What should you do if you lose your green card?
When you purchase car insurance, you will receive a green card from the insurance company. This green card is your car's certificate of insurance, so it allows you to prove that your car is insured. The green card is an important document containing various information. What should you do if you lose your green card?
Green card car insurance lost
With the green card you can prove not only in the Netherlands that your car is insured. It is an international proof of insurance. Throughout Europe, a green card has the same layout, so it can be easily read by foreign police, for example. One of the most important pieces of information on the green card is the green card number. If you sustain damage and need to fill out a claim form, you will need this number.
Am I required to have my green card with me?
It is not a legal requirement these days to carry the green card with you at all times. However, it is required for non-registered vehicles such as tractors. However, it is recommended that you carry the green card with you at all times. Especially when going abroad. There are even countries where it is mandatory to have a physical green card with you. In the following countries, it is mandatory to have the green card with you and the green card must be printed on green paper:
Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Macedonia, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Russia, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey and Belarus.
It contains a lot of useful information that can come in handy in case of an emergency or breakdown. Before the green card expires, you will receive a new one from the insurance company. To prevent that you are abroad and your green card has just expired, the green card is always valid 1 month longer than the insurance period.
Have you lost your green card? Then you can reapply for the green card.
Green card reapplication
Are you insured through Alpina? Then you can request a new green card online free of charge. Usually you will receive the green card by mail. You may also receive the green card by e-mail. There are even insurers that send the green card by both mail and e-mail. This depends on the insurance company where you took out your car insurance policy.
The green card can take two forms, namely; a pass or a document. This varies by insurer. It is not only mandatory to have a green card for a car. You will also receive a green card for a scooter, motorcycle or motorhome and you must carry a green card in the above countries.
When you take a caravan on vacation abroad, you may need a second green card for your caravan. If your caravan is over 750 kilograms, you are required to have a second green card in Germany, Spain and Poland.
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