# South Africa license plate: FS standard 3L3F

> The South Africa FS standard 3L3F license plate: format LLL 999 FS, for example NFR 487 FS, documented since 2000.

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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 standard 3L3F (documented since 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-fs-standard-3l3f/south-africa-license-plate-fs-standard-3l3f.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999 FS` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2000 → today (documented from 2000; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 113 mm |
| Other sizes | 250 × 205 mm: reg 35(10); 250 × 165 mm: reg 35(10) |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; 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 | `za-fs-standard-3l3f` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/fs-standard-3l3f) |

Sources:

- [reg 27(2)(a)(ii)(aa) + proviso](https://disasterlaw.ifrc.org/sites/default/files/media/disaster_law/2021-06/%20ROAD%20TRAFFIC%20REGULATIONS,%202000.pdf)
- [Free State Provincial Notice 51 of 2002, Provincial Gazette 25 of 9 April 2002, made under reg 27: para 3(c) black letters on white retro-reflective with the Schedule 1/3 landscape; para 12 metal only (SABS 1116 Part 2); para 14 'This notice takes effect on 1 June 2002'; Schedule 3 para 1 FE modified 75 mm; Schedule 3 para 4 the FS-in-a-circle sheeting mark](https://www.policeroadstransport.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Licence-number-plate-for-the-Free-State-2002.pdf)
- [Free State Provincial Notice 16 of 2010, Provincial Gazette 17 of 23 April 2010: deletes the number-plate validation label and the five-year plate-replacement rule from PN 51 of 2002](https://www.policeroadstransport.fs.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Amendment-of-personalised-and-licence-number-plates-for-the-Free-State-2010.pdf)

## About this plate

FREE STATE, three letters + three figures + FS. The SERIAL grammar is the national reg 27 grammar; what is province-specific and fully primary here is the DESIGN: black on white with the cheetah landscape from 1 June 2002 (Provincial Notice 51 of 2002), metal plates only, with a four-year run-out for existing plastic and for the older black-on-white and black-on-yellow plates authorised by the repealed Government Notice 1579 of 28 November 1997.

## Other standard plates here

- [GP standard 2L2F2L](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/gp-standard-2l2f2l) (2023 to today)
- [ZN standard 2L2F2L](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zn-standard-2l2f2l) (2023 to today)
- [EC standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/ec-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [GP standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/gp-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [LP standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/lp-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [MP standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/mp-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [NC standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/nc-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [NW standard 3L3F](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/nw-standard-3l3f) (documented since 2000)
- [WC RA mark](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/wc-ra-mark) (documented since 2000)
- [ZN RA mark](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-africa/zn-ra-mark) (documented 2000 to 2023)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/za/za-fs-standard-3l3f.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-africa?series=za-fs-standard-3l3f
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/za` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "za-fs-standard-3l3f"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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