Fahrerlaubnis - Erweiterung der Fahrerlaubnis um die Klasse L beantragen

You can extend your driver's license by the driver's license class L.

You can extend your driving license by class L.

With the class L driver's license (colloquially ''small tractor driver's license"), you may drive the following vehicles at the age of 16:

• tractors intended and used for agricultural or forestry purposes with a maximum design speed of no more than 40 km/h
• combinations of these vehicles and trailers, if they are driven at a maximum speed of 25 km/h
• self-propelled machines, feed mixers, forklifts and other industrial trucks, each with a maximum design speed of not more than 25 km/h
• combinations of these vehicles and trailers

The driving license class L is issued for an unlimited period of time.

Photo ID (identity card or passport (if passport is presented: enclose a current registration certificate from the registration office responsible for the main place of residence)).

current photograph, 45 x 35 mm in portrait format and without border (so-called biometric passport photograph) - frontal photograph, without head covering and without covering of the eyes

Eye test certificate from an optician or certificate/report from an ophthalmologist (must not be older than 2 years at the time of application)

Proof of training in first aid (if not already proven to the driving license authority)

valid driving license

Information about the driving school

• You must have a driver's license.
• You must have your main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• You must have reached the minimum age of 16 years.

The fee is based on the Fee Regulations for Road Traffic Measures (GebOSt).

If the driver's license is sent directly to the home address, an additional shipping fee will be charged.

The theoretical test must be passed within 12 months of receipt of the test order by the Technical Inspection Agency (DEKRA).

Objection

Action before the administrative court

Driving license extension to class L

With the driving license class L, the following motor vehicles can be driven at the age of 16:

tractors intended and used for agricultural or forestry purposes with a maximum design speed not exceeding 40 km/h

combinations of these vehicles and trailers, if they are driven at a maximum speed of 25 km/h

self-propelled machines, feed mixers, forklifts and other industrial trucks, each with a maximum design speed of not more than 25 km/h

combinations of these vehicles and trailers

responsible: Driving license authority of the place of residence

Please contact the driver licensing authority in your place of residence.

The federal, state, and local governments are currently working on making it possible for you to complete all essential administrative procedures digitally.

Please check the website of your local driver's license office, for example, to see whether it already offers electronic application for your driver's license.