page_title: Vehicle registration plates of Poland
section_title: Cars, trucks, and buses
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle registration plates of Poland / Format / Licence plate types and combinations / Cars, trucks, and buses
caption_attribution_description: English: Polish license plates issued just before (Polish flag) and after (EU stars) May 2, 2006. Polski: Polskie tablice rejestracyjne wydawane przed 2 maja 2006 r. (z polską flagą) i po tej dacie (z gwiazdkami UE). Українська: Польські автомобільні номерні знаки, випущені до (прапор Польщі) і після (прапор Європи) 2 травня 2006 року.
context_page_description: Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle encoded in the number plate.
  According to Polish law, the registration plate is tied to the vehicle, not the owner. There is no possibility for the owner to keep the licence number for use on a different car, even if it's a custom number. The licence plates are issued by the powiat of the vehicle owner's registered address of residence, in the case of a natural person. If it is owned by a legal person, the place of registration is determined by the address of its seat. Vehicles leased under operating leases and many de facto finance leases will be registered at the seat of the lessor. When a vehicle changes hands, the new owner must apply for new vehicle registration document bearing his or her name and registered address. The new owner may obtain a new licence plate although it is not necessary when new owner's residence address lies in the same area as the previous owner's. In such a situation the licence plates are usually carried over to the new owner, because the change carries an additional cost.
context_section_description: Format:
  XY 12345
  XY 1234J
  XY 123JK
  XY 1J345
  XY 1JK45
  XYZ J234
  XYZ 12JK
  XYZ 1J34 (first digit cannot be 0)
  XYZ 12J4 (last digit cannot be 0)
  XYZ 1JK4 (neither digit can be 0)
  XYZ JK34
  XYZ 12345
  XYZ 1234J
  XYZ 123JK
  The number of available unique numbers with these mentioned formats is 1,100,000 for each two-letter powiat code, and 872,400 for each three-letter powiat code. Note that the combinations "XYZ 1234" and "XYZ 123J" are not used, because they would lead to creation of numbers identical to these in the old system. Also, the two-letter powiat codes must be followed by a leading digit, "XY 1...", to avoid confusion with the "XYZ ..." scheme, as the gap is not significant.
caption: Polish license plates from Radomsko
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