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.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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999-LLL, for example433-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
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Characters
#000000Background#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
- 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
- ajoneuvolaki § 100(2): snowmobile plates go on BOTH SIDES, not front and rear https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2021/82
- 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
- määräys § 3.5: 110 x 124, two rows, no hyphen https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf
- '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")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-snowmobile.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-snowmobile/template.svg