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Your vehicle will be checked by an expert or test engineer to determine any defects and the emissions behavior. After the examination, you will receive a detailed test report.
The month in which the vehicle must be presented for the next general inspection at the latest is verified with an inspection sticker attached to the rear license plate.
- Vehicle registration document or registration certificate Part I
- Evidence of any change acceptances
- if not approved additionally: vehicle registration document or registration certificate part II
- AU certificate (not older than 4 weeks) if the AU has already been carried out by another inspection body
- the technical test centers
- officially recognized monitoring organizations or also
- to specialist workshops/car dealerships where approved test engineers carry out the on-site test.
Storage of HU test report
The general inspection report must be kept in accordance with Section 29 (10) StVZO and presented to the vehicle registration authority whenever the vehicle documents are dealt with. If the vehicle is passed on (e.g. sale, gift), it must be handed over to the purchaser.
Loss of HU test report
If you have lost your test report, you are obliged to either obtain a duplicate (from the institution that carried out the HU, see registration certificate part I (formerly vehicle registration)), or to carry out a new HU at your own expense to let. The inspection sticker alone is not sufficient as proof of a valid HU.