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Identity card report due to recovery
Service Description
As a German citizen, you are obliged to have an identity card from the age of 16.
If you lose your identity card or temporary identity card, you are obliged to inform the identity card authority in your (residential) municipality immediately. An identity check is required there.
The identity card authority must also be notified if your identity card is found again and the previously lost identity card must be presented. As a new document is usually issued, this is essential, also to prevent problems when using these identity documents.
Only when you have officially reported your ID card as "found" will a corresponding entry be deleted by the police. You can then continue to use your recovered ID card in Germany without restriction until the end of its validity.
Process flow
Report in person at a citizens' office that you have found your ID card again
Who should I contact?
Please contact the Citizens' Office.
Requirements
You had previously reported your identity card as lost.
Which documents are required?
recovered identity card
What are the fees?
You will not incur any costs as a result of the notification.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must report it immediately if you find your ID card again.
Processing duration
Your message will be recorded immediately.
What else should I know?
If you find your ID card again, you can also have the blocked online ID card function unblocked again. This can only be done in person at your local Citizens' Registration Office. The Citizens' Registration Office will then arrange for it to be unblocked and, if necessary, inform the police that the ID card has been recovered.
Please note: Germany cannot influence whether and how other countries set up their national police information systems or whether and how often they are updated. It is therefore possible in individual cases that foreign authorities do not delete the search or do not delete it in time and therefore do not recognize the recovery of your ID card for use abroad or even confiscate it.
If you want to avoid such possible inconveniences when traveling internationally, it is advisable to apply for a new ID card when you report the loss or theft of your ID card.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs
Professionally released on
05.12.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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