Carte grise How do I change the name of my city or street?
Verified 01 January 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Carte grise You need to have your certificate of registration) if the name of your municipality or street changes. The approach differs depending on whether the registration number of your vehicle is the shape AB 123 CD or 123 AB 01.
Form AB 123 CD
If your registration is of the form AB 123 CD, called SIVcarte grise , you must have the address changed on your
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
This is the 1st, 2nd or 3rd change of address since obtaining the SIV registration
The request must be made online. A label will then be sent to you by post. She'll mention your new address. Carte grise You will need to stick it to your computer.
Please note
it is no longer possible to do this at the counter in the prefectures or sub-prefectures.
You can use
- or the online change of address reporting online service, which can alert several public and private bodies simultaneously (examples: CPAM: titleContent, Caf: titleContent, La Poste, Pôle emploi),
- or the online service available on the website of the National Agency for Secure Titles (NSA).
Online change of address reporting Online service
You can register your application at any time to complete it later.
ANTS ONLINE SERVICE
You must use the following online service (a video presents the step-by-step approach):
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 :
You must have (or create) an ANTS user account.
In addition, you must provide information, including:
- registration of the vehicle,
- your new address (the old address will be pre-filled).
You must have a digital copy (photo or scan) of a proof of domicile to your new address.
If a third party makes the request for you, they must also have a digital copy of the mandate signed and your identity document.
Carte grise You will have to pay a shipping fee of €2.76. You must obligatory pay by credit card.
You can monitor the progress of its implementation online.
Please note
if you were a resident of a foreigners country and you settle in France, specific rules apply.
You are reporting your 4th change of address since obtaining SIV registration
Carte grise You must request a new one.
Carte grise It is no longer possible to apply at the counter in the prefectures or sub-prefectures: the request for a 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 :
You must use the following online service (a video presents the step-by-step approach):
You must have (or create) an ANTS user account.
In addition, you must provide information, including:
- Vehicle registration
- Your new address (the old address will be pre-filled)
- Bank details
Warning
carte grise the rules of procedure of obligatory be made by credit card.
Carte grise You will have to pay, for the procedure, the cost of transporting the €2.76.
You must dispose a digital copy (photo or scan) of a proof of domicile to your new address.
If a third party makes the request for you, they must also have a digital copy of the mandate signed and your identity document.
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 Keep the old one for 5 years. After this time, destroy it.
FYI
if a 5eme change of address occurs since obtaining the SIV registration, you will have to proceed as if it were the 1er and so on.
The vehicle is a long-term rental (LLD) or a leasing (leasing)
It's the owner, the lender, who has to do it. Contact them to find out what documents to send them.
Form 123 AB 01
You must declare your change of address within one month.
You will not be able to keep the registration form 123 AB 01. The change of address declaration shall entail:
- the assignment of a new registration number of type AB 123 CD corresponding to vehicle registration system (VRS)
- carte grise and the issuance of a new
You will then have to ask a professional to install new license plates on your vehicle, indicating the new registration, as soon as possible.
If you are controlled by law enforcement agencies after failing to report your change of address within one month, you may be fined up to €750 (in general, flat-rate fine of €135).
It is no longer possible to make the declaration of change of address with the prefecture or sub-prefecture: it is to be made online.
You must use the following online service (a video presents the step-by-step approach):
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 :
You must have (or create) an ANTS user account.
In addition, you must provide information, including:
- Vehicle registration
- Your new address (the old address will be pre-filled)
- Bank details
Warning
carte grise the rules of procedure of obligatory be made by credit card.
Carte grise You will have to pay, for the procedure, the cost of transporting the €2.76.
You must dispose a digital copy (photo or scan) of a proof of domicile to your new address.
If a third party makes the request for you, they must also have a digital copy of the mandate signed and your identity document.
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 should keep the old one for 5 years. After this time, destroy it.
Please note
if you were a resident of a foreigners country and you settle in France, specific rules apply.
Issuance of registration certificate
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Ministry of the Interior