Vehicle registration plates of Vatican City

Pope John Paul II in a Popemobile in the Vatican City State, with Vatican registration SCV 1

Vehicle registration plates of official road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix SCV followed by a series of digits while vehicle registration plates of residential road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix CV 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, carry also red letters. [1]

Vehicle types

Private vehicle front plate
Vehicle types[2]
TypeExampleMeaning
Private

CV means Civitatis Vaticanae ("City of Vatican")
Government

SCV means Status Civitatis Vaticanae ("State of the City of Vatican")
Official

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://matriculasdelmundo.com/vaticano.html
  2. ↑ http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/EU_VATI.html
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