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All registration renewals, registration updates, and temporary to permanent plate transactions are done at the Kapaun Substation on a walk-in basis.
** Registration renewals require a NEW vehicle safety inspection done within the last 75 days. **
Days of Operation (Ramstein Annex Location): Monday-Thursday (0700-1500) / Friday (0700-1400)
- Registration renewals
- Transferring registration between DOD ID cardholders
- Initial registrations after buying a BRAND NEW vehicle or a vehicle with completed inspection and customs
- Change of information requests
- Transfer registration for customers PCSing and driving to the KMC from a previous assignment within Germany (ex: Member completes PCS from Spangdahlem to Ramstein)
- Lost/stolen plates
- Registration replacements
- New emissions decal
- Inspection decal replacements
The Ramstein Annex takes customers utilizing the motors website. There are no transactions utilizing temporary plates conducted at the Ramstein Annex.
Days of Operation (Kapaun Substation Location): Monday - Friday
Walk-ins: Extended hours of operation during PCS season are 0700-1630 from Monday to Friday.
Hours of operation will return to 0700-1500 after PCS season concludes
The Kapaun Substation takes customers as a walk-in, first come first serve basis for specific services after the vehicle is registered in the USAEUR system. Once registered, the Substation can complete:
- Converting temporary plates to permanent plates
- Registration renewals
- Change of information requests
- Transfer registration for customers PCSing and driving to the KMC from a previous assignment within Germany (ex: Member completes PCS from Spangdahlem to Ramstein)
- Registration replacements
- New emissions decal
- Inspection decal replacements