You drive your own car under our taxi licence in Poznań. Here is the whole route: vehicle inspection, entry in the registration certificate, medical tests, criminal record certificate, registration under the licence and car markings. Each step names the legal provision or the city office's case sheet.
Order matters: get the criminal record certificate last, because the office accepts it only if it is dated no more than one month before the application.
A car that is to be used as a taxi undergoes an additional technical inspection at a vehicle inspection station. You then present the result at the office when the entry is made in the registration certificate.
Legal basis: Art. 81(6) and (11)(4) of the Road Traffic Act; § 24(1) of the regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles; item 5.1 of the annex to the regulation on fees for vehicle inspection stations and technical inspections
With the inspection result you go to the Department of Civil Affairs and Driving Licences. According to the case sheet, the entry is free of charge and made on the same day, but only with a booked appointment.
Legal basis: § 16(5)(30)(d) of annex 1 to the regulation on the detailed acts of authorities in vehicle registration matters; case sheet “Entry in the registration certificate: towbar, gas, VAT, L, taxi” (Poznań BIP, 21.01.2026)
A taxi driver must have no health or psychological contraindications to working as a driver. The tests are carried out by a doctor authorised to examine drivers and by an authorised psychologist, each of whom issues a certificate.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(2)(d), Art. 39a(1)(3) and (4), Art. 39j(4) and (6), Art. 39k(3) of the Road Transport Act
The certificate confirms that you have not been finally convicted of offences against life and health, against sexual freedom and decency, or under Art. 59 of the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction, and that you are not banned from working as a driver.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(2)(b) and Art. 8(3)(4) of the Road Transport Act; § 3 of the regulation on fees for information from the National Criminal Register; case sheet “Registration/removal of an additional driver - taxi” (Poznań BIP, 02.10.2026)
We register the car and the driver under our licence at the Department of Business Activity and Agriculture. For the car the office issues a licence extract with a side number, and for the driver an ID card.
Legal basis: Art. 11(4), Art. 8(3)(5) of the Road Transport Act; § 2(1)(1) and § 5(2) of the regulation on fees for administrative acts related to road transport; Art. 35 § 3 of the Code of Administrative Procedure; Poznań BIP case sheets (02.10.2026)
After collecting the extract you mark the car according to the Poznań City Council resolution and upload photos of the marked car in your account. During rides you carry the licence extract.
Legal basis: Art. 87(4) of the Road Transport Act; § 9, § 12 and § 14(1) of Poznań City Council Resolution No. XX/342/VIII/2019
List based on the Poznań City Office case sheets. Tick what you already have - ticks are kept on this device only.
The case sheets state that the office may ask for additional documents and explanations during the proceedings.
The application to register a car and a driver under the licence is filed by the carrier or its proxy. Choose whether you go to the office yourself or we do everything for you.
A proxy may be a natural person with full legal capacity; the power of attorney is granted in writing, and the proxy attaches the original or an officially certified copy (Art. 32 and Art. 33 § 1-3 of the Code of Administrative Procedure). Stamp duty on a power of attorney: part IV of the annex to the Stamp Duty Act.
The “TAXI” roof light is required by the regulation on the technical conditions of vehicles. A municipal council may introduce additional taxi markings - in Poznań they are set out in the resolution on public order rules for taxi transport.
Legal basis: Art. 15(5) and (7) of the Carriage Law; Poznań City Council Resolution No. XX/342/VIII/2019 of 3 December 2019, consolidated text: Official Journal of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship of 2023, item 1267
Upload photos of the front, side and rear of the car in your driver account, at the cooperation step. We check all markings before activation.
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Legal provisions and case sheets checked on 9 November 2026.
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