Country guide · Czech Republic
Czech Republic vignette 2026
Czech e-vignette for motorways — pick the right duration and watch for lookalike reseller sites.
Czech Republic prices and vehicle categories
Two categories only.
Cars — covers everything up to 3.5 t, including vans and motorhomes.
| Duration | Price (CZK) | Price (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day New 2026 | CZK 230 | €9.50 |
| 10 days | CZK 300 | €12.39 |
| 1 month | CZK 480 | €19.82 |
| Annual 365 days from the chosen start date | CZK 2,570 | €106.15 |
The weight limit is what's on your registration document, not what you're carrying. Full vehicle category guide →
Over 3.5 t? You need a GO-Box instead — no vignette required.
Get your vignette from the official operator
Autovig does not sell vignettes. Use the official operator to see current prices, enter your plate and pay securely on their site.
How registration works
Open the operator flow
Use the official operator portal.
Enter plate number
One wrong character can invalidate the vignette.
Confirm dates
Check start date, duration and activation timing.
Done — no sticker
The licence plate is registered digitally.
Czech Republic vignette validity and fines
When does it activate?
- Short-term products can start immediately once the plate is registered in the eDalnice system.
- You can also choose a later start date, and the annual product stays valid for 365 days from that date.
What if you're caught?
- 1.ANPR camera or roadside control checks the plate.
- 2.The operator or the authorities can issue a toll offence notice.
- 3.Unpaid cases can escalate to an administrative fine of up to CZK 20,000.
Before you drive in the Czech Republic: e-vignette, fines & scam warnings
The Czech Republic enforces its vignette rules through ANPR cameras, police checks and customs controls.
CZK 5,000.CZK 20,000.Scam messages are a separate risk: the safest route is to rely on the official portal and to ignore random SMS or email payment demands.
No — and Czech law is more explicit about it than most. § 21(2)(a) of Act No. 13/1997 Coll. on roads states that the start of the period for which the time-based charge is paid must not precede the moment of payment. Retroactive purchase is not merely unavailable in the shop; it is legally impossible. Letter (b) of the same paragraph sets the other boundary: the start date must fall no later than 30 days after payment, so you can buy ahead, but only within a month.
That makes the timestamp the whole case. Enforcement compares the time on the camera image with the time recorded on the payment — buying a few minutes after passing a control point changes nothing.
What the Czech system does forgive is a typo in the plate. Through the vignette administration section of the official portal you can:
Anything beyond that goes through the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure (SFDI) with a notification form and documents showing the old plate, the new plate and the VIN. In no case can the vignette be moved to a different vehicle.
The two fine figures are ceilings rather than fixed amounts: up to CZK 5,000 in on-the-spot proceedings and up to CZK 20,000 in administrative proceedings (§ 42a(8)). A separate trap catches exempt vehicles: if your car qualifies for an exemption but you never filed the notification with SFDI, you can still be fined up to CZK 5,000 — and claiming an exemption you are not entitled to reaches CZK 100,000.
The Czech Republic does not set four independent tariffs. § 21(3) fixes only the annual rate — indexed each year from its 2024 base by inflation plus the growth in motorway length — and § 21(4) derives the rest as a percentage of it: 30 days is 19%, 10 days 12% and 1 day 9%, each rounded down to a whole ten crowns under § 21(7).
Two vehicle groups pay a fraction of those rates:
The discount applies to every duration, not only the annual product.
Roads requiring the e-vignette
The Czech e-vignette applies exclusively to designated motorway (dálnice, D-prefix) sections. The tolled network includes: D1 (Prague–Ostrava, 308 km), D2 (Brno toward the Slovak border), D3 (south of Prague), D4, D5 (Prague–German border), D6, D7, D8 (Prague–Dresden), D10, D11, D35, D46, D48, D49, D52, D55 and D56. All sections are marked with toll road traffic signs at entry points. The official up-to-date map of tolled and non-tolled sections is published at edalnice.cz/en/map-of-toll-roads.
Two small border-area sections have directional exceptions: the D8 near the German border and D2 near the Slovak border are free in one direction. Verify on the official map if your route uses these sections.
Vehicles above 3.5 t use a separate distance-based toll system and do not fall under the standard vignette rules.
Free roads — no e-vignette needed
All non-motorway roads are completely free: Class I state roads (silnice I. třídy, numbered 1–99), Class II regional roads (silnice II. třídy), Class III local roads (silnice III. třídy), and all municipal streets. There is no vignette or toll requirement on any non-motorway road in the Czech Republic. Drivers can use the full silnice network without any payment.
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