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Applying for information from the central driving licence register
You can use the online register information to obtain information about your driving licence from the central driving licence register. You can obtain the information online or by post.
All driving licences with the uniform European driving licence categories A to D that have been issued since 1 January 1999 are recorded in the Central Driving Licence Register: Once the licence has been issued, the driving licence authority reports the data to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). The data that is important for the driving licence is stored in the central driving licence register: Personal data, driving licence classes, conditions, restrictions and so on, but not the address.
The Central Driving Licence Register stores
- driving licences issued in Germany according to the uniform European categories A to E and the national German categories M, L, S and T (until 19 January 2013) and L and T (from 19 January 2013)
- for novice drivers, additionally the probationary period
- Driving licences for passenger transport
- Police, Federal Police and Federal Armed Forces service driving licences
- Driving instructor licences and service driving instructor licences of driving instructors
- Authorisations of motor vehicle experts, inspectors and test engineers
Forms/Online Services
Details
Prerequisite
You can obtain this information without any further requirements.
Procedure
You can obtain information from the central driving licence register via the online register information on the website of the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA)
- You will need the online ID function of your identity card or electronic residence permit for the online register information.
- Follow the steps described on the KBA website.
- At the end you will receive the information in the form of a PDF file.
Alternatively, you can receive the information by post:
- Download the form "Application for information from the Central Driving Licence Register (ZFER)" from the KBA website
- You will find the form there under "Register information by post - free of charge"
- Complete the form and add the required documents.
- Then send the form to the KBA.
- After the KBA has processed it, you will receive the result by post.
Deadlines
none
Required documents
Request for information by post:
- Copy of your identity card (front and back) or passport
- alternatively: officially notarised signature on the application form
Costs
none
Processing time
You will usually receive the online register information immediately.
The processing time for information by post is three to four days after receipt at the KBA.
Miscellaneous
Online register information can only be generated if the data in the central driving licence register and the available personal data are identical. Otherwise, manual post-processing and the provision of information takes place via the selected return channel.
Legal basis
Straßenverkehrsgesetz (StVG):
- § 58 Auskunft über eigene Daten aus den Registern
Release note
machine generated, based on the German release by: Verkehrsministerium Baden-Württemberg, 10.04.2025
