Carte grise of a vehicle withdrawn from circulation

Verified 23 March 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

You may decide to remove your vehicle from circulation (for example, if you want to restore or modify the vehicle for a long enough time). In case of transfer (sale or donation), the new owner can also request the temporary withdrawal from circulation within 1 month after the transfer. Such withdrawal shall suspend the authorization to use public roads. To put the vehicle back into circulation, the withdrawal must be lifted.

Withdrawal

You may want your vehicle to be taken off the road for personal reasons.

Example :

you want to restore or modify a vehicle over a fairly long time.

If you ask to be removed immediately after purchasing the vehicle, you are not required to register it in your name.

Example :

If you buy a vehicle to process it, you can apply to get it off the road. You will be able to apply for registration when the vehicle is ready.

The withdrawal declaration remains optional. It does not result in the cancelation of registration. It shall entail the suspension of the authorization to use the vehicle on the roads open to traffic. This suspension applies even if it is towed by a registered vehicle.

The request is made online using the following online service:

Request the withdrawal of a vehicle from circulation

You must identify yourself via France Connect.

A digital copy device (scanner, digital camera, smartphone or tablet equipped with a photo function) is required.

Of numeric dots (with computers, printers and scanners) are available in each prefecture and in most sub-prefectures. You can do the walk there. You can be assisted by digital mediators if you have difficulties using the Internet.

You can also be accompanied in your approach by a France Services house :

Who shall I contact

Warning  

carte grise it is now no longer possible to request a referral from the prefecture or sub-prefecture.

You must bring a digital copy (photo or scan) of the following documents:

  • Cerfa No. 13756 Vehicle Withdrawal Declaration Form (download via online service)
  • Carte grise of the vehicle blocked and signed, marked ‘withdrawn from circulation on [day / month / year]’

If you're doing it for someone else, you need to have a digital copy of the mandate signed and of identity document.

At the end of the process, you will be provided with a file number and an acknowledgement of registration of your application, which you will be able to print.

Free

Re-release

To put your vehicle back into circulation, you will need to request the withdrawal to be lifted. Carte grise A new one will be made.

The request is made online using the following online service:

Request the reactivation of a vehicle after a withdrawal period

You must identify yourself via France Connect.

A digital copy device (scanner, digital camera, smartphone or tablet equipped with a photo function) is required.

Of numeric dots (with computers, printers and scanners) are available in each prefecture and in most sub-prefectures. You can do the walk there. You can be assisted by digital mediators if you have difficulties using the Internet.

You can also be accompanied in your approach by a France Services house :

Who shall I contact

Warning  

carte grise it is now no longer possible to request a referral from the prefecture or sub-prefecture.

You must bring a digital copy (photo or scan) of the following documents:

  • Cerfa registration application no. 13750 (download via the online service)
  • Proof of roadworthiness test (unless the vehicle is one of those exempt), when the withdrawal of the vehicle follows a voluntary request from you
  • Isolated Receipt Report (ISR) of the Dreal: titleContent competent, if the vehicle has been converted during the withdrawal period

If you're doing it for someone else, you need to have a digital copy of the mandate signed and of identity document.

Carte grise You must certify on the honor that the applicant of the vehicle has a certificate of insurance of the vehicle and a driving license corresponding to the category of vehicle registered.

You do not have to attach a digital copy (photo or scan) of the driver's license. However, this may be requested when your file is being examined.

The Rules of Procedure of carte grise amount of must be made by credit card.

At the end of the procedure, you get the following 3 items:

  • File Number
  • Acknowledgement of registration of your application
  • Provisional Certificate of Registration (PIC), which you must print. The CPI allows you to circulate for 1 month, only in France, carte grise while waiting to receive your

Carte grise You will be given the definitive secure fold at your home in a period which may vary.

You can follow the progress of its manufacture on the Internet:

Carte grise Follow your request to

Carte grise You will be given the definitive secure fold at your home under a period which may vary.

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