Lost driver's license: what documents you need now
Created: 06/27/2022, 15:13
By: Marcus Efler
A misplaced, stolen, or lost driver's license is annoying, but not really a problem.
If you pay attention to these things, you will soon have a new one.
Wallet stolen, purse lost: It can always happen that you suddenly find yourself without your
driver's license document
.
In any case, you don't have to worry about one thing - that you could be prosecuted for
driving without a license
.
If you actually get into a police checkpoint without it, the officials will check by remote query at the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg whether you have the right driver's license for your vehicle.
In the worst case,
a warning fee of ten euros will
be due.
Lost driver's license: what documents you need now
Nevertheless, you should get a
new cloth
as soon as possible , which today is a card.
Maybe it's fitting that you'll soon be changing your old
EU driver's license to the new one anyway
must swap.
Loss risk: Some contemporaries are rather relaxed about their driver's license.
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For a
new driving license
you have to show up with the following documents at the responsible
registration
office:
Valid identity card or passport
Recent biometric passport photo
The authority may require an affidavit about the loss of the driver's license
In addition, if necessary, a copy of the file data from the authority that issued the driver's license: This certificate is necessary if you are in a different district or city than your current place of residence - i.e. basically whenever you have
moved a little further since your driver's
license test.
Expect to pay around
35 to 40 euros
for the new driver's license , plus a similar amount for the affidavit.
You can possibly save yourself if the driver's license was stolen and you can present the corresponding
report
that you have made
to the police
.
Lost driver's license: It can be expensive abroad
Visiting the police is particularly important if the mishap
happens
abroad .
There, the penalties for not carrying your driver's license are sometimes significantly higher than here -
at least 86 euros
in Italy, for example.
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It can also be tight if you lose your driver's license shortly before a car trip abroad, or if you want to
rent a car
soon .
Because the issuance of the new document takes several weeks.
If you need it faster, you can apply for an express issue for an additional fee - or a temporary replacement document, which is then only valid together with an ID card or passport.
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