Leased vehicle: what to do when the lease ends?

Verified 10 January 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

At the end of renting a vehicle purchased with a lease, you can choose to keep the vehicle or return it to its owner.

Preservation

Carte grise You will then need to have the certificate of registration) to be listed as a holder because it is a change of ownership.

You can do the following:

  • Either online
  • Either with a authorized motor vehicle professional

To complete the online process, a digital copying device (scanner, digital camera, smartphone or tablet equipped with a photo function) is required.

Of numeric dots (with computers, printers and scanners) are available in each prefecture and in most sub-prefectures. You can do the walk there. You can be helped by digital mediators if you have problems using the Internet.

You can also be accompanied in your approach by a France Services house :

Who shall I contact

Warning  

Carte grise It is no longer possible to request a referral from the prefecture or sub-prefecture.

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Online

You must use the following online service:

Carte grise Request the sale of a used vehicle with French registration

You must identify yourself via France Connect.

You must have the assignment code, given by the professional who rented the vehicle to you.

You must also have a digital copy (photo or scan):

  • Proof of domicile carte grise less than 6 months (in the case of co-holders, proof of the one whose address will appear on the
  • Carte grise of the vehicle, marked Sold on (day/month/year) or Transferred on (day/month/year) , and with the signature of the trader who rented the vehicle to you
  • Copy No 2 of the form cerfa no. 15776 vehicle transfer declaration
  • If your vehicle is over 4 years old, proof of valid roadworthiness test, unless the vehicle is exempt from roadworthiness tests. Carte grise The roadworthiness test must be less than 6 months old on the day of the request for If the deadline is exceeded, you will have to carry out a new check at your expense.

If you're doing it for someone else, you have to have a digital copy of the mandate completed and signed and identity document.

Carte grise The administration can ask you for a certificate of insurance of the vehicle, as well as the driver's license of the holder of the vehicle corresponding to the category of vehicle registered.

In addition, you must provide information, including:

  • Carte grise The identity of the holder (and possibly co-holders) of the goods (surname, first names, sex, date and place of birth, telephone number and e-mail address)
  • Your bank details

Carte grise You must certify on the honor that the applicant of the vehicle has a certificate of insurance of the vehicle and a driving license corresponding to the category of vehicle registered.

You do not have to attach a digital copy (photo or scan) of the driver's license. However, this may be requested when your file is being examined.

The Rules of Procedure of carte grise amount of must be made by credit card.

At the fine-minded from the procedure, you get the 3 items following:

  • File Number
  • Accused of registration of your request
  • Provisional Certificate of Registration (PIC), which you need to print. The CPI allows you to circulate for 1 month, only in France, pending receipt of your final Certificate of Registration.
Carte grise Follow-up of the manufacture of the certificate of registration (ex-

You can follow the progress of its manufacture on the Internet:

Carte grise Follow your application for a certificate of registration (ex-

Carte grise Tracking of the routing of the registration certificate (ex-

You will receive the final certificate of registration, sent by La Poste in letter followed, at your home in a period which may vary.

You must pay attention to the address you provide in the online procedure. It must be as complete as possible (building number, apartment number, mailbox number, floor, hallway, staircase, "resident", etc.).

Your mailbox must contain your first and last name.

You can track the shipment of your ticket either with the registration number or with the tracking number of the Post Office. This tracking number was sent to you by email or SMS if you provided your mobile phone number.

Follow-up of the dispatch of a letter or parcel on the website laposte.fr

Please note

Carte grise You must keep the old certificate of registration (ex- for 5 yearsand then destroy it.

From an authorized automotive professional

With registration number

The cost carte grise of the variable. It depends in particular on the characteristics of the vehicle and the region in which you live.

Carte grise You can estimate the cost of the simulator :

Carte grise Calculate the cost of the certificate of registration (ex-

Restitution

Carte grise You do not have any special formality to perform on the certificate of registration). You must return it to the owner at the same time as the vehicle.

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • carte grise 34 00 - Information on the

    Carte grise National interactive voice server providing automated answers regarding the following:

    Carte grise If the user does not get the answer to his question about the taking of the vehicle or the driving license, he will be put in contact with an advisor of the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS).

    By telephone

    From the metropolis:

    34,00 (cost of a local call)

    From overseas:

    09 70 83 07 07

    From the foreigner:

    +33 9 70 83 07 07

  • Digital Welcome Point