Duplicate French registration certificate (carte grise)

What a duplicate carte grise is

It is the SIV re-issue of the registration certificate when the copy in circulation has disappeared, been stolen, or is no longer readable. The keeper in C.1 does not change. Neither does the vehicle.

Everyday language also says duplicate carte grise, title re-issue, or “get the carte grise redone”. For France Titres, the precise term is a duplicate of the registration certificate, with a reason: loss, theft or damage.

Filing is online. Office Carte Grise checks the papers, chases a blurry scan, then teletransmits. The new title leaves by tracked post.

Carte grise, registration certificate and formula number

Carte grise is the everyday name. The official name is certificat d'immatriculation (CI). The duplicate is a new copy, with a new formula number.

The old formula identifies the lost, stolen or damaged copy. It no longer authorises driving once the duplicate is printed. Keep the old document for five years if it still exists, then destroy it.

A mention often recalls the reason (loss, theft, damage). It is not a reprimand: it is the SIV trace of the re-issue.

What a duplicate is not

It is not a change of keeper, not a change of address, not an FIV, not number-plate fraud, not a transfer declaration. A mis-aimed file is the first reason for rejection.

Three reasons: loss, theft, damage

SIV requires a reason. Loss: the title has disappeared. Theft: an offence, with a police report. Damage: the document still exists but is no longer usable.

Keeper, co-holder, leasing and minors

Only the registered keeper or co-holder may request the duplicate. A buyer who is not yet in C.1 is the wrong filer: they first need the title, or they chain with the seller.

On LOA or LLD, C.1 is often the finance company. Report the loss or theft to the lessor and obtain their mandate. Without that paper, the file is rejected.

A minor who holds a 50 cc moped does not sign alone: the legal representative (parental authority or custody) carries the application.

Cerfa 13754, 13750 and 13757

Cerfa 13754 declares the loss or theft. Cerfa 13750 is the certificate application. Cerfa 13757 mandates the authorised professional. All three are prepared before upload, or via the document generator.

Do not substitute Cerfa 15776 (transfer): it is for a sale, not a re-issue. The old 13753 is no longer the declaration form.

For damage, 13754 is not usually the heart of the file: the damaged copy speaks for itself.

Valid roadworthiness test or FIV first

If the vehicle is subject to the contrôle technique and the test has expired, a centre will generally refuse to test the vehicle without the original carte grise. The vehicle identification form then unlocks the test, before the duplicate.

If the test is still valid, the FIV is not a prerequisite. Ordering an FIV “just in case” does not replace the title and adds delay.

The FIV is not a carte grise. It identifies the vehicle for the test, nothing more. The detail stays on its landing.

Obsolete address and ANTS teletransmission

If the domicile on the title is no longer yours and has never been declared, the duplicate often goes into a longer instruction, via ANTS teletransmission.

When the title is still readable, regularise the change of address first, then chain the duplicate. When the title has gone, expect that extra delay rather than inventing an address flow with no document.

Proof of address less than six months old is still required in every case.

SIV or FNI: plates and a new number

In SIV (AB-123-CD), the duplicate re-issues the same number. Plates do not change. In FNI (123 AB 01 or 1234 AB 56), SIV often rolls to an SIV number: new plates, a message to the insurer.

Price: €13.76 stamp and €40 fee

A duplicate does not recalculate the regional fiscal-horsepower tax. No Y.1, no malus. You pay a state stamp: €11 processing tax and €2.76 delivery fee, plus the €40 incl. VAT service fee, i.e. €53.76 incl. VAT shown before payment.

This is not a WW package, nor a change of keeper. A later purchase will use the Y.1 scale: another page.

The amount appears on the summary. No hidden regional tax.

ANTS, France Titres or an authorised provider

The site immatriculation.ants.gouv.fr (France Titres, formerly ANTS) requires FranceConnect. An authorised professional teletransmits without an end-user account.

Office Carte Grise is authorised by the Ministry of the Interior. The €40 incl. VAT fee applies if you use us. The €13.76 stamp is due in every case.

No authorised provider “is” the ANTS. The title leaves the same SIV. What changes is who chases a blurry paper, especially when the address is obsolete.

Typical file documents

Common core: the keeper’s valid photo ID, proof of address less than six months old, Cerfa 13750, Cerfa 13757 mandate. Then the reason paper: 13754, police report, or the damaged title.

Proof of address is that of the person whose address will appear on the duplicate, if there are co-holders.

Sharp scans, both sides, avoid a round trip. A blurry PDF is the second reason for rejection, after a file aimed at the wrong procedure.

Loss: a declaration without the original

With no copy, Cerfa 13754 records the disappearance. Date it, sign it, stay consistent with the keeper’s identity.

A plain sworn statement outside the Cerfa does not replace 13754. A “we’ll see later” duplicate leaves you driving without a title.

If the title reappears after filing, do not drive with both: SIV has only one valid formula.

Theft: police report and Cerfa 13754

Theft of the title is an offence. File a report with the police or gendarmerie, then attach the receipt to Cerfa 13754.

Without a report, the theft reason does not hold. Do not declare a theft to speed up a simple loss: SIV cross-checks.

Theft of the vehicle is not this page. Here, only the certificate has gone; the vehicle is still in your hands.

Damage and keeping the old title

Torn, stained, unreadable, laminated outside the rules: the document still exists. Attach it. It may be requested.

Keep it for five years after the duplicate arrives, then destroy it. It no longer authorises driving.

A still-readable title does not need a “comfort” duplicate. A mis-aimed address change or keeper change is not damage.

Co-holder on the duplicate

The co-holder stays listed. Attach their ID. Proof of address is that of the person whose address will be printed.

A disagreement between co-holders is settled before filing. SIV does not referee a family dispute.

Adding a co-holder is not a duplicate: other procedures, or contact.

Legal person and Kbis extract

For a company, the SIV keeper is the legal person. A recent Kbis backs the file, with the identity of the representative who signs the mandate.

A company-name change is not a duplicate. A registered office that moves is not a duplicate either: change of address, or other procedures.

An employee is not the keeper. Their rent receipt does not carry C.1.

Leasing, LOA and LLD: lessor mandate

The hirer is often not C.1. Without a lessor mandate authorising the duplicate, the file is rejected. Use other procedures or contact rather than improvising a private-individual flow.

We do not draft the mandate in the finance company’s place. We instruct when it is legible.

A WW or a foreign title on lease is not a French duplicate.

Driving during instruction

Without a valid certificate, a roadside check can fine you. Keep the loss or theft declaration and proof of filing.

A provisional registration certificate (CPI) is not automatic on an SIV duplicate. It appears mainly when the file rolls FNI to SIV. Do not count on it to sell.

The MOT and a sale stay blocked until the definitive title is there, except an FIV path for the test alone.

Timescales after the order and tracked mail

After legible papers and teletransmission, the duplicate usually leaves within four to seven business days, by secure post.

An obsolete address, a missing police report or an FNI rollover lengthens the wait. An incomplete file does not “run”.

Start at step 2 of the procedure as soon as the reason and the scans are legible.

Sale, purchase and change of keeper

Selling without a readable title: the duplicate first, often by the seller still in C.1, then the transfer declaration and the buyer’s change of keeper.

Buying a vehicle whose title has gone: the buyer does not “give themselves a duplicate” if they are not the keeper. Chain the right procedures, or contact if the seller has already declared the transfer.

Swapping duplicate and mutation creates a rejection or an unexpected Y.1 tax.

How this interacts with a change of address

Moving house without losing the title: change of address, not a duplicate. Losing the title after an undeclared move: a longer duplicate, sometimes coupled with regularising the domicile.

This page is not the address encyclopedia. SIV, FNI and 4th-change detail stays on its landing.

Proof less than six months old does not by itself “fix” an obsolete C.3 in SIV.

FIV: identification, not a circulation title

The vehicle identification form is there to present the vehicle at the MOT when the original has gone. It does not carry the right to drive like a CI.

Expired MOT + missing title: FIV, then MOT, then duplicate. MOT still valid: duplicate directly.

Do not order an FIV to replace a duplicate. The two pages exist for that.

Number-plate fraud: this is not a duplicate

Fines that are not yours, a cloned plate: this is not a simple re-issue of the same number. You often need a new number after proof of usurpation.

A duplicate would reproduce the usurpable number. Use other procedures or contact.

Theft of the title, by contrast, remains a duplicate: the SIV number does not change.

Import, WW, COC: not this page

A vehicle that is still foreign has no French duplicate. Quitus, COC, WW, first registration: another cocoon.

A lost temporary WW is not a duplicate of a definitive CI. Do not order this procedure on a WW.

An FFVE attestation or classic registration does not replace a lost title: first the duplicate of the French CI if it exists.

Frequent mistakes

Filing a change of keeper “to save time”: you pay Y.1, or the file is rejected.

Ordering the duplicate before the MOT when the test has expired, with no FIV. Forgetting the police report on a theft. Throwing away the damaged title at once. Expecting an FNI number to stay.

Waiting on usurpation with a simple duplicate. Confusing FIV and carte grise.

What we do not do on this page

We are not the ANTS. We do not recalculate Y.1. We do not invent a leasing flow without a lessor mandate. We do not turn number-plate fraud into a re-issue of the same number.

We do not correct a company name, a divorce or an estate here: other procedures, or contact.

We do not sell plates. After an FNI rollover, stamping is done by a plate professional, then the insurer is told.

How to order the duplicate

Prepare the reason, pay €53.76 incl. VAT (stamp + fee), then deposit the scans. Upload comes after payment, at step 2 of the procedure.

A file that is legible the same day leaves faster than a “we’ll see on Sunday” file. Without a title, the MOT and a sale do not wait.

The summary shows the amount before payment. €11 + €2.76 + €40, no Y.1.

After the duplicate arrives

Check the formula number, the reason and the address. If FNI became SIV, have the plates stamped and tell the insurer before the next trip.

File the old document for five years if it was attached (damage), then destroy it.

You can sell again, take the MOT with the title, and prove the vehicle at a check.

Documents recap table

Private-individual papers, then variants. Cerfa forms download from the document list on this page.

Useful links and the rest of the journey

The dated 2026 article tells the year’s framework. The order file, the tables and the on-page FAQ live here.

For a sale, a move, an import or an FIV, follow the cocoon links at the bottom of the page rather than forcing this procedure.

Who can apply?

• Only the holder or co-holder of the damaged, stolen or lost carte grise can apply for a duplicate.
• If your vehicle is on a lease, the carte grise is in the name of the owning organisation (finance or leasing company). Report the loss to them and they will send you a mandate authorising you to complete the procedure.
• A minor who holds a carte grise for a 50 cc moped cannot apply for a duplicate themselves. The application must be signed by the person or institution holding parental authority or custody rights.

Case 1 — Lost carte grise

• Loss declaration (Cerfa form 13754*03) (Download CERFA form 13754*03)
• Valid photo ID
• The co-owner's photo ID, if applicable
• Proof of address less than 6 months old
• Registration certificate application (Cerfa form 13750*05) (Download CERFA form 13750*05)
• Authorisation mandate (Cerfa form 13757*03) (Download CERFA form 13757*03)

Case 2 — Stolen carte grise

• Theft declaration (Cerfa form 13754*03) (Download CERFA form 13754*03)
• Theft report filed with the police
• Valid photo ID
• The co-owner's photo ID, if applicable
• Proof of address less than 6 months old
• Registration certificate application (Cerfa form 13750*05) (Download CERFA form 13750*05)
• Authorisation mandate (Cerfa form 13757*03) (Download CERFA form 13757*03)

Case 3 — Damaged carte grise

• The damaged carte grise
• Valid photo ID
• The co-owner's photo ID, if applicable
• Proof of address less than 6 months old
• Registration certificate application (Cerfa form 13750*05) (Download CERFA form 13750*05)
• Authorisation mandate (Cerfa form 13757*03) (Download CERFA form 13757*03)