# Italy license plate: Temporary provvisoria

> The Italy temporary provvisoria license plate: format L9 99999, for example N7 87667, documented since 1993, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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

![Italy license plate, Temporary provvisoria (documented since 1993)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/it/it-temporary-provvisoria/italy-license-plate-temporary-provvisoria.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `L9 99999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1993 → today (documented from 1993; the format is likely older) |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `it-temporary-provvisoria` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/italy/temporary-provvisoria) |

Sources:

- [art. 255 c. 1 and c. 2 in full](https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.del.presidente.della.repubblica:1992-12-16;495~art255)
- [art. 99 c. 1 (the six purposes: technical checks, driving to border crossings for export, military reviews, authorised shows and fairs), c. 2 (60 / 180 days)](https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:1992-04-30;285!vig=~art99)
- [Appendice XI comma 1 — the office sigle; art. 214 — veicoli d'epoca use this plate](https://www.normattiva.it/do/atto/caricaAKN?dataGU=19921228&codiceRedaz=092G0531&dataVigenza=20260802)

## About this plate

TARGA PROVVISORIA, issued with a foglio di via. Two things make it more interesting than a typical temporary plate. First, it is the ONLY Italian series still issued that encodes geography in the mark itself, but as an OFFICE code, not a province sigla, so a decoder that reaches for the province table will produce nonsense. Second, it is Italy's historic-vehicle plate by default: art. 214 of the regolamento sends veicoli d'epoca here, "Ai veicoli d'epoca ... per la circolazione nei luoghi consentiti, è rilasciato il foglio di via e la targa provvisoria previsti dall'articolo 99 del codice", with the foglio di via capping speed at 40, 25 or 15 km/h depending on brakes and tyres, and the event needing at least fifteen participants. Anyone looking for an Italian H-Kennzeichen finds this instead.

## How the region is encoded

THE PREFIX IS AN OFFICE CODE, NOT A PROVINCE SIGLA, and confusing the two is the trap this decode file exists to prevent. Appendice XI comma 1 lists the M.C.T.C. provincial offices as a letter plus a number, A1 Alessandria, B6 Milano, P4 Roma, X4 Oristano, grouped under bare region letters (A Piemonte e Valle d'Aosta, B Lombardia, ...) that are headings and not codes. Art. 255 c. 2 lett. a) adds the maintenance rule: "Detto elenco può essere aggiornato con decreto del Ministro dei trasporti e della navigazione, a seguito dell'istituzione di ulteriori province", so the table grows by ministerial decree and decode rows need period discipline.

## How numbers are issued

five-digit progressive series per issuing office (art. 255 c. 2 lett. c))

## How long it is valid

max days: 60. max days special: 180. note: Art. 99 c. 2 del codice: "Il foglio di via deve indicare il percorso, la durata e le eventuali prescrizioni tecniche. La durata non può comunque eccedere i giorni sessanta. Tuttavia, per particolari esigenze di sperimentazione di veicoli nuovi non ancora immatricolati, l'ufficio competente ... può rilasciare alla fabbrica costruttrice uno speciale foglio di via, senza limitazioni di percorso, della durata massima di centottanta giorni."

## Use it

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

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