Number plate cloning

If fines or police notices arrive for places you have never been, someone is probably using a copy of your number plates (plate cloning, or usurpation de plaques). File a police report immediately and contest the fines with evidence that it was not your vehicle. Once the fraud is documented, you can apply for a brand-new registration number so the cloned plates become worthless — a procedure we can handle for you, after which you fit new plates matching the new number.

Yes. A police report (or the official record directed by the police) underpins a cloning file. Without an official document, obtaining a new number and contesting fines is difficult. Keep every ticket notice and copies of your steps.

Contest within the deadlines on the notice, attaching the police report, any proof you could not have been there, and evidence of a new-number application if already started. Do not pay a fine you contest in good faith without reading the contest instructions: payment can be treated as an admission.

It is not always strictly “mandatory”, but it is often the only lasting way to stop recurring tickets: as long as the same number is used on fake plates, offences can continue. A new number makes the cloned plates useless.

Prepare the police report, your ID, proof of address, the current carte grise, and the usual registration application documents. Extra evidence may be requested. We list the exact pieces after reviewing your case.

The timeline depends on building the file (report, documents) and administrative processing. Once accepted, you receive the documents needed for new plates, then the final carte grise with the new number. Act as soon as the first suspicious tickets appear.

The police report is filed with the police (or through the official channels they indicate). After that, the application for a new registration certificate can be processed online with an accredited professional. We help assemble a solid file to limit back-and-forth.