Personalausweis Meldung wegen Wiederauffinden

If you recover your ID card that has been reported lost, you must report it.

As a German citizen, you are required to have an identity card from the age of 16.

If you lose your identity card or temporary identity card, you are obliged to inform the identity card authority of your (place of residence) municipality immediately. An identity check is required there.

The identity card authority must also be notified of any retrieval and the previously lost identity card must be presented. Since a new document is usually issued, this is essential, also to prevent problems when using these identity documents.

Only when you have officially reported your identity card as "found", a corresponding entry at the police will be deleted. After that, you can continue to use your recovered ID card in Germany without restriction until the end of its validity.

recovered identity card

You had previously reported your ID card as lost.

There are no costs for you due to the notification.

Report in person at a citizens' office that you have recovered your identity card

Your message will be recorded immediately.

You must report it immediately if you recover your ID card.

If you find your ID card again, you can also have the blocked online ID card function unblocked. This can only be done in person at your Bürgeramt. The Bürgeramt will then arrange for it to be unblocked and, if necessary, inform the police that the ID card has been found again.
Please note: Germany cannot influence whether and how other countries set up their national police information systems or whether and how frequently these are updated. Therefore, it may happen in individual cases that foreign authorities do not delete the material tracing or do not delete it in time and therefore do not recognize the recovery of your ID card for use abroad or even confiscate it.
If you want to avoid such possible inconveniences when traveling internationally, it is recommended that you apply for a new ID card when you report the loss or theft of your ID card.

• Notification of lost identity card
• The recovery of the identity card must be reported if the loss was previously reported.
• Costs: none
• Processing time: none
• Deadlines: none
• Responsible: local identity card authority (Bürgeramt)

Please contact the Citizen's Office.