1. Before you import a vehicle
If you live in Denmark and import a vehicle with foreign number plates, you must:
Do not complete the form but go directly to the next step if:
- the vehicle has no number plates.
- you do not live in Denmark.
You have 30 days to register your vehicle.
2. Have your car or motorbike inspected
The vehicle must pass an extended registration inspection (customs inspection) at a vehicle inspection centre.
A list of approved vehicle inspection centres is available from the Danish Transport Authority.
If you import a vehicle from a country outside the EU/EEA, the Faroe Islands or Greenland, you must show up at one of our vehicle registration offices after your vehicle has passed the inspection with your registration certificate or send it to the vehicle registration office in Aalborg to obtain permission to register the vehicle.
3. Request a valuation from the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles or via a private valuation business
- Log on to E-tax (TastSelv) using NemID
- Click 'Motor' (Motor) - 'Motorregister' (Register of Motor Vehicles)
- Select 'Registreringsafgift' (Registration tax) and then 'Anmod om værdifastsættelse' (Request a valuation)
- Complete the request and click 'Godkend' (Accept).
- You can see your receipt in your ‘Meddelelsesarkiv' (Message archive) in E-tax.
The E-tax system is only available in Danish, and therefore we recommend that you have somebody to assist you with the Danish language.
Please state it in your request if you are a newcomer to Denmark or if your vehicle has foreign number plates.
If you do not have a Danish CPR number (civil registration number) and NemID, you must send an e-mail to motorekspedition@motorst.dk asking for a valuation of your vehicle.
If the vehicle comes from a country outside the EU, and if you have not previously submitted your registration certificate, you need to submit a copy of the registration certificate to motorekspedition@motorst.dk.
Decision
Private individuals can see our decision in E-tax under the heading 'Meddelelser fra Motorregistret' (Messages from the Register of Motor Vehicles).
Businesses can see our decision in 'Meddelelsesarkivet' (Message archive) in E-tax for businesses (TastSelv Erhverv).
If you do not have access to E-tax, we will send you the decision by regular post.
4. Pay registration tax
You can pay registration tax via online banking, in your bank or at one of our four vehicle registration offices. The payment ID will be stated in our valuation. The vehicle registration offices accept cash, Dankort and Visa/Dankort.
5. Register your vehicle in the Register of motor vehicles and buy new number plates
You register your vehicle and buy new number plates with one of our vehicle registration offices or with a number plate provider (nummerpladeoperatør) (only in Danish but if you enter your postal code, the ones nearest you will be shown on the screen).
Remember to bring you foreign registration certificate, photo ID and insurance information.