# Italy license plate: Diplomatic

> The Italy diplomatic license plate: format CD 999999, for example CD 280947, documented 1959 to 1996, car. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Italy license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy) (20 registration series).

![Italy license plate, Diplomatic (documented 1959 to 1996)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/it/it-diplomatic-1959/italy-license-plate-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD 999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1959–1996 (documented from 1959; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car |
| Plate size | 275 × 200 mm |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #C0C0C0 |
| 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 | `it-diplomatic-1959` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy/diplomatic-1959) |

Sources:

- [D.P.R. 420/1959 art. 327: 'AUTOVETTURE APPARTENENTI AGLI AGENTI DIPLOMATICI' — anticorodal aluminium, 275 x 200 mm, polished-aluminium characters on black, sigla CD + marchio + registration number; transfer to another car of the same owner may be authorised by the Ministry](https://www.normattiva.it/do/atto/caricaAKN?dataGU=19590630&codiceRedaz=059U0420&dataVigenza=19920101)
- [art. 131 c. 2: the CURRENT plate's type and characteristics are set 'con decreto del Ministro dei trasporti, di concerto con il Ministro degli affari esteri'; c. 4: expiry with diplomatic status](https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:1992-04-30;285!vig=~art131)

## About this plate

Italy's CURRENT diplomatic and consular plates are real and are not modelled: art. 131 c. 2 of the codice delegates their type and characteristics to a joint decree of the transport and foreign ministries, that decree was not located, and DPR 495/1992 contains no diplomatic provision at all. What IS sourced is the plate this one replaced, and it is worth having: silver-on-black, the same 275 x 200 mm as an ordinary rear plate, and legally attached to a STATUS rather than to a vehicle or a keeper, since art. 327 let the Ministry move it to another car of the same owner and art. 131 c. 4 kills it the moment diplomatic status ends.

## How long it is valid

note: art. 131 c. 4 del codice (current law, same rule): validity 'scade al momento in cui cessa lo status diplomatico di colui al quale il veicolo appartiene'; the plate must be returned within ninety days

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/it/it-diplomatic-1959.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/italy?series=it-diplomatic-1959
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/it` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "it-diplomatic-1959"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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