Change licence plate on a vignette

Autovig EN guide on changing the licence plate registered on an electronic vignette, including operator-specific timelines and fees.

A digital vignette is bound to a registration number, not to a vehicle. That makes a mistyped plate the single most expensive typing error in European motorway tolling: at the roadside the system finds no valid product for the plate in front of the camera, and the case is handled as unpaid toll. What differs between countries is how much room you have to fix it, and for how long.

Correction windows by country

Austria

Before validity starts Free change in an ASFINAG account, no reason required

After validity starts Only for annual vignettes, multi-trip cards and the FLEX section toll; the registration holder must stay the same, documents are required and an administration fee applies. One change without giving reasons is allowed

Czech Republic

Before validity starts Change the number once, free of charge

After validity starts Correct up to two characters, once. Anything further goes to SFDI with a notification form showing old plate, new plate and VIN

Slovakia

Before validity starts Cancel the purchase through the portal on the day of purchase, or any time before validity starts

After validity starts A correction can be requested until the end of the validity period, but only against a confirmation from the competent national authority that the number entered does not exist

Slovenia

Before validity starts Withdraw from the purchase and rebuy

After validity starts Data changes go through the DARS change-of-data process

CountryBefore validity startsAfter validity starts

AustriaFree change in an ASFINAG account, no reason requiredOnly for annual vignettes, multi-trip cards and the FLEX section toll; the registration holder must stay the same, documents are required and an administration fee applies. One change without giving reasons is allowed

Czech RepublicChange the number once, free of chargeCorrect up to two characters, once. Anything further goes to SFDI with a notification form showing old plate, new plate and VIN

SlovakiaCancel the purchase through the portal on the day of purchase, or any time before validity startsA correction can be requested until the end of the validity period, but only against a confirmation from the competent national authority that the number entered does not exist

SloveniaWithdraw from the purchase and rebuyData changes go through the DARS change-of-data process

Two country-specific details are worth memorising. Slovakia's 1-day vignette is the exception to its own generous rule: its data can only be corrected before it becomes valid, or within 15 minutes of paying at a staffed point of sale. And Moldova's portal rejects separators outright — dashes, hyphens and spaces must not appear in the registration-number field, or the vinieta will not match your vehicle.

What no operator will fix

None of these procedures moves a vignette to a different vehicle. Austria requires the same registration holder. The Czech portal refuses a transfer outright. Slovakia allows the vignette to follow the plates onto a new car — because it was always attached to the number — but if you change both the car and the plates, you buy again.

Before you pay, and after

Read the plate off the vehicle, not from memory, and check the country code separately.
Check the confirmation email the moment it arrives — every correction window in the table above is measured from purchase or from the start of validity, not from the day you notice.
If you find the error after validity has started, act the same day: the surcharge follows the camera, and detection does not wait for your correction.

Country rules and enforcement detail: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova.