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Check your driving licence points

When you get your Portuguese driving licence, you are given 12 initial points. The points-based driving licence system penalises traffic offences and rewards good driving practices.

Service channels

Learn where you can carry out the service and what are the advantages of each channel

Who can check your driving licence points?

All people with any type of Portuguese driving licence.

What are the documents and requirements to check your driving licence points?

To view the points on your driving licence, you need to authenticate yourself on the Driver's Desk or on the Portal de Contraordenações Rodoviárias.

Authentication on these platforms can be done with:

  • Digital Mobile Key (CMD)
  • Portuguese Citizen Card
  • Portuguese Tax Identification Number (NIF) and password - only at the Portal de Contraordenações Rodoviárias for registered users.

For information on how to register in the Portal de Contraordenações Rodoviárias, please see the Autoridade Nacional da Segurança Rodoviária (ANSR) portal.

Citizen Spot - you will need your Citizen Card or Digital Mobile Key.

GNR or PSP police station - take your identification document and driving licence with you.

How do driving licence points work?

The Portuguese points-based driving licence system came into effect on June 1, 2016, assigning 12 initial points to each driving licence.

Points are removed depending on the committed kind of traffic offence (contraordenações graves, contraordenações muito graves, crimes rodoviários). Points are added if you do not commit any of these offences for 3 years.

You lose points if you commit:

In some cases, a contraordenação grave can remove 3 points and contraordenação muito grave can remove 5 points. Learn more in the 'Frequently Asked Questions' on the Autoridade Nacional da Segurança Rodoviária (ANSR) portal.

You earn points if:

  • during three years you do not commit any contraordenação grave, contraordenação muito grave, or crime rodoviário - you get 3 points
  • in each revalidation period of your driving licence you have not committed any crime rodoviário and you have voluntarily attended a road safety training course - you get 1 point (up to a maximum of 16 points).

Misdemeanors

Contraordenações leves (light traffic offences) do not result in the loss of points on the driving licence.

If you commit a contraordenação leve during a period of 3 years, you can gain 3 points at the end of that period, provided you do not commit contraordenações graves, contraordenações muito graves, or crimes rodoviários during that time.

When your licence has only:

  • 4 or 5 points - you will have to attend a road safety training course
  • 1 to 3 points - you have to retake the driving theory test
  • 0 points - you will lose your driving licence, and will have to wait 2 years until you can apply for a new one.

For more information about the Portuguese points-based driving licence system, please check the 'Frequently Asked Questions' on ANSR's website (only available in Portuguese).

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