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Your selected location: Emsland

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Motor vehicle registration when transferring to another holder outside the registration district


If a vehicle is to be transferred to a new owner in a different registration district, an application must be submitted to the competent authority in the new registration district. The application can be made in person or by an authorized person.

Who should I contact?

Responsibility lies with the district, the independent city and the municipality, joint municipality and city entrusted with this task.

The main place of residence according to the identity card is decisive. In the case of legal entities, this is the registered office of the main branch or the registered office of the branch.

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Straßenverkehr
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Contact

Reiner Egbring
Telephone: 05931 44-4004
Room:
K II, 4
responsible for:

Requirements

  • Registration of the vehicle in the main residence of a private individual

Applications / forms

  • SEPA-Lastschriftmandat (ausfüllbar)

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  • SEPA-Lastschriftmandat, gültig ab 24.03.2014

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  • Vollmacht zur Fahrzeugzulassung - NEU

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  • Zulassung: Info - SEPA

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Which documents are required?

  • Identity card or passport with registration certificate from the registration office of the place of residence - not older than 3 months
  • Registration certificate part II or, in the case of vehicles not requiring registration but subject to registration, the operating license
  • Registration certificate part I or deregistration certificate
  • registration plates for registered vehicles (only required when changing license plates). Please note that the license plates must not be stamped by hand. This is done at the road traffic authority.
  • Electronic insurance confirmation (eVB) in accordance with § 23 of the Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV)
  • Inspection report of the last valid main inspection (HU)
    • Not applicable for vehicles whose first main inspection was not yet due or
    • for vehicles for whichthe due date of the next main inspection is evident to the registration authority from another official document - Section 29 (10) of theRoad Traffic Licensing Regulations ( StVZO)
  • SEPA direct debit mandate for the collection of vehicle tax
    • This must be submitted in writing and signed by the holder in the original upon registration, including by third parties. If the account holder is different, this mandate must be signed in the original by the owner and the account holder. Proof of the specified bank details must be provided.
    • Alternatively:
      • Certificate according to which the main customs office waives the collection of motor vehicle tax or
      • Proof of tax exemption

In the case of processing by a third party, additionally

  • informal, written authorization from the person making the application and identity card of the person for whom the vehicle is to be registered

For companies additionally:

  • Extract from the trade register or commercial register
  • the identification documents of the person responsible and authorized to sign (managing director, authorized signatory) and their power of attorney

additionally for associations:

  • Extract from the register of associations
  • ID of the person responsible and authorized to sign (board of directors) and their power of attorney

for companies under civil law additionally:

  • Complete overview of the shareholders - usually the shareholders' agreement
  • Power of attorney and declaration as to which natural person is to be authorized -confirmed by the signatures of all shareholders

What are the fees?

Fees will be charged. Please contact the responsible office.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Deadlines may have to be observed. Please contact the responsible office.

What else should I know?

Since October 1, 2005, there have been new vehicle documents, registration certificate part I (old: vehicle registration certificate) and registration certificate II (old: vehicle registration document). These are standardized in the European Union (EU). The vehicle owner is not required to exchange them. The previous vehicle documents are exchanged for the new documents (Parts I and II) as soon as the registration authority issues new vehicle documents.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)