---
id: "it_vehicle_plate"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport"]
country: ["IT"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/it_vehicle_plate"
---

# Italian vehicle registration number (targa) (`it_vehicle_plate`)

> **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.

Registration number (targa) of a car in Italy in the national format used since 28 February 1994: two letters, three digits and two letters, as in AB 012 AB, with no reference to the province. The letters I, O, Q and U are not used. The digits change first, then the letters from right to left; the H series began in May 2025, and the EE series was skipped. Since February 2013 trailers have plates of the same form starting with X; Y is reserved for local police vehicles and Z for square rear plates. Motorcycle plates (two letters and five digits), moped plates and the provincial plates issued before 1994 follow other rules and are not covered.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: Italy (IT)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-HJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2} ?\d{3} ?[A-HJ-NPR-TV-Z]{2}$
```

## Examples

- `AB 012 AB` — Format example of Italian Wikipedia
- `GX482KT` — Synthetic number written without spaces
- `XB 301 FM` — Synthetic trailer number of the XB series
- `AI 123 BC` (invalid example) — The letter I is not used
- `AB 1234 CD` (invalid example) — Four digits

## Translations

- it: Targa automobilistica: Targa di un'autovettura nel formato in uso dal 1994 - due lettere, tre cifre e due lettere, senza I, O, Q e U.
- ru: Номерной знак транспортного средства Италии (targa): Регистрационный номер автомобиля в формате, действующем с 1994 года - две буквы, три цифры и две буквы, без I, O, Q и U.

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targhe_d%27immatricolazione_italiane>
- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Italy>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

JSON: <https://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/it_vehicle_plate.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/IT/transport/it_vehicle_plate.yaml>