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Motor vehicle re-registration after decommissioning
Service Description
If you have deregistered your vehicle, you can re-register it at any time. When you re-register, the motor vehicle will be registered to you again. If you have moved or purchased a deregistered used vehicle, the vehicle owner data will be updated when you re-register. This applies to all vehicles, regardless of country of origin and regardless of the type of license plate requested.
However, exceptions or special regulations apply, for example, to work machines, forklifts, vehicles for agricultural and forestry purposes, light and mopeds, ambulances, four-wheeled light vehicles and special trailers.
Registration is effected by issuing the registration certificate (Part I and Part II) and sealing the registration number(s).
The registration authority is entitled to order the presentation of the vehicle.
Since 01.10.2017, a vehicle can be re-registered to the same owner without changing the registration district using the license plate reserved when the vehicle was taken out of service (stage 2) via a decentralized internet portal of the city of Erfurt (internet-based re-registration).
The requirements are published on the website of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).
The date of effective re-registration is the date following the third day on which the documents were sent.
As part of the new procedure, vehicle tax arrears, fee arrears and the existence of a valid main inspection or safety inspection are automatically checked in the portal using web services provided by the KBA.
Process flow
Re-registration via the Internet
You can also apply for re-registration via the website of the competent registration authority if you were the last owner of the vehicle at the time of deregistration and the same registration authority is still responsible for you.
The following are also required
- an identity card with electronic proof of identity function,
- a new registration certificate part I (vehicle registration document),
- a license plate reservation (for a maximum of one year) made at the time of deregistration (decommissioning).
Note
The new registration certificate Part I (the vehicle registration document) has a concealed but releasable security code on it, which can be recognized by a silver sticker.
Who should I contact?
- For natural persons:
Please contact the registration authority of the place of residence; in case of multiple residences of the place of the main residence. - For legal entities, commercial enterprises or public authorities:
Please contact the registration authority of the registered office or the place of the branch or office involved.
If there is no registered office, branch or office in Germany, the registration authority of the place of residence or place of stay of an authorized recipient is responsible.
Requirements
- The vehicle must be of an approved type or have an individual permit.
- Existence of motor vehicle liability insurance
- Non-existence of motor vehicle tax arrears.
- The vehicle must not be registered as stolen.
- Registration certificate
- Test report of the last general inspection (if required, this must then still be valid).
- If a general inspection, emissions test or safety test was due in the period between deregistration and the requested re-registration of the vehicle, this must be carried out before the vehicle is re-registered.
- valid test report for a safety inspection (if required)
- Vehicle registration number (if available)
- After a long period out of service, expert report required: If the vehicle and owner data have already been deleted from the Central Vehicle Register (seven years after deregistration) and the data can no longer be proven otherwise, an expert opinion from an officially recognized expert is required.
- New license plate may be required: If no reservation of the license plate has been made at the time of deregistration or if the vehicle is re-registered to another owner, a new license plate must be applied for.
Which documents are required?
- Written form-based application to the responsible registration authority with the specification of the owner and vehicle data.
The application can also be completed at the registration authority. - Valid ID card (not a copy) of the vehicle owner or passport with registration certificate from the registration office of the place of residence.
The registration certificate must not be older than three months.
If the vehicle owner is not a natural person, further documents are necessary to determine the owner. - Registration certificate part II or vehicle title
If this has not yet been issued, then COC paper (EC certificate of conformity) or a type data confirmation from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (German Federal Motor Transport Authority) or an expert opinion from a technical inspection body for motor vehicle traffic or of a technical service designated for testing complete vehicles of the respective vehicle class. - Electronic confirmation of insurance (eVB) from the liability insurer.
- Bank details for vehicle tax (SEPA direct debit mandate) or certificate from the responsible tax office stating that the tax is not necessary
What are the fees?
Fees are charged for re-registration by the registration authorities on the basis of the schedule of fees for road traffic measures.
The fees are based on the Road Traffic Fee Regulations (GebOst) and are calculated on a case-by-case basis:
16,52 EUR
Legal basis
What else should I know?
Requirements
- vehicle is out of service
- there is a valid reservation of the license plate to the same owner and the same vehicle
- the person submitting the application
- is a natural person, the same vehicle owner as before the decommissioning and has an account for the collection of the vehicle tax
- resides in the same registration district where the decommissioning took place (and there has been no previous move to another registration district),
- has an identity card with online function or electronic residence permit (eAT) with activated online ID function (eID) and a card reader for reading it, and
- has the registration certificate Part I (vehicle registration document) with security code released when the vehicle is taken out of service (as of 01.01.2015),
- has a valid main inspection/SP from a recognized inspection organization and a valid electronic confirmation of insurance (eVB).
These and other points (vehicle tax arrears, fee arrears and the existence of a valid main inspection or safety inspection) are determined and checked in the following process steps. If one or more of the above requirements are not met, the re-registration of your vehicle can only take place during a visit to the vehicle registration office in Erfurt.
Procedure
- Proof of identity by means of ID card or electronic residence permit (eAT) with activated eID function in the portal
- Entering the data required for re-registration in the application mask of the portal:
- Security code on the registration certificate Part I (vehicle registration document),
- Vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle,
- eVB number of the insurance company for proof of motor vehicle liability insurance,
- Bank data for SEPA direct debit (vehicle tax, infrastructure levy),
- HU/SP express code, if applicable, and
- reserved license plate
- Payment of fee via ePayment system (e.g. via credit card)
- Confirmation of registration application and transmission to the responsible registration authority
- Examination and processing of the application by the registration authority
- Sending and receipt of the registration documents as well as the sticker holders to be affixed to the license plate by mail
- Affixing of the sticker holders according to the instructions on the license plates
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Technically approved by
Professionally released on
10.02.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
Competent Authority
Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung - Kfz-Angelegenheiten
Address
99084 Erfurt
