# Québec licence plate: Diplomatic CD

> The Québec diplomatic CD license plate: format CD 9999, for example CD 8215, 1991 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Québec license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--quebec) (16 registration series).

![Québec (Canada) license plate, Diplomatic CD (1991 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ca-qc/ca-qc-diplomatic-cd/quebec-license-plate-diplomatic-cd.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD 9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1991 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 30 × 15 cm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #003DA5 |
| 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-qc-diplomatic-cd` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/canada--quebec/diplomatic-cd) |

Sources:

- [Règlement art. 98, verbatim above, with the two-vehicle cap](https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/document/rc/C-24.2,%20r.%2029)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Quebec)

## About this plate

THE PERMISSIVE VERB IS THE FINDING. Québec's diplomatic and consular prefixes are the only two in the whole art. 97-159 table introduced by « Peut porter » rather than « porte », so a CD plate is evidence of a diplomatic vehicle while the absence of one is evidence of nothing.

## Who can have one

text: Règlement art. 98, opening verbatim: « Peut porter le préfixe “CD”, la plaque d'immatriculation d'un véhicule de promenade: 1° qui est un véhicule officiel appartenant à un État étranger qui a une représentation permanente accréditée auprès d'une organisation internationale gouvernementale ayant conclu une entente avec le gouvernement relative à son établissement au Québec; ... ». translation note: OUR TRANSLATION: a passenger vehicle's plate MAY bear the CD prefix where the vehicle is an official vehicle belonging to a foreign state with a permanent mission accredited to an intergovernmental international organization that has an establishment agreement with the government of Québec, and in the further cases the article enumerates.. cap: Art. 98 in fine caps at TWO the number of vehicles registrable on a CD plate by a person within its paragraphs 3 or 4.. permissive note: NOTE THE VERB: « PEUT porter », MAY bear. Unlike arts. 100, 110, 113 and 114, which say « porte » (bears), the diplomatic and consular prefixes are permissive. A diplomatic vehicle in Québec may lawfully wear an ordinary plate.

## Use it

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

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