# Alberta licence plate: Standard

> The Alberta standard license plate: format LLL-9999, for example TVL-4522, 2010 to today, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Alberta license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--alberta) (8 registration series).

![Alberta (Canada) license plate, Standard (2010 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ab/ca-ab-standard/alberta-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2010 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #1B3F8B |
| 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 | `ca-ab-standard` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--alberta/standard) |

Sources:

- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Alberta)
- [s. 63(1)-(2): the Registrar issues; the Minister approves number, type and colour](https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_320.pdf)

## About this plate

Three letters, a hyphen and four numerals is the arrangement every source reports and no Alberta publication states. The base design itself is reported as introduced in late 1983 and refreshed with an updated provincial logo in July 2019, BASE AND FORMAT HAVE DIFFERENT LIFETIMES in Alberta as they do in Oregon and British Columbia, and neither reported base date is asserted as a series boundary here.

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 3X3](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--alberta/standard-3x3) (from 1975, no longer issued)

## Use it

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

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