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How much does a replacement Italian driving licence cost?

A replacement Italian driving licence officially costs EUR 10.20 in fees when the document is still valid. Adding home delivery, which costs EUR 6.00 plus VAT for a total of EUR 7.32, the real cost rises to about EUR 17.52; if the replacement coincides with a renewal, EUR 32.00 of stamp duty is added.

Verifiable answer

A replacement Italian driving licence officially costs EUR 10.20 in fees when the document is still valid. Adding home delivery, which costs EUR 6.00 plus VAT for a total of EUR 7.32, the real cost rises to about EUR 17.52; if the replacement coincides with a renewal, EUR 32.00 of stamp duty is added.

Question
How much does a replacement Italian driving licence cost?
Average cost
€10.20 / application
Price range
€10.20 – €42
Area
Italy, excluding areas with special rates
Last verified
24 July 2026
Confidence
Confidence: High
What is included
Fees for issuing the replacement, EUR 10.20; Issue of the new document with the same expiry date as the original; The temporary driving permit issued by the police when the loss is reported; No charge for reporting the loss or theft
What is not included
Delivery of the document, paid on receipt; Stamp duty owed when the replacement coincides with a renewal; The medical examination and its costs, owed only on a renewal; Photographs, unnecessary for a replacement because the image is already on file; An agency's fee, if you do not handle the application yourself
What the price depends on
Whether the lost licence was still valid or had already expired; Whether the expiry falls within six months, which turns the replacement into a renewal; Whether you choose home delivery or collection at a post office; Your region of residence, since some areas apply special rates; Whether the application is handled yourself or given to an agency
Sources and methodology
2 sources

Official price versus real cost

Official price

€10.20

/ application

Difference+€7.32 (+72%)

Real cost

€17.52

€10.20 – €42

The official price of EUR 10.20 is correct but covers only the issuing fees: it does not include delivery of the document, which costs EUR 6.00 plus VAT for a total of EUR 7.32 and is paid on receipt or collection. Since the new licence has to physically reach the person who asked for it, that item is not genuinely optional, and it takes the typical bill to EUR 17.52 — a real cost roughly seventy per cent above the published price. The proportion is striking precisely because the starting figure is low: seven euros count for little on a passport and for a great deal on a ten-euro procedure. The EUR 42.20 ceiling covers a different and dearer case: replacing an expired licence, which becomes a renewal and carries EUR 32.00 of stamp duty.

Short answer

Losing your Italian driving licence costs far less than almost anyone expects: ten euros and twenty cents in fees. The figure surprises because it resembles no other document procedure, and because the real jump in price hangs on a detail nobody checks: the expiry date.

Of all Italian identity and driving document procedures, replacing a lost licence has the lowest price and the worst reputation. People who lose a licence expect a three-figure sum, a long process and a medical: in most cases none of that applies. If the lost or stolen document was still valid, the procedure costs EUR 10.20 in fees, and that is all. No new photograph is needed, no fresh medical, no administrative contribution of the kind the passport carries. The point at which the bill genuinely changes is not the reason for the loss — theft, loss and destruction all cost the same — but the expiry date: if the licence had already expired, or expires within six months, the replacement becomes a renewal and EUR 32.00 of stamp duty is added, along with everything a renewal involves. That is a more than fourfold difference resting on a date printed on a document you no longer have in front of you. This guide separates the two cases and adds the item no fee schedule lists: delivery.

What is included

  • Fees for issuing the replacement, EUR 10.20
  • Issue of the new document with the same expiry date as the original
  • The temporary driving permit issued by the police when the loss is reported
  • No charge for reporting the loss or theft

What is not included

  • Delivery of the document, paid on receipt
  • Stamp duty owed when the replacement coincides with a renewal
  • The medical examination and its costs, owed only on a renewal
  • Photographs, unnecessary for a replacement because the image is already on file
  • An agency's fee, if you do not handle the application yourself

How the price breaks down

How the price breaks down: A replacement Italian driving licence
ItemTypeFrequencyTypical
Rights for issuing the duplicateThe payment without which the new document is not produced. It is the only sum owed when the lost or stolen licence is still valid: no stamp duty, no medical, no photographs.Compulsoryone-off€10.20
Delivery of the documentSix euros plus VAT, paid cash on delivery to the postal worker or when collecting at the post office, in cash or by card. It appears on no schedule of statutory fees because it is a delivery service, but in practice it is nearly always owed.Optionalone-off€7.32
Stamp duty for a concurrent renewalOwed only when the lost licence had already expired or expires within six months: the duplicate then becomes a renewal and the payment code changes. It is the difference between paying ten euros and paying over forty.Optionalone-off€32

What the price depends on

  • Whether the lost licence was still valid or had already expired
  • Whether the expiry falls within six months, which turns the replacement into a renewal
  • Whether you choose home delivery or collection at a post office
  • Your region of residence, since some areas apply special rates
  • Whether the application is handled yourself or given to an agency

Hidden costs

  • The EUR 7.32 delivery charge, which is more than seventy per cent of the EUR 10.20 official price and is paid cash on delivery
  • A licence that expired unnoticed: the replacement becomes a renewal, adding EUR 32.00 of duty plus the medical
  • The waiting days between reporting the loss and the replacement arriving, covered by the temporary permit but not always accepted as proof of identity
  • Car hire refused abroad on a temporary permit alone, which has no validity outside Italy
  • An agency's fee, which on a ten-euro procedure can multiply the bill several times over

Three realistic scenarios

Economy scenario

€10.20

A valid licence, fees paid online and the document collected at a post office in the cases where no delivery charge is applied. This is the absolute floor of the procedure.

Typical scenario

€17.52

A still-valid licence, lost or stolen: EUR 10.20 of fees plus EUR 7.32 of delivery paid on the doorstep. This is where most people will recognise themselves.

Premium scenario

€42

A licence already expired or expiring within six months: the replacement becomes a renewal and EUR 32.00 of stamp duty joins the EUR 10.20 of fees, on top of the medical examination and its costs, which sit outside this figure.

How to spend less

  1. Check the licence's expiry date before starting: if less than six months remain, plan a renewal directly rather than paying for a replacement that will become a renewal anyway.
  2. Report the loss or theft straight away and ask for the temporary driving permit: it is free and stops you being off the road while the new document is produced.
  3. Have the delivery payment ready: it is collected on delivery, in cash or by card, and a missed collection lengthens the wait without reducing the cost.
  4. Photograph your licence and keep the image on your phone: reporting a loss requires the document number, and having it to hand shortens the process considerably.
  5. Do not use an agency for a routine replacement: the payment is made online on the ministry portal with a digital identity, and an intermediary's fee easily exceeds the cost of the procedure itself.

Frequently asked questions

What does replacing a lost Italian licence cost?

If the licence was still valid, the procedure costs EUR 10.20 in fees: it is the only payment required, and neither a new photograph nor a fresh medical is needed, because the image and the fitness requirements are already on file. To that you add delivery of the document, EUR 6.00 plus VAT for a total of EUR 7.32, paid on receipt. The typical all-in cost is therefore around EUR 17.52, far below what almost everybody expects.

Does it matter whether the licence was stolen rather than lost?

Not for the cost: loss, theft and destruction follow the same procedure and the same EUR 10.20 of fees. What changes is the document you produce at the start, namely the report made to the police, which is free and which in a theft also protects you if the document is misused. A temporary driving permit is issued at the same time as the report, allowing you to keep driving while the replacement is produced.

Why does a replacement sometimes cost over forty euros?

Because in those cases it is no longer merely a replacement. If the lost licence had already expired, or expires within six months, the procedure becomes a renewal with concurrent issue of the new document: the payment code changes and EUR 32.00 of stamp duty joins the EUR 10.20 of fees, for a total of EUR 42.20. On top of that come the medical examination and its costs, which a renewal always requires and a plain replacement does not. It is worth checking the expiry date before starting anything.

Can I drive while waiting for the replacement?

Yes, thanks to the temporary driving permit the police issue at the same time as the report of loss, theft or destruction. The permit lets you keep driving until the new document arrives. Two practical warnings: it is not an identity document and is not always accepted as one, and it has no validity outside Italy, which means it is no use for hiring a car abroad or for driving in another country.

Does the replacement carry the same expiry date?

Yes, when it is genuinely a replacement: the document is reissued with the data and validity of the lost one, and the expiry date does not move forward. That is precisely why paying for a plain replacement would be wasteful when only a few months remain: you would receive a document about to expire. The law anticipates this with the six-month threshold, beyond which the procedure automatically becomes a renewal carrying a full new validity period.

Is it worth using an agency?

Rarely. The fees are paid online on the ministry portal using a digital identity, and a replacement request needs no particular expertise or complex paperwork: in most cases the report and the payment are enough. An agency charges a service fee which, on a procedure whose public cost is a little over ten euros, can multiply the bill several times over. It is worth considering only when the application is tangled up with a renewal, a conversion, or some unusual situation.

Sources and methodology

How we worked it out

The fees come from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport's page on lost and stolen licences, which explicitly distinguishes the two payment grounds: EUR 10.20 when the licence is still valid, EUR 10.20 plus EUR 32.00 of stamp duty when the replacement coincides with a renewal. We did not merge the two cases into an average, because they are different procedures and averaging them would produce a figure nobody pays. The delivery cost comes instead from a notice on the ministry's motoring portal, which states EUR 6.00 plus VAT for a total of EUR 7.32: it is published separately precisely because it is a delivery service rather than a statutory fee, and it is why official price and real cost diverge here. We excluded the regions where the ministry's own page flags special rates — Sicily, Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia — because including them would have made the national figure less exact rather than more complete.

Why this confidence level

High confidence: both figures come from ministry pages, that is from the administration that issues the document and collects the fees, and the distinction between a plain replacement and a replacement with renewal is stated explicitly by the source rather than inferred. The delivery cost is likewise published by the administration and not estimated. Confidence is not at the ceiling for a geographical reason the source itself declares: Sicily, Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia apply special rates that we have not verified one by one, and anyone resident there should check the local amount before paying.

  1. EUR 10.20 of rights for a duplicate, and EUR 10.20 plus EUR 32.00 of stamp duty when the duplicate coincides with a renewal

    Smarrimento, furto patente (opens in a new tab)

    Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti · Public authority · Verified on 24 July 2026

    Page of the ministry that issues the document. We verified the distinction between the two grounds, the payment code in each case, and the note that home delivery is charged to the recipient. The same page flags special rates in Sicily, Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which is why they are excluded from the national figure.

    Authority5/5

  2. Delivery cost: EUR 6.00 plus VAT, a total of EUR 7.32, paid on delivery

    Recapito al cittadino del duplicato della patente per smarrimento, furto o distruzione (opens in a new tab)

    Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti — Il Portale dell'Automobilista · Public authority · Verified on 24 July 2026

    This is the item that turns the official price into the real cost, and it is published separately from the fee schedule because it is a delivery service rather than a statutory right. We also verified the payment terms: cash on delivery or by card, at the door or when collecting from the post office.

    Authority5/5

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Revision history

First published on 24 July 2026. Fees and stamp duty were verified on the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport's page, and the delivery cost on the motoring portal's notice; areas with special rates flagged by the source are excluded.

Published on
24 July 2026
Last verified
24 July 2026
Next review
24 December 2026

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