Theft of driver's license
Verified 28 March 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
You had your French driver's license stolen? We tell you how to apply for a new license depending on whether you are in France, Europe (EU/EEA) or in another country.
You are in France
Step-by-step approach
You have to make a flight declaration in a police station or in a gendarmerie brigade.
You can make a online pre-complaint and then sign your complaint on the spot at a police station or gendarme brigade you choose.
One receipt is then given to you to allow you to drive only in France.
The receipt replaces the permit during 2 months.
During this period, you must apply for a new driver's license.
Who shall I contact
After obtaining the receipt of your flight report, you must apply for a driving license.
The request is made via a online service available on the ANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents in numeric format (photographed or scanned) :
- Flight declaration receipt
- Digital photo-signature
If you do not have access to a photo and digital signature service, you are invited to fill in and mail a photo-signature form (FPS) during the teleprocedure. - Proof of identity
- Entitlement of domicile less than 6 months
- If you are a foreigner:
- proof of your normal residence in France if you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national European (EU/EEA)
- proof of the regularity of your stay in France (residence permit) if you are a national of another State - For a Class C or D license, medical opinion (form Cerfa n°14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same validity period as the stolen license. - Dematerialized tax stamp (€25)
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
You can follow online the manufacture and sending of your driving license.
The online service is accessible via FranceConnect or with your credentials ANTS: titleContent , in French only.
If you do not have ANTS credentials, it is proposed to create an account to have a personal space on the ANTS website.
Once connected to your space ANTS: titleContent, you view your request in the dashboard.
Track the progress of your driving license application
Reminder
pending your new license, the flight report receipt allows you to drive only in France for 2 months from the reporting date.
You are in Europe (EU/EEA)
In case of theft of your French driving license while you are in a country European (EEA), the application for a new license from that country varies if your normal residence is in France or abroad.
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Your normal residence is in France
Your normal residence is in France if you are in one of the 2 situations following:
- you live in France 185 days or more per year (6 months) due to personal and/or professional ties
- your personal attachments are located in France but you are abroad to pursue your studies, a training, one internship or for the execution of a fixed-term assignment
You have a postal address in France
1. Declare theft of the driving license
You have to make a flight declaration with the competent local authorities.
2. Have the flight declaration endorsed by your consulate or embassy
Then you need to have the declaration or receipt endorsed by your consulate or embassy.
The receipt is valid 2 months for French authorities but check with local authorities if he can allows you to drive.
Who shall I contact
3. Apply for a new driving license
The process is being done online on the websiteANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents in the numeric format (scanned or photographed):
- Receipt of the flight declaration made out by the foreign authorities and endorsed by the competent consular or diplomatic post, and its translation into French by a certified translator
- Digital photo-signature
If you do not have access to a photo and digital signature service, it is proposed to fill in and mail a photo signature form (FPS) during the online procedure) - Entitlement of identity
- Entitlement of domicile less than 6 months
- If you are a foreigner:
- proof of your normal residence in France if you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national European (EU/EEA)
- proof of the regularity of your stay in France (residence permit) if you are a national of another State - Proof of the right of residence in the country where you are established
- Justification for maintaining your normal residence in France
- Either a document certifying that you are pursuing studies, training, a traineeship or that you are on a fixed-term mission in that country
- or a document certifying your residence in France for 185 days or more during the year preceding the receipt of your request by the instructor service. For example, a lease agreement, rent receipt, gas, electricity, or landline bills, a certificate of domicile issued by the energy supplier. - For a Class C or D license, medical opinion (form cerfa no. 14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same validity period as the stolen license. - Dematerialized tax stamp (€25)
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
4. Monitor the progress of the application for a driving license
You can follow online the manufacture and sending of your driving license.
The online service is accessible via FranceConnect or with your credentials ANTS: titleContent , in French only.
If you do not have ANTS credentials, it is proposed to create an account to have a personal space on the ANTS website.
Once connected to your space ANTS: titleContent, you view your request in the dashboard.
Track the progress of your driving license application
You have a mailing address only abroad
The application for a new driving license is made by mail.
1. Declare theft of the driving license
You have to make a flight declaration with the competent local authorities.
2. Have the flight declaration endorsed by your consulate or embassy
Then you need to have the declaration or receipt endorsed by your consulate or embassy.
The receipt is valid 2 months for French authorities but check with local authorities if he can allows you to drive.
If necessary, local authorities check your driving rights via the EU driving license network "BREATHE".
Who shall I contact
3. Prepare documents to be provided
Prepare them subsequent documents :
- Form cerfa no. 14882
- Form cerfa no. 14948
- Copy of the receipt of the flight declaration issued by the foreign authorities and endorsed by the competent consular or diplomatic post, and its translation into French by a certified translator
- Two-sided color copy of a identity document
- Copy of a proof of domicile less than 6 months
- 2 identical identity photos and conforming to standards. Enter your first and last names on the back. The photos are to be pasted on the cerfa forms.
- If you are a foreigner:
- proof of your normal residence in France if you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national European (EU/EEA)
- proof of the regularity of your stay in France (residence permit) if you are a national of another State - Proof of the right of residence in the country where you are established
- Justification for maintaining your normal residence in France
- Either a document certifying that you are pursuing studies, training, a traineeship or that you are on a fixed-term mission in that country
- or a document certifying your residence in France for 185 days or more during the year preceding the receipt of your request by the instructor service. For example, a lease agreement, rent receipt, gas, electricity, or landline bills, a certificate of domicile issued by the energy supplier. - For a Class C or D license, medical opinion (form Cerfa n°14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same validity period as the stolen license. - Tax stamp of €25
The tax stamp is only purchased in France. Call on your relatives to obtain it or get the stamp when you visit France)
4. Send documents by mail
Request is to be sent by post at the Cert-EPE in Paris.
Who shall I contact
Cert - exchange of driving licenses foreigners (Cert-EPE) of Paris
By mail only
Paris Police Department
Directorate for Transport and Public Protection (DTPP)
Titles and User Relations Department (STRU)
Center of Expertise on foreigner Driving Licenses and Certificates (Cert-EPE)
1 bis rue de Lutèce
75 195 Paris Cedex 04
Your normal residence is abroad
Your normal residence is abroad if you stay there more than 185 days per year (more than 6 months) for reasons other than pursuing your studies, following a training course, a traineeship or carrying out a fixed-term assignment.
If your normal residence is in a country European when your French driving license is stolen, address yourself to authorities competent of this country for obtain one new permit.
Indeed, the French authorities are no longer competent to renew your license.
You're in another country
In case of theft of your French driver's license while you are in a non-European country European (EEA), the application for a new license from that country varies if your normal residence is in France or abroad.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Your normal residence is in France
Your normal residence is in France if you are in one of the 2 situations following:
- you live in France 185 days or more per year (6 months) due to personal and/or professional ties
- your personal attachments are located in France but you are abroad to pursue your studies, a training, one internship or for the execution of a fixed-term assignment
You have a postal address in France
1. Declare theft of the driving license
You have to make a flight declaration with the competent local authorities.
2. Have the flight declaration endorsed by your consulate or embassy
Then you need to have the declaration or receipt endorsed by your consulate or embassy.
The receipt is valid 2 months for French authorities but check with local authorities if he can allows you to drive.
Who shall I contact
3. Apply for a new driving license
The process is being done online on the websiteANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents in the numeric format (scanned or photographed):
- Receipt of the flight declaration made out by the foreign authorities and endorsed by the competent consular or diplomatic post, and its translation into French by a certified translator
- Digital photo-signature
If you do not have access to a photo and digital signature service, it is proposed to fill in and mail a photo signature form (FPS) during the online procedure) - Entitlement of identity
- Entitlement of residence under 6 months
- If you are a foreigner:
- proof of your normal residence in France if you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national European (EU/EEA)
- proof of the regularity of your stay in France (residence permit) if you are a national of another State - Proof of the right of residence in the country where you are established
- Justification for maintaining your normal residence in France
- Either a document certifying that you are pursuing studies, training, a traineeship or that you are on a fixed-term mission in that country
- or a document certifying your residence in France for 185 days or more during the year preceding the receipt of your request by the instructor service. For example, a lease agreement, rent receipt, gas, electricity, or landline bills, a certificate of domicile issued by the energy supplier. - For a Class C or D license, medical opinion (form cerfa no. 14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same validity period as the stolen license. - Dematerialized tax stamp (€25)
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
4. Monitor the progress of the application for a driving license
You can follow online the manufacture and sending of your driving license.
The online service is accessible via FranceConnect or with your credentials ANTS: titleContent , in French only.
If you do not have ANTS credentials, it is proposed to create an account to have a personal space on the ANTS website.
Once connected to your space ANTS: titleContent, you view your request in the dashboard.
Track the progress of your driving license application
You have a mailing address only abroad
The application for a new driving license is made by mail.
1. Declare theft of the driving license
You have to make a flight declaration with the competent local authorities.
2. Have the flight declaration endorsed by your consulate or embassy
Then you need to have the declaration or receipt endorsed by your consulate or embassy.
The receipt is valid 2 months for French authorities but check with local authorities if he can allows you to drive.
Who shall I contact
3. Prepare documents to be provided
Prepare them subsequent documents :
- Application form for driving license, excluding EEE: titleContent, to be downloaded from your consulate website
- Form cerfa no. 14882
- Form cerfa no. 14948
- Copy of the receipt of the flight declaration issued by the foreign authorities and endorsed by the competent consular or diplomatic post, and its translation into French by a certified translator
- Two-sided color copy of a identity document
- Copy of a proof of domicile less than 6 months
- 2 identical identity photos and conforming to standards. Enter your first and last names on the back. The photos are to be pasted on the cerfa forms.
- If you are a foreigner:
- proof of your normal residence in France if you are a Swiss, Andorran, Monegasque or national European (EU/EEA)
- proof of the regularity of your stay in France (residence permit) if you are a national of another State - Proof of the right of residence in the country where you are established
- Justification for maintaining your normal residence in France
- Either a document certifying that you are pursuing studies, training, a traineeship or that you are on a fixed-term mission in that country
- or a document certifying your residence in France for 185 days or more during the year preceding the receipt of your request by the instructor service. For example, a lease agreement, rent receipt, gas, electricity, or landline bills, a certificate of domicile issued by the energy supplier. - For a category C or D license, medical opinion (cerfa form n°14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same validity period as the stolen license. - Tax stamp of €25
The tax stamp is only purchased in France. Call on your relatives to obtain it or get the stamp when you visit France)
4. Send documents by mail
Request is to be sent by post at the Cert-EPE in Paris.
Who shall I contact
Cert - exchange of driving licenses foreigners (Cert-EPE) of Paris
By mail only
Paris Police Department
Directorate for Transport and Public Protection (DTPP)
Titles and User Relations Department (STRU)
Center of Expertise on foreigner Driving Licenses and Certificates (Cert-EPE)
1 bis rue de Lutèce
75 195 Paris Cedex 04
You have your normal residence abroad
Your normal residence is abroad if you stay there more than 185 days per year (more than 6 months) for reasons other than pursuing your studies, following a training course, a traineeship or carrying out a fixed-term assignment.
If you have your normal residence in a non-member country European when your french driving license is stolen, the french authorities are no longer competent.
Talk to local authorities for request the exchange of your driving license, or in the absence of a reciprocal agreement, take the local driver's license examination.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS) - Driving license
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