MANNHEIM, Germany -- U.S. Army, Europe Soldiers and civilian employees in
Germany who are preparing for duty in the Middle East can leave a car with their spouses
or store one at an Army storage site. Either way, their vehicle registrations will be
extended at no cost for the duration of the deployment, USAREUR officials say.
"Soldiers and civilians receive an extended registration for the 12 or 15 months they are
deployed, plus 45 days," said Dan Saavedra, policy adviser at the USAREUR Registry of
Motor Vehicles. "This alleviates the hassle of a spouse or family care provider from
having to (register) a POV during the sponsor's absence," he added.
Soldiers who leave their vehicles with a spouse or family care provider must ensure their
insurance does not expire while they are away from their home stations. Saavedra also
warns Soldiers who have liens on their vehicles to contact the lien holder before
deploying to ensure insurance and financial issues are settled in advance.
When a spouse or family care provider continues to use a deployed Soldier's car, the
Soldier's rear detachment commander must send a memorandum listing details of the
deployment to the USAREUR Registry of Motor Vehicles to extend the registration.
When vehicles are placed in storage, the facility custodian will tell the registry to extend
the registration.
Soldiers who turn in a privately owned vehicle to a storage site receive a DD Form 788
(Private Vehicle Shipping Document for Automobile) as a receipt for the POV. Before a
Soldier can remove a vehicle from storage, he must get an insurance confirmation card
from his insurance company. "The easiest way to do this is to tell your insurance
company to electronically transmit a new ICC to the USAREUR Registry of Motor
Vehicles," Saavedra added. The ICC is needed whether insurance was cancelled during
the deployment or not.
Vehicle owners can take the ICC, ID card, USAREUR Certificate of License and the DD
Form 788 to their local vehicle registration offices and pick up a new registration with the
extended expiration date. The new registration is free.
Personnel who deploy from Italy may have different procedures; USAREUR officials
suggest that Italy-based personnel call their local vehicle registration offices for more
information.
For more details on the free registration extension, call the USAREUR Registry of Motor
Vehicles at 386-7280.
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