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You can deregister your vehicle with the competent registration authority,

• if you intend to sell it,
• if you do not use it temporarily, or
• if you want to have it recycled.

With the decommissioning (deregistration), the registration of the vehicle for public road traffic is terminated. The most common reason for this is the sale of the vehicle. Another common reason is the temporary non-use of motorcycles over the winter months.

• After deregistration, you no longer have to pay insurance and taxes for the vehicle.
• The registration authority will therefore inform your car insurance company and the customs administration that levies the vehicle tax about the deregistration.
• The vehicle may no longer be driven or parked on public roads after deregistration.
• The deregistration can be carried out at any registration authority.
• You can reserve your number plate for one year for the purpose of re-registration.

Unsubscribing via the Internet
You can also deregister your vehicle yourself via the website of the competent registration authority.
Prerequisites for this are:

• an identity card with electronic proof of identity function,
• new stamp plates on the number plates and
• a new registration certificate Part I (vehicle registration document).

Hint
On the new stamp plates and the new registration certificate are hidden but revealable security codes.
This is the case with the stamp plates on an externally visible print piece no. and on the registration certificate Part I (the vehicle registration document) by a silver sticker.

• § 14 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV)
• § 15d Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV)

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