Keeping records current
Your certificate must match your situation
When your address, ownership, or documents change, French rules expect your vehicle certificate records to stay accurate. Updating them on time keeps your registration valid and avoids problems at roadside checks or during a sale.
This page explains the main post-registration updates: a change of home address, a duplicate request, and the steps after a loss or theft. Fees and processing times change, so check each step against the official service and its update date before you submit anything.
Common situations
Three updates drivers ask about most
Choose the situation that matches yours, then prepare the listed documents and follow the official procedure.
Address change
Update your home address
Report a move so the certificate reflects where you live. Prepare proof of your new address and your current vehicle documents, then complete the update with the official online service.
Duplicate
Request a duplicate certificate
If a certificate is damaged or unusable, request a replacement. Keep your existing registration number, and prepare identity details and the vehicle information requested by the official service.
Loss or theft
Report a lost or stolen card
File a police declaration first, then request a replacement through the official service with the declaration reference. Check the current list of documents before you submit.
Good to know
Once a duplicate certificate is issued, any former certificate for the same vehicle is no longer valid, even if it was reported lost and later found.
Editorial reminder. Confirm current rules with the official service.