Extending your driving license to category L

You can extend your driver's license to include category L (colloquially known as a "small tractor driver's license")

You can add category L to your driving license.

The category L driving license is the ''small'' tractor driving license. It allows you to carry out agricultural or forestry work at the age of 16, but only at a maximum speed of 40 km/h and a maximum speed of 25 km/h with a trailer.

The responsibility lies with the driving license authority.

• Designation of a driving school
• Identity card or passport (including registration certificate if applicable)
• current driver's license
• a current biometric photograph, in accordance with the provisions of the Passport Ordinance (35 x 45 mm, portrait format, frontal view); information and examples can be found in the photo sample table of the Bundesdruckerei (Federal Printing Office)
• Proof of participation in a first aid training course
• Proof of eyesight according to Annex 6 No. 1.1 of the FeV (not older than 2 years)

• Forms available: Yes
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: No
• Personal appearance required: Yes
• Online services available: No

• You must be in possession of a driver's license
• You must have your main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany
• You must have reached the minimum age of 16 years (§ 10 Driving License Ordinance).

• Appeal (further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in your respective notification)
• Appeal to the administrative court

You must submit an application to extend your driving license to category L to the driving license authority responsible for you.

The practical examination must be taken within twelve months of passing the theoretical examination. Otherwise the theoretical examination loses its validity.

• depending on the workload of the respective driving license authority.

The driving license authority charges fees in accordance with the scale of fees for road traffic measures.

Only a theoretical test is required to obtain a category L driving license, Section 15 (2) of the Driving License Ordinance.