Vehicle technical inspection (przegląd techniczny)

From 19 September 2025 a passenger-car inspection costs 149 PLN (previously 98 PLN). An LPG/CNG car - 245 PLN. Motorcycle - 94 PLN, re-inspection - 21-55 PLN. Prices are fixed nationwide and identical at every station. The "+1 PLN CEPiK" fee no longer exists.

SKP (Stacja Kontroli Pojazdów) is a vehicle inspection station - the only place where a Polish inspection is legally done. A periodic inspection of a passenger car up to 3.5 t, including the first one for an imported car, can be done at any basic (podstawowa) station across the country, regardless of where the car is registered. District (okręgowa) stations are needed for heavier vehicles and special checks, for example after structural changes. We pick a convenient one and book it for you.

For a passenger car: the 1st inspection - before 3 years from first registration, the 2nd - before 5 years, then annually. For LPG cars, taxis, driving-school and commercial-transport vehicles - always annually. The next deadline is counted from the day of the inspection, so going early also moves your next date forward.

You may not drive with an expired inspection. The police keep your registration document (art. 132 of the Road Traffic Law), and the fine under art. 94 § 2 of the Petty Offences Code is up to 1 500 PLN. An expired inspection on its own does not give the OC insurer a right of regress: under art. 43 of the Compulsory Insurance Act that applies only to drink or drugs, intent, driving without a licence or leaving the scene. If faults are found - repair and a re-inspection (21-55 PLN).

No. This is a common myth - many outdated sites mention a "double fee" or 198 PLN for an overdue inspection. That fee was only a draft and was NOT enacted. At the station you pay the normal 149 PLN regardless of how overdue you are. It is the police who fine you - for driving with an expired inspection.

An imported car needs the "zero" inspection (przegląd zerowy) before its first registration in Poland. A passenger car up to 3.5 t can be tested at any SKP station, for 149 PLN. It is not needed for a new car with a certificate of conformity or for an EU car whose documents show a valid inspection. In other cases you cannot register the car without it - we run it together with the registration.

Currently cars on non-EU plates do not have to undergo a Polish inspection - the Vienna Convention applies, provided the vehicle meets international safety standards. However, a draft law (UC95) is in progress that could introduce mandatory registration and inspection for non-EU cars present in Poland for over a year. As of mid-2026 it has not been enacted - we track its status and will warn you in advance.

Mandatory - the registration document (dowód rejestracyjny) or temporary permit (pozwolenie czasowe). It is good to have your OC insurance policy with you. For the "zero" inspection on import - import and deregistration documents; for an LPG car - documents on the gas system installation.