Home / Dz.U. 1997 nr 98 poz. 602
Law of 20 June 1997 - Road Traffic Law
Ustawa z dnia 20 czerwca 1997 r. - Prawo o ruchu drogowym.
Type
Law (Ustawa)
Status
act has a consolidated text (akt posiada tekst jednolity)
Announced
1997-06-20
Entry into force
1998-01-01
Texts
The consolidated text (tekst ujednolicony) is unofficial; only the signed PDFs from Dziennik Ustaw / Monitor Polski are legally authentic.
Keywords
Road traffic controlpublic roadsmotor vehiclesdriversroad traffic lawroad traffic
Related acts
Repealed Acts (4)
- Law of July 27, 1991, on amending the law – Road Traffic Law. · 1998-01-01
- Law of February 1, 1983, Road Traffic Law. · 1998-01-01
- Announcement of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of December 31, 1991, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act of February 1, 1983 – Road Traffic Law. · 1998-01-01
- Law of March 6, 1992, on amending the Law - Road Traffic Law and on amending the law amending the Law - Road Traffic Law. · 1999-07-01
Acts Declared Repealed (12)
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of February 12, 1992, on the registration of convictions and penalty tickets for certain offenses. · 1998-01-01
- Order of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of March 3, 1994, on detailed regulations defining road signs and signals and traffic safety devices. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Ministers of Transport and Maritime Economy and of the Interior and Administration of October 16, 1997, on the road transport of dangerous materials. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of February 3, 1997, on the advanced training of drivers of vehicles carrying dangerous goods. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Ministers of Transport and Maritime Economy and Internal Affairs of October 24, 1996, amending the regulation on road signs and signals. · 1999-07-01
- Order of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of December 21, 1995 amending the order on the technical conditions and testing of vehicles. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of April 11, 1995, amending the regulation on the technical conditions and testing of vehicles. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of October 18, 1994, amending the regulation on the technical conditions and testing of vehicles · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs of July 5, 1994, amending the regulation on determining the manner of ensuring public safety and order during events on roads, the conditions for their holding, the procedure, and the competent authorities in these matters. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of December 30, 1993 amending the regulation on the technical conditions and testing of vehicles. · 1999-07-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of October 12, 1995 on the scope and method of conducting technical inspections of vehicles and the forms used in this process. · 1999-07-01
- Ordinance of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of January 12, 1995, on directing persons applying for driving licenses and drivers to medical and psychological examinations, the principles and scope of psychological examinations, and the units authorized to conduct these examinations. · 1999-07-01
Implementing Regulations (702)
- Announcement of the Minister of Finance of September 12, 2011, on the announcement of the maximum fees for vehicle removal from the road and its storage in a guarded parking lot applicable in 2012
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of July 1, 2026, amending the regulation on the registration and marking of vehicles, requirements for registration plates and the forms of other documents related to vehicle registration
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 25 June 2026 on research on automated vehicles or fully automated vehicles
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 25 June 2026 on fees for issuing and amending permits for conducting research on automated vehicles or fully automated vehicles
- Regulation of the Minister of Digital Affairs of June 22, 2026, amending the regulation on the catalog of data collected in the Central Vehicle Register
- Regulation of the Minister of Digital Affairs of June 18, 2026, amending the regulation on the scope of data made available to entities obliged to transfer data to the Central Vehicle Register and the technical and quality requirements for data entered into this register
- Regulation of the Minister of Digital Affairs of June 19, 2026, on the type and scope of data made available from the Central Vehicle Register
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of June 5, 2026, amending the regulation on the procedure for legalizing license plates and the technical conditions and designs of the legalization mark
- Regulation of the Ministers of the Interior and Administration, National Defence, Finance and Economy, and Justice of April 17, 2026, amending the regulation on special vehicles and vehicles used for special purposes by the Police, Internal Security Agency, Foreign Intelligence Agency, Military Counterintelligence Service, Military Intelligence Service, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Border Guard, State Protection Service, National Revenue Administration, Prison Service, and fire brigades
- Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of February 26, 2026, amending the regulation on road traffic control
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of February 10, 2026, amending the regulation on the scope, conditions, deadlines, and manner of conducting technical inspections of trams and trolleybuses and the entities performing these inspections
- Regulation of the Ministers of Infrastructure and the Interior and Administration of January 14, 2026, amending the regulation on road signs and signals
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of January 14, 2026, amending the regulation on the detailed technical conditions for road signs and signals and road traffic safety devices and the conditions for their placement on roads
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 9 July 2025 amending the regulation on the registration and marking of vehicles, requirements for registration plates and forms of other documents related to vehicle registration
- Regulation of the Minister of Digital Affairs of June 27, 2025, amending the regulation on the type and scope of data made available from the central vehicle register
- Regulation of the Minister of National Defence of 16 May 2025 amending the regulation on the conditions for transporting persons by vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
- Regulation of the Minister of Digital Affairs of April 25, 2025, amending the regulation on the catalogue of data collected in the central vehicle register
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of January 28, 2025, amending the regulation on the fee for entry on the list of automotive appraisers and related documents
- Regulation of the Minister of National Defence of October 28, 2025, amending the regulation on the registration of vehicles of the Military Counterintelligence Service and the Military Intelligence Service
- Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of 30 September 2025 on the registration of vehicles of the State Protection Service, Police, Internal Security Agency, Intelligence Agency, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Border Guard and National Revenue Administration used by the Customs and Tax Service
- Regulation of the Minister of Digitization of January 3, 2025, amending the regulation on the scope of data made available in electronic form from the Central Vehicle Register
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 3 September 2025 amending the regulation on the amount of fees related to the operation of vehicle inspection stations and the conduct of technical inspections of vehicles
- Regulation of the Minister of National Defence of August 1, 2025, amending the regulation on the registration of vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and vehicles belonging to foreign armed forces staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland under international agreements
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of July 2, 2024, amending the regulation on the conditions of production and method of distribution of registration plates and legalization marks
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of June 28, 2024, on amending the regulation amending the regulation on technical conditions of vehicles and the scope of their necessary equipment
- Regulation of the Minister of National Defence of 8 January 2024 amending the regulation on the method and procedure for issuing military permits for road transport and the method of organizing and marking columns of vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of December 17, 2024, amending the regulation on detailed activities of authorities in matters related to vehicle admission to traffic and on the forms of documents in these matters
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of November 26, 2024, amending the regulation on the scope and method of conducting technical inspections of vehicles and the forms of documents used in these inspections.
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of October 29, 2024, amending the regulation on the amount of fees for issuing a registration certificate, temporary permit and legalized registration plates and their duplicates
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of November 8, 2024, on the registration and marking of vehicles, requirements for registration plates and the forms of other documents related to vehicle registration
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Amending Acts (210)
- Law of December 18, 1997, on the amendment of the law - Road Traffic Law. · 1997-12-29
- Law of 29 August 1997 on municipal guards. · 1998-01-01
- Law of July 24, 1998, amending certain laws defining the competences of public administration bodies - in connection with the state's structural reform. · 1999-01-01
- Law of October 13, 1998, Provisions introducing laws reforming public administration. · 1999-01-01
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 21 December 1999 case file K. 22/99. · 1999-12-24
- Law of 21 January 2000 on Amending Certain Laws Related to the Functioning of Public Administration. · 2000-02-23
- Law of 31 March 2000 on the amendment of the law on road traffic and the law on insurance activities. · 2000-06-09
- Law of November 19, 1999, on Business Activity. · 2001-01-01
- Law of March 16, 2001, on the Government Protection Bureau. · 2001-03-30
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 28 June 2000, case file K. 34/99. · 2001-06-28
- Law of 24 August 2001 introducing the Code of Procedure in Cases of Misdemeanours · 2001-10-17
- Law of 23 August 2001 amending the law on the education system, the law introducing the reform of the school system, the law on the teaching card, and certain other laws · 2001-10-21
- Law of September 6, 2001, amending the Road Traffic Law. · 2002-01-01
- Law of August 24, 2001, on the Military Gendarmerie and military disciplinary bodies. · 2002-01-01
- Law of September 6, 2001, on road transport. · 2002-01-01
- Law of 18 September 2001 amending the Law on Court Bailiffs and Enforcement and amending certain other laws · 2002-01-01
- Law of 1 March 2002 on changes in the organization and functioning of central government administration bodies and units subordinate to them, and on amending certain laws. · 2002-04-01
- Law of May 24, 2002, on the Internal Security Agency and the Intelligence Agency. · 2002-06-29
- Law of June 7, 2002, on the abolition of the General Customs Inspector, on amending the law on tax control, and on amending certain other laws. · 2002-07-01
- Law of June 20, 2002, on the direct election of the village head, mayor, and city president. · 2002-10-27
- Law of September 13, 2002 on amending the law - Road Traffic Law. · 2002-11-20
- Law of 6 July 2001 on the processing of criminal information · 2003-01-01
- Law of December 5, 2002 on the amendment of the law on detective services and the law on road traffic. · 2003-01-01
- Law of 28 October 2002 on the road transport of dangerous goods. · 2003-01-01
- Law of 23 November 2002 on the amendment of the law on local government revenues in the years 1999-2002 and certain other laws. · 2003-01-01
- Law of November 23, 2002 on the amendment of the law - Road Traffic Law and on the amendment of the law on the amendment of the law - Road Traffic Law. · 2003-01-17
- Law of 20 December 2002 on amending the law on professional and social rehabilitation and employment of disabled persons and on amending certain other laws · 2003-02-01
- Law of June 27, 2003, on the establishment of Voivodeship Tax Colleges and on amending certain laws regulating the tasks and competences of bodies and the organization of organizational units subordinate to the minister competent for public finance · 2003-09-01
- Law of 23 July 2003 amending the Law on Road Traffic · 2003-09-12
- Law of 23 July 2003 amending the Law on Road Transport and certain other laws · 2003-09-28
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Amended Acts (4)
- Law of 21 July 1995 on amendment of the laws: on the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, on the Police, on the Office for State Protection, on the Border Guard and certain other laws. · 1998-01-01
- Law of December 23, 1988, on economic activity. · 1998-01-01
- Law of May 20, 1971, provisions introducing the Code of Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases. · 1998-01-01
- Law of 20 May 1971 Code of Petty Offences. · 1998-01-01
Information on Consolidated Text (11)
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 9, 2018, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 21, 2024, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Law on Road Traffic
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of May 11, 2023, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of April 28, 2022, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 1 March 2021 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of December 9, 2019, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on Road Traffic
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 14 December 2016 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 8, 2017, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of August 30, 2012 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 2, 2005 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Road Traffic Law
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 7 March 2003 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the law - Road Traffic Law
References (1)
Constitutional Tribunal Ruling (12)
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 5 December 2018 file ref. K 6/17
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 14, 2015, case file K 2/13
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 9, 2009 ref. SK 48/05
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 25 May 2009 ref. no. SK 54/08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 3 June 2008, ref. no. P 4/06
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of February 20, 2008, case file K 30/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 18 January 2006 ref. no. K 21/05
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 7, 2005, case file K 23/04
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 27 January 2004, case file no. P 9/03
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 28 June 2000, case file K. 34/99.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 11 May 1999, ref. no. K. 13/98.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 21 December 1999 case file K. 22/99.
Acts referring to this act
- Repealing Acts: Law of March 6, 1992, on amending the Law - Road Traffic Law and on amending the law amending the Law - Road Traffic Law.
- Repealing Acts: Law of July 27, 1991, on amending the law – Road Traffic Law.
- Repealing Acts: Law of February 1, 1983, Road Traffic Law.
- Repealing Acts: Announcement of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Economy of December 31, 1991, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act of February 1, 1983 – Road Traffic Law.
- Amending Acts: Law of 21 July 1995 on amendment of the laws: on the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, on the Police, on the Office for State Protection, on the Border Guard and certain other laws.
- Amending Acts: Law of May 20, 1971, provisions introducing the Code of Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases.
- Amending Acts: Law of December 23, 1988, on economic activity.
- Amending Acts: Law of 20 May 1971 Code of Petty Offences.
- Amended Acts: Law of 11 June 2026 amending certain laws in order to simplify administrative procedures in matters resolved by administrative decisions or handled tacitly
- Amended Acts: Law of November 21, 2025, on amending the law - Road Traffic Law and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of November 7, 2025, amending the law - Road Traffic Law
- Amended Acts: Law of January 23, 2026, amending the Road Traffic Law and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 17 October 2025 amending the Act - Road Traffic Law and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of December 4, 2025, on amending certain laws to improve road traffic safety
- Amended Acts: Law of June 25, 2025, amending the law on the informatization of public authorities and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 9 May 2025 amending the Law on the Prison Service and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of May 15, 2024, on amending certain laws related to the functioning of government administration
- Amended Acts: Law of June 16, 2023, on amending the law on public collective transport and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 16 June 2023 on amending the Geological and Mining Law and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 7, 2022 on amending the Law - Penal Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of April 14, 2023, on changing the names of state service universities supervised by the minister competent for internal affairs, on amending the law on the Police, the law on the Border Guard, the law on the State Fire Service, and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 7, 2023, on amending certain laws to limit certain effects of identity theft
- Amended Acts: Law of May 26, 2023, on the mObywatel application.
- Amended Acts: Law of April 14, 2023, on vehicle and equipment type-approval systems
- Amended Acts: Law of 26 May 2023 amending the Law on Road Traffic and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of May 26, 2023, on amending the law on toll motorways and the National Road Fund and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of April 14, 2023, on changing the name of a state service university supervised by the Minister of Justice and on amending the law on the Prison Service and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of April 14, 2023, on amending the law on public roads and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Act of December 1, 2022, on amending the Act on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System, and on certain other acts
- Amended Acts: Law of November 4, 2022 on amending the Law - Road Traffic Law and the Law on Drivers
- Amended Acts: Law of 5 August 2022 on amending the Law on the Government Road Development Fund and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 5 August 2022 on amending the Law on Public Roads and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 28 April 2022 on amending certain laws in connection with the development of public teleinformatic systems
- Amended Acts: Law of March 11, 2022, on Homeland Defence
- Amended Acts: Law of November 17, 2021, amending the Law on Road Traffic, the Law on the Government Road Development Fund, and the Law on the Public Service Bus Transport Development Fund
- Amended Acts: Law of December 2, 2021, amending the Law on Road Traffic and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of December 2, 2021, on amending the law on electromobility and alternative fuels and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 11 August 2021 on open data and reuse of public sector information
- Amended Acts: Law of October 14, 2021 on amending the law on road transport and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of February 25, 2021, on amending the Law on Road Traffic
- Amended Acts: Act of March 30, 2021, on amending the Act - Road Traffic Law and certain other acts
- Amended Acts: Act of March 30, 2021, on amending the Act on excise duty and certain other acts
- Amended Acts: Law of December 18, 2020, on amending the law on public roads and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 11 September 2019 - Provisions introducing the Law - Public Procurement Law
- Amended Acts: Law of 14 August 2020 amending the Law on Road Traffic and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of May 6, 2020, on amending the Law on Public Roads and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of April 16, 2020, on specific support instruments in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
- Amended Acts: Law of March 31, 2020, on amending the law on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Act of January 23, 2020, amending the Act on government administration departments and certain other acts
- Amended Acts: Law of 19 July 2019 amending the Law on Maintaining Cleanliness and Order in Municipalities and certain other laws