Vehicle registration plates of Azerbaijan are usually composed of two numbers (identifying the vehicle registration department), a hyphen, two letters, a hyphen, and three numbers (e.g., 88-BE-114). The plates feature black font on a white background. They are the same size as European license plates and feature the Azerbaijani flag and the country code AZ on the left side.

The color of the plate varies depending on vehicle usage and ownership type. On standard formats, the flag and "AZ" designation appear on the left, while square-format plates position the flag and country code in the top-left corner.

Previous series

Between 1977 and 1993, Azerbaijan registration plates were manufactured in accordance with the Soviet GOST 3207-77 standard. The alphanumeric sequence took the form of: x #### XX, where x is a lowercase Cyrillic serial/counter letter; # is any digit in the range 0–9; and XX are two uppercase Cyrillic letters indicating where the vehicle was first registered.

Azerbaijan used codes АГ, АЖ and АЗ without particularity of city or department.

Car designations As with Turkish plates (which in turn adopted a reversed version of the former French license plate system), in Azerbaijani plates the first two digits of the license plate represent the department, followed by a progressive 2-letter and 3-number system (progression starting with 90-AA-001 and ending with 90-ZZ-999). Below is a table of digits and relevant departments, bold means this department is a part of Naxçıvan AR): Code Department Code Department Code Department 01 Absheron 27 Khankendi 52 Salyan 02 Agdam 28 Khojavend 53 Siazan 03 Agdash 29 Khizi 54 Sabirabad 04 Aghjabadi 30 Imishli 55 Shaki 05 Agstafa 31 Ismayilli 56 Shamakhi 06 Agsu 32 Kalbajar 57 Shamkir 07 Astara 33 Kurdamir 58 Shusha 08 Balakan 34 Qax 59 Tartar 09/13 Barda 35 Qazakh 60 Tovuz 10/77/88/90 Baku 36 Qabala 61 Shahbuz 11 Beylagan 37 Gobustan 62 Zaqatala 12 Bilasuvar 38 Qusar 63 Zardab 14 Jabrayil 39 Qubadli 64 Zangilan 15 Jalilabad 40 Quba 65 Sharur 16 Julfa 41 Lachin 66 Shirvan 17 Dashkasan 42 Lankaran 67 Babek 18 Askeran 43 Lerik 68 Tartar 19 Fuzuli 44 Masally 69 Ordubad 20 Ganja 45 Mingachevir 70 Ujar 21 Gadabay 46 Naftalan 71 Yardimli 22 Goranboy 47 Neftchala 72 Yevlakh 23 Goychay 48 Oguz 75/85 Nakhchivan 24 Hajigabul 49 Saatly 99 Azerbaijan (Nationwide) 25 Goygol 50 Sumqayit 26 Khachmaz 51 Samukh

Types of plates

Government Officials – Composed as 10 AA 100 Ministry of Internal Affairs – Composed as 10 AZ 100, 10 AN 100, 10 AE 100, 10 AP 100 Ministry of Defence – Composed as 10 AM 100 or A 100 SX Police Department – Composed as 10 AP 100 Ministry of Justice – Composed as 10 AO 100 Presidential Administration – Composed as 10 PA 100 President's Secret Service – Composed as 10 PM 100 State Security Service – Composed as 10 AS 100 Traffic Police – Composed as 10 YP 100 Diplomats – Composed as 001 D 001 with a red number plate (001 being Turkey) Technical number plates of Embassies – 013 T 010 with a red number plate (013 being United Nations) Ambassador or relative of an ambassador of a country – 002 SFR 001 with a red number plate (002 being France) Trailers – Composed the same way as usual Azerbaijan plates, but with no hyphen and in a rectangular shape Foreign series – Composed of the letter H, three numbers a space and three more numbers with a yellow number plate, composed as H 023 100 Public Transport – Blue number plate Motorcycle – Composed 10 A 100

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