Germany

 

 

Vehicle registration document of Germany (new version)

Point Explanations: 1 Date of issue 2 Date of first registration 3 VRN 4 Vehicle Identification Number 5 Engine Number

1:Vehicle Registration District: in this example – M – for Munich [München]

2:The Registration Authority: in this example – S – for city [Stadt]            (if K = district [Kreis])

3:Day of issue: in this example, the 314th day of the year 2005 (10.11.2005)

4:Serial number of authorisations issued on that day

 

Description: Watermark:   Synthetic neobond paper with a security feature visible against backlight which looks like a watermark – see image Document number: Nine blue numbers in letterpress printing Reaction to UV light:   The paper remains dark, the document number becomes green, yellow, red and blue coloured grain, the green text of the original document on the rear sides becomes slightly green, the front sides – see image Print quality:   The protective pattern is printed in the form of guilloches in Iris printing, the green text on the original document is in letterpress printing (sometimes with poorly visible halo effect), blue and red coloured grain (visible without UV light), micro lettering – see image, cinegram (with the word “Deutschland” in micro lettering)?

 

Vehicle registration document – old version

As the German vehicle registration document contains no security measures, the only way to identify a complete forgery, other than running a check through Zevis, consists above all in picking up spelling errors in the basic document!

Several spelling errors were identified in the document depicted below.

A fairly poor forgery of a seal of the Landratsamt [District Chief Executive’s Office] in Hof was also used.

N.B.:

Approximately 100 000 genuine German vehicle registration documents,
bearing the spelling errors shown below, were properly issued by the city of Cologne (Köln) until more or less October 2004

Description:
Watermark:	Watermark-like backlight security feature – see image
Document number:	2 letters and 6 digits in letterpress printing, the serial letters of the ‘individual certifications’ [Einzelbescheinigungen] begin with: UA000001 The serial letters of the “folding strips” begin with: DC000001
Reaction to UV light:	The paper remains dark, coloured fluorescent fibres (grain), the form number, all the pre-printed text on the facing page, all the protective pattern on the reverse and the federal eagle on the facing page fluoresce in green – see images
Print quality:	The protective pattern is printed in the form of guilloches in Iris printing, the green text on the original document is in letterpress printing (sometimes with poorly visible halo effect), blue and red coloured grain (visible without UV light), micro lettering – see image, cinegram (with the word “Deutschland” in micro lettering)?

N.B.:

Blank documents with numbers from UE 051696 – UE 051900 have been stolen !

                                               

Description: Watermark: No, but watermark-like security feature (see image) easily visible under normal conditions Document number of Germany: Pages 2, 3 and 4  2 letters and 6 digits in letterpress printing N.B.: only vehicle ownership documents with the following letter combinations have been issued:                AA – AZ,   BA – BZ,   CA – CZ,   TA – TY All other letter combinations are fake. (Source: Kraftfahrt Bundesamt (KBA) [Federal Office for Motor Traffic] and GPI Furth im Wald Liaison Office) Reaction to UV light:   The paper remains dark, red and bluish fluorescent fibres (grain), faintly visible watermark-like security feature – see image Print quality:   The protective pattern is printed in the form of guilloches in Iris printing, the green text on the original document is in letterpress printing (sometimes with poorly visible halo effect), blue and red coloured grain (visible without UV light), micro lettering – see image, cinegram (with the word “Deutschland” in micro lettering)? N.B.:   Vehicle ownership documents with the imprint -175 036 282 08.02- have the following numbering: CM 878 401 – CM 999 999 • CN 000 001 – CN 999 999 • CP 000 001 – CP 034 600 Vehicle ownership documents with the imprint -175 047 971 12.02- have the following numbering: • CP 034 601 – CP 999 999 • CR 000001 – CR 323 700 Vehicle ownership documents with the imprint -175 058 724 04.03- have the following numbering: CR 323 701 – CR 999 999 • CS 000 001 – CS 488 000 Vehicle ownership documents with the imprint -175 068 505 08.03- have the following numbering: • CS 488 001 – CS 999 999 • CT 000001 – CT 613 300 Vehicle ownership documents with the imprint -175 079 509 12.03- have the following numbering: • CT 613 301 – CT 999 999 • CU 000001 – CU 708 300 The imprint is printed at the bottom of page 6.