# Switzerland license plate: Dealer pre-1977

> The Switzerland dealer pre-1977 license plate: format LL 999999, for example RQ 652577, 1977 to 1980, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Switzerland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland) (17 registration series).

![Switzerland license plate, Dealer pre-1977 (1977 to 1980)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-dealer-pre1977/switzerland-license-plate-dealer-pre-1977.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1977–1980 |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 300 × 80 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `ch-dealer-pre1977` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-pre1977) |

Only the canton code is left to read. How these pre-1977 dealer, rental and test plates were specially marked sits in repealed instruments nobody has retrieved — and by 1 January 1980 every last one had to be off the road.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 151 Abs. 4, verbatim: 'Die bisherigen Schilder für Mietwagen, Händler- und Versuchsschilder sind innerhalb dreier Jahre seit Inkrafttreten dieser Verordnung gegen Schilder mit besonderer Kennzeichnung auszutauschen.'; Art. 151 Abs. 5 ('Kontrollschilder früherer Formate sind zu ersetzen, wenn die zuständige Behörde den Fahrzeughalter dazu auffordert'); Art. 152 (repealing the pre-VZV Bundesratsbeschlüsse, including the BRB of 22 January 1969 on diplomatic and consular plates)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)

## About this plate

What the period records is the WINDOW in which they remained lawfully on Swiss roads under the VZV's own transitional rule: from the VZV's entry into force on 1 January 1977 until the three-year exchange deadline expired on 1 January 1980.

## About the format

A match says only "this string has the shape of a Swiss cantonal registration", never that it is a pre-1977 dealer plate.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Dealer U](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-u) (1977 to today)
- [Rental](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/rental-1977) (1977 to 2001)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-dealer-pre1977.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/switzerland?series=ch-dealer-pre1977
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ch` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ch-dealer-pre1977"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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