page_title: Vehicle registration plates of the Czech Republic
section_title: Format
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle registration plates of the Czech Republic / Format
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Značka na přání. Místo nepovoleného písmena O je číslo 0.
context_page_description: As of the year 2019 there are two different valid systems of vehicle registration plates in the Czech Republic.
context_section_description: The latest system of Czech vehicle registration plate was introduced between 29 June and 17 July 2001. In this system, the first letter from the left represents the region (kraj), and this is combined with numbers issued in series from 1x0 0001, where x is the letter representing the region. 
  By 2009, Prague (A) has reached the combination 9x9 9999 in its respective series; consequently it then started issuing plates which included a two-letter combination in the format 1xa 0000 to 9xa 9999, where x is the regional letter and a is a letter in alphabetical order (so that 1AA 9999 is followed by 1AB 0000, and so on). Shortly after that the Central-Bohemian region came. As of the beginning of the summer 2014, the South Moravian (B) and Moravian-Silesian in the November, lastly in April 2019 the Usti region. Regions were also issuing registration marks with two-letter combinations. 
  Since 2004 with the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, a blue European strip with the letters CZ and European stars have been 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.
  Since 2017 custom ("personalized") plates have been available, against payment of a special fee of 5 000 CZK (Around 222 USD) per plate, i.e for a car it would cost 10 000 CZK (Around 444 USD) and for a motorcycle 5 000 CZK (Around 222 USD). These have the format XXX-XXXXX (i.e. they have one more character than ordinary plates) and must contain at least one number. The letters G, CH, O, Q and W may not be used. The license plate cannot contain any abusive or offensive words.
caption: A custom registration plate: the 'O' of DIC-TAT0R is actually a zero
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