How many points are left on my French licence?
Enter your offences from recent years and when you paid them: the tool estimates your balance and gives the date of the next return of points.
A French driving licence carries 12 points, or 6 at the start for a probationary licence. Each offence takes the number of points in the scale on the day it becomes final: payment of the fine, issue of the enforceable order for an increased fine, or a conviction. Points then return under article L223-6 of the French Highway Code: all of them after two years with no new offence, three years if any offence in the period is a class 4 or 5 offence or a criminal offence; a single point after six months. The only balance that counts is the official record, available online on the Mes points permis service with a FranceConnect account. This calculator helps you check that record and know when points will return. Example: two points lost for 20 km/h over paid fourteen months ago, then one point for a small excess outside a town paid four months ago: the balance is 9 points, and all twelve return on 22 June 2029 with no new offence.
Estimated balance today
9 / 12
12 points on 23 June 2029 with no new offence
| Next return | 23 December 2026 (+1 point) |
| With a course now | 12 points (+3) |
| Points deducted in total | 3 |
Estimate: only your official record (Mes points permis) is binding.
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How the tool calculates
For each offence you choose its type, which gives the points and the seriousness, and the number of months since it was paid. The tool replays events in order: deduction, then, if no offence follows within the window, one point back at six months or all points back at two or three years. Article L223-6 sets these periods; the points table gives the deduction for each offence.
| Date | Event | Balance |
|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2025 | 2 points taken | 10 |
| 22 June 2026 | 1 point taken | 9 |
| 22 December 2026 | one point back | 10 |
| 22 June 2029 | back to 12 points | 12 |
In this example, the point taken in June 2026 comes back on its own six months later, provided no new offence is committed in the meantime: the six-month rule only looks at that interval. The other two points wait for the full return, three years after the last offence, because 20 km/h over is a class 4 offence.
When do my points come back?
All points back in
28 months
| Clean period needed | 3 years |
| 6-month rule (1 point) | does not apply |
| Current balance | 10 / 12 |
A new offence, once paid, restarts the clock.
When the balance hits zero
At zero points the licence is invalidated: it must be handed back to the prefecture within ten days of the 48SI letter, then you wait six months before retaking the theory test and, depending on how long you had held it, the driving test. A course is no longer possible once the balance is zero.