# Finland license plate: Snowmobile

> The Finland snowmobile license plate: format 999-LLL, for example 433-XUZ, documented since 1996, snowmobile. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Finland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland) (18 registration series).

![Finland license plate, Snowmobile (documented since 1996)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-snowmobile/finland-license-plate-snowmobile.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999-LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1996 → today (documented from 1996; the format is likely older) |
| Class | agricultural |
| Issued for | snowmobile |
| Plate size | 124 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #F3A513; characters #000000; border #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `fi-snowmobile` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/snowmobile) |

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)

## 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)

## Other agricultural plates here

- [Tractor](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/tractor) (documented since 1996)

## Use it

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

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