License plates: Reserve the license plate of your choice

At most registration authorities, you can reserve or apply for desired license plates in person, in writing or by telephone. Many regulatory authorities also offer an online service on the Internet.

Note: You can find out how long your desired license plate will remain reserved for you directly from the responsible office.

the registration authority in whose district you have your main residence, place of business or branch

The licensing authority is in Rhineland-Palatinate,

• for an urban district: the city administration
• for a county: the county administration

You want a specific combination of letters or numbers for your license plate.

If you have reserved a desired license plate in advance, you will need the reservation confirmation for the admission procedure.

• § 8 Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV) (allocation of license plates)
• Schedule of Fees for Road Traffic Measures (RFees)

• § 8 Fahrzeug - Zulassungsverordnung (FZV)

  Allocation of license plates

• Anlage zu § 1 der Gebührenordnung für Maßnahmen im Straßenverkehr (GebOSt)

If, when you deregister your vehicle, you would like to use your license plate again later in the same administrative district, you can reserve it for a certain period of time at most registration authorities for a fee and also apply for it again in connection with the registration of another vehicle.

Do you want a specific combination of letters or numbers for your license plate, for example

• an abbreviation of the name,
• the abbreviation of your company,
• a date of birth or marriage, or
• Would you like an "old license plate" for your vehicle that is available again in your district together with a specific identification number?

For a fee, you can apply for a license plate of your choice or have it reserved in advance.

Attention:

• The subsequent change of a license plate combination assigned to a vehicle is only possible for an additional fee.
• A desired license plate reserved in another registration district cannot be taken to the new registration district when moving.

Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.