# Austria license plate: Motorcycle

> The Austria motorcycle license plate: format LL-999L, for example JQ-785I, 2005 to today, motorcycle, cited to Kraftfahrgesetz 1967 (KFG 1967).

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

![Austria license plate, Motorcycle (2005 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-motorcycle/austria-license-plate-motorcycle.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-999L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2005 → today |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle |
| Plate size | 210 × 170 mm |
| Other sizes | 520 × 120 mm: Muster I — permitted for a motorcycle only where a single-line plate has been type-approved for that vehicle (§ 25d Abs. 3 KDV); 250 × 200 mm: Muster VII — the FORMER motorcycle plate, superseded for new issues on 1 April 2005; § 25d Abs. 3 gives its holders a right to swap to Muster VIII, optionally keeping the same Kennzeichen |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-motorcycle` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/motorcycle) |

Decodes like every Austrian plate: district code up front — one letter for a state capital, two otherwise — and a serial that means nothing but must end in a letter. The motorcycle part is the smaller blank, not the characters.

Sources:

- [§ 25d Abs. 3 KDV in the Fassung valid from 01.04.2011, verbatim: 'Kennzeichentafeln für Motorräder werden ab 1. April 2005 nur mehr nach dem Muster VIII der Anlage 5e ausgegeben.' The current Fassung has dropped the date; this one preserves it.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=25d&FassungVom=2011-04-01)
- [current § 25d Abs. 3 (Muster VIII default, Muster I where approved, the swap right) and Abs. 4 (three-wheelers without a body take Muster VIII).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=25d)
- [Anlage 5e: MRT row (EU emblem +, weiß/schwarz, Wappen +, 4-6 Vormerkzeichen, Muster VII/VIII); KENNZEICHENFORMATE VIII = 210 x 170 mm, VII = 250 x 200 mm.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40267389/NOR40267389.html)
- [§ 49 Abs. 4 (colours, EU field, arms) and Abs. 6 Z 2 (rear only).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49)

## About this plate

April 2005 nur mehr nach dem Muster VIII", which survives in the 2011 consolidated Fassung and was dropped from the current one, a good argument for reading historical Fassungen rather than only today's.

## Use it

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

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