Guide
Registering an e-scooter with the DGT in Spain (2026)
This guide explains the situation in Spain.
To be ridden in Spain, an e-scooter has to be registered in the DGT (Spanish traffic authority) Vehicle Register since Royal Decree 52/2026 came into force on 30 January 2026. You do it on the DGT online office with a digital certificate, electronic ID card or Cl@ve, paying fee 4.1 (€8.67 according to the online office), and you get a digital certificate with a number like M 1234 BCD, shown on a label on the scooter. With it you take out the compulsory insurance of Law 5/2025.
By the destolen team · Reviewed on 27 October 2026.
How to register, step by step
Check whether your scooter is certified
Certified scooters have a riveted aluminium manufacturer plate with the certificate number and the serial number. Since 22 January 2024 only certified models can be sold, and the DGT publishes the list of brands and models. If yours is older and has no plate, it is a non-certified scooter.
Get the details and your identification ready
Certified: the technical sheet with the certificate number and a photo of the plate with the serial number. Non-certified: the technical sheet or a photo of the scooter (the DGT also accepts the receipt). To do it online you need a digital certificate, an electronic ID card or Cl@ve. If the owner is a minor, their legal guardian does it.
Apply on the DGT online office
In the procedure «Inscripción de un vehículo de movilidad personal» you give your contact details, the certificate number and the serial number (or tick that it is not certified) and the use (private). You can also apply at a DGT office with the official form (form 30), and the 060 phone line helps with the procedure.
Pay the fee
The online office gives fee 4.1, of €8.67. You can pay it in the procedure itself or use one paid earlier with its 12-digit number. At an office you pay by card, not in cash.
Download the registration certificate
You get a digital PDF certificate in your name, with the scooter’s details and a number in the format M 1234 BCD. It is also in miDGT. Keep it: you will need it for the label, the insurance, a sale or a police report.
Fit the identification label
With the certificate, buy the label at an authorised plate-making centre. On certified scooters it goes in the label holder at the back, under the rear light; on non-certified ones, somewhere visible.
Take out the insurance and register it on destolen
With the certificate you can take out the compulsory third-party liability insurance. Then register the scooter for free on destolen with its DGT number and serial number: if it is stolen, anyone who checks it will see that it is reported stolen.
Check an e-scooter by its DGT number
Who it applies to and since when
It applies to owners of a light personal vehicle: under Law 5/2025, a vehicle with one or more wheels, a single seat, an electric-only motor and a maximum design speed of 6 to 25 km/h if it weighs under 25 kg, or 6 to 14 km/h if it weighs more. According to Royal Decree 52/2026, pedal-assisted bicycles (e-bikes), vehicles for people with disabilities or reduced mobility and those of the Armed Forces are excluded.
Royal Decree 52/2026 of 28 January was published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) on 30 January 2026 and came into force that same day. Under article 22 bis of the General Vehicle Regulations, as worded by that decree, a scooter needs a certificate of circulation, registration and the identification label together with the manufacturer plate in order to be ridden.
Non-certified scooters sold before 22 January 2024 are registered with only their make, model and serial number. That registration is temporary: it stops being valid on 22 January 2027 and, from that date, they may no longer be ridden.
Minors can have a scooter registered in their name; online, their legal guardian carries out the procedure.
The compulsory insurance
The first additional provision of Law 5/2025 of 24 July creates a compulsory third-party liability insurance for light personal vehicles that may be ridden: with a certificate of circulation, registered with the DGT and with their label. It covers at least €6,450,000 per accident for personal injury and €1,300,000 for damage to property, and it only applies in Spain.
The law set 2 January 2026 for this obligation, but the DGT explained on 23 December 2025 that it would not be enforceable until the register was regulated and running. The DGT mentions fines of €202 to €610 for not having insurance and of €250 to €800 for riding without it, depending on whether the vehicle counts as a light personal vehicle or a motor vehicle; its note does not say which amount applies to which case.
It is third-party liability insurance: it covers damage you cause to others. If you want theft cover, it has to be in your policy: check it.
If a registered scooter is stolen
Report the theft as soon as possible to the National Police, the Guardia Civil or the regional police, and give the DGT registration number (M 1234 BCD), the serial number and, if it has one, the certificate number. Keep a copy of the report.
The official sources we checked (Royal Decree 52/2026, the DGT online office and the DGT pages on e-scooters) do not describe a specific register procedure for thefts. If you are unsure what to do with the registration, ask on 060.
Tell your insurer if your policy covers theft, and mark it as stolen on destolen: anyone who looks up its DGT number or serial number in the checker will see that it is reported stolen.
If you buy or sell a registered scooter
The change of owner is requested on the official form within 30 days, and the DGT says it is always done by the buyer. The DGT issues a new certificate in the buyer’s name and the scooter keeps its number.
Before buying a second-hand one, ask for the registration certificate in the seller’s name, check that the serial number matches the plate and look up its DGT number in the destolen e-scooter checker.
What the sources do not make clear
The sources we checked do not set a separate deadline for registering scooters you already owned: the rule says that, to be ridden, it has to be registered. The DGT information page on these vehicles does not show the fee amount (the online office does: €8.67), and none of them gives the price of the label, which each authorised centre sets.
Frequently asked questions
Do e-bikes have to be registered with the DGT?
No. Royal Decree 52/2026 excludes pedal-assisted bicycles from the definition of a light personal vehicle.
How much does it cost to register an e-scooter?
The DGT online office gives fee 4.1, of €8.67. On top of that come the label, bought at an authorised plate-making centre, and the compulsory insurance.
What if my scooter is not certified?
If it was sold before 22 January 2024, it is registered temporarily with its make, model and serial number, and it can only be ridden until 22 January 2027.
Does destolen replace the DGT registration or the insurance?
No. You do the registration and the insurance yourself with the DGT and an insurer. destolen is a free private register to keep it identified and to have it reported stolen if it is stolen.
Sources checked on 27 October 2026
- BOE: Royal Decree 52/2026 of 28 January (Light Personal Vehicle Register, in Spanish)
- BOE: Law 5/2025 of 24 July (first additional provision, compulsory insurance, in Spanish)
- DGT online office: registering a personal mobility vehicle (in Spanish)
- DGT: personal mobility vehicles (in Spanish)
- DGT: launch of the Light Personal Vehicle Register (27/01/2026, in Spanish)
- DGT: statement on registration and insurance of e-scooters (23/12/2025, in Spanish)
Before buying a used e-scooter, check it
Look up its DGT number or serial number on destolen for free to see whether it is reported stolen. And register yours for free: if it is stolen, you will have all the details to hand.