Theft of driving licence

The French authorities are not competent if you have normal residence in another country European.

You must contact the appropriate authorities in that country to obtain a new permit.

If you have your French permit stolen during a holiday or a family trip to a country European, contact the relevant local authorities to report theft.

You must then have the declaration or receipt referred to by your consulate or embassy.

The receipt is valid for 2 months for the French authorities but check with the local authorities if it allows you to drive.

If necessary, local authorities check your driving rights through the EU driving licence network "RESPER".

Upon your return to France, you must apply for a duplicate online.

The procedure is done via an online service available on the website of theCHILDREN.

To do the online process, you need the following documents, photographed or scanned.

• Flight Declaration
• Digital Signature (If you don't have access to a digital signature and photo service, you can complete and mail a photo signature (FPS) form during the remote procedure)
• Justification identity and home
• Medical Notice if it is a Category C or D licence. If you do not provide medical advice, you will receive a duplicate of the same validity period as the stolen licence.
• Credit

You pay the new licence online by credit card (€25).

You follow the production and sending of your driving licence online.

Shipping driver's licenceExpert Letter.

This is a secure shipment, with hand-over against signature.

• The address you specify during the online procedure must be as complete as possible
  (building number, flat number, mailbox number, floor, corridor, staircase, "resident",...)
• Your mailbox must include the first and last name of the person receiving the mail.

If you are absent when the postman passes, you must go to the Post Office in the 15 days with your notice of passage or with the number of the Expert Letter.

If you couldn't get to the Post Office within 15 days, you don't have to do anything.

Your permit will be sent to you.

In other cases, contactCHILDREN via the contact form:

If you have your French licence stolen in the country European where you are doing studies, training or a mission, contact the appropriate local authorities to apply for a permit.

The authorities of this country check your driving rights through the European Union's "RESPER" network of driving licences.

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If you have your French permit stolen during a holiday or a family trip to a country that is not European, you must contact the local authorities to make a declaration of theft.

You must then contact your consulate or embassy to find out the formalities to be completed.

If you are doing studies, training or a mission there, you are assumed to have kept your normal residence in France.

You must make a declaration of theft to the local authorities and have it targeted by the consular post you depend on.

The flight declaration receipt is valid 2 months for the French authorities, but check with the local authorities to see if it allows you to drive.

You must then send an application for renewal of your driving licence or duplicate to Crepic.

The folder must include the following documents:

• Application form for driving licence, excluding EEA, to be downloaded from your consulate
• Form cerfa 14882
• Form cerfa 14948
• Copy of your flight report
• Duplex colour copy of a identification
• Copy of proof of domicile
• 2 identical identity photos and compliant. Enter your first and last name on the back. The photos should be pasted on the cerfa forms.
• Justification of the right to stay in the foreigner
• Recent installation certificate in the country due to a mission, training, studies
• Proof of previous residence in France before expatriation. For example, lease agreement, rent receipt, gas bills, electricity, telephone...
• Fiscal Stamp €25. The tax stamp can only be bought in France, call on your relatives to obtain it or get the stamp during a visit to France)
• Medical Notice if it is a Category C or D licence. If you do not provide medical advice, you will receive a duplicate of the same validity period as the stolen licence.