Apply for day registration for a vehicle
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)
Service Description
You can apply for a short-term license plate as a private individual or company for a roadworthy but unregistered vehicle.
With a short-term license plate, you can test drive a vehicle or transfer it to another location. Other driving purposes are not permitted and may be penalized. The validity period is a maximum of 5 days from the day of allocation. The expiration date is visible on the right-hand side of the short-term license plate. After this date, the short-term license plate automatically loses its validity.
The vehicle must meet certain requirements in order to use a short-term license plate:
- an EC type approval must be available or an individual approval or operating license must have been issued,
- for used vehicles, valid proof of a passed main inspection must be available (main inspection report) and
- motor vehicle liability insurance must
must be in place.
If your vehicle does not have an EC type approval or operating license, you may only use a short-term license plate for journeys in connection with obtaining the required certificates. In this case, you may only drive to the nearest inspection center in the district that issued the license plate or in the neighboring district with the short-term license plate.
If your vehicle does not have a valid main inspection or safety inspection, it will be issued with a temporary license plate for the journey only:
- to the nearest inspection center in the registration district and back or
- to the nearest garage in the registration district in which the license plate was issued or
- to a neighboring district and back for the immediate repair of any significant or minor defects found.
This does not apply to vehicles that have been classified as unsafe to drive.
Teaser
You can apply for a short-term license plate as a private individual or company for a roadworthy but unregistered vehicle.
Process flow
You, an authorized representative or a person entitled to receive the temporary license plate apply for the temporary license plate at:
- your local registration authority or
- the local registration authority responsible for the location of the vehicle.
- Depending on the services offered by the registration authority, you can download a form or use an online service via the Internet.
- Make an appointment with your local registration authority by telephone or, if possible, online.
- Bring all the necessary documents and the payment of EUR 10.20 with you to your appointment.
- Your documents will be checked directly on site.
If the check is positive, you will receive your personal short-term license plate during the appointment. In most cases, there are also private dealers not far from the registration offices where you can have the short-term license plate printed on a license plate immediately afterwards.
directly afterwards.
Note: If you are an applicant who is not registered in Germany, you can apply for the short-term license plate at the responsible registration authority if you name a person authorized to receive it.
Who should I contact?
Local competent licensing authority
Requirements
- You need the vehicle for:
- a test drive on which you can
- determine and prove its serviceability
or - a transfer journey to take the vehicle to another location.
- You have your own specific need for the allocation of a short-term license plate.
- You must specifically name the vehicle to the registration authority and provide evidence of the vehicle data.
- The vehicle must have a:
- EC type approval,
- individual approval or
- operating license.
- The vehicle must have an EC type approval for the entire period of validity:
- valid main inspection and
- a safety inspection, if applicable.
- You have proof of existing motor vehicle liability insurance in the form of an electronic insurance confirmation (eVB) for short-term license plates.
Note: If you apply for short-term license plates for several vehicles at the same time, you must provide proof of need.
Which documents are required?
- Vehicle registration certificate (registration certificate part I)
- Certificate of Conformity (English abbreviation:
COC) or - Original individual approval of the vehicle
- Previous license plates, if applicable
- For used vehicles: main inspection report
- electronic insurance confirmation (eVB)
What are the fees?
EUR 10,20
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The short-term license plate is valid for a maximum of 5 days.
Processing duration
Usually immediately
Legal basis
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
