Colour and Dimensions
Current plates have black characters on white reflective material for both front and rear plates. After Latvia regained independence in 1991, vehicle registration plates of the Soviet Union were used until 1994, when the new type of vehicle registration plates were introduced. Up and till 2004 a small Latvian national flag with the initials LV would have been used on the left-side of the plate. Ever since Latvia joined the European Union, the EU blue label has been included on the license plate with the initials LV. Front number plates are 520 mm x 111 mm in size. Rear plates may be:
- 520 mm x 111 mm (Standard)
- 285 mm x 203 mm (Square, used mostly on SUVs)
- 320 mm x 111 mm (Small, used mostly on American and some Japanese RHD cars that have small place for plate). This type of plate can only include 4 symbols without hyphen e.g. AB12, however hyphen is included on front plate.
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