Vehicle and driver documents

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Services | Register a vehicle

The vehicle registration legally identifies who owns a vehicle. Changing the registration is mandatory whenever there is a change of ownership. This change may result from a purchase and sale inheritance donation long-term lease seizure or retention of title.

Services | View the 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.

Gov.pt applications | Balcão do Condutor

Consult information about your status as a driver your licence points on your licence and your driving offences.

Services | Replace the driving license

You must alter the driving license whenever there are important alterations to your data. That implies the replacement of the current license by one with the new data. Request the replacement of the driving license if it is in bad conditions or if there was a change of elements if you change your na ...

Services | Consult the Portal das Contraordenações (Offenses Portal)

In the Portal das Contraordenações Offenses Portal you may quickly consult all your road offenses proceedings your driver s offenses registry to submit requests defences the request of the fine s payment in instalments and the request of processes consultation.

Services | Finding out whether a vehicle’s registration has been cancelled

You can check the Institute for Mobility and Transport IMT database to find out whether the registration of a vehicle has already been cancelled. The vehicle may be any type of heavy or light vehicle such as a car motorbike or trailer. This service is free of charge.

Services | Request the vehicle’s characteristics certificate

This certificate demonstrates the technical data of a vehicle the vehicle identification and motor numbers tyres measurements colour type of fuel type of gearbox vehicle s category tare weight and others. The certificate is issued by the Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes Mobility and Transpo ...

Services | Request a report of a vehicle’s technical inspections

This report comprises a record of the mandatory periodic inspections made to the vehicle. It indicates if the vehicle has passed or failed the inspection and the number of km registered. To get this report you only need to indicate the vehicle s plate number.

Services | Request the parking card for disabled individuals

The parking card or permit is issued to the disabled person and can be used in any vehicle transporting him/her. The card allows you to park in public spaces reserved for vehicles transporting people with disabilities. It also allows you to park in other places but only for short periods of time and ...

Services | Exchange a foreign driving licence for a Portuguese driving licence

Driving licenses from countries such as Angola Brazil Cape Verde Switzerland and the United Kingdom among other OECD and CPLP members allow you to drive in Portugal without having to exchange them for a Portuguese driver s license. If your driving licence is from an European Union country you can dr ...