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Motor vehicle deregistration

Service Description

You can deregister your motor vehicle at any registration office,

  • if you intend to sell it,
  • if you are not going to use it temporarily, or
  • if you wish to have it disposed of.

Deregistration terminates the registration of the vehicle for public road traffic.

The most common reason for this is the sale of the vehicle.

Another common reason is temporary non-use of motorcycles over the winter months.

Process flow

Deregistration at the local registration authority

You present the license plate(s), the registration certificate Part I (ZB I) and your ID card or passport to a registration authority.

The vehicle is deregistered when the license plate(s) is/are unstamped and the ZB I is endorsed.

If a person other than the registered owner of the vehicle presents the ZB I, the license plates and his or her identity card, he or she is deemed to be authorized by the owner to apply for the vehicle to be taken out of service.

If the vehicle has been entrusted to a waste disposal company, the waste disposal certificate must be presented at the time of deregistration.

The deregistration is subject to a fee.

Deregistration via the Internet

You can also deregister your vehicle yourself via the website of the registration authority.

Prerequisites for this are

  • an identity card with electronic proof of identity function,
  • new stamped stickers on the license plates and
  • a new registration certificate Part I (vehicle registration document).

Note

The new stamp stickers and the new registration certificate have security codes that are concealed but can be exposed.

This can be recognized by an externally visible print piece number on the stamp stickers and by a silver sticker on the registration certificate Part I (the vehicle registration document).

Who should I contact?

You can deregister at any registration office.

Competent authority

Admission authority

Requirements

You would like to sell your registered vehicle or your registration-free vehicle, which is assigned a license plate

  • sell it,
  • hand it over to a recognized body,
  • temporarily not to use or park it in the public traffic area and suspend the tax and insurance obligation for this period.

Which documents are required?

  • Registration certificate part I (ZB I)
  • License plate
  • Identification document

What are the fees?

The fee is charged in accordance with the Fee Regulations for Road Traffic Measures (GebOSt).

Information can be obtained in individual cases from the local vehicle registration authority.

Legal basis

What else should I know?

After deregistration, you no longer have to pay insurance and taxes for the vehicle.

The registration authority therefore informs your vehicle insurance company and the customs administration, which collects the vehicle tax, about the deregistration.

After deregistration, you may no longer participate in public road traffic and may not park the vehicle in public traffic areas.

can be obtained from any registration authority.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture

Professionally released on

26.06.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

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