Applying for a vehicle to be taken out of service

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If you wish to deregister your vehicle, you must have it decommissioned at the relevant vehicle registration authority.

  • Service description

    If you want to deregister your vehicle, you must apply for a deregistration. This applies to

    • Authorised vehicles
    • Vehicles without registration
    • Trailer

    The vehicle must have previously been allocated a licence plate number.

    Once you have deregistered the vehicle, you may no longer drive it on the road or park it in public areas.

    You can submit the application in person or through your representative to the competent licensing authority.

    If you have deregistered the vehicle, you no longer have to pay insurance or taxes. The registration authority will inform your vehicle insurance company and the customs administration that the vehicle has been deregistered.

    Vehicles that have a licence plate number and are taken out of service do not automatically retain their licence plate number. The licence plate is then released again by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) and can be assigned to another owner or vehicle.

    If you want to use the licence plates again, you should have them reserved.

  • Prerequisites

    You can decommission your vehicle,

    • if you intend to sell it,
    • if you are temporarily not using it or
    • if you have it scrapped.

  • Which documents are required?

    You must submit the following documents if you wish to decommission the vehicle and it is not to be recommissioned:

    • if available: completed application form
    • Registration certificate part I (vehicle registration document),
      with trailer list if applicable
    • Licence plates for validation by the registration authority

    If you are decommissioning a vehicle subject to registration in categories M1, N1 or L5e, you must also present the following documents

    • Proof of utilisation, i.e. an official certificate confirming that the vehicle has been disposed of properly
    • additional certificate of destruction if the vehicle was disposed of abroad within the European Union (EU)
    • Registration certificate part II (vehicle registration document), if this has been issued

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    This time limit applies if you have your licence plate reserved in order to use it again later.

    Period of validity: 12 months

  • Processing time

    Processing usually takes place immediately.

  • Legal basis

  • Legal remedy

    Lawsuit

  • Short text

    • As soon as a vehicle to which a licence plate is assigned is deregistered, it may no longer be used on the road; also applies to trailers
    • Vehicles that have been allocated a licence plate number may no longer be parked in public areas after this date
    • After deregistration, payment of insurance and vehicle tax is no longer necessary; the registration authority informs the vehicle insurance company and customs administration about this
    • Vehicles do not automatically retain licence plates; must be reserved for reuse

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