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

Verified 19 August 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

If your vehicle is pledged 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 has been lifted. Certificate of Registration (previously called vehicle registration certificate) 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. We're taking a look at the regulations.

Vehicle parked

If the vehicle is pledged, it's 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 a pledge can then be issued to you.

Please note

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

Vehicle subject to opposition

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

  • If an increased 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 (EV) or a Severely Damaged Vehicle (SGV), this is an objection requested by an automotive expert.
  • If your vehicle is liable to forfeiture as a result of a offense. an objection requested by an officer or judicial police officer.

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Opposition by the Public Treasury

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

  • The address on your certificate of registration no longer matches your new address
  • Failure to pay an initial fine received within 4 months of its dispatch.

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 more OTCI. He will tell you the total amount to be paid.

Who shall I contact

  • 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 who moves must have the address changed on the certificate of registration in the month which follows the change of domicile.

Judicial opposition

If your vehicle is the subject of a legal objection, it means that it is registered in the File of reported objects and vehicles (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 to you.

Objection by a Commissioner of Justice

If your vehicle is the subject of an opposition requested by a commissioner of justice (formerly judicial 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 settling the amount he is asking you for.

Opposition 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 (IEV) or severely damaged vehicle (EGV).

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

Who shall I contact

As long as the expert opinion 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.

Objection by an officer or judicial police officer

In the event of a finding offense for which the penalty of confiscation of a vehicle is incurred, an officer or judicial police officer may, with the authorization of the prosecutor, have an OTCI of that vehicle registered.

This objection shall be lifted in case of filing without follow-up,dismissal order or judgment of release or if the court does not impose a penalty of confiscation of the vehicle which has been the subject of that OTCI.

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