# Netherlands license plate: Sidecode 6 car

> The Netherlands sidecode 6 car license plate: format 99-LL-LL, for example 87-NR-NW, 2000 to today, car, cited to RDW (Dienst Wegverkeer).

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Part of [Netherlands license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands) (33 registration series).

![Netherlands license plate, Sidecode 6 car (2000 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nl/nl-sidecode6-car/netherlands-license-plate-sidecode-6-car.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99-LL-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2000 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 210 mm: rechthoekig (two-line) model 27.2; 310 × 110 mm: 'Amerikaans model' 18.2 — only where the vehicle record carries code 55 'kentekenplaat model 18.2 toegestaan' |
| Colours | background #F9B700; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left; border #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 | `nl-sidecode6-car` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode6-car) |

Sources:

- [Auto's: serie 6, combinatie 99-XX-XX, ingangsdatum 20-01-2000](https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/overzicht-van-kentekenseries)
- [personenauto first letters G H J K L N P R S T X Z](https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/cijfers-en-letters-op-de-kentekenplaat)
- [gele plaat, zwart kader, blauw EU-vlak met NL; 520x110 of 340x210](https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/soorten-kentekenplaten)

## About this plate

Sidecode 6 for PASSENGER CARS, from 20-01-2000. The first NL series to be issued under the EU-band yellow design. Parallel with sidecodes 7-11: RDW exhausts a series before switching, so all six car series remain live stock.

## How numbers are issued

letter groups advance; RDW does not publish the intra-series allocation order

## Other standard plates here

- [Sidecode 11 car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode11-car) (2024 to today)
- [Sidecode 12 light commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode12-lightcommercial) (2024 to today)
- [Sidecode 10 car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode10-car) (2019 to today)
- [Sidecode 11 light commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode11-lightcommercial) (2019 to today)
- [Sidecode 10 light commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode10-lightcommercial) (2016 to today)
- [Sidecode 9 car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode9-car) (2015 to today)
- [Sidecode 8 car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode8-car) (2013 to today)
- [Sidecode 7 heavy commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode7-heavycommercial) (2012 to today)
- [Sidecode 9 light commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode9-lightcommercial) (2012 to today)
- [Sidecode 8 light commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode8-lightcommercial) (2009 to today)
- [Sidecode 7 car](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode7-car) (2008 to today)
- [Sidecode 5 heavy commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/netherlands/sidecode5-heavycommercial) (1994 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nl/nl-sidecode6-car.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/netherlands?series=nl-sidecode6-car
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/nl` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "nl-sidecode6-car"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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