# Switzerland license plate: Dealer U

> The Switzerland dealer U license plate: format LL 999999U, 1977 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, tractor, and machine.

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

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

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999U` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1977 → today |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, tractor, machine |
| Plate size | 300 × 80 mm |
| Other sizes | 500 × 110 mm; 300 × 160 mm; 180 × 140 mm: motorcycle dealer plate; 100 × 140 mm: Kleinmotorrad dealer plate |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `ch-dealer-u` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-u) |

The trailing U is the dealer's mark: the plate belongs to a garage's collective vehicle permit and hops between the cars in its care. No official expansion for the letter is recorded — the U itself, issued since 1 July 1977, is simply the trade's badge.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. c (Händlerschilder carry the letter U); Art. 84 Abs. 2 (separate numbering per special marking); Art. 79 Abs. 1 (indefinite validity); Art. 151 Abs. 4 ('Kontrollschilder mit besonderer Kennzeichnung nach Artikel 82 Absatz 2 Buchstaben b und c werden ab 1. Juli 1977 abgegeben.')](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)
- [VVV Art. 22 (dealer plates are issued for Motorwagen, Motorräder, Kleinmotorräder, agricultural and forestry motor vehicles, work motor vehicles and trailers, with the cross-use table of Abs. 2 and the towing-vehicle rear-plate rule of Abs. 2bis); Art. 23 (issued to businesses meeting the Anhang 4 conditions); Art. 23a (withdrawal); Art. 24 Abs. 1-6 (permitted uses, the 3.5 t goods-transport restrictions, documentation); Art. 25 (who may drive; the two-year log for unaccompanied test drives by prospective buyers); Art. 26 (insurance)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1959/1271_1321_1317/de)

## About this plate

HÄNDLERSCHILDER, the Swiss dealer plate, and the ONLY series in this file with a start date that is a real issuance date rather than an instrument date. VZV Art. 151 Abs. 4 says it in terms: specially-marked plates under Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. b and c "werden ab 1. The compensating audit trail Germany builds into its 06 plate has a Swiss analogue in VVV Art. 25 Abs. 3: a business that lets a prospective buyer take an unaccompanied test drive must keep a register of those journeys for TWO YEARS and show it to the enforcement authorities on demand.

## Who the plate belongs to

A Händlerschild hangs on a KOLLEKTIV- FAHRZEUGAUSWEIS issued to a BUSINESS (VVV Art. 23 Abs. 1) and is fitted to whatever qualifying vehicle the business needs to move, "Der Kollektiv- Fahrzeugausweis berechtigt zum Anbringen der darin genannten Händlerschilder an geprüften und nichtgeprüften ... Fahrzeugen der im Ausweis genannten Art" (Art. 24 Abs. 1).

## How numbers are issued

own number space: Art. 84 Abs. 2 splits numbering by SPECIAL MARKING as well as by colour, so the U series counts from 1 independently in each canton

## How long it is valid

note: VZV Art. 79 Abs. 1: the Kollektiv-Fahrzeugausweis is valid for an indefinite period, unlike the Tagesausweis and the provisional certificate

## Other dealer plates here

- [Dealer pre-1977](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-pre1977) (1977 to 1980)
- [Rental](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/rental-1977) (1977 to 2001)

## Use it

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

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