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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 vehicle will be re-registered in your name. If you have moved or purchased a deregistered used vehicle, the vehicle owner data will be updated upon re-registration. This applies to all vehicles, regardless of the country of origin and regardless of the desired license plate type.
However, exceptions or special regulations apply, for example, to work machines, forklifts, vehicles for agricultural and forestry purposes, light and small motorcycles, ambulances, four-wheeled light motor vehicles and special trailers.
Registration is carried out by issuing the registration certificate (Part I and Part II) and sealing the registration plate(s).
The registration authority is entitled to order the vehicle to be presented.
Process flow
Re-registration via the Internet
You can also apply for re-registration via the website of the responsible registration authority if you were the last owner of the vehicle when it was deregistered 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 licensing authority of your place of residence; if you have more than one residence, please contact the licensing authority of the place of your main residence. - For legal entities, commercial enterprises or public authorities:
Please contact the licensing authority of the registered office or the location of the branch or office involved.
If there is no registered office, branch or office in Germany, the licensing authority of the place of residence or the place of stay of an authorized recipient is responsible.
Requirements
- The vehicle must correspond to an approved type or have individual approval.
- 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 from the last general inspection (if required, this must 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)
- Expert report required after a long period out of service: 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 verified in any other way, an expert opinion from an officially recognized expert is required.
- New license plate required under certain circumstances: If the license plate was not reserved when the vehicle was deregistered or if the vehicle is re-registered in the name of another owner, a new license plate must be applied for.
Which documents are required?
- Written formal application to the responsible registration authority, stating the owner and vehicle details
The application can also be completed at the registration authority. - Valid identity 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 required to identify the owner. - Registration certificate part II or vehicle registration document
If this has not yet been issued, then COC paper (EC certificate of conformity) or a type data confirmation from the Federal Motor Transport Authority or an expert opinion from a technical testing center for motor vehicle traffic or a technical service designated to test complete vehicles of the respective vehicle class. - Electronic insurance confirmation (eVB) from the liability insurer
- Bank details for vehicle tax (SEPA direct debit mandate) or certificate of non-necessity from the responsible tax office
What are the fees?
Fees for re-registration are charged by the licensing authorities on the basis of the scale of fees for road traffic measures.
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
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Professionally released on
22.08.2024
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
