# Switzerland license plate: Rental

> The Switzerland rental license plate: format LL 999999, for example WE 348835, 1977 to 2001, car, van, and bus.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Rental (1977 to 2001)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-rental-1977/switzerland-license-plate-rental.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1977–2001 |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, bus |
| 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-rental-1977` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/rental-1977) |

Canton letters as ever on Switzerland's short-lived rental-car marking, which the ordinance grouped with the dealer plates. Repealed in 2001 — since then a Swiss rental car is indistinguishable from any other, which is rather the point.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. b, now shown as repealed with the footnote 'Aufgehoben durch Ziff. I der V vom 11. April 2001, mit Wirkung seit 1. Juni 2001 (AS 2001 1387)'; Art. 151 Abs. 4 (specially-marked plates under Abs. 2 lit. b and c issued from 1 July 1977)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)

## About this plate

THE MIETWAGEN (RENTAL-CAR) SERIES, ENDED, and the cleanest dated pair of brackets in this file: it begins on 1 July 1977 with Art. 151 Abs. 4's issuance date for specially-marked plates under Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. b, and it ends on 1 June 2001 with lit. b's repeal (AS 2001 1387). Both dates come from the consolidated ordinance's own apparatus. Since 1 June 2001 Swiss rental cars have carried ordinary plates, which is why no live successor series exists.

## About the format

Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. b required rental-car plates to be specially marked but the repealing amendment took the DESCRIPTION of the marking out with the letter, so the consolidated text now reads "b. …" and no primary in reach says what the mark was. Guessing the marking letter was declined.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Dealer U](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-u) (1977 to today)
- [Dealer pre-1977](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/dealer-pre1977) (1977 to 1980)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-rental-1977.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/switzerland?series=ch-rental-1977
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ch` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ch-rental-1977"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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