Vehicle registration plates of Latvia


Vehicle registration plates of Latvia consist of two letters, a hyphen and one to four numbers , e.g., AB-1234,

Colour and dimensions

Current plates have black characters on white reflective material for both front and rear plates. After Latvia regained independence in 1991, vehicle registration plates of the Soviet Union with Latin letters LA and LT were used until 1993, when the new type of vehicle registration plates were introduced. Up until 2004 a small Latvian national flag with the initials LV would have been used on the left-side of the plate. Ever since Latvia joined the European Union, the EU blue label has been included on the license plate with the initials LV.
Front number plates are 520 mm x 111 mm in size. Rear plates may be:
All Latvian plates use the Austria typeface, closely related to the German DIN 1451. Most noticeable changes include the forms of the letter J, as well as the digits 6 and 9 and rounded corners.

Car designations

Latvian license plates do not have any particular designation coding confirmed. However, Latvian army cars and trucks have LA letters on plates meaning Latvijas Armija and Government cars - MK letters meaning Ministru Kabinets. VS letters mean Vēsturiskais Spēkrats.

Personalized plates

The Latvian government allows registering personalized plates. In 2006, CSDD decided to increase price from 542.80 LVL to 2,500 LVL, because the old price became too affordable. Personalized plates can consist from two to eight symbols: letters, numbers or spaces. The same symbol can be repeated maximum 3 times without breaks. The plate cannot include only numbers, so the minimum requirement is one letter and one number or two letters.

Special plates