You can change your rights before they end for good reasons. There are two ways: with the passage of the driver's commission and without this procedure. In the first case, the new certificate will be valid for 10 years.
Under the new rules, the rights change every 10 years. Each time, drivers must go through the entire medical examination procedure. Various circumstances may arise in life, due to which it becomes necessary to replace the driver's license ahead of time. This can be done, but only if there are valid reasons.
When is it allowed to change rights before their expiration date?
There are various situations:
- loss or theft of a document;
- change in health status;
- mechanical damage to the driver's license;
- change of personal data;
- opening of new driving categories.
Often a situation arises if a person is assigned a disability or there is a need for health reasons to drive vehicles with special manual equipment. Personal data change occurs due to a change in surname as a result of a marriage or divorce.
In addition to the above circumstances, those who decide to change their citizenship will have to change the certificate ahead of schedule.
Subtleties
If, when changing a driver's license, the driver did not provide a medical certificate, then the document will have the same expiration date as the first option. Upon passing the driver's commission, the validity of the document is extended for the next ten years.
For early replacement of rights, the following are provided:
- passport;
- the document to be replaced;
- a receipt for payment of the state fee;
- medical certificate;
- statement.
The latter can be served in different ways. If you don't have time to visit government agencies, then use the government services website. Documents are also accepted at the MFC, but you need to be prepared for the fact that the procedure is not very fast. It will take 3-5 days to transport the documents to the right authority.
Sometimes other papers are provided, proving the need to replace the document. This can be a marriage or divorce certificate. It is advisable to make copies of all forms at once.
If serious changes have occurred in a person's life, for which it becomes necessary to replace the rights, but he does not do this, the certificate is invalidated. Depending on the situation, the offender faces a fine of 5 to 15 thousand rubles. You will have to pay for the upper limit if there was a repeated violation.
In conclusion, we note: sometimes you can get a refusal to premature replacement. This may be due to the lack of payment for the imposed penalties, an incomplete package of documents, an expired passport, an unpaid state fee. Upon receipt of a refusal, a written order must be obtained stating the reason.
