Hlavní informace

To drive a motor vehicle, you must hold a driving licence, which you obtain by passing a test for a specific group of vehicles. Once you have passed your test and fulfilled the conditions listed below, you can apply for a licence or an extension of your licence. 

If you meet all the conditions, the authority will issue you with a licence listing the groups of vehicles you are entitled to drive. 

As an individual, the following conditions must be met in order to obtain a driving licence:

• you must be of the age specified for the category of driving licence,
• obtaining the professional competence to drive motor vehicles (passing a test to drive a group of motor vehicles),
• habitual residence in the Czech Republic or at least 6 months of study,
• you must not be serving a sentence or an administrative ban on driving motor vehicles,
• you must not have had an execution imposed by suspension of your driving licence,
• you must not have been subject to a reasonable restriction in criminal proceedings consisting in abstention from driving motor vehicles,
• you must not have 12 points on your driving record in the previous calendar year,
• you do not hold a valid driving licence issued by another Member State of the European Union,
• you are not on probation on a suspended sentence or suspended prosecution if you have undertaken to refrain from driving during the probationary period.

Habitual residence in the territory of the Czech Republic means the place of permanent residence of the natural person, if the natural person does not have a permanent residence, then it is the place where the natural person stays for at least 185 days per calendar year due to personal and professional ties.

In order to obtain a licence to drive a higher category (e.g. C) motor vehicle you must first obtain and hold a lower category (e.g. B) licence. As a first applicant, i.e. the initial grant of a driving licence can occur for the driving licence groups, namely AM, A1, A2, A, B1 and B.

Týká se vás to pokud

You want to drive motor vehicles, you have passed the test and you meet other legal requirements.

Kdy službu řešit

After successfully passing the test of professional competence to drive a group of motor vehicles. You must also be medically fit and have reached the mandatory age for entitlement to drive motor vehicles.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

When you visit the local authority in person, you tell the counter what you want to do and the clerk prepares your application. 

You will check your personal details and a photograph, which the office will obtain from the Ministry of the Interior's systems. If a photograph is not available, you will be photographed at the office.

You must provide the following documents with your application: 

Valid ID
Proof of successful completion of a driving test	- the proof must not be older than 6 months at the time of application
A medical certificate of fitness to drive a motor vehicle
A declaration on oath that:	- you do not hold a valid driving licence issued by another Member State - you have not been banned from driving by another Member State - your driving licence has not been suspended or withdrawn
Driving licence	- if you are applying for an extension of your driving licence
Documents proving habitual residence in the Czech Republic	- if you are not a permanent resident in the Czech Republic

If you apply for a licence more than 6 months after you have passed your test, you must take the test again.

Kde a jak službu řešit

You can apply at your local municipality. If the annexes are not complete, the authority will ask you to complete or correct the documents. 

If your application is successful, you will then collect your licence in person or by proxy with a certified power of attorney from the office where you submitted your application.

Kolik budete platit

For a driving licence issued within the normal time limit (20 days) you will pay CZK 200.

For the issuance of a driving licence within a shortened period (5 days) you will pay CZK 700. 

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

You get your licence and can drive the motor vehicles for which you are licensed. 

Možnosti odvolání

You can appeal under the Administrative Code.

Legislativa

Sankce

If you drive a motor vehicle without a licence, you are committing an offence against road safety and traffic flow - driving without a licence.

This offence is punishable by an administrative penalty of a driving ban of 1 to 2 years and a fine of CZK 25,000 to 50,000.

4 points will be added for this offence.

Časté dotazy

Should I bring a photography of myself to the authority?

No, the photograph is used from the Ministry of the Interior systems if available and if not, you will be photographed on site. 

Since when can I drive motor vehicles?

You can drive motor vehicles after picking up your driving license.

For how long is my driving license valid?

Your driving license is valid for a period of 5 years from the issue date if it is valid categories of driving permit C1, C, D1, D, C1+E, C+E, D1+E or D+E. If not, it is valid for a period of 10 years.