Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office

Role

• Administrating the requests relating to vehicles registered in the Principality of Monaco
• Organising tests and issuing driving licences
• Maintaining relations with driving professionals and professionals involved in transporting people and goods by road
• Running the Vehicle Testing Centre
• Drafting and implementing regulations relating to the Highway Code

Organisation and operation

The Service is organised in three separate sections and a centre, involving 25 people, who report to the Head of Office.

Registration Section

It is responsible for:

• Registering new and second-hand vehicles in order to issue:
  • Registration certificates
  • Number plates
• Issuing and renewing driving licences
• Dealing with requests for certificates and duplicates of administrative documents relating to registration in the event of loss, theft or change of address
• Issuing documents relating to the sale of vehicles registered in the Principality
• Updating and issuing professional documentation for taxis and chauffeur-driven vehicles
• Issuing:
  • Permits to scrap vehicles
  • Permits for refrigerated transport, the transport of dangerous materials and transport of people
  • Cards for medical transport by land
• Performing entries on the carriers' register
• Issuing international permits for the road transport of goods and people
• Requesting  tachograph cards
• Electronic archiving

Driving Licence and Road Safety Section

It is responsible for:

• Organising and managing theory and practical driving tests
• Dealing with requests for exchanging driving licences
• Maintaining relations with the International Commission for driver testing
• Helping to draw up road safety measures (national coordination with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)
• Issuing professional cards for driving schools

Administration Section

It is responsible for:

• Budgeting and accounting
• Managing staff
• Managing stock and maintaining premises
• Organising and monitoring annual registration renewal activities

Vehicle Testing Centre

It is responsible for:

• Scheduling and carrying out tests on vehicles
• Individual vehicle authorisations
• Making registration plates

See Official Directory

Legal Reference

Sovereign Ordinance no. 13.637 of 25 September 1998 establishing the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office

Sovereign Ordinance no. 5.473 of 14 September 2015 modifying the Sovereign Ordinance no. 13.637 of 25 September 1998 establishing the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Office, amended