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In common with many countries, 'Polish car numer plates' indicate the region of registration of the vehicle encoded in the number plate.

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General

'Polish car number plates' since May 1, 2000

District indicators

'1976 - 2000' series

'1956-1976 series'

See also

External links

General

The registration plate is linked to the owner of the vehicle and depends on where that person is registered as living, or 'zameldowany", in the case of a physical owner, or if it is owned by a company, the place of registration is determined by the seat of the company. Vehicles leased under operating leases and many de facto finance leases will be registered at the seat of the lessor. When a vehicle changes hands, it is usual for the new owner to obtain a new licence plate and a new vehicle registration document corresponding to his or her registered address.
The change in system shown below in 2001 is related to the reduction in the previous year of the number of voivodeships in Poland from 49 to 16, in order to reduce the proportion of the national budget on administration, and this was modelled on the German model of "Länder".
In the pre-2000 model, there were not sufficient letters in the Polish alphabet (incidentally, specific Polish symbols such as Ł, Ś, Ó, Ą, Ę, Ż,Ź,Ń and Ć are not used in order to make the plates fully internationally readable) for each old voivodeship to have a single letter, and so in that section you will note that the first two letters needed to be memorised in order to know the region that the car you might note on the road was registered in. Since the change, a single letter denotes the new voivodeship, and the second and possibly third letters the region within the voivodeship, which may correspond to a powiat or gmina boundary, or several such conjoining boundaries within the voivodeship.
It is not necessary for EU citizens to re-register the vehicles they have brought with them, which are duly registered and taxed elsewhere in the EU, when living in Poland. This emerges from European law, although local regulations have to date not been changed to reflect the law, leading to officials locally sometimes giving incorrect advice on this point. If in doubt, refer to your Embassy.

'Polish car number plates' since May 1, 2000

Polish 2000 series car plates have black letters on a white background. Each town/district has its two or three letter code. There are lots of possibilities in creating a car's number.
Two letters town/district ('#-letter', '
★ -digit') has five possible configuration: ##
★
★
★
★
★ , ##
★
★
★
★ #, ##
★
★
★ ## and ##
★ #
★
★
★ , ##
★ ##
★
★ possible since November 14, 2006.
Three letters town/district might have nine following combinations: ### #
★
★
★ , ###
★
★ ##, ###
★ #
★
★ , ###
★
★ #
★ , ###
★ ##
★ , ### ##
★
★ and ###
★
★
★
★
★ , ###
★
★
★
★ #, ###
★
★
★ ## possible since May 2, 2006.
Motors/mopeds/agricultural vehicles have ##
★
★
★
★ or ##
★
★
★ # in towns/districts with a 2-letter code or the same as first 6 combinations on cars in districts with a 3-letter code - black text on white background.
Oldtimers have ##
★
★ # (a 2-letter code) or ###
★ # (3-letter code) - black text on yellow background.
Temporary and export vehicle #
★
★
★
★
★ , #
★
★
★
★ # (first letter indicates region) red text on white background. #
★
★
★
★ B - for testing vehicle
Personalized plates: #
★ ###, #
★ ##
★ , #
★ #
★
★ , #
★ ####, #
★ ###
★ , #
★ ##
★
★ , #
★ #####, #
★ ####
★ , #
★ ###
★
★ (3-5 signs and no more than two last signs might be a digit). First letter indicates region (voivodeship) and next is serial digit. Black on white background.
Diplomatic plates #
★
★
★
★
★
★ . White symbols on blue background (Most of them have 'W' at the beginning. First three digits indicate country.
There shouldn't be letters B, D, I, O, Z in car's number (part of number after the hyphen) It doesn't consider town/district indicator and personalized tables. However, in some districts, such plates were issued. Q is not used at all.
'Note': Plates issued after May 2 2006 have the 12 EU stars instead of the national flag.

District indicators

Lower Silesia	Kuyavia-Pomerania	Łódź	Lublin
'DB' - Wałbrzych (former Wałbrzych town) 'DBA' - Wałbrzych (former Wałbrzych district) 'DBL' - Bolesławiec 'DDZ' - Dzierżoniów 'DGL' - Głogów 'DGR' - Góra 'DJ' - Jelenia Góra (town) 'DJA' - Jawor 'DJE' - Jelenia Góra (district) 'DKA' - Kamienna Góra 'DKL' - Kłodzko 'DL' - Legnica (town) 'DLB' - Lubań 'DLE' - Legnica (district) 'DLU' - Lubin 'DLW' - Lwówek Śląski 'DMI' - Milicz 'DOA' - Oława 'DOL' - Oleśnica 'DPL' - Polkowice 'DSR' - Środa Śląska 'DST' - Strzelin 'DSW' - Świdnica 'DTR' - Trzebnica 'DW' - Wrocław (town) 'DWL' - Wołów 'DWR' - Wrocław (district) 'DZA' - Ząbkowice Śląskie 'DZG' - Zgorzelec 'DZL' - Złotoryja	'CAL' - Aleksandrów Kujawski 'CB' - Bydgoszcz (town) 'CBR' - Brodnica 'CBY' - Bydgoszcz (district) 'CCH' - Chełmno 'CG' - Grudziądz (town) 'CGD' - Golub-Dobrzyń 'CGR' - Grudziądz (district) 'CIN' - Inowrocław 'CLI' - Lipno 'CMG' - Mogilno 'CNA' - Nakło n. Notecią 'CRA' - Radziejów 'CRY' - Rypin 'CSE' - Sepólno Krajenskie 'CSW' - Świecie 'CT' - Toruń (town) 'CTR' - Toruń (district) 'CTU' - Tuchola 'CW' - Włocławek (town) 'CWA' - Wąbrzeźno 'CWL' - Włocławek (district) 'CZN' - Żnin	'EBE' - Bełchatów 'EBR' - Brzeziny 'EKU' - Kutno 'EL' - Łódź (town) 'ELA' - Łask 'ELC' - Łowicz 'ELE' - Łęczyca 'ELW' - Łódź Wschód 'EOP' - Opoczno 'EP' - Piotrków Trybunalski (town) 'EPA' - Pabianice 'EPD' - Poddębice 'EPI' - Piotrków Trybunalski (district) 'EPJ' - Pajęczno 'ERA' - Radomsko 'ERW' - Rawa Mazowiecka 'ES' - Skierniewice (town) 'ESI' - Sieradz 'ESK' - Skierniewice (district) 'ETM' - Tomaszów Mazowiecki 'EWE' - Wieruszów 'EWI' - Wieluń 'EZD' - Zduńska Wola 'EZG' - Zgierz	'LB' - Biała Podlaska (town) 'LBI' - Biała Podlaska (district) 'LBL' - Biłgoraj 'LC' - Chełm (town) 'LCH' - Chełm (district) 'LHR' - Hrubieszów 'LJA' - Janów Lubelski 'LKR' - Kraśnik 'LKS' - Krasnystaw 'LLB' - Lubartów 'LLE' - Łęczna 'LLU' - Łuków 'LOP' - Opole Lubelskie 'LPA' - Parczew 'LPU' - Puławy 'LRA' - Radzyń Podlaski 'LRY' - Ryki 'LSW' - Świdnik 'LTM' - Tomaszów Lubelski 'LU' - Lublin (town) 'LUB' - Lublin (district) 'LWL' - Włodawa 'LZ' - Zamość (town) 'LZA' - Zamość (district)
Lubusz	Lesser Poland	Masovia (incl. Warsaw)	Opole Silesia
'FG' - Gorzów Wielkopolski (town) 'FGW' - Gorzów Wielkopolski (district) 'FKR' - Krosno Odrzańskie 'FMI' - Międzyrzecz 'FNW' - Nowa Sól 'FSD' - Strzelce Kraj. - Drezdenko 'FSL' - Słubice 'FSU' - Sulęcin 'FSW' - Świebodzin 'FWS' - Wschowa 'FZ' - Zielona Góra (town) 'FZA' - Żary 'FZG' - Żagań 'FZI' - Zielona Góra (district)	'KBC' - Bochnia 'KBR' - Brzesko 'KCH' - Chrzanów 'KDA' - Dąbrowa Tarnowska 'KGR' - Gorlice 'KLI' - Limanowa 'KMI' - Miechów 'KMY' - Myślenice 'KN' - Nowy Sącz (town) 'KNS' - Nowy Sącz (district) 'KNT' - Nowy Targ 'KOL' - Olkusz 'KOS' - Oświęcim 'KPR' - Proszowice 'KR' - Kraków (town) 'KRA' - Kraków (district) 'KSU' - Sucha Beskidzka 'KT' - Tarnów (town) 'KTA' - Tarnów (district) 'KTT' - Tatrzański (Zakopane) 'KWA' - Wadowice 'KWI' - Wieliczka	'WA' - Warszawa (Białołęka) 'WB' - Warszawa (Bemowo) 'WBR' - Białobrzegi 'WCI' - Ciechanów 'WD' - Warszawa (Bielany) 'WE' - Warszawa (Mokotów) 'WF' - Warszawa (Praga Południe) 'WG' - Garwolin 'WGM' - Grodzisk Mazowiecki 'WGR' - Grójec 'WGS' - Gostynin 'WH' - Warszawa (Praga Północ) 'WI' - Warszawa (Śródmieście) 'WJ' - Warszawa (Targówek) 'WK' - Warszawa (Ursus) 'WKZ' - Kozienice 'WL' - Legionowo 'WLI' - Lipsko 'WLS' - Łosice 'WM' - Mińsk Mazowiecki 'WMA' - Maków Mazowiecki 'WML' - Mława 'WN' - Warszawa (Ursynów) 'WND' - Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 'WO' - Ostrołęka (town) 'WOR' - Ostrów Mazowiecka 'WOS' - Ostrołęka (district) 'WOT' - Otwock 'WP' - Płock (town) 'WPI' - Piaseczno 'WPL' - Płock (district) 'WPN' - Płońsk 'WPR' - Pruszków 'WPU' - Pułtusk 'WPY' - Przysucha 'WPZ' - Przasnysz 'WR' - Radom (town) 'WRA' - Radom (district) 'WS' - Siedlce (town) 'WSC' - Sochaczew 'WSE' - Sierpc 'WSI' - Siedlce (district) 'WSK' - Sokołów Podlaski 'WSZ' - Szydłowiec 'WT' - Warszawa (Wawer) 'WU' - Warszawa (Ochota) 'WV' - Wołomin (not issued yet) 'WW ★ ★ ★ ★ '(last 'K, L, M, N, V') - Warszawa (Włochy) 'WW ★ ★ ★ ★ '(last 'F, G, H, J, W') - Warszawa (Wilanów) 'WW ★ ★ ★ ★ '(last 'A, C, E, X, Y') - Warszawa (Rembertów) 'WWE' - Węgrów 'WWL' - Wołomin 'WWY' - Wyszków 'WX' - Warszawa (Żoliborz) 'WX ★ ★ ★ Y#' - Warszawa (Wesoła) 'WY' - Warszawa (Wola) 'WZ' - Warszawski Zachodni (Ożarów Mazowiecki) 'WZU' - Żuromin 'WZW' - Zwoleń 'WZY' - Żyrardów	'OB' - Brzeg 'OGL' - Głubczyce 'OK' - Kędzierzyn-Koźle 'OKL' - Kluczbork 'OKR' - Krapkowice 'ONA' - Namysłów 'ONY' - Nysa 'OOL' - Olesno 'OP' - Opole (town) 'OPO' - Opole (district) 'OPR' - Prudnik 'OST' - Strzelce Opolskie
Subcarpathia	Podlachia	Pomerania	Upper Silesia
'RBI' - Bieszczadzki (Ustrzyki Dolne) 'RBR' - Brzozów 'RDE' - Dębica 'RJA' - Jarosław 'RJS' - Jasło 'RK' - Krosno (town) 'RKL' - Kolbuszowa 'RKR' - Krosno (district) 'RLA' - Łańcut 'RLE' - Leżajsk 'RLS' - Lesko 'RLU' - Lubaczów 'RMI' - Mielec 'RNI' - Nisko 'RP' - Przemyśl (town) 'RPR' - Przemyśl (district) 'RPZ' - Przeworsk 'RRS' - Ropczyce - Sędziszów 'RSA' - Sanok 'RSR' - Strzyżów 'RST' - Stalowa Wola 'RT' - Tarnobrzeg (town) 'RTA' - Tarnobrzeg (district) 'RZ' - Rzeszów (city) 'RZE' - Rzeszów (district)	'BAU' - Augustów 'BBI' - Bielsk Podlaski 'BGR' - Grajewo 'BHA' - Hajnówka 'BI' - Białystok (town) 'BIA' - Białystok (district) 'BKL' - Kolno 'BL' - Łomża (town) 'BLM' - Łomża (district) 'BMN' - Monki 'BS' - Suwałki (town) 'BSE' - Sejny 'BSI' - Siemiatycze 'BSK' - Sokółka 'BSU' - Suwałki (district) 'BWM' - Wysokie Mazowieckie 'BZA' - Zambrów	'GA' - Gdynia 'GBY' - Bytów 'GCH' - Chojnice 'GCZ' - Człuchów 'GD' - Gdańsk (town) 'GDA' - Gdańsk (Pruszcz Gdański) 'GKA' - Kartuzy 'GKS' - Kościerzyna 'GKW' - Kwidzyń 'GLE' - Lębork 'GMB' - Malbork 'GND' - Nowy Dwór Gdański 'GPU' - Puck 'GS' - Słupsk (town) 'GSL' - Słupsk (district) 'GSP' - Sopot 'GST' - Starogard Gdański 'GSZ' - Sztum 'GTC' - Tczew 'GWE' - Wejherowo	'SB' - Bielsko-Biała (town) 'SBE' - Będzin 'SBI' - Bielsko-Biała (district) 'SBL' - Bieruń - Lędziny 'SC' - Częstochowa (town) 'SCI' - Cieszyn 'SCZ' - Częstochowa (district) 'SD' - Dąbrowa Górnicza 'SG' - Gliwice (town) 'SGL' - Gliwice (district) 'SH' - Chorzów 'SI' - Siemianowice Śląskie 'SJ' - Jaworzno 'SJZ' - Jastrzębie-Zdrój 'SK' - Katowice 'SKL' - Kłobuck 'SL' - Ruda Śląska 'SLU' - Lubliniec 'SM' - Mysłowice 'SMI' - Mikołów 'SMY' - Myszków 'SO' - Sosnowiec 'SPI' - Piekary Śląskie 'SPS' - Pszczyna 'SR' - Rybnik (town) 'SRB' - Rybnik (district) 'SRC' - Racibórz 'SRS' - Ruda Śląska 'SL' now 'ST' - Tychy (town) 'STY' - Tychy (district) 'SBL' now 'STA' - Tarnowskie Góry 'SW' - Świętochłowice 'SWD' - Wodzisław Śląski 'SY' - Bytom 'SZ' - Zabrze 'SZA' - Zawiercie 'SZO' - Żory 'SZY' - Żywiec
Świętokrzyskie	Warmia-Masuria	Greater Poland	West Pomerania
'TBU' - Busko-Zdrój 'TJE' - Jędrzejów 'TK' - Kielce (town) 'TKA' - Kazimierza Wielka 'TKI' - Kielce (district) 'TKN' - Końskie 'TLW' - Włoszczowa 'TOP' - Opatów 'TOS' - Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 'TPI' - Pińczów 'TSA' - Sandomierz 'TSK' - Skarżysko-Kamienna 'TST' - Starachowice 'TSZ' - Staszów	'NBA' - Bartoszyce 'NBR' - Braniewo 'NDZ' - Działdowo 'NE' - Elbląg (town) 'NEB' - Elbląg (district) 'NEL' - Ełk 'NGI' - Giżycko 'NGO' - Gołdap 'NIL' - Iława 'NKE' - Kętrzyn 'NLI' - Lidzbark Warmiński 'NMR' - Mrągowo 'NNI' - Nidzica 'NNM' - Nowe Miasto Lubawskie 'NO' - Olsztyn (town) 'NOE' - Olecko 'NOG' - Olecko - Gołdap - now 'NOE'+'NGO' 'NOL' - Olsztyn (district) 'NOS' - Ostróda 'NPI' - Pisz 'NSZ' - Szczytno 'NWE' - Węgorzewo	'PCH' - Chodzież 'PCT' - Czarnków - Trzcianka 'PGN' - Gniezno 'PGO' - Grodzisk Wielkopolski 'PGS' - Gostyń 'PJA' - Jarocin 'PK' - Kalisz (town) 'PKA' - Kalisz (district) 'PKE' - Kępno 'PKL' - Koło 'PKN' - Konin (district) 'PKO' - Konin (town) now 'PN' 'PKR' - Krotoszyn 'PKS' - Kościan 'PL' - Leszno (town) 'PLE' - Leszno (district) 'PMI' - Międzychód 'PN' - Konin (town) 'PNT' - Nowy Tomyśl 'PO' - Poznań (town) 'POB' - Oborniki 'POS' - Ostrów Wielkopolski 'POT' - Ostrzeszów 'POZ' - Poznań (district) now 'PZ' 'PP' - Piła 'PPL' - Pleszew 'PRA' - Rawicz 'PSE' - Śrem 'PSL' - Słupca 'PSR' - Środa Wlkp. 'PSZ' - Szamotuły 'PTU' - Turek 'PWA' - Wągrowiec 'PWL' - Wolsztyn 'PWR' - Września 'PZ' - Poznań (district) 'PZL' - Złotów	'ZBI' - Białogard 'ZCH' - Choszczno 'ZDR' - Drawsko Pomorskie 'ZGL' - Goleniów 'ZGR' - Gryfino 'ZGY' - Gryfice 'ZK' - Koszalin (town) 'ZKA' - Kamień Pomorski 'ZKL' - Kołobrzeg 'ZKO' - Koszalin (district) 'ZLO' - Łobez 'ZMY' - Myślibórz 'ZPL' - Police (district) 'ZPY' - Pyrzyce 'ZS' - Szczecin 'ZSD' - Świdwin 'ZSL' - Sławno 'ZST' - Stargard Szczeciński 'ZSW' - Świnoujście 'ZSZ' - Szczecinek 'ZWA' - Wałcz

'U'# - Military
'HP'# - Police
'HW'# - Border Guard
'HK'# - Internal Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Agency
'HB'# - Government Protection Bureau
'HC'# - Customs Service
'HS'# - Fiscal Control
'HM'# - Military Counterintelligence Agency, Military Intelligence Agency

'1976 - 2000' series

Plates 1976 - 2000 series are still valid. It has white letters on black background. There was coding too: ###
★
★
★
★ or ###
★
★
★ # (at the beginning configuration with letter in the end was used for public cars only)
There was following coding (49 regions):

Biała Podlaska 'BP, BA, BS'
Białystok 'BK, BT, BI'
Bielsko-Biała 'BB, BL, BO'
Bydgoszcz 'BY, BG, BD, BC'
Chełm 'CH, CM, CU'
Ciechanów 'CI, CN, CA'
Częstochowa 'CZ, CE, CO'
Elbląg 'EL, EG, EB'
Gdańsk 'GD, GK, GA, GN'
Gorzow Wlkp. 'GO, GW, GR'
Jelenia Góra 'JG, JE, JA'
Kalisz 'KL, KZ, KP'
Katowice 'KA, KT, KB, KC, KD, KX'
Kielce 'KI, KE, KJ'
Konin 'KN, KM, KF'
Koszalin 'KO, KG, KY'
Kraków (Cracow) 'KR, KK, KW, KV'
Krosno 'KS, KU, KH'
Legnica 'LG, LC, LI'
Leszno 'LE, LS, LN'
Lublin 'LU, LL, LB'
Łomża 'LO, LM, LA'
Łódź 'LD, LZ, LF, LW'
Nowy Sącz 'NS, NO, NA'
Olsztyn 'OL, ON, OT'
Opole 'OP, OE, OD'
Ostrołęka 'OS, OK, OR'
Piła 'PI, PA, PY'
Piotrków Tryb. 'PT, PK, PU'
Płock 'PL, PC, PB'
Poznań 'PO, PN, PZ, PW'
Przemyśl 'PR, PM, PE'
Radom 'RA, RO, RD'
Rzeszów 'RZ, RE, RW'
Siedlce 'SE, SD, ST'
Sieradz 'SI, SA, SB'
Skierniewice 'SK, SN, SF'
Słupsk 'SL, SP, SG'
Suwałki 'SU, SW, SO'
Szczecin 'SZ, SC, SM'
Tarnobrzeg 'TG, TB, TE'
Tarnów 'TA, TN, TW'
Toruń 'TO, TU, TY'
Wałbrzych 'WB, WY, WH'
Warszawa (Warsaw) 'WA, WS, WI, WU, WG, WF, WX, WZ, WM, WT, WP, WV'
Włocławek 'WL, WK, WE'
Wrocław 'WR, WO, WC, WW'
Zamość 'ZA, ZM, ZC'
Zielona Góra 'ZG, ZE, ZN'
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Police 'MO'
Military 'U'
Border Guard 'HW'

'1956-1976 series'

Since June 19, 1956 Polish car number plates has 2 letters and 4 digits, and since May 13, 1964 letters can stand after digits.
Individual elements meant:

★ first letter - code of voivodeship,

★ second letter - code of powiat,

★ digits - code of vehicle.
'Codes of voivodeships:'

★ 'A' - Białystok Voivodeship

★ 'B' - Bydgoszcz Voivodeship

★ 'C' - Kielce Voivodeship

★ 'E' - Koszalin Voivodeship

★ 'F' - Łodź Voivodeship

★ 'G' - Gdańsk Voivodeship

★ 'H' - Opole Voivodeship

★ 'I' - city of Łódź

★ 'K' - Cracow Voivodeship

★ 'L' - Lublin Voivodeship

★ 'M' - Szczecin Voivodeship

★ 'O' - Olsztyn Voivodeship

★ 'P' - Poznań Voivodeship

★ 'R' - Rzeszów Voivodeship

★ 'S' - Katowice Voivodeship

★ 'T' - Warsaw Voivodeship

★ 'W' - capital city of Warsaw

★ 'X' - Wrocław Voivodeship

★ 'Z' - Zielona Góra Voivodeship
'Codes of special forces:'

★ 'Y' - Citizen's Militia

★ 'D' - army (cars)

★ 'U' - army (other vehicles)

★ 'N' - Border Guard

See also

★ European license plates

External links

★ Polish Registration Vehicle Act (example plates when you are patient :-) )

★ The highest number on Polish plates

★ Index of Polish personalized plates

★ Details about plates in Warsaw