The driver card is used to record driving and rest times in commercial goods and passenger transport.

If you are a truck or bus driver and your driver card has been stolen, you can apply for a replacement card from the relevant authority.

The replacement driver card is valid until the same date as the original stolen card – if it would have been valid for more than 6 months. The validity period does not start again from the beginning. 

From the time your driver card is lost, you may continue driving for a maximum of 15 days without a valid driver card.  

As long as you are not in possession of your driver card, you must record your driving and rest times manually. You must also make printouts from the digital tachograph and carry them with you. 

Your employer is not obliged to reimburse you for the cost of the driver card. 

• You are resident in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• You hold a valid driver's license in one of the following categories: B, BE, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE.
• Your valid driver's license must correspond to one of the above categories if it was issued in an EEA member state. 

There are no notes or special features.

• Application deadline: 7 business days You must apply
  for a replacement card within 7 days of theft.

• 8 working days
  After submitting your application and reviewing it, the competent authority will issue your card within 8 working days.

District administrations or municipal administrations of independent cities and large district-affiliated cities

• Application for a replacement driver card 
• Proof of identity
• Valid domestic driver's license or driver's license from a country in the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Entitles the holder to drive vehicles for which regulations on driving and rest times must be observed
• Proof of residence in Germany and address
• Proof of surname, first name, date and place of birth
• Photograph against a light background, measuring 35 mm x 45 mm, showing the applicant without head covering in a frontal view (biometric passport photo)
• Proof of a theft report
• The issuing authority may also require the holder of the driver card to make a sworn statement that they cannot return the driver card and the reasons why.

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