Export licence plate

If you want to take your vehicle abroad permanently, you need an export licence plate. This (international registration) can be issued for a maximum of one year.

Description

Please note that you cannot obtain the yellow insurance certificate for export licence plates from us. Please contact an insurance company in advance.

Prerequisites

  • You are registered with your main residence in Munich
    or
  • You are staying in Munich (without residence in Germany)
  • In individual cases, it may be necessary to present the vehicle

Required documents

  • Identity card or passport
  • Do you have a foreign identity document without a signature? Then you can also submit a copy of your driving licence. The driving licence must contain a photograph and a signature and you must be registered in Munich or abroad.
  • For legal entities, companies and associations: Extract from the commercial or association register (not older than 3 years from issue) and business registration
  • For representatives: written power of attorney (original) as well as ID of the authorised representative (original) and ID of the principal (original)
  • Declaration of consent from the vehicle owner that the vehicle tax circumstances may be disclosed to the authorised representative.
  • fully completed SEPA mandate of the vehicle owner/account holder
  • yellow insurance certificate for export licence plates
    (The yellow insurance certificate for export licence plates is not available from us. Please contact an insurance company in advance)
  • Registration certificate part I (previously vehicle registration document)
  • Registration certificate part II (previously vehicle registration document)
  • Licence plates (not required if the vehicle has been taken out of service)
  • Test report on a valid general inspection (for the entire term of the export licence)
  • For lorries: safety inspection

Duration & Costs

Fees

From 31.80 euros
if the vehicle documents are exchanged for the new registration certificate Part I and Part II at the same time: an additional 13.80 euros

Payment methods available

Questions & Answers

What do I do with the licence plate when it is no longer valid?

The licence plate belongs to the owner, who can dispose of it or keep it.
Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

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Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II Fahrzeugzulassungs- und Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Eichstätter Straße 2
80686 München

Address

Eichstätter Straße 2
80686 München

By appointment only

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