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Motor vehicle - taking out of service with incomplete documents

Kraftfahrzeug - Außerbetriebsetzung mit unvollständigen Unterlagen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
You can take your car, motorcycle, or other motor vehicle out of service (deregister it, take it off the road) • if you intend to sell it • if you are temporarily not using it, or • if you are having it scrapped. After taking the vehicle out of service, you no longer need to pay insurance or taxes for it. We therefore inform of the deregistration: • your motor vehicle insurance, and • the customs administration (Zollverwaltung), which collects the motor vehicle tax. You do not need to inform these yourself. However, the deregistered vehicle may no longer be driven or parked on public roads. Reserving the license plate for re-registration of the vehicle For re-registering the vehicle again, the license plate can be reserved for 12 months. No reservation can be arranged for vehicles not registered in Berlin. If the license plate is to be used for another vehicle, the reservation period is three months. However, there is no legal entitlement to allocation of the reserved license plate.

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Requirements

• Ihre Unterlagen sind unvollständig Ihnen fehlen Unterlagen, die unter "Erforderliche Unterlagen" genannt sind. • oder Fahrzeugdiebstahl Translation: • Your documents are incomplete You are missing documents that are listed under "Erforderliche Unterlagen" (required documents). • or vehicle theft

Documents you need

• Eidesstattliche Versicherung (declaration in lieu of an oath) for Part 1 of the Zulassungsbescheinigung (vehicle registration certificate, ZBI) (under "Forms") A declaration in lieu of an oath must be submitted for each document lost. • Eidesstattliche Versicherung (declaration in lieu of an oath) for Part 2 of the Zulassungsbescheinigung (vehicle registration certificate, ZBII) (under "Forms") A declaration in lieu of an oath must be submitted for each document lost. • Eidesstattliche Versicherung (declaration in lieu of an oath) – license plate If a license plate is lost, a declaration in lieu of an oath must be submitted (under "Forms"). If both license plates have been lost, or if the vehicle by design carries only one license plate, a fee-based declaration must be taken. • Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil II (vehicle registration certificate, Part II) or vehicle title (if available) • Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil I (vehicle registration certificate, Part I) or vehicle registration document (if available) • Identity document of the applicant e.g. Personalausweis (identity card) • the trailer register, if applicable (if available) • both license plates, or the single license plate for a motorcycle or trailer • proof of remaining location or proof of disposal/scrapping, if applicable If no proof of disposal is available, the registration authority assumes the vehicle was not disposed of. • Case number for the police report If the license plates were stolen, the case number of the police report must be submitted. This also applies if the vehicle was stolen together with its license plates.

Forms

• Affidavit (Eidesstattliche Versicherung) - Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil 1 (registration certificate part 1, ZBI) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/kfz-zulass • Affidavit (Eidesstattliche Versicherung) - Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil 2 (registration certificate part 2, ZBII) www.berlin.de/formularverzeichnis/?formular=/labo/kfz-zulass • Affidavit (Eidesstattliche Versicherung) - Kennzeichen (license plate) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/artikel.276252.p

Fees

The fee is based on the Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (fee schedule for road traffic measures) in its currently applicable version and amounts to EUR 17.10 for taking the vehicle out of service, plus further fees depending on the document that was lost.

Legal basis

• Fahrzeug-Zulassungsverordnung (FZV, Vehicle Registration Regulation) §§ 13, 14, 16 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/index.html#BJNR0C70B0023 • Altfahrzeug-Verordnung (AltfahrzeugV, End-of-Life Vehicle Regulation) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/altautov/ • Annex to § 1 of the Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (GebOSt, Fee Regulation for Road Traffic Measures) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgebo_2011/ • Straßenverkehrsgesetz (StVG, Road Traffic Act) § 5 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stvg/__5.html • Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (VwVfG, Administrative Procedure Act) § 27 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/vwvfg/__27.html

Further information

• Kraftfahrzeug - Außerbetriebsetzung (motor vehicle deregistration) with complete documents (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120877/ • Make an appointment with the KFZ-Zulassungsbehörde (vehicle registration authority) (LABO – Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten, State Office for Citizens' and Regulatory Affairs) www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/formular.910499.

Who is responsible

• Taking a vehicle with a Wechselkennzeichen (interchangeable license plate) out of service is only possible at the KFZ-Zulassungsbehörde (vehicle registration authority). • You can arrange an appointment (Termin) with the KFZ-Zulassungsbehörde (vehicle registration authority) using the contact form www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/formular.910499..

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Service number 325881 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325881/