Owner's authorisation to drive a vehicle (Cyprus)
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This document is in Greek
The PDF you download is in Greek — that is the language it has to be filed in, so it is not translated. Everything on this page is here to tell you what it says.
Insurance first: in Cyprus the policy must cover the driver, by name or under its age and experience terms, or whoever drives is uninsured, whatever authorisation they hold. On that basis, this document lets another person drive the vehicle for a set period, area and purpose, and proves the owner's consent to the police, a hire firm or a border post. It states what is forbidden, who pays fines and damage and how it is revoked, and has a summary in English.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Owner
- Owner's identity card or ARC number
- Owner's address
- Person authorised to drive
- Driver's identity card or ARC number
- Authorised driver's address
- Licence number
- Make and model
- Registration plate
- Chassis number
- Insurer
- Policy number
- End of the insurance period
- Period from
- Period to
- Territory
- Purpose
- City
- Date
Preview
This document is produced for you. Your answers are typed into it and the finished PDF is yours to keep.
Common questions
- Is the owner's authorisation enough for someone else to drive the car in Cyprus?
- Not unless the insurance covers them. A policy covers the drivers it sets out: those named on it, or any driver within limits of age and years licensed. Anyone driving outside those terms is uninsured, and under Law 96(I)/2000 the owner who lets them drive without cover commits an offence too. Before lending the car, ask the insurer to add the driver or to state in writing that the policy covers them; the authorisation only proves your consent.
- Who pays camera fines when someone else drives the vehicle in Cyprus?
- A camera's out-of-court fine notice is sent to the registered owner. If someone else was driving, the owner gives the driver's details within 15 days of receiving the notice, by completing the notice's declaration and sending it by registered post, or online at www.cycamerasystem.com.cy; otherwise the case proceeds against the owner. The authorisation, with the driver's details and the period, helps prove who had the vehicle, and says that fines are the driver's to pay.
- Must the signature on an authorisation to drive be certified for travel outside Cyprus?
- If the document will be used outside Cyprus, it is wise to have the owner's signature certified by a certifying officer or at a citizen service centre (KEP or KEPO). If the country also wants an apostille, the certifying officer's signature is certified by the District Administration and apostilled by the Ministry of Justice and Public Order. Check first what the destination country requires, and that the insurance covers the vehicle and driver there. A qualified electronic signature, such as the Cyprus eID from JCC, has the effect of a handwritten one.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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