How do I report an error on your driver's license?

Verified 07 November 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Driving license

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You received your license less than 6 months ago

If there's a error on your permit to drive received less than 6 months ago, you must report online.

This can be one of the following errors:

  • Misspelling or mistyping of your marital status (error in typing your event not corrected by the instructing department)
  • Category overlooked or wrong category
  • Error in new title effective date
  • Restrictive mention forgotten. For example, automatic box.
  • Forgotten additional duty. For example, heavy trailer.

The error is reported online on the website of theANTSANTS : National Securities Agency :

Report an error on a driving license received less than 6 months ago

You can follow the production of your license online:

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You received your license more than 6 months ago

To report a error on a permit received more than 6 months ago, or on a old format permit (other than the "credit card" format), you must request online one new permit.

In the menu offered on the website of theANTSANTS : National Securities Agency, choose "Application for the manufacture of a new driving license".

You need the following:

  • Digital photo-signature(if you do not have access to a photo and digital signature service, you are invited to fill in and mail a photo signature form (FPS) during the teleprocedure)
  • Supporting documents in digital format (identity document, proof of domicile, allowed to be replaced, if necessary accompanied by a short description of the error to be corrected)
  • E-mail address or mobile phone number to be informed of the progress of the instruction and the production of the driving license.

Apply online for a new driving license in case of deterioration

You can follow the production of your license online:

Track the progress of a driving license application

International license

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Permit issued by the Cert de Cherbourg

To report an error on a international driving license, you must contact the Cert de Cherbourg.

Attach the supporting documents necessary to your letter.

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Permit issued by the Paris police department

To report an error on a international driving license, you must contact the Paris Cert-EPE.

Attach the supporting documents necessary to your letter.

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