Vehicle registration plates of Vatican City

Vatican

Vatican regular privately owned standard number plate.
Country	Vatican
Country code	V
Current series
Size	520 mm × 110 mm 20.5 in × 4.3 in
Serial format	Not standard
Colour (front)	Black on white
Colour (rear)	Black on white
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Pope John Paul II in a Popemobile in the Vatican City State, with Vatican registration SCV 1

Pope Benedict XVI's Mercedes-Benz M-Class Popemobile in 2011, with Vatican registration SCV 1

Vehicle registration plates of official road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix SCV (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae) followed by a series of digits while vehicle registration plates of residential road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix CV (Italian: Città del Vaticano) followed by a series of digits. The Pope's car carries the registration SCV 1 in red lettering and the rest of the cars that the Pope can be inside, also carry red letters. ^[1]

Private vehicle front plate

The international vehicle registration code for the Vatican City is V.^[2] Vatican registration plates does not incorporate this code. When driving outside of the Vatican, as a contracting party of the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, the distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle, in black letters on a white background having the shape of an ellipse.^[2]

The international vehicle registration code of the Vatican

Vehicle types

Vehicle types[3]
Type	Example	Meaning
Private		CV means Civitatis Vaticanae ("Vatican City")
Government		SCV means Status Civitatis Vaticanae ("Vatican City State")
Official

See also

• Transport in Vatican City

References

1. "Vaticano, matrículas del mundo". matriculasdelmundo.com.
2. "United Nations Treaty Collection". treaties.un.org. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
3. "License Plates of the Vatican". www.worldlicenseplates.com.