Slovakia license plate: Diplomatic staff

Issued today Documented since 1997. Diplomatic plates for car and van, issued by Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky. One of 21 Slovakia license plates.

Slovakia license plate, Diplomatic staff (documented since 1997), sample ZZ 64396

Format, years and the law

Format
ZZ 99999, for example ZZ 64396 (9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 1997; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car and van.
Colours
Characters #FFCC00 Background #003399
Size
520 × 110 mm · every country's size
About this plate
The class is the least-wrong fit and the mismatch is stated rather than hidden.

Legal basis and sources

  1. slov-lex.sk https://www.slov-lex.sk/static/pdf/2009/8/ZZ_2009_8_20230101.pdf
  2. vyhláška MV SR č. 90/1997 Z. z. § 45 ods. 2. https://www.slov-lex.sk/static/pdf/1997/90/ZZ_1997_90_19970401.pdf

This plate in your app

The series id is sk-diplomatic-staff. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Slovakia's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/sk \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "sk-diplomatic-staff")'