TÜV expired: You have to expect this fine

Driving your vehicle with expired TÜV can be expensive. In this article, we explain which fines you may face.

Fine for missed TÜV appointment

With your vehicle you have to go to the main inspection regularly, colloquially called TÜV. With a new car, this is the case after 36 months and then every 24 months. Vehicles used in passenger transportation, such as taxis, have to go to the TÜV every 12 months.

• If you miss the TÜV appointment and are caught, you will be asked to checkout. The amount of the fine depends on the length of time that you have been in arrears.
• The TÜV always expires on the 1st of a month. If the sticker is no longer valid, you have two months to make the examination free of charge.
• You don't have to pay anything in the first two months after the deadline. However, the police will ask you to do the investigation immediately and set a deadline. Within which you must report the execution.
• Exceeding more than two months is an administrative offense and is subject to a fine of 15 euros.
• If you miss the appointment by more than four months, a fine will be initiated. The fine is 25 euros.
• If you are in arrears for more than eight months, you have to pay 60 euros and also negotiate a point in Flensburg.
• You should take care of a new badge as soon as possible. The TÜV's primary purpose is to protect your own life with a traffic-safe car.
• In the best case, the police or the public order office is accommodating and give you a time limit. You must have a new TÜV sticker by the specified date.
• Although the penalties are still fairly small at the beginning, you should not lightly overturn the TÜV. If you cause an accident, your own insurance company can accuse you of negligence and only partially pay the damage.

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