Vatican City license plate: CV motorcycle

Issued today 1988 to today. Motorcycle plates for motorcycle and scooter, issued by Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano. One of 8 Vatican City license plates.

Vatican City license plate, CV motorcycle (1988 to today), sample CV 8893

Format, years and the law

Format
CV 9999, for example CV 8893 (9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
1988 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Motorcycle: reduced-size series for motorcycles where format/design differs. Issued for motorcycle and scooter.
Colours
Characters #000000 Background #FFFFFF
Size
177 × 177 mm · every country's size
About this plate
Its number space is independent of the SCV one, so "SCV 0500" and "CV 0500" can both exist.
Format notes
four digits, reported opening at CV 0300 for private motorcycles

Legal basis and sources

  1. PRIMARY: the CV eligibility rule https://www.vaticanstate.va/it/stato-governo/note-generali/sigle-automobilistiche.html
  2. ENTHUSIAST REFERENCE: CV 0300+ residents' motorcycles, four digits https://www.targheitaliane.it/vatican/vatican_i.html

This plate in your app

The series id is va-cv-motorcycle-1988. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Vatican City's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/va \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "va-cv-motorcycle-1988")'