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

The driver card is valid for 5 years from the date of issue. You can renew the driver card upon request. You must do this at least 15 working days before the card expires. If your driver card has already expired, you must place a new initial order.

Your renewed driver card is valid immediately after the expiry date of the old card. You must carry the expired driver card with you for at least 28 days in addition to the new card.

Only you may use the driver card issued to you personally. It always remains your property, even if your employer has paid for the driver card. In principle, employers are not obliged to cover the costs.

• 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 classes if it was issued in an EEA member state.

There are no notes or special features.    

You can renew your driver card at the earliest 6 months and at the latest 15 working days before it expires.

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

• Application for renewal of 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 the country and address
• Proof of surname, first name, date and place of birth
• Photograph against a light background, 35 mm x 45 mm in size, showing the applicant without headgear in a frontal view (biometric passport photo)
• If you are applying for a new driver card due to damage or malfunction of the card, you must submit it to the issuing authority or agency

Cash / EC