License plate (Kazakhstan)

Kazakh license plates have black characters on a white background and thus correspond in size and shape to the European standard. With a few exceptions, only Latin letters are used.

New license plates from 2012

Current Kazakh registration number

Two line version

License plate for foreigners

Identification for foreign companies (two lines)

Police license plate

The current signs were introduced in August 2012. On the left edge they show the waving flag of Kazakhstan and the nationality symbol KZ . In the case of private vehicles, three digits and three letters follow first, vehicles from organizations only show two letters. On the right edge, a black vertical line is used to delimit a field in which a two-digit number indicates the region of origin. Vehicles owned by foreigners, foreign companies and joint ventures have license plates with a yellow background. They show the letters F (foreigner) or H (company), four digits and the region field. License plates for police vehicles have dark blue font and the letters KP .

New area codes

number	Area / city
01	Nur-Sultan city
02	Almaty city
03	Aqmola area
04	Aqtobe area
05	Almaty region
06	Atyrau region
07	West Kazakhstan region
08	Shambyl region
09	Karagandy Territory
10	Qostanai region
11	Kyzylorda region
12	Mangghystau area
13	Turkistan region
14th	Pavlodar region
15th	Northern Kazakhstan region
16	East Kazakhstan region
17th	City of Schymkent (since June 2018)

License plate until 2012

Almaty license plate

Identifier for legal persons

Trailer license plate

License plate for foreigners

Police license plate

Motorbike license plates with nationality symbols

Diplomatic plates

Marks of the armed forces

Department of Defense license plate

Parliament license plate

Until 2012, Kazakhstan was the only country in the former Soviet Union that waived any symbols on its license plates. The signs initially show a letter indicating the city or area. This is followed by three digits and another three letters (e.g. A 123 BCD). If the vehicle is registered to a legal person , there are only two letters at the end of the sign.

• Two-line signs with four digits and two letters are issued for motorcycles.
• For commercial vehicles, as in Russia, the combination of the number plate is written in large letters on the rear of the vehicle for better visibility.
• Pendants have two-line license plates with four digits in the top line and two letters in the bottom line. The lower two corners of the trailer number are bevelled.
• License plates for foreigners were adopted almost unchanged from the Soviet system . They show a yellow background and begin with a letter followed by six digits. The letter indicates the status. The following letters are used:

Letter	status
K	foreign media and their reporters
H	Joint ventures and foreign nationals
M.	foreign companies (e.g. banks)
P	License plate for export or travel outside of Kazakhstan

• Marks of the Kazakh executive bodies have white letters on a blue background. At first a badge appears on the left margin. The actual combination begins with the region letter followed by several digits. At the end, two letters provide information about the relevant authority. The following abbreviations are used:

Letter	status
AA	Regional regions
KP	Police (Kazakhstan Policijasy)
NS	KNB (Secret Service, NS = National Security)
SP	Financial Police (Salyk Policijasy)
VP	Supreme Court

• Diplomatic license plates have a red background and white text. They start with the letter D (diplomat) or T (technical staff). It is followed by six digits, the first three of which indicate the country of origin or the organization. United Nations vehicle license plates in Kazakhstan have light blue license plates starting with UN .
• Marks of the armed forces have white letters on a black background. On the left, they show an asterisk followed by four digits and two reduced Cyrillic letters . Department of Defense vehicles have a blue star on the left. The color scheme is black and white here, as with civil signs.
• Other special license plates are issued for parliamentary and government vehicles. These are also the only marks that show national symbols. License plates of parliamentary vehicles show the nationality symbol KZ in a light blue oval, three digits and two letters. Government vehicles have the national flag of Kazakhstan on their license plates . This is followed by two digits and the letters KZ .

Area code

Letter to 1993	Letter from 1993	Area / city
АТ	A.	Almaty city
АП	B.	Almaty region , formerly V
АК, ЦЛ	C.	Aqmola area , formerly E and W
АЮ	D.	Aqtobe area
ГТ, ША	E.	Atyrau region
ВА, ВК	F.	East Kazakhstan region , formerly U
ДЖ	H	Shambyl region
ДК	K	Karaganda region (former territory jezkazgan is not awarded), today M
УТ	L.	West Kazakhstan region
КГ	M.	Karagandy Region , formerly K
КЗ	N	Kyzylorda region
КТ	O	Aqmola and Northern Kazakhstan (former Kökschetau area , is no longer allocated), today C and T respectively
НЖ	P	Qostanai Region , formerly W
МШ	R.	Mangghystau area
ПА	S.	Pavlodar region
СК	T	Northern Kazakhstan region
СП	U	East Kazakhstan region (formerly Semei region , is no longer awarded), today F
ТК	V	Almaty area (former Taldyqorghan area , is no longer awarded), today B
ТГ	W.	Aqmola and Qostanai areas (former Torghai area , is no longer allocated), today C and P respectively
ЧМ	X	South Kazakhstan region
АК, ЦЛ	Z	Astana city

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report on the introduction of new license plates on trafficsafe.org ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

Commons : Kazakh license plates  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pictures of the new license plates on avto-nomer.ru