Applying for a category L driving license
Description
With a category L driver's license (colloquially known as a "small tractor driver's license"), you can 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 machinery, feed mixers, forklifts and other industrial trucks, each with a maximum design speed of 25 km/h
- Combinations of these vehicles and trailers
The category L driving license is issued for an unlimited period.
- You must have your main residence in the Federal Republic of Germany.
- You must have reached the minimum age of 16 years.
- Valid identity card or passport (with current registration certificate if applicable)
- Current biometric photo (size 45x35 mm, portrait format, frontal view)
- Eye test certificate (not older than 2 years)
- Proof of participation in a first aid training course
- Details of driving school
- The fee is based on the scale of fees for road traffic measures (GebOSt).
- If the driver's license is sent directly to your home address, an additional shipping fee will be charged.
Please contact the driving license authority of the district or city in which you have your main residence.
Only a theoretical test is required to obtain a category L driving license.
There is no probationary period for category L driving licenses.
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV)
22.05.2023
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