# Poland license plate: Police

> The Poland police license plate: format HPL L999, for example HPM I156, documented since 2025, car, van, truck, bus, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Poland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland) (17 registration series).

![Poland license plate, Police (documented since 2025)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pl/pl-police/poland-license-plate-police.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `HPL L999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2025 → today (documented from 2025; the format is likely older) |
| Class | police |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 520 × 114 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `pl-police` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/police) |

Sources:

- [rozporządzenie MSWiA z 30 września 2025 r. w sprawie rejestracji pojazdów Służby Ochrony Państwa, Policji, ABW, AW, CBA, Straży Granicznej i KAS wykorzystywanych przez Służbę Celno-Skarbową: § 5 ust. 2-4 (the number structure and the six service wyróżniki), § 6 (marked vehicles only), § 14 (in force the day after publication).](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/2025/1326/text/O/D20251326.pdf)

## About this plate

U. 2025 poz. 1326 is merely the latest in a chain running back through Dz. U. 2023 poz. 1778, Dz. U. 2019 poz. 560, Dz. U. 2017 poz. 447, Dz. U. 2011 nr 195 poz. 1160 and further, none of which was read here, so 2025 is the date of the instrument that STATES the rule and NOT the date the HP prefix began.

## Region code notes

But note § 5 ust. 2 pkt 2 and § 6: a service may equally register a vehicle under an ORDINARY voivodeship+powiat number, and must do so for vehicles that are NOT liveried ("Tablic rejestracyjnych, które zawierają wyróżnik województwa i powiatu, nie stosuje się do oznakowanych pojazdów służb"). So an H plate implies a marked service vehicle, while an unmarked one wears a civil plate that no parse can distinguish.

## How numbers are issued

§ 5 ust. 2 pkt 1: the service wyróżnik, then ONE letter from the 25-letter set, then the vehicle wyróżnik, which by ust. 4 is either a letter and three digits 001-999 or two digits 01-99 and two letters. Seven characters in total.

## Use it

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

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