# Alberta licence plate: Trailer

> The Alberta trailer license plate: format 9999-LL, for example 9830-OQ, documented since 2002, trailer. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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

![Alberta (Canada) license plate, Trailer (documented since 2002)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-ab/ca-ab-trailer/alberta-license-plate-trailer.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2002 → today (documented from 2002; the format is likely older) |
| Class | trailer |
| Issued for | trailer |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #1B3F8B |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `ca-ab-trailer` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--alberta/trailer) |

Sources:

- [ss. 68(1)-(3), 69(1)-(2)](https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/documents/Regs/2002_320.pdf)

## About this plate

AR 320/2002 s. 68: a trailer plate may be transferred between trailers of the same owner with the Registrar's consent (s. 68(1)) but never "from one trailer owner to another" (s. 68(2)); a trailer-rental business may not rent out a trailer without a trailer plate on it (s. 68(3)). s. 69 adds the Alberta oddity: the Registrar "may issue a TRAILER licence plate to the owner of a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE if the owner is engaged in the business of towing trailers", and that owner "may attach the trailer licence plate to a trailer towed by the commercial vehicle", a trailer plate bound to the tractor's operator rather than to any trailer.

## Use it

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

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