---
id: "lv_pvn"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["LV"]
langs: ["lv"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/lv_pvn"
---

# Latvian VAT number (PVN) (`lv_pvn`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

PVN reģistrācijas numurs, the 11-digit VAT number in Latvia. For legal entities the first digit is greater than 3; for natural persons it is the personal code (personas kods), which starts with the date of birth (DDMMYY) or, for newer codes, with 32.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Latvia (LV)
- Languages: Latvian (lv)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:LV[ -]?)?\d{11}$
```

## Examples

- `40700043818` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `44466923465` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `407000438187` (invalid example) — One character too many

## Mappings

- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `lv.pvn`

## Supported by tools

- `awsglue`
- `dataprep`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Translations

- lv: PVN reģistrācijas numurs

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identification_number#Latvia>
- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.lv.pvn.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_lv_pvn.html>

## Quality

Score 100/100.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/lv_pvn.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/LV/finances/lv_pvn.yaml>