Finland license plate: Snowmobile

Issued today Documented since 1996. Agricultural plates for snowmobile, issued by Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). One of 18 Finland license plates.

Finland license plate, Snowmobile (documented since 1996), sample 433-XUZ

Format, years and the law

Format
999-LLL, for example 433-XUZ (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 1996; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Agricultural: farm vehicles/equipment where separately serialized. Issued for snowmobile.
Colours
Characters #000000 Background #F3A513
Size
124 × 110 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Flagged as a vocabulary gap. Geometrically identical to the moped plate, so ground colour is the whole distinction.
Separators
two-row plate; hyphen forbidden (määräys § 3.5)

Legal basis and sources

  1. A 162/2021 § 16(1)(3) yellow ground, digits then at most 3 letters; § 14(2) two plates for a snowmobile https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf
  2. ajoneuvolaki § 100(2): snowmobile plates go on BOTH SIDES, not front and rear https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2021/82
  3. A 1598/1995 § 36(1)(e): the same yellow rule for snowmobiles, tractors and motorised work machines since 1.1.1996 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1995/1598
  4. määräys § 3.5: 110 x 124, two rows, no hyphen https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf
  5. 'Moottorikelkan kilpi (110x123 mm)', the gallery says 123 mm where the regulation says 124 mm; the regulation governs https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet

This plate in your app

The series id is fi-snowmobile. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Finland's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fi \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "fi-snowmobile")'