Vehicle registration plates of Vatican City

Vehicle registration plates of official road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix SCV (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae, lit. 'Vatican City State') 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, lit. 'Vatican City') followed by a series of digits. The Popemobile carries the registration SCV 1 in red lettering. The other vehicles that the Pope uses also carry red letters.^[1]

Private vehicle front plate

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

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	Prefix Meaning
Private		Civitatis Vaticanae ("Vatican City")
Government		Status Civitatis Vaticanae ("Vatican City State")
Official

See also

• Transport in Vatican City