License plates: exchange for Euro license plates

You can exchange your old license plate for a Euro license plate.

• Identity card or passport with registration certificate from the residents' registration office
  or (for foreign citizens) foreign identity card and registration certificate from the residents' registration office
• For companies, additional business registration and, if applicable, extract from the commercial register
• Registration certificate part I (vehicle registration certificate) and part II (vehicle registration document)
• Test report from the last general inspection (not applicable for vehicles whose first general inspection was not yet due or for vehicles for which the due date of the next general inspection can be seen by the registration authority from another official document)
• Previous license plates for de-stamping
  

If you instruct a third party to register the change, they will need written authorization from you; they must also present your identity document (in the original) to the registration office. The third party must have the relevant identity document with them in order to identify themselves.

A registration certificate is not required in Offenbach am Main not required.

Fees are charged for the exchange in accordance with the current version of the scale of fees for road traffic measures; information on the amount of the fee can be obtained from the responsible registration authority. There are also costs for the new license plates.