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Applying for export license plates for vehicles

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

Would you like to transfer a vehicle abroad that is subject to registration or license plate requirements but without a license plate? Then you may need an export license plate.

If you want to transfer a vehicle abroad, you sometimes need an export license plate. This applies in the following cases:

  • Your vehicle is
    • subject to registration, but has been taken out of service
    • registration-free and subject to license plates, but still without license plates

This applies regardless of whether you drive your vehicle

  • under its own power or
  • as a trailer abroad.

With the export license plate, you will receive vehicle documents and, on request, an international registration certificate. The export license plate is limited to a maximum of one year and the vehicle requires a valid general inspection during this period. Both are valid for a limited period for the transfer of the vehicle.

You can obtain the export license plate from your local vehicle registration authority.


Competent authority

the registration authority in whose district you have your main residence, place of business or branch office

is the registration authority,

  • for a city district: the city administration
  • for a rural district: the district administration
Requirements
  • You would like to transfer your vehicle abroad permanently.
  • Your vehicle is
    • subject to registration but taken out of service or
    • not subject to registration but requires a license plate and does not have an assigned license plate.
Which documents are required?
  • Proof of liability insurance for your vehicle, the insurance is limited to one year
  • Proof that the vehicle is roadworthy:
    • Valid inspection sticker due to completed main inspection (HU)
    • exhaust emission test (AU), if applicable
  • Registration certificate part I, also known as the vehicle registration document
  • If applicable, an international registration certificate for your vehicle
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Period of validity: 1 - 1 Day
The export license plate and the associated registration certificate part II are limited in time and are only valid for the period of transfer of the vehicle. The maximum possible period of validity is one year.
Legal basis
What else should I know?

You do not need an export license plate in the following cases:

  • Your vehicle has a valid registration
  • it is a registration-free vehicle that requires a license plate and has been assigned a license plate number

If you wish to transfer your vehicle to a country outside the European Union (EU), you will also need an international vehicle registration document, which you can apply for separately.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

Would you like to transfer a vehicle abroad that is subject to registration or license plate requirements but without a license plate? Then you may need an export license plate.

Competent authority

the registration authority in whose district you have your main residence, place of business or branch office

is the registration authority,

  • for a city district: the city administration
  • for a rural district: the district administration

Requirements

  • You would like to transfer your vehicle abroad permanently.
  • Your vehicle is
    • subject to registration but taken out of service or
    • not subject to registration but requires a license plate and does not have an assigned license plate.

Which documents are required?

  • Proof of liability insurance for your vehicle, the insurance is limited to one year
  • Proof that the vehicle is roadworthy:
    • Valid inspection sticker due to completed main inspection (HU)
    • exhaust emission test (AU), if applicable
  • Registration certificate part I, also known as the vehicle registration document
  • If applicable, an international registration certificate for your vehicle

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Period of validity: 1 - 1 Day
The export license plate and the associated registration certificate part II are limited in time and are only valid for the period of transfer of the vehicle. The maximum possible period of validity is one year.

Legal basis

What else should I know?

You do not need an export license plate in the following cases:

  • Your vehicle has a valid registration
  • it is a registration-free vehicle that requires a license plate and has been assigned a license plate number

If you wish to transfer your vehicle to a country outside the European Union (EU), you will also need an international vehicle registration document, which you can apply for separately.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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