# Japan license plate: Kei goods 3-digit > The Japan kei goods 3-digit license plate: format 499 99-99, for example 484 28-74, 2005 to today, van and truck. Page: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-3digit · Markdown version of the HTML page, which is canonical. Site map: https://vehiclesdb.com/llms.txt · Terms of use: https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/terms Part of [Japan license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan) (47 registration series). ![Japan license plate, Kei goods 3-digit (2005 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-kei-goods-3digit/japan-license-plate-kei-goods-3-digit.svg) | Fact | Value | |---|---| | Format | `499 99-99` (9 any digit) | | Years | 2005 → today | | Class | standard | | Issued for | van, truck | | Plate size | 330 × 165 mm | | Colours | background #FFD400; characters #000000 | | Rear plate differs from the front | no | | Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. | | Series id | `jp-kei-goods-3digit` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-3digit) | Sources: - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074) - [第四十五条第一項第二号 + 第十二号様式 remark (3): 「車両番号標の塗色は、事業用自動車にあつては黒地に黄文字とし、自家用自動車にあつては黄地に黒文字とするほか、国土交通大臣の定めるところによる。」; the drawing gives 330 x 165 mm](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326M50000800074) - [laws.e-gov.go.jp](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/api/1/lawdata/326M50000800074) - [第五十九条 (検査対象軽自動車 defined), 第六十条第一項 (the vehicle number is assigned on first inspection), 第七十三条第一項 (display obligation)](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185) - [secondary: kei three-digit class codes and the kei desired-number system from 2005-01-04](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本のナンバープレート) ## What each position encodes - 運輸支局等を表示する文字 - 分類番号 - 平仮名又はローマ字 - 四けた以下のアラビア数字 ## About this plate The kei van and kei truck, the working half of the yellow-plate fleet. THREE-DIGIT NUMERIC KEI CLASS CODE, the current ordinary kei issue. THE OVERFLOW BLOCKS ARE NOT SYMMETRIC WITH THE TWO-DIGIT ONES, and this is the fact a parse API needs: 別表第二の四 gives kei goods 「４０から４９まで、４００から４９９まで、６００から６９９まで」, a 40-49 two-digit block but BOTH 400-499 and 600-699 in three digits. ## How the region is encoded Kei numbers use the SAME statutory office table as registered vehicles, by the express cross-reference in 道路運送車両法施行規則 第三十六条の十七第二項 (「…自動車登録規則…の別表第一に定めるところによる。」). A kei plate therefore decodes to a place with exactly the registered plate's confidence and exactly its caveats. ## Before and after | Relation | Series | Years | |---|---|---| | It replaced | [Kei goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-2digit) | documented 1970 to 2005 | ## Other standard plates here - [Kei goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei special purpose alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered bus alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small goods alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered small passenger alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Registered special purpose alnum](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-alnum) (2017 to today) - [Kei passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Kei special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-3digit) (2005 to today) - [Registered bus 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small goods 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered small passenger 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Registered special purpose 3-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-3digit) (1998 to today) - [Kei US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Registered classcode 1-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-classcode-1digit) (documented since 1970) - [Registered US forces](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-usforces) (documented since 1970) - [Kei goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Kei special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/kei-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 2005) - [Registered bus 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-bus-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small goods 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-goods-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered small passenger 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-small-passenger-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) - [Registered special purpose 2-digit](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/japan/registered-special-purpose-2digit) (documented 1970 to 1999) ## Use it - Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/jp/jp-kei-goods-3digit.svg - Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/japan?series=jp-kei-goods-3digit - API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/jp` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "jp-kei-goods-3digit"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api) --- Open data, CC BY 4.0: reuse it with a visible credit to VehiclesDB and a link (https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution). 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