# Italy license plate: Provincial motorcycle

> The Italy provincial motorcycle license plate: format LL 999999, for example RZ 609917, documented 1959 to 1996, motorcycle.

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

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

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1959–1996 (documented from 1959; the format is likely older) |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle |
| Plate size | 165 × 165 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #0000A0 |
| 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-provincial-motorcycle-1959` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy/provincial-motorcycle-1959) |

Sources:

- [art. 322: 'La targa di riconoscimento per i motoveicoli è ... di forma quadrata, con il lato di mm. 165 ... Essa porta in rilievo, in carattere blu su fondo bianco, il contrassegno d'immatricolazione del motoveicolo formato dalla sigla d'individuazione della provincia'](https://www.normattiva.it/do/atto/caricaAKN?dataGU=19590630&codiceRedaz=059U0420&dataVigenza=19920101)

## About this plate

THE BLUE-ON-WHITE MOTORCYCLE PLATE, and the one genuinely surprising colour fact in Italian plate law: while cars carried white on black, motorcycles carried BLUE on white under the same 1959 regolamento. The 165 x 165 mm square survived the 1993 reform unchanged and did not grow until 1999.

## Other motorcycle plates here

- [Motorcycle 1999](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy/motorcycle-1999) (documented since 1999)
- [Motorcycle 1993](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy/motorcycle-1993) (documented 1993 to 1999)

## Use it

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

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