# South Africa license plate: FS personalised

> The South Africa FS personalised license plate: format LLL FS, for example SKG FS, 2002 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [South Africa license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa) (20 registration series).

![South Africa license plate, FS personalised (2002 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-fs-personalised/south-africa-license-plate-fs-personalised.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL FS` (L is any letter) |
| Years | 2002 → today |
| Class | personalized |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Other sizes | 305 × 165 mm: Free State PN 278 of 2006: seven characters + FS may be displayed only on 520 x 113 mm and 305 x 165 mm plates, and the 305 x 165 mm plate uses FE modified 60 mm rather than 75 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #006400 |
| 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 | `za-fs-personalised` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/fs-personalised) |

Sources:

- [Free State Provincial Notice 52 of 2002, Provincial Gazette 25 of 9 April 2002, made under regs 28, 28A and 29(2): para 2(1) the six-character grammar; para 3 'dark green letters and figures on a white retro-reflective surface with a landscape as set out in Schedules 1 and 2'; para 19 metal plates only; para 21 'This notice shall take effect on 10 April 2002'; Schedule 2 para 1 FE modified 75 mm](https://www.policeroadstransport.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Personalised-licence-number-system-for-the-Free-State-2002.pdf)
- [Free State Provincial Notice 278 of 2006, Provincial Gazette 102 of 15 December 2006: six -> seven characters, the 520 x 113 / 305 x 165 restriction, FE modified 60 mm on the smaller plate, metal OR plastic; para 4 'This Notice takes effect on 1 April 2007'](https://www.policeroadstransport.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Amendment-of-personal-licence-number-system-2006.pdf)
- [Free State Provincial Notice 16 of 2010: repeals the validation label and the plate-validity period](https://www.policeroadstransport.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Amendment-of-personalised-and-licence-number-plates-for-the-Free-State-2010.pdf)
- [reg 28; reg 28(4A) and reg 27(2)(bA), both inserted by r. 2-3 of GNR.779 w.e.f. 4 June 2002, which give the Free State MEC alone the power to determine the TYPE of number plate notwithstanding reg 35](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)

## About this plate

FREE STATE personalised numbers, DARK GREEN characters on white with the cheetah landscape, from 10 April 2002. The Free State is also the one province with a bespoke national carve-out: GNR.779 of 4 June 2002 inserted reg 27(2)(bA) and reg 28(4A) to let the Free State MEC determine the TYPE of plate notwithstanding reg 35.

## Other personalized plates here

- [GP personalised](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/gp-personalised) (documented since 2000)
- [WC personalised](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/wc-personalised) (documented since 2000)

## Use it

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

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