Re-register your vehicle

If a vehicle (including trailers) has not been deregistered for more than 7 years and is now to be re-registered to the same vehicle owner, you have come to the right place.

Description

You can re-register your vehicle from the comfort of your own home using your online licence plate function.

  • Re-registration is only possible if you reserved the licence plate when you deregistered. Please have your reservation pin ready.
  • If you already have a Euro licence plate (blue band on the left-hand edge of the licence plate), you can reuse the "old licence plate".
  • Vehicles with an operating licence(e.g. light motorbikes, trailers for sports purposes, trailers for work machines) can only be registered or re-registered at the vehicle registration authority. You need an appointment for this.

If you no longer have your PIN for your online ID function, you can have a new PIN issued at any Citizens Office or apply for one online.

To make an appointment on site, you must first select a contact point.

Prerequisites

Internet, technology and user account

  • stable internet connection
  • up-to-date browser, for example Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge
  • ID card with online function
  • ID card app 2 (available in every app store)
  • electronic residence permit (eAT) with activated online ID function and pin (if you need help with activation, please contact the office responsible for the eAT)
  • BayernID or BundID user account or private ELSTER certificate
  • the vehicle is to be registered to your company: ELSTER company account
  • Printer to be able to "drive off immediately" with the printed provisional registration certificate (for up to ten days in Germany)

Required documents

Online-capable vehicle documents:

  • allocated ZBII (vehicle registration document) of the vehicle with scratch-off field for scratching off the verification code
  • allocated ZBI (vehicle registration document) with scratch-off field for scratching off the verification code (on the back) - this may already be scratched off if the vehicle has been decommissioned online
  • Reservation pin of the licence plate reservation
  • eVB from your vehicle insurance company
  • IBAN for the direct debit authorisation for vehicle tax

Duration & Costs

Processing time

The online application usually only takes a few minutes. After payment, you will receive documents for immediate download. You must download these.

To be able to drive off immediately, you must print out the temporary registration certificate and place it behind your windscreen so that it is clearly legible. This is valid for 10 days from the date of the online registration application. In this case, you will receive your documents (ZBI, ZBII, stamp stickers) within the next 10 days.

If it is not possible to "drive off immediately", you will receive your documents within the next 3 days.

Please make sure that your contact details are correct. If there are any discrepancies or queries, the registration office will contact you in any case.

Fees

Online fee: Online payment / credit card / EC cardpossible
with "Whereabouts licence plate reservation": 17.10 euros

on-site fee: only with EC card / cash payment
with "licence plate reservation" from: 23 euros

with change of licence plate: 30 Euro

Payment methods available

Questions & Answers

Prerequisite:

  • The vehicle has not been deregistered for more than seven years.
  • You are registered with your main residence in Munich.
  • For legal entities, commercial enterprises, tradespeople: Munich is the place of business (head office or branch)

documents required:

  • Identity card or passport
  • When presenting an identity card/passport without the signature of the holder, it is also possible to present a combination of a copy of the identity card and a copy of the driving licence instead of the original licence, if the driving licence contains a photograph and a signature and you are registered in Munich.
  • For legal entities, companies and associations: Extract from the commercial or association register and business registration
  • For minors: Declaration of consent from the legal guardian. If only one parent has parental authority, this must be proven separately (by a court judgement or a custody order)
  • In the case of guardianship for "official and administrative matters": Guardian's identity card
  • For proxies: written power of attorney (original) as well as ID of the authorised representative (original) and ID of the principal (copy).
  • Declaration of consent from the vehicle owner that the authorised representative may be informed of the vehicle tax circumstances.
  • SEPA mandate of the vehicle owner/account holder
  • eVB (electronic insurance confirmation)
  • Registration certificate part I (vehicle registration document)
  • Test report or entry in the vehicle registration document regarding valid general inspection
  • For commercial vehicles: safety inspection
  • the old licence plates, if these are to be reused
  • in the case of a licence plate change: registration certificate part II (vehicle registration document)

Once we have prepared your registration application, the next step is to buy the licence plates. There are several private providers in the vicinity of the registration office and the citizens' offices, please note the opening hours of the providers. You will have to pay the price for the licence plates separately. These costs are not included in the registration fees. You must submit the registration application to the licence plate manufacturer as proof of your authorisation.
You must then come back to us so that we can affix the official stickers to the licence plates and stamp them.

You can choose a new licence plate number in the licence plate portal. If your previous licence plate is still available, you can also reserve it again. An additional fee of 12.80 euros will then be charged on top of the registration fee.
A "normal transfer fee" is payable for re-registration without a "licence plate reservation", as the data processing costs are higher.

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II
Bürgerangelegenheiten
Kraftfahrzeugzulassungs- und
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Internet

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Hauptabteilung II
Bürgerangelegenheiten
Kraftfahrzeugzulassungs- und
Fahrerlaubnisbehörde

Eichstätter Straße 2
80686 München

Address

Eichstätter Straße 2
80686 München

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