Take your car for inspection

Heavy passenger vehicles

• First inspection: 1 year after first registration
• Up to 7 years: every year
• From 8 years onwards: every 6 months

Heavy goods/commercial vehicles

• First inspection: 1 year after first registration
• Then: every year

Light public passenger transport vehicles and ambulances

• First inspection: 1 year after first registration
• Up to 7 years: every year
• From 8 years onwards: every 6 months

Vehicles used for school transport and driver training

• First inspection: 1 year after first registration
• Up to 7 years: every year
• From 8 years onwards: every 6 months

Trailers and semi-trailers (750 kg to 3,500 kg)

• First inspection: 2 years after first registration
• Then: every year
• If used by humanitarian organisations or fire services: every 2 years until 8 years old and then every year
• If rarely used on public roads (for example, circus vehicles): every 2 years

Trailers and semi-trailers over 3,500 kg

• First inspection: 1 year after first registration
• Then: every year

Non-agricultural wheeled tractors mainly used on public roads

• First inspection: 4 years after first registration
• Then: every 2 years

You can check the vehicle category on the IMT portal or on the vehicle registration certificate (Certificado de Matrícula - DUA). The date of first registration is also shown on the vehicle registration certificate.

In the years when the vehicle must be inspected, the inspection must be carried out by the same day and month as the vehicle’s first registration. The inspection may be carried out within the three months before that date. Example: if the first registration date is 08/05/2008, the inspection may be carried out between 8 February and 8 May.