Deterioration of driving license
Verified 28 March 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
Your French driver's license is damaged? 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
If your French driving license is damaged while you are in France, the application for a new license is made online on the website of theANTS: titleContent.
Step-by-step approach
The application is made online on the website of theANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents at numeric format (scanned or photographed):
- Driving license deteriorated (in color and on both sides)
- 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 duplicatewith the same period of validity as the deteriorated license.
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
Your new license will be sent to your home and you will be asked to destroy the deteriorated license upon receipt of the new one.
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 are in Europe (EU/EEA)
If your French driving license is damaged 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.
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
The application for a new driving license or duplicate is available online on the website of theANTS: titleContent.
1. Apply for a new license
The process is being done online on the websiteANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents in the numeric format (scanned or photographed):
- Driving license deteriorated (in color and on both sides)
- 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 n°14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same period of validity as the deteriorated license.
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
2. 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. Prepare documents to be provided
Prepare them subsequent documents :
- Form Cerfa n°14882
- Form Cerfa n°14948
- Two-sided color copy of your deteriorated license
- Two-sided color copy of a identity document
- Copy of a proof of residence of 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 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 period of validity as the deteriorated license.
2. 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 French driving license is deteriorated and you have your normal residence in a country European , address yourself to authorities competent of this country.
Indeed, the French authorities are no longer competent to renew your license.
You're in another country
If your French driver's license is damaged while you are in a non-European country European , 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
The application for a new driving license is made online on the website ofANTS: titleContent.
1. Apply for a new license
The process is being done online on the websiteANTS: titleContent.
Prepare the following documents in the numeric format (scanned or photographed):
- Driving license deteriorated (in color and on both sides)
- 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 n°14880)
If you do not provide medical advice, you will get a duplicate with the same period of validity as the deteriorated license.
Please enter your phone number to stay informed of the progress of your application and the dispatch of your driving license.
2. 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. 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
- Two-sided color copy of your deteriorated license
- Two-sided color copy of a identity document
- Copy of a proof of residence of 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 period of validity as the deteriorated license.
2. 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 French driving license is deteriorated and you have your normal residence in a non-member country European, 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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- Highway Code: Articles R221-4 to R221-8Issuance and categories of driving licenses
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- Highway Code: Articles R233-1 to R233-3Behavior in the event of a roadside check
- General Tax Code: Articles 1628aCost of license on renewal if old license is not presented
- Order of 20 April 2012 laying down the conditions for the issue, issue and validity of driving licenses
- Circular of 26 July 2013 on the introduction of a supplementary data collection form for the publication of the driving license in the new EU format (PDF - 1.2 MB)
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