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State capital Stuttgart

Public order office

Motor vehicle license plate - apply for export license plate

You want to transfer your vehicle abroad for permanent residence?
For this you need an international registration with an export license plate. This export license is issued for a maximum of one year.


Note: If you have received an export license plate, you are liable to pay taxes for its period of validity (at least one month).

Note: If you do not have a domestic bank account:
SEPA direct debit mandate (SEPA = Single European Payment Area) is used for vehicle registration to pay the vehicle tax. A separate mandate is required for each vehicle, which automatically expires when the export license plate expires. In this SEPA mandate, foreign bank details can also be entered in BIC/IBAN format. The country identifier (DE) specified in the SEPA direct debit mandate can be adapted to the foreign identifier.

Public order office

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You have questions? Call us: from any network, without an area code. Authorities number 115: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. You can usually reach the authorities number 115 at fixed network tariffs and thus free of charge via flat rates. Sign language telephone: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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