# South Korea license plate: Non-commercial 8 film

> The South Korea non-commercial 8 film license plate: format 9999999, for example 123가4568, 2020 to today, car. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [South Korea license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea) (21 registration series).

![South Korea license plate, Non-commercial 8 film (2020 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-noncommercial-8-film/south-korea-license-plate-non-commercial-8-film.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2020 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #E4DFD8; characters #393D45; band #0A19FC on the left |
| 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 | `kr-noncommercial-8-film` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-film) |

The plate on almost every Korean car since mid-2020: reflective film, a holographic security grid across the face, and a blue left band with the taegeuk and KOR — Korea's answer to the EU band, a decade later, by its own statutory path.

Three class digits (100–699, passenger car), one private-use syllable, four of serial. The blue taegeuk band is construction, not code — the syllable is the law, certifying the car is neither taxi, bus nor rental.

Sources:

- [law.go.kr](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000176243&type=XML)
- [Art. 2(2), Art. 4(1)1(가), Art. 4(4)나, Art. 5(1) 100-699, Art. 6 proviso](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)
- [Annex 2-2 drawing: 520x110 mm, cells 65.0|50 50 50|85|50 50 50 50|20 = 520.0 exactly, the band GRAPHIC itself 56.3 mm wide with 1.28 mm to the first character cell, character height 85 mm, band with taegeuk and KOR, sample mark 123가4568](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474359)
- [Art. 4(4)나 KS T 3507 white chromaticity corners](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=150966219)

## About this plate

THE CURRENT KOREAN PRIVATE-CAR PLATE. Reflective-film construction with the blue taegeuk/KOR band, in force from 1 July 2020 by 고시 제2019-89호. Format identical to the painted Annex 2-1 plate that preceded it by ten months; the band, the hologram grid and the film construction are the difference, which is why this is its own series and not a variant. Old plates stay valid: 고시 제2018-529호 부칙 제2조 deems every plate fitted under the former provisions compliant.

## Region code notes

Art. 6 proviso, non-commercial plates carry NO authority mark.

## How numbers are issued

「자동차등록령」 제21조제1항: numbers are assigned 순서대로 (in sequence) within type and use; the proviso lets the registrant pick one of ten randomly drawn numbers within ranges the Minister sets. Intra-range allocation order is not published.

## About the format

DIGIT SKELETON ONLY, see the SCRIPT LINE in this file's header. The printed mark is three class digits, one HANGUL syllable, four serial digits, with no separator: 123가4568.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Non-commercial 7 long](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-7-long) | documented 2009 to 2019 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Corporate green](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/corporate-green) (2024 to today)
- [Non-commercial 8 heavy film](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-heavy-film) (2021 to today)
- [Non-commercial 8 heavy paint](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-heavy-paint) (2021 to today)
- [Non-commercial 8 paint](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-paint) (2019 to today)
- [Non-commercial large](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-large) (2004 to today)
- [Non-commercial short](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-short) (2004 to today)
- [Non-commercial 7 long](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-7-long) (documented 2009 to 2019)
- [Non-commercial 7 long heavy](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-7-long-heavy) (documented 2009 to 2021)
- [Regional non-commercial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/regional-noncommercial) (1996 to 2004)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-noncommercial-8-film.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-korea?series=kr-noncommercial-8-film
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/kr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "kr-noncommercial-8-film"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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