# South Korea license plate: Temporary short plate

> The South Korea temporary short plate license plate: format 99999, for example 68444, documented since 2009, car, bus, van, truck, and machine.

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

![South Korea license plate, Temporary short plate (documented since 2009)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/kr/kr-temporary-short-plate/south-korea-license-plate-temporary-short-plate.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2009 → today (documented from 2009; the format is likely older) |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, bus, van, truck, machine |
| Plate size | 335 × 155 mm |
| Colours | background #F2F2F2; characters #282828 |
| 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-temporary-short-plate` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/temporary-short-plate) |

Same decode as the long temporary plate: the literal 임 — head syllable of 임시, "temporary" — followed by five permit digits, on the compact blank for vehicles that cannot take the strip.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `임` | 임시운행 | temporary operation |

Sources:

- [Annex 9 drawing: 허가 기간이 11일 이상인 임시운행 허가 번호판 335x155 mm, 임 at 79.5 mm cell, five digits at 45 mm, issuer 경기도지사](https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/flDownload.do?flSeq=158474401)
- [Art. 2(3), Art. 4(3)](https://www.law.go.kr/DRF/lawService.do?OC=test&target=admrul&ID=2100000256300&type=XML)

## About this plate

The eleven-days-or-more temporary plate in the compact 335 x 155 mm size.

## About the format

Digit skeleton only; printed mark 임01234 on a 335x155 mm plate.

## Other temporary plates here

- [Temporary long](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/temporary-long) (documented since 2009)
- [Temporary short-term](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/south-korea/temporary-shortterm) (documented since 2009)

## Use it

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

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