How do I get the pledge or opposition to a vehicle lifted?

Verified 10 July 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

If your vehicle is parked or if there is a opposition Upon transfer of the Certificate of Registration (OTCI), you will generally not be able to sell your vehicle until the pledge or opposition is lifted. The certificate of registration (ex-{circumflex over (x)}) is blocked. The purchaser will not be able to obtain a new registration certificate until the administrative situation of the vehicle has been regularized.

The procedure to be followed to regularize the situation depends on the nature of the blockage.

Vehicle parked

If the vehicle is secured, it is usually because you acquired it with a credit.

You must have repaid the credit in full so that the financial institution may terminate pledge.

The certificate of administrative status (CSA) without mention of pledge can then be issued.

Please note

The leasing business may sometimes give you permission to sell the car if the new owner agrees to take over the credit balance.

Vehicle subject to opposition

The procedure to be followed in order to end the blockade depends on the body which requested the opposition:

  • If a lump sum fine has been issued against you, this is an objection by the Treasury
  • If the vehicle is registered in the File of Reported Objects and Vehicles (FOVeS), formerly File of Stolen Vehicles (FVV), it is a judicial opposition
  • If a seizure has been launched against you, it is an opposition by a commissioner of justice
  • If your vehicle has been declared an economically irreparable vehicle (EEV) or a severely damaged vehicle (GVW), this is an objection requested by an automotive expert.

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Opposition by the Treasury

One increased flat-rate fine was issued against you in one of the following 2 cases:

  • The address on your {circumflex over} no longer matches your new address
  • Failure to pay an initial fine received within 4 months of sending it.

The lifting of the OTCI can only be done if all the fines have been paid.

The OTCI procedure shall interrupt the period during which the creditor may claim payment of the debt.

You must contact the Toulouse Fine Center. He can inform you about the situation of the vehicle(s) concerned by one or possibly several OTCI. He will tell you the total amount to be paid.

Who shall I contact

  • Center Fines de Toulouse

    By phone

    +33 (0)5 40 13 08 80

    By email

    cas.toulouse@dgfip.finances.gouv.fr

Reminder

The holder of a certificate of registration (ex-{circumflex over (X)}) who moves must have the address changed on the {circumflex over (X)} within one month of the change of domicile.

Judicial opposition

If your vehicle is the subject of a legal objection, it means that it is registered in the Reported Object and Vehicle File (FOVeS), formerly the Stolen Vehicles File (FVV).

As long as the vehicle is in the FOVeS, you cannot have the opposition lifted.

If the stolen vehicle is found, the FOVeS registration is automatically lifted as soon as your vehicle is returned.

Objection by a Commissioner of Justice

If your vehicle is the subject of an opposition requested by a commissioner of justice (formerly bailiff and judicial auctioneer), this follows an entry launched against you.

You must then obtain a waiver of the objection from the Commissioner of Justice, usually by paying the amount he or she is claiming from you.

Objection by an automotive expert

If your vehicle is the subject of an opposition requested by an automotive expert, this means that the latter has declared your economically irreparable vehicle (EV) or severely damaged vehicle (EGV).

You must then have a new expert appraisal carried out (for example, after the work on the vehicle has been carried out).

Who shall I contact

As long as the expert considers the vehicle to fall within one of these categories (VEI or VGE), the lifting of the opposition will be impossible and the vehicle will not be able to be surrendered only to a demolisher.

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