Apply for a repeater license plate

If your rear license plate is partially or completely covered by a load carrier or load you are carrying, you must affix a repeat license plate.

If the rear license plate of your vehicle is partially or completely covered by a load carrier or load you are carrying (e.g. bicycle carrier), the license plate must be repeated on the vehicle or load carrier.

It is not necessary to stamp the third license plate.

Attachments as interchangeable accessories for motor vehicles and trailers do not need to carry license plates.

If the vehicle's license plates are obscured, it is recommended that repeat license plates be affixed.

The same applies to attached agricultural and forestry implements.

The owner or driver is responsible for affixing a repeat license plate.

As processing by a licensing authority is not necessary, the submission of documents is not required.

Forms available: No, not required

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No

Online services available: No

If the license plates of the towing vehicle are obscured by a load carrier or load being carried, the license plate must be repeated on the vehicle or load carrier.

If the license plates of the towing vehicle are obscured by attachments or implements, it is recommended that repeating license plates be affixed.

there is no legal remedy

• Have an additional license plate made for the license plate assigned to your vehicle if you intend to drive the vehicle or order it to be driven even if its rear license plate is partially or completely obscured by a load carrier or load being carried.
• As soon as this situation arises, mount the repeater license plate on the vehicle or load carrier.
• You can easily order your repeater license plate online or from the plate maker.

Repeat license plates must be affixed to the vehicle or load carrier immediately as soon as the rear license plate of the towing vehicle is partially or completely obscured by a load carrier or load being carried.

A plate used as a repeat license plate does not need to be presented to the registration authority. In this respect, there is no need to specify a processing time.

As processing by a registration authority is not necessary, no fees and expenses are incurred. It is not possible to provide information on the purchase costs for the repeat license plate and its installation.

The license plate on the bike carrier must look exactly like a normal license plate. The specified fonts must therefore be used as well as the font sizes that are permitted for a normal license plate. The characters must be black on a white background, the DIN license plate needs a black border.