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Driving license exchange due to expiry of validity
Service Description
Driving licenses issued as of 19.01.2013 are limited to 15 years.
The validity of a driving license issued before 19.01.2013 is governed by Annex 8e to the Driving License Ordinance.
If the validity of the driver's license has expired, a new driver's license must be applied for, unless you renounce the driver's license.
However, the time limit only affects the driver's license document, not the underlying driver's license. No medical examination or other verification is associated with the document exchange.
The rights documented in the driver's license remain valid even if the document is exchanged. The individual driver's license classes that are assigned when a driver's license is exchanged are governed by Annex 3 of the Driver's License Ordinance.
Process flow
Contact the relevant driver licensing authority in the town, in which you have your main residence.
Who should I contact?
Contact the relevant driver licensing authority in the town, in which you have your main residence.
Which documents are required?
- Photo ID (identity card or passport (if passport is presented: attach a current registration certificate from the registration office responsible for the main place of residence)).
- Photo, 45 x 35 mm in portrait format and without border (so-called biometric passport photo) - frontal photo, without head covering and without covering of the eyes, information and examples can be found in the photo sample board (Bundesdruckerei)
- Driving license
What are the fees?
The fee is based on the Fee Regulations for Road Traffic Measures (GebOSt).
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Driving licenses issued up to and including December 31, 1998:
Year of birth of the driver's license holder - Date by which the driver's license must be exchanged.
Before 1953 - January 19, 2033
1953 to 1958 - January 19, 2022
1959 to 1964 - January 19, 2023
1965 to 1970 - January 19, 2024
1971 or later - January 19, 2025
Driver's licenses issued on or after January 1, 1999*:
Year of issue - date by which driver's license must be exchanged.
1999 to 2001 - January 19, 2026
2002 to 2004 - January 19, 2027
2005 to 2007 - January 19, 2028
2008 - January 19, 2029
2009 - January 19, 2030
2010 - January 19, 2031
2011 - January 19, 2032
2012 to January 18, 2013 - January 19, 2033
(*Driver's license holders whose year of birth is prior to 1953 must exchange their license by January 19, 2033, regardless of the year the license was issued)
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
Professionally released on
16.08.2022
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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