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Driving licence (Fahrerlaubnis) - apply for a replacement licence after loss or theft

Fahrerlaubnis - Ersatzführerschein nach Verlust oder Diebstahl beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
If your Führerschein (driving licence) has gone missing or been destroyed, for example through theft, illegibility or loss, you need a new driving licence, unless you waive your Fahrerlaubnis (driving entitlement). If you do not report the loss of your driving licence without delay and apply for a replacement document, you are committing an Ordnungswidrigkeit (regulatory offence). If your name has changed, you do not need to have a new driving licence issued. However, especially for trips abroad, it can be useful to hold an EU card driving licence with up-to-date details. If you would like a name change entered on your driving licence, a new card driving licence will be issued to you on application.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Main residence in Berlin If Berlin is your secondary residence, the application can only be processed with the consent of the authority responsible for your main residence. • The lost driving licence was a driving licence issued in Germany • An in-person appointment (Termin) is required

Documents you need

• Application for a replacement driving licence following loss/theft Please submit the application in person at the Bürgeramt (citizens' office) or at the Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) (Fahrerlaubnisbehörde [driving licence authority]). • Personalausweis (identity card) or passport • 1 current, biometric passport photo on paper www.berlin.de/labo/_assets/kraftfahrzeugwesen/foto-mustertaf Please bring a photo with you. No paper photos are printed on site. • Karteikartenabschrift (transcript of the driving licence record), if applicable, if you hold a paper driving licence that was not issued in Berlin You only need the Karteikartenabschrift if you did not obtain your lost driving licence in Berlin, but for example in another Bundesland (federal state). • Apply for the Karteikartenabschrift yourself at the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde (driving licence authority) of the Bundesland in which your driving licence was issued. • Send the Karteikartenabschrift to: Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO), Abt. IV - Fahrerlaubniswesen, Sachgebiet IV C 21, Puttkamerstr. 16-18, 10969 Berlin

Fees

• 42,50 Euro: replacement driving licence (Ersatzführerschein) • 10,00 Euro: provisional driving licence, when applied for at the same time as the replacement driving licence • 13,30 Euro: provisional driving licence • 6,32 Euro additional: direct dispatch of the driving licence (delivery by registered mail / dropped into the mailbox. This requires that the addressee's name is shown on the mailbox.), cannot be combined with express production • 9,52 Euro additional: express production of the driving licence

Legal basis

• Fahrerlaubnis-Verordnung (FeV, Driving Licence Regulation) § 25 para. 4, 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fev_2010/__25.html

Processing time

48 hours (two working days): for express production of the driving licence by the Bundesdruckerei (Federal Printing Office)

Further information

• Directory of addresses of driving licence authorities (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt [Federal Motor Transport Authority]) www.kba.de/DE/Themen/ZentraleRegister/Anschriftenverzeichnis • Current processing status (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten [State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs, LABO]) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/aktuelles/aktuelle-bearbeitung • Contact form for driving licences, passenger and freight transport (Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/fahrerlaubnisse-personen-und-g

Who is responsible

Bürgeramt (citizens' office) • Replacement driving licence • Express production of the replacement driving licence Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (State Office for Civil and Regulatory Affairs) (Fahrerlaubnisbehörde — driving licence authority) • Express production of the replacement driving licence • Temporary driving licence • You can arrange an appointment (Termin) with the Fahrerlaubnisbehörde (driving licence authority) using the contact form (see "Further information").

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Original

German original

Service number 121593 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/121593/