The validity of a driver's license is limited to ten years. You will have to replace the rights earlier if they are mechanically damaged or the owner has changed the surname, first name. To replace, you need to collect some certificates, pay a state fee and write a statement.
Instructions
Step 1
If the expiration date of your driver's license is approaching, then take care of collecting the necessary certificates in advance. Remember that the license can be replaced a few days before the expiration of their validity period, but with an expired document you cannot drive for a single day.
Step 2
To replace a driver's license, you will need a medical certificate for drivers, its form No. 083 / U-89. To obtain this certificate, you must provide two photographs, your passport and pass a commission from medical specialists. You will confirm your physical health with a surgeon, ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist, neuropathologist, dermatologist, therapist and narcologist; to confirm mental health, an examination by a psychotherapist is provided. In the list of specialists for women, an examination by a gynecologist is indicated. You must pass the doctors' commission in the clinic, which is fixed at the place of your permanent registration, it is there that the data on your vaccinations are stored, there is a register of registration and registration of drug addicts and mental patients.
Step 3
Pay at the terminal or at a bank branch the state duty for the replacement of rights, the details can be found in the bank's information service or on the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. In 2014, the amount of the state duty for replacing a driver's license is 400 rubles. You will provide a receipt for payment when replacing rights with all other documents.
Step 4
You will need a driver's card, which you have kept from the time you received your very first driver's license after passing the required exams. Be sure to provide existing rights that require replacement, even if they are mechanically damaged.
Step 5
When you change your driver's license due to a change in your last name or first name, please provide proof of such change. For example, if after the conclusion of an official marriage you take the surname of your second half, then to the traffic police department, attach marriage certificates to the documents for replacing the rights. If you change your surname upon divorce, that is, you take your maiden name, you will need a divorce certificate.
Step 6
Be sure to present your passport confirming your citizenship and place of registration. If you have a temporary registration, please submit a supporting document. You change your driver's license at the traffic police department, which is fixed at the place of your registration or at the place of temporary registration.
Step 7
You need to fill out an application form for a replacement driver's license. In it, you write down your passport data, all the data of your driver's license and indicate the reason for changing your license. You can download the application form on the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia or you will be provided with it at the traffic police department. Please note that you are required to fill out only the front side of the form, the traffic police inspector fills in the back side.
