Extending your driving licence to category L

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You can extend your driving licence to include driving licence category L (colloquially known as a "small tractor driving licence")

  • Service description

    You can extend your driving licence to include category L.

    The category L driving licence is the ''small'' tractor driving licence. It allows you to carry out agricultural or forestry work at the age of 16, but only at a maximum speed of 40 km/h and a maximum speed of 25 km/h with a trailer.

  • Procedure

    You must submit an application to extend your driving licence to category L to the driving licence authority responsible for you.

  • Responsible office

    The responsibility lies with the driving licence authority.

  • Prerequisites

    • You must be in possession of a driving licence
    • You must have your main place of residence in the Federal Republic of Germany
    • You must have reached the minimum age of 16 (§ 10 Driving Licence Ordinance).

  • Which documents are required?

    • Appointment of a driving school
    • Identity card or passport (including registration certificate if applicable)
    • current driving licence
    • a current biometric photograph, in accordance with the provisions of the Passport Ordinance (35 x 45 mm, portrait format, frontal photograph); information and examples can be found in the photo sample table of the Bundesdruckerei (Federal Printing Office)
    • Proof of participation in a first aid training course
    • Proof of eyesight according to Annex 6 No. 1.1 to the FeV (not older than 2 years)

  • What fees are incurred?

    The driving licence authority charges fees in accordance with the scale of fees for road traffic measures.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    The practical test must be taken within twelve months of passing the theory test. Otherwise, the theoretical examination loses its validity.

  • Processing time

    • depending on the capacity utilisation of the respective driving licence authority.

  • Legal basis

  • Legal remedy

    • Appeal (further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in your respective notification)
    • Action before the administrative court

  • Applications / Forms

    • Forms available: Yes
    • Written form required: Yes
    • Informal application possible: No
    • Personal appearance required: Yes
    • Online services available: No

  • What else should I know?

  • Remarks

    Only a theory test is required to obtain a category L driving licence, Section 15 (2) of the Driving Licence Ordinance.

  • Short text

    • Driving licence extension to category L
    • The following vehicles can be driven with a category L driving licence:
    • agricultural or forestry tractors with a maximum design speed of no more than 40 km/h and
    • combinations of these vehicles and trailers if they are driven at a maximum speed of 25 km/h and
    • self-propelled machinery, feed mixers, forklift trucks and other industrial trucks with a maximum design speed of 25 km/h, and
    • Combinations of these vehicles and trailers
    • The competent driving licence authority (usually that of the place of residence) is responsible

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