# Austria license plate: Government

> The Austria government license plate: format A-999999, for example A-117189, 2002 to today, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Austria license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria) (18 registration series).

![Austria license plate, Government (2002 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-government/austria-license-plate-government.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `A-999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2002 → today |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 520 × 120 mm |
| Other sizes | 300 × 200 mm: Muster III |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `at-government` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/government) |

Digits-only serials mark official fleets, and the letters name the organ: A for the Republic's highest federal offices, a lone Land letter for a state government (W Wien, T Tirol), BD for the federal bus service. N and O appear nowhere else in the system.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `BD` | Bundesbus | federal bus service |

Sources:

- [§ 26 Abs. 2 (A), Abs. 3 (the nine Land letters, verbatim list), Abs. 4 lit. c/e/f/h (FV, PT, BD, JW; lit. b repealed by BGBl. II Nr. 275/2007, lit. d by BGBl. II Nr. 376/2002), Abs. 6 Z 1 lit. a (digits only).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=26)
- [§ 48 Abs. 4: 'bei Fahrzeugen, die zur Verwendung im Bereiche des öffentlichen Sicherheitsdienstes, der Bundesfinanzverwaltung, der Strafvollzugsverwaltung, der Post oder für die Feuerwehr bestimmt sind, sowie bei Heeresfahrzeugen ... an Stelle der Bezeichnung der Behörde die Bezeichnung des sachlichen Bereiches zu enthalten'.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=48)
- [§ 49 Abs. 4: the Bundeswappen substitution for § 40 Abs. 1 lit. a vehicles.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49)

## About this plate

THE AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL SERIES, one entry for § 26 Abs. 2 to 4 because they share one grammar (digits only) and one design (an ordinary white plate). TWO COLLISIONS a parse API must carry, both real: B, K, S, T, V, W and ST are simultaneously Land ORGAN letters here and, for the first six, Anlage 5d DISTRICT codes; and BD is simultaneously the Bundesbus code and the Burgenland diplomatic prefix. Both resolve on the serial, an ordinary district plate's Vormerkzeichen must end with a letter and these are digits-only, and neither resolves on the prefix.

## Region code notes

NOT geographic. The Land letters here denote the ORGAN (a Landtag President's car), not the place of registration, and A and the sachliche Bereiche denote no place at all.

## Other government plates here

- [Government fire](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/government-fire) (2002 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-government.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/austria?series=at-government
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/at` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "at-government"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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