# Austria license plate: Wunschkennzeichen

> The Austria wunschkennzeichen license plate: format LL-LLL99, for example JR-KYO33, 1989 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, and trailer.

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

![Austria license plate, Wunschkennzeichen (1989 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-wunschkennzeichen/austria-license-plate-wunschkennzeichen.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-LLL99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1989 → today |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 120 mm |
| Other sizes | 460 × 120 mm: Muster IX — § 25d Abs. 6 KDV: 'Bei kurzen Wunschkennzeichen mit bis zu drei, in den Landeshauptstädten und Wien zugewiesenen Kennzeichen mit bis zu vier Vormerkzeichen können auf Antrag auch vordere Kennzeichentafeln nach dem Muster IX (Format 460 x 120 mm) ausgegeben werden' — a FRONT-ONLY variant, and the one place Austrian law makes front and rear plates differ; 300 × 200 mm: Muster III; 210 × 170 mm: Muster VIII, motorcycles |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| 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-wunschkennzeichen` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/wunschkennzeichen) |

The district code stays; the rest is whatever you paid for, letters first and digits last — inverting the standard order, so a vanity plate is spottable at a glance. The KDV keeps a blacklist: BH is refused, glossed "Blood and Honour" by the regulation itself.

Sources:

- [§ 48a: Abs. 1 (the non-authority part may be freely chosen), Abs. 2 lit. a-d (form set by Verordnung, not already assigned or reserved, not reserved for a special-use class, not ridiculous or offensive alone or in combination with the authority code), Abs. 3-4 (200 EUR levy + 14 EUR administration fee), Abs. 7 ('ein höchstpersönliches Recht, das nicht auf andere Personen übertragbar ist ... auf den Wirkungsbereich der Behörde beschränkt'), Abs. 7a (early surrender), Abs. 8/8a/8b (15 years, renewal, lapse).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=48a)
- [§ 26 Abs. 6 Z 3 (the inverted grammar and the length table), Z 4-5 (charset), Abs. 8 (the enumerated offensive combinations).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=26)
- [§ 25d Abs. 6: the 460 x 120 mm front plate for short Wunschkennzeichen.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011385&Paragraf=25d)
- [BGBl. Nr. 375/1988 Art. I Z 33 inserts § 48a with the 15-year rule already in it; Art. V Abs. 4 lit. b commences it on 1 January 1989; Art. V Abs. 5 caps the plate-issue commencement for Wunschkennzeichen at 1 January 1990.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1988_375_0/1988_375_0.pdf)

## How numbers are issued

§ 26 Abs. 6 Z 3 KDV inverts the ordinary shape: lit. d "mindestens einen Buchstaben und mindestens eine Ziffer enthalten", lit. e "mit einem Buchstaben beginnen und mit einer Ziffer enden", lit. f the same closed-block rule. LETTERS THEN DIGITS.

## How long it is valid

years: 15. note: § 48a Abs. 8 KFG: "Das Recht zur Führung eines Wunschkennzeichens erlischt spätestens nach Ablauf von 15 Jahren ab dem Tag der ersten Zuweisung, im Fall vorangegangener Reservierung ab Bekanntgabe der Reservierung." Unused reservations lapse after five years. Abs. 8a allows a 15-year renewal applied for at most six months before expiry against the 200 EUR Verkehrssicherheitsbeitrag; Abs. 8b requires plates with a lapsed Wunschkennzeichen to be surrendered and a Standardkennzeichen assigned. DEREGISTERING THE VEHICLE DOES NOT END THE RIGHT: "Eine Abmeldung des Fahrzeuges mit dem Wunschkennzeichen oder eine Aufhebung der Zulassung innerhalb des 15-jährigen Zeitraumes lässt das Recht auf Führung des Wunschkennzeichens unberührt."

## Use it

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

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