# British Columbia licence plate: Personalized

> The British Columbia personalized license plate: format LLLLLL, for example CDNDRD, 1979 to today, car, van, truck, and motorcycle.

Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia/personalized · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms

Part of [British Columbia license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia) (13 registration series).

![British Columbia (Canada) license plate, Personalized (1979 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-bc/ca-bc-personalized/british-columbia-license-plate-personalized.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLLLLL` (L is any letter) |
| Years | 1979 → today |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, motorcycle |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #12326E |
| 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-bc-personalized` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--british-columbia/personalized) |

Sources:

- [Division 34 ss. 34.01-34.08, enactment note B.C. Reg. 295/79](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/26_58_10)
- [six-character bound](https://partners.icbc.com/assets/5GMseymkqs8E4Otb8osoGQ/bulletin-33-new-licence-plate-configurations.pdf)

## About this plate

Division 34 of B.C. Reg. 26/58 is the personalised-plate regime and it was ADDED BY B.C. Reg. 295/79, every operative section of Division 34 carries the enactment note "[en. B.C. Reg. Reg. 34.04 states the refusal grounds verbatim: a combination "identical to one already in use", "identical to a number plate in an existing or projected series of number plates to be issued", one that "could create identification problems", one that "is unseemly, vulgar, indecent or may offend any person", or one that "might distract the drivers of other vehicles so as to reduce the level of their driving care or attention". Reg. 34.05(1) bars personalised plates on farm vehicles, 'vintage'-plated antique cars, collector-plated vehicles, trailers, Commercial Transport Act vehicles over 5 500 kg, and Division 24 vehicles other than neighbourhood zero-emission vehicles. Reg. 34.10(1)(c) dates the fee regime to plates "issued on or after January 1, 1984". No character-count rule is stated in the regulation; the six-character bound comes from bulletin 33.

## Use it

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

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