic License Plate