page_title: Vehicle registration plates of the German Democratic Republic
section_title: Volkspolizei
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle registration plates of the German Democratic Republic / Special Plates / Volkspolizei
caption_attribution_description: English: License plate of the peoples police of East Germany from the 1960's Deutsch: Kfz-Kennzeichen der Deutschen Volkspolizei der DDR aus den 1960ern
context_page_description: East German vehicle registration plates were issued in the former German Democratic Republic between 1953 and 1990. Vehicles whose cylinder capacity was less than 50 cm³ were exempt from registration.
  The plates remained legal until the end of 1993, when all vehicles had to be re-registered to the West German system.
context_section_description: Vehicles of the People's Police (East German militia) were furnished with plates bearing the VP prefix. Although they were identical in appearance and format to other East German plates, Volkspolizei plates followed a different system.
  The first two digits after the VP prefix identified the district (or bezirk) where the vehicle was stationed. Incidentally, these (and diplomatic registrations) were the only plates where it was legal to use '00' as prefix digits.
  The table below illustrates the numerical codes used:
caption: Militia plate issued in Potsdam
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