Vehicle registration plates of Lithuania

Standard vehicle registration plates in Lithuania bear three letters and three numbers (e.g. ABC 123) in black lettering on a white background. The plates are usually of the standard EU dimensions, but can also be manufactured in the American dimensions for special import vehicles. All plates issued since 2004 also bear a blue EU identification stripe on their left-hand edge. Those issued between the restoration of Lithuanian independence in 1990 and the country's accession to the European Union in 2004 bore a similar stripe with a small Lithuanian flag in place of the flag of Europe.

A current-style Lithuanian registration plate
A plate of the type issued before 2004

Originally the license plates had a space in the middle for stickers; the stickers were discontinued after April 2018. A coat of arms of Lithuania to the right side of the EU stripe will be added to all newly-issued license plates in October 2023.

Area designations

Until 2004 the second of the three letters in each registration mark indicated the geographical administrative area in which the vehicle had been registered, as follows:

Code County Example
A Alytus County AAA 123
J Tauragė County (but code from first letter of Jurbarkas) AJA 123
K Kaunas County AKA 123
L Klaipėda County ALA 123
M Marijampolė County AMA 123
P Panevėžys County APA 123
S Šiauliai County ASA 123
T Telšiai County ATA 123
U Utena County AUA 123
V Vilnius County AVA 123

Special types

Temporary

Vehicles issued temporary registration in Lithuania are noted by red alphanumeric characters on white background.

Types
Dealer plate
Vehicles imported to Lithuania or vehicles exported from Lithuania

As of July 2022, these plates are valid for up to 30 days. They can be re-issued to the same vehicle only after it has been issued standard license plates in the meantime.

24214AA 
Vehicles sold by vehicle selling companies or organizations (professional or trade number plates)
P28737 

Plates issued since April 2018 start with the letter P followed by five digits; the registration does not expire. Prior to that, numbers consisted of a letter (P or R) followed by four digits, a space and two more digits, the latter indicating the year of expiration.

Diplomatic Corps
Diplomatic plate

Reserved and used by diplomatic corps. Plates have a green background and white characters; they do not have blue sidebar on the left side. The numbers are made up of six digits, grouped 01 3 123, with the first two digits denoting the embassy or other diplomatic or consular representation:

CodeCountry or Organization
01 Sweden
02 Germany
03 France
04 Latvia
05 Denmark
06 Canada
07 United Kingdom
08 Italy
09 Norway
10 Finland
11 Holy See
12 Turkey
13 Czech Republic
14 United States
15 China
16 Poland
17 Poland
18 Estonia
19 Russia
20 Russia
21 Romania
22 Ukraine
23 Belarus
24 Kazakhstan
25 Georgia
26 Japan
27 Austria
28 Belgium
29 Netherlands
30 Hungary
31 Spain
32 Sovereign Military Order of Malta
33 Democratic Republic of Congo
34 Ireland
35 Portugal
36 Moldova
37 Azerbaijan
38 Bulgaria
39 Armenia
40 Croatia
41 Israel
80 Nordic Council of Ministers
81 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
82European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
83 World Health Organization
84United Nations United Nations Development Program
85International Organization for Migration
86European Union European Commission
87 United Nations
88European Institute for Gender Equality
89NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence

Taxicabs
T06868 
Taxi registration plate of Lithuania, issued before April 2018

Taxicabs have plates with white background and black text. The first letter is "T" (corresponds to the first letter of the word "taksi" in Lithuanian) and is followed by five numbers.

Before the 3rd of April, 2018, taxi plates had a yellow background and black text, with the same number scheme. These plates continued to be valid and registration centers issued these plates beyond April 3, 2018, until stocks were exhausted.

Military transport

Military transportation has black background and white text registration plates. They do not have the side-field, only the flag.

LK321A

Vintage cars
H02401 

Plates for vintage cars have been issued since July 1, 2014. Originally these plates had white characters on a brown background, which was changed to black on white as of April 3, 2018. They start with the letter H, followed by five digits (four for motorcycles).

Technical check sticker

The registration plate has a special spot, usually between the letters and numbers but occasionally to the left of the letters, to attach a sticker certifying the compulsory periodic technical inspection to check for compliance with safety/emissions standards. The sticker is no longer compulsory from 2015.

Confusion with Swedish plates
Swedish standard plate

Lithuanian standard plates are almost identical to Swedish standard plates. The Stockholm congestion tax system uses automatic number plate recognition to identify plates, and this system can not distinguish between Swedish and Lithuanian plates. Initially, non-Swedish cars did not have to pay this tax, but a Swedish owner will be charged if there is one with same number, which is likely. Even after the application of this tax to foreign cars, the problem persists; the Swedish owner of a number, not the actual Lithuanian owner, will be charged. The false tax will be cancelled after a manual check if the owner complains. Swedish taxes must be paid on time anyway and will be refunded if there is an error.

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