# Switzerland license plate: Motorfahrrad

> The Switzerland motorfahrrad license plate: format LL 999999, for example LU 217047, 1978 to today, moped. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Motorfahrrad (1978 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-motorfahrrad/switzerland-license-plate-motorfahrrad.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1978 → today |
| Class | moped |
| Issued for | moped |
| Plate size | 100 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFF00; characters #000000 |
| 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 | `ch-motorfahrrad` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/motorfahrrad) |

Canton letters and number read normally; the live part is the vignette — a fresh insurance sticker each year keeps a Swiss moped legal. The binding is the loosest anywhere: one number may serve several mopeds of the same keeper at once.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 90 (a moped is admitted with its Fahrzeugausweis, the plate named in it and a valid insurance vignette); Art. 94 Abs. 1-6 (issuing canton, one number reusable across several mopeds of the same keeper, 30-day substitute rule, transfer on vehicle change, and the 14x10 cm yellow reflective plate with the letters in the upper third left and the number below); Art. 95 Abs. 2 (a new plate from the new canton when the Standort moves); Art. 151 Abs. 6 (mopeds imported or made in Switzerland FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 must carry a Fahrzeugausweis and Kontrollschild under this ordinance; earlier ones ran on the old-law Etikette and transferable insurance mark until 31 December 1983)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)
- [VVV Art. 35 Abs. 1-4 (the vignette IS the insurance proof; design per Anhang 3; last two digits of the issue year plus an individual number; placed in the upper third of the plate; minimum cover CHF 2 million), Art. 36 Abs. 1 (valid 1 January of the printed year to 31 May of the following year)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1959/1271_1321_1317/de)

## About this plate

Art. 94's present wording dates from 1 January 2012 (AS 2011 4941). THE OWNER-BINDING IS SHARPEST HERE: Art. 94 Abs. 3 lets the SAME plate number be entered in the Fahrzeugausweise of several mopeds of the same keeper in the same canton, and Abs. 4 lets it move to a substitute moped for up to 30 days without any authorisation at all.

## Separators

letters in the upper third, number in the lower part (Art. 94 Abs. 6), a line break, not a printed point

## Other moped plates here

- [Light motor yellow](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/lightmotor-yellow) (documented since 1977)

## Use it

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

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