# Ukraine license plate: Border guard

> The Ukraine border guard license plate: format LLL 999, 2021 to today, car, van, truck, trailer, and machine. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Ukraine license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine) (37 registration series).

![Ukraine license plate, Border guard (2021 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ua/ua-border-guard-2021/ukraine-license-plate-border-guard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2021 → today |
| Class | government |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, trailer, machine |
| Plate size | 520 × 112 mm |
| Other sizes | 220 × 174 mm: тип 14-2 — motorcycles, tractors and tractor trailers; 40 mm characters |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #005BBB on the left |
| 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 | `ua-border-guard-2021` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine/border-guard-2021) |

The leading В designates the Державна прикордонна служба України (ДПСУ) — the State Border Guard Service — followed by a region pair and three digits. The letter is Cyrillic В, which reads B and never V: the likeliest transliteration mistake in the whole system.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `B` | Державна прикордонна служба України (ДПСУ) | State Border Guard Service |

Sources:

- [Додаток 1 підтипи 14-1 / 14-2 «Знаки ... Державної прикордонної служби України»; Додаток 2 Таблиця 5; Додаток 3; Розділ III пп. 1, 3, 9, 15](https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z0353-21)

## About this plate

THE STATE BORDER GUARD SERVICE. The class assignment is a curation judgement and is recorded as such.

## Other government plates here

- [UDO](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine/udo-2024) (2024 to today)
- [SBU](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine/sbu-2023) (2023 to today)
- [DSNS](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine/dsns-2021) (2021 to today)
- [National guard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/ukraine/national-guard-2021) (2021 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ua/ua-border-guard-2021.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/ukraine?series=ua-border-guard-2021
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ua` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "ua-border-guard-2021"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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