Address change and duplicate carte grise: what you pay
The mini calculator shows that neither your region nor your horsepower affects the price of an address change or a duplicate.
Change of address or duplicate: the cost
Duplicate
€13.76
| Y1 regional tax | €0.00 |
| Y4 fixed tax | €11.00 |
| Y5 delivery fee | €2.76 |
Neither horsepower nor region changes this amount.
Updating the address on your carte grise, the French registration certificate, costs nothing for the 1st to the 3rd change: a sticker with your new address arrives by post and you put it on the card. From the 4th move, there is no room left for a sticker, so a new certificate is printed; it costs €2.76, only the postage fee, because the management tax is waived for an address change. A duplicate, needed after loss, theft or damage, or once the roadworthiness test boxes are full, costs €13.76: €11 of management tax and €2.76 for delivery. None of these steps triggers the regional tax, since the vehicle keeps the same owner, so the Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge does not apply either. The price is the same in Paris, Brittany or Réunion, for a small hatchback or a large SUV.
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What each step costs
The table sets the steps that involve no change of owner against buying a 6 CV car in Île-de-France, the dearest region. The whole gap comes from the regional tax and the Paris-region surcharge, which the first four rows never carry.
| Step | What you receive | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Address change, 1st to 3rd | sticker | €0 |
| Address change, 4th onwards | new card | €2.76 |
| Duplicate (loss, theft, damage) | new card | €13.76 |
| Reissue after severe weather | new card | €2.76 |
| Buying the same car in Île-de-France | new card | €427.76 |
Moving house: sticker first, new card later
You report the move on the ANTS website within a month of settling in. For the first 3 changes, a self-adhesive sticker with the new address arrives to be placed in the dedicated space on the card, which keeps its number and date. Once the spaces are full, a fresh certificate is printed and only the €2.76 postage is charged, because the tax code waives the management tax when the only reason is an address. Moving to a dearer region costs nothing extra now: the regional rate will only be due at the next sale.
Loss, theft or damage: the duplicate
The official page on duplicates puts the cost at €13.76: €11 of management tax and €2.76 for delivery. The same procedure applies when every roadworthiness test box on the card is filled. After a theft, report it to the police first. If the online process issues a temporary certificate, keep it in the car until the new card arrives.
Other reduced-price cases
Some reissues cost only the postage, €2.76: a certificate destroyed by a natural disaster or severe weather, a correction of an error made by the administration, or a new plate after number-plate cloning. Adding or removing a spouse costs the same as a duplicate; the inheritance and gift page covers that case. All of these are free to file on the ANTS website, where you pay only the taxes; an approved professional can file them for a service fee.