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Slovakia

International code
SK
ISO code
SK / SVK
Data status
Verified
SK

Plates show the district of registration.

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Current plate formats

  • StandardSince 2023
    AB 123CD

    Same layout as before, but since January 2023 the first two letters no longer name a district. Numbers are issued statewide in one sequence starting at AA 001AA, with a new font and a smaller coat of arms. The plate shows no region.

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  • PersonalisedSince 2023· broad pattern
    LL12345

    Personalised plates for a fee. Since 2023 the first two characters are letters and the rest letters or digits, and Q and W are allowed. Before 2023 they had to start with the district code. No region is shown.

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  • ElectricSince 2023
    EL 123AB

    Electric vehicles from 2023 start with EL or EV, in green letters on white. Before that, electric cars could get a green plate on request with the normal district code.

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  • DiplomaticCurrent
    CD 12345

    CD and five digits, in black on white, since 2025. Older diplomatic plates start with EE or ZZ and have yellow letters on blue.

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  • MilitaryCurrent
    12-34567

    Armed forces. Two digits and five digits.

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  • TemporaryCurrent
    C 12345

    Green characters. Import plates for vehicles not yet registered, valid for at most one year. C or CL and five digits.

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Regions (8)

Area codes (93)

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Older formats

No longer issued, but some may still be on the road.

  • Standard1997–2022
    BA 123AB

    Seven characters, two letters, three digits and two letters. The first two letters are the district (okres) of first registration; Bratislava and Košice have one code for all their districts, and ten towns have more than one. The three digits and the last two letters are a running series (001AA to 999ZZ, with Q, W and letters such as Š skipped). Trailers always have Y as the first series letter (BA 123YA), official vehicles X, sport vehicles S, dealers an M (BA MA123) and temporary plates a V. Up to 2004 the district sat before a dash and the plate had the coat of arms (no EU strip); from June 2006 the coat of arms replaced the dash. These plates stay valid, so most cars on the road still carry them.

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History

  1. 1997

    New plates in the form XX-NNNLL with a two-letter okres code are introduced on 1 April; the old ones expire on 1 January 2005.

  2. 2004

    From 1 May, with EU accession, the coat of arms is replaced by the blue EU strip with the letters SK.

  3. 2006

    From 1 June the coat of arms returns in place of the dash and the EU strip stays.

  4. 2010

    On 18 August Bratislava starts issuing its second code, BL, chosen in a Facebook poll after BD was dropped.

  5. 2018

    In November a Facebook poll picks BT as Bratislava's next code over BE (89%).

  6. 2023

    District codes are abolished. Plates are issued in one statewide sequence from AA 001AA; electric cars get EL and EV.

Related countries

EU-style plates

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