Re-registration of vehicles

When you have sold a vehicle, the new owner has four weekdays to re-register (change of ownership/user) or deregister the vehicle. Until the vehicle has been re-registered, you, as the seller, pay taxes and third party liability insurance on the vehicle.

Check for deregistration

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv) with MitID
2. Select ‘Motor' (Motor) and ‘Motorregistret' (Register of Motor Vehicles).
3. Select ‘Administration' (Administration)  →  ‘Vis borger/virksomhedsoplysninger' (Show information on individual or business).
4. You can see your 'Aktuelle' (Current) and ‘Historiske' (Previous) vehicles. Once a vehicle has been deregistered or you are no longer the owner, it appears under ‘Historiske' (Previous)

The buyer has not re-registered or deregistered the vehicle

If the buyer has not re-registered (change of ownership/user) or deregistered the vehicle within four weekdays from the time of purchase, you can ask the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency (Motorstyrelsen) to deregister the vehicle by visiting one of our vehicle registration offices or contacting us by email.

Contacting us by email

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv) med MitID
2. Select 'Kontakt' (Contact)  →  'Skriv til us (Write to us)
3. Select 'Bil og motor' (Vehicles) → 'Ejerskifte, nummerplader og registreringsattester' (Change of ownership, number plates and registration certificate) → 'Manglende ejerskifte (afmelding)' (Missing change of ownership (Deregistration)
4. Attach a bill of sale.
5. Click 'Send' (Send).

A bill of sale must state the following:

• Date of sale
• Name of seller
• Name and address of buyer
• Possible date of birth of buyer (optional)
• Possible number of driver's license (optional)
• Signatures of seller and buyer
• Vehicle identification number, make or registration number.

Deregistration will take effect the day we receive your request, however, no sooner than four weekdays from the date of sale. If you do not have a sold note, we will deregister the vehicle four weekdays after the day you requested deregistration.

As the buyer you are responsible for re-registering or deregistering your new vehicle within four weekdays from the time of purchase.

Re-registering a vehicle in the Register of Motor Vehicles

As the new owner, you can re-register your vehicle in the Register of Motor Vehicles. In order to do so, you need the registration certificate and your MitID.

However, you cannot re-register lorries, tractors, motorised equipment, semi-trailers, trailers for tractors and trailer equipment in the Register of Motor Vehicles. Instead, you need to appear in person at a number plate provider (enter your postal code to find the one nearest to you) or in one of our vehicle registration offices.

Here is what you do:

1. Log on to E-tax (TastSelv) with MitID
2. Select ‘Motor' (Motor) and ‘Motorregistret' (Register of Motor Vehicles).
3. Select 'Registrering' (Registration) and 'Privat ejer/brugerskifte' (Private change of ownership/user). Then click on ‘Start burger-/ejerskifte' (Begin change of ownership/user).
4. Enter registration or vehicle identification number.
5. Unlock the vehicle by means of a check figure (in Danish: kontroltal or kodedel 1 and 2 from the registration certificate).
6. Add possible other users or owners who have given you a power of attorney for this purpose.
7. Select insurance company and select ‘Anmod om forsikring' (Request insurance) (on rare occasions, you need to enter insurance policy number).
8. Select ‘Godkend registrering' (Approve Registration).
9. Make the payment
10. Select ‘Videre' (Continue) and print your receipt.

You will receive a new registration certificate by regular post within 10 days. Periodic taxes will be sent to the primary user of the vehicle.

Once you have approved your registration, you cannot cancel or change it. If you make a wrong entry, you will have to pay for a new change of ownership/user).

Power of attorney - adding a secondary owner or more users

If as a new primary owner you need to register another person as secondary owner or primary or secondary user of the vehicle, the person first need to logon and provide you with a power of attorney.

Drawing up a power of attorney

The new primary owner or new secondary owner/user needs to:

• Log on to E-tax (TastSelv)
• Select ‘Motor' (Motor) and ‘Motorregistret' (Register of Motor Vehicles).
• Select ‘Registrering' (Registration), ‘Mine fuldmagter' (My powers of attorney) and then 'Opret' (Draw up ).
• Enter registration number or vehicle identification number
• Decide whether you are primary owner or user of the vehicle and then select ‘Opret' (Draw up).

The power of attorney only applies to the specific vehicle and is valid for 14 days. The grantor (primary user, secondary owner, or user) can delete the power of attorney again under 'Mine fuldmagter' (My powers of attorney).

Re-register with a number plate provider 

Please bring:

• Registration certificate
• Information on an online insurance company or an insurance policy
• Photo ID
• Power of attorney if you want to register a vehicle on behalf of somebody else.

A registration change with a number plate provider costs DKK 380 plus a service fee. Plate providers set their own fees. 

Find a number plate provider (in Danish only but if you enter your postal code, the ones nearest to you will be shown on the screen).

Power of attorney if you represent somebody else

If you do not own the vehicle, you will need to bring a power of attorney issued by the owner and present proof of identification. If you want to add another person as user of the vehicle, you will also need a power of attorney issued by the person in question.

Typically, a power of attorney states:

• Name and CPR number of the person who appears in person at the number plate provider or one of our motor registry offices
• Name and CPR number of the person who has issued the power of attorney
• The purpose of the power of attorney
• Date and signature

Read about registration tax for vehicles for special purposes under 'Reduced registration tax for certain vehicles'.

For most restricted vehicles, the restriction is linked to the user. Therefore, a new restriction does not need to be added if the ownership of the vehicle is changed through a number plate provider.

If you are under 18, you can be registered as owner and user of a moped and in certain cases as owner of a bus for people with disabilities, for example, but you may not be registered as user of other vehicles than mopeds.

You need to re-register your vehicle with a number plate provider (in Danish only but if you enter your postal code, the ones nearest to you will be shown on the screen) or in one of our vehicle registration offices.

17-year-olds may be registered as the owner and/or user of a car with the consent of a legal guardian.

If you are 17 years old and wish to be registered as the owner and/or user of a car, you must appear in person at a number plate provider together with your legal guardian.

Find a number plate provider

When you visit the license plate operator, you must bring:

• a signed consent form from your legal guardian
• the original registration certificate
• insurance company information
• photo ID

The fee for registration or change of ownership is the same as for individuals over the age of 18.

You need to have your vehicle inspected:

• at change of ownership if it has not passed regular periodic vehicle inspections.
• if the vehicle has been deregistered for more than a year
• if the vehicle is registered abroad
• If the periodic vehicle inspection has not been performed

Find number plate provider (in Danish only but if you enter your postal code, the ones nearest to you will be shown on the screen) or one of our vehicle registration offices.

Read more about inspections and vehicles on the Danish Road Traffic Authority’s website.

You can use the app Ejerskifte (change of ownership) to register the new owner of privately owned vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, mopeds, trailers and caravans. The app is only available in a Danish version.

Du kan kun bruge appen til at skifte ejer fra en privatperson til en anden privatperson.
You can only use the app to change ownership from one private individual to another.

You cannot use the app to change the owner of vehicles registered as vans in the Register of Motor Vehicles, even if they are registered for private goods transport.

The seller and the buyer must both download the app and log in using MitID. They can then register the change of ownership so that the new owner of the vehicle is registered in the Register of Motor Vehicles. A fee of DKK 340 is charged for the re-registration of a vehicle.

You can complete the registration change in the app even if you do not have your registration certificate.