# South Korea license plate: Non-commercial 8 paint

> The South Korea non-commercial 8 paint license plate: format 9999999, for example 3760234, 2019 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 paint (2019 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-noncommercial-8-paint/south-korea-license-plate-non-commercial-8-paint.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2019 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background CIE L* 89.10 a* 0.58 b* 3.95, ΔE*ab ≤ 3 #E4DFD8; characters #393D45 |
| 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-paint` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-paint) |

The 2019 reform in three digits: class codes 100–699 mark a passenger car, a roughly sixfold expansion of the old 01–69 space. The syllable after them still comes from the 32 private-use syllables; the last four digits are only a serial.

Sources:

- [law.go.kr](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000149714&type=XML)
- [Art. 2(2), Art. 4(1)1(가), Art. 4(4)가, Art. 5(1)](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)
- [Annex 2-1 drawing: 520x110 mm, cells 30|55 55 55|75|55 55 55 55|30, character height 83 mm, sample mark 123가4568](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474325)

## About this plate

THE 2019 EIGHT-CHARACTER REFORM ITSELF, in its painted form. Annex 2-1 entered force 1 September 2019 and is the instrument that took the Korean passenger-car class code from two digits to three (01-69 -> 100-699), buying roughly a sixfold expansion of the number space.

## About the format

Digit skeleton only; printed mark is 123가4568. See the SCRIPT LINE header.

## 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 film](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/noncommercial-8-film) (2020 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-paint.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/south-korea?series=kr-noncommercial-8-paint
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/kr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "kr-noncommercial-8-paint"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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