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 5 separate sections and a centre, involving 31 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
• Issuing:
  • Scrap vehicles certificates
  • Permits for refrigerated transport, the transport of dangerous materials and transport of people 

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 

Administration Section

It is responsible for:

• Budgeting and accounting
• Managing stock and maintaining premises
• Organising and monitoring annual registration renewal activities
• Providing a secretariat
• Managing documents

Vehicle Testing Centre

It is responsible for:

• Scheduling and carrying out tests on vehicles
• Making registration plates

Transport and Studies Section

It is responsible for:

• Entering registrations on the Principality's Road Transport Register
• Issuing international permits for the road transport of goods and people
• Issuing professional licences: professional record books, land-based medical transport cards, tachograph cards, driving instructor licences
• Carrying out cross-disciplinary studies

Legal Section

It is responsible for:

• Drafting proposed changes to regulations

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