Reporting the loss of your own ID card
As a German citizen, you are obliged to have an identity card from the age of 16 if you are registered as having your main place of residence in Germany and do not have a valid passport, passport or temporary passport.
You must report the loss of your identity card immediately to a citizens' office or the police. If you do not do this, you are committing an offense. Once you have reported the loss to a citizens' office, the police will automatically be informed of the loss.
You can apply for a new ID card at the same time as reporting the loss to the Citizens' Registration Office. If you have a valid passport, you do not need to apply for a new ID card.
If you first report the loss to the police, you must also visit an ID card office to apply for a new ID card.
If you report the loss (to the police or citizens' office), the online ID card function will also be automatically blocked. This ensures that any attempt to misuse the online ID function is detected immediately. After blocking, it is not possible to use the online ID function of your ID card.
You can also have the online ID card blocked yourself by telephone.
You can only have the signature function blocked by the provider of your signature certificate..
Who should I contact?
The identity card authority in the local citizens' office of the district or regional municipality, the independent city or the large independent city of the place of residence is responsible.
Responsible authorities
Samtgemeinde Spelle - Fachbereich Ordnungsverwaltung/Bürgerservice
Contact
- Spelle:
- Activity as a market trader or showman Admission
- Activity in a municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a gardener
- Activity in municipal cemetery Permanent gardener
- Activity in the municipal cemetery Temporary admission as gardener
- Advertisement Change of person in the case of legal entities
- Advertisement of a restaurant
- Agriculture: damage caused by game
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card because of theft
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for a postal vote
- Apply for a simple certificate of good conduct
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for a travel trade license
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for German citizens with permanent residence abroad
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Apply for identity card because of other name change
- Apply for permission to sell goods at trade fairs, festivals and special events.
- Applying for a permit for the commercial exhibition of persons
- Applying for permission for special use
- Auctioneering trade - apply for permission
- Authorization certificate
- Burial place: Permit - to create/expand
- Business re-registration
- Certificate of eligibility
- Certificate of good conduct extended
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of identity card due to change of address
- Change of residence
- Childcare services for seniors
- Children's Passport Extension
- Children's Passport Issue
- Children's Passport Status Query
- Children's passport change due to change of address
- Children's passport notification due to loss
- Children's passport notification due to relocation
- Children's passport report for theft
- Citizens' advice
- Confirmation of landlord
- Confirmation of registration issuance
- Construction site: Issuing - of construction site orders under traffic law
- Day care
- Deregister trade
- Documents and copies: Certification
- EU funding
- Elections
- Employment at the municipal cemetery Permanent admission as a stonemason, sculptor or gardener
- Entitlement to a place in a day-care centre
- Event: Display
- Exemptions for the auctioning of perishable goods Admission to weekly markets
- Exemptions on Sundays and public holidays
- Explosive ordnance: elimination
- Express passport issue
- Findings from the background check Certificate
- Fischer test: Acceptance
- Fishing License Exhibition
- Gaming arcade license
- Have address and personal data changed
- Have your identity card brought up to date
- Helping the homeless
- Hiking Camp Display
- Holiday offers
- House number: Fixing
- ID card issue
- Identity card notification due to retrieval
- Identity card notification due to theft
- Identity card status query
- Information blocking device
- Information from the Central Trade Register Application
- Information in the population register Granting to landlords
- Information in the population register Provision of group information
- Information on the population register Provision to parties and voter groups
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance: Issue
- Limited traffic zones
- Lost property
- Markets and festivals
- Measures to ensure public safety and order
- Memorials
- Naturalization: Approval - for foreigners entitled to naturalization
- New passport issue due to change of name on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership
- Organization of a trade fair, exhibition or wholesale market: fixing
- Organization of a weekly market Determination
- Other games with the possibility of winning Permission in the traveling trade
- Other games with the possibility of winning: Permission
- Parking permit
- Passport Issuance of additional passports
- Passport change due to change of place of residence
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance for adults for the first time
- Passport issuance for frequent travelers
- Passport issuance new due to change of name upon marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Passport issuance new due to change of other data
- Passport issuance new due to expiry of validity
- Passport issuance provisionally
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport message for retrieval
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report for theft
- Passport status query
- Pawnbroking - Apply for a permit
- Place of residence Deregistration of main residence
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning Confirmation of the installation site
- Playground equipment with the possibility of winning permission
- Population register information Issue
- Population register information Provision of self-disclosure
- Population register information issuance extended
- Provision of information from the population register for commercial purposes
- Public holidays: approval - of exceptions to the general rest period
- Register a business
- Registration certificate issued
- Reporting obligation
- Reporting the loss of your own ID card
- Request simple information from the population register
- Requesting a vehicle to be taken out of service
- Residence Deregistration
- Residence Deregistration for boatmen and seafarers
- Residence Deregistration of secondary residence
- Residence Re-registration Change of status
- Residence Registration as main residence
- Residence Registration as secondary residence
- Residence Registration for boatmen and seafarers
- Restaurant operation Approval early start of operations
- Show traveling trade or activity exempt from travel trade card
- Show use of biocides
- Signatures: Certification
- Special obligation to register in accommodation establishments Registration
- Special reporting obligation in hospitals, homes and similar institutions Registration
- Store opening hours
- Tax Life Certificate: Issuance
- Temporary employment as a stonemason, sculptor or gardener at the municipal cemetery
- Traditional bonfire (Easter fire)
- Traffic space restrictions: approval
- Transmission blocks in the registration register
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Authorization of exceptions for holding certain sales events
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Deregistration
- Travel trade card-exempt activity Re-registration
- View Gathering
- Work at the municipal cemetery Admission across borders as a stonemason, sculptor and gardener
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
Requirements
Your identity card has been lost.
Applications / forms
Personal appearance necessary: Yes
Which documents are required?
You do not need to submit any documents.
What are the fees?
There is no charge for reporting the loss.
Fee: free of chargeIn case of loss report
Process flow
As a rule, you must report the loss of your ID card in person. In such cases, the ID card authority will block your online ID card function after receiving your report.
Report the loss to the Citizens' Registration Office:
Make an appointment at the Citizens' Registration Office. Please find out about the regional options.
Your online ID function will be blocked immediately upon receipt of your report.
If you do not receive a prompt appointment to report the loss at the Citizens' Registration Office, report the loss to a police station as soon as possible.
Block the online ID function yourself via the hotline:
Dial the blocking hotline 116 116, which is available around the clock, 7 days a week.
Enter the blocking password that you received with the PIN letter using the telephone keys as soon as you are prompted to do so.
Your online ID card will be blocked immediately.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The report must be made immediately after the loss is discovered.
Processing duration
It usually takes a few minutes to record the loss report and hand over the copy to the person concerned.
Appeal
Objection.
Appeal.
Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notification of your application.
Administrative court action
