How to register a vehicle for disposal at the traffic police department

How to recycle a car

1. Why do you need to scrap a car?

Recycling your car eliminates the need to pay annual vehicle tax. Recycling is possible even if there is nothing left of the car. There is no state fee for the deregistration procedure in connection with disposal.

To recycle your car you need:

Step 2. Remove the car from registration with the traffic police.

2. How to dispose of a car?

You can dispose of your car with the help of private recycling companies. Conditions and costs need to be clarified; they may vary from company to company. In return, you will receive a disposal certificate (act) confirming the fact of destruction of the vehicle.

3. How to deregister a car?

To deregister a car due to disposal, prepare a package of documents:

• application for deregistration due to disposal;
• identification document;
• a document confirming that you are authorized to represent the interests of the owner of the vehicle (if you are the owner’s authorized representative);
• vehicle registration certificate;
• vehicle passport;
• state registration plates;
• Such a document can be: a purchase and sale or donation agreement, a document from the social security authorities, a certificate of inheritance, a court decision, etc.

“>a document certifying ownership of the vehicle, numbered units;

certificate (act) of disposal confirming the fact of destruction of the vehicle.

With these documents, come to one of the registration departments of the traffic police. You can also make an appointment online:

4. Can a car abandoned in the yard or on the street be disposed of?

Yes it is possible. In Moscow, there is a procedure for disposing of abandoned cars that have been parked on the roadway or in the yard for more than 30 days and whose owners cannot be identified.

Such vehicles are identified based on complaints and during special raids. Then the owners are searched for 2 weeks through the traffic police. If the owner does not provide documents for the car within 3 months, does not pay the fine and does not pick it up, the car will be scrapped. The decision on this is made by a commission consisting of a traffic police officer, a housing and communal services employee, a representative of the local government and an OATI employee.

How to dispose of a car at the traffic police without a car, documents or license plates

Many owners of old cars that have not been driven for a long time regularly continue to pay transport tax for them, believing that it is impossible to deregister the vehicle from the traffic police without documents. But in fact, deregistering a car as scrap is quite simple. You will find detailed information on how to dispose of a car without documents and license plates in the traffic police in the material below.

How to write off a car as scrap without documents and license plates

According to the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of November 24, 2008 N 1001, in case of disposal, the owner of the car is obliged to deregister it with the traffic police.

Owners (possessors) of vehicles are required to deregister vehicles in the departments of the State Traffic Inspectorate in which they are registered, or change registration data in the event of expiration of the temporary registration period, disposal of vehicles, change of owner (owner)” (clause 5 of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 24.11.2008 N 1001).

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of November 24, 2008 N 1001

To deregister a car, you must submit an application and documents to the registration department of the traffic police. It is better to fill out the application form at home. You can download it, for example, on the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate.

In the application in the “Deregister due to” block, underline the line “further disposal”

As for the question of how to write off a car for scrap without documents, the answer depends on what documents you are missing. Let's figure out whether it is possible to dispose of a car without documents and license plates according to the law.

According to the information on the official website of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate in the section “Traffic Participants” / “Car Owners”, in order to deregister a car due to disposal, in addition to the application, the following documents are required:

Russian passport of the owner of the car.

Vehicle registration certificate (if available).

Vehicle passport (if available).

License plates (if available).

That is, if you are the owner of a car, you can write it off as scrap, having only an identification document with you. The remaining documents, as well as license plates, are submitted to the traffic police, if they are available.

When vehicles are deregistered in cases of their disposal, registration documents, registration plates and vehicle passports are handed over to the registration department.

Paragraph 2, paragraph 43 Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 24, 2008 N 1001

How to scrap a car without a car

As for how to write off a car for scrap without documents and without a car, according to Appendix No. 2 of the administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia N 605, there is no need to provide the car for inspection by the traffic police in order to scrap the car.

“Inspection of the vehicle is not required:

— When replacing documents, registration plates to replace lost ones that have become unusable;

— Change of surname, name, patronymic, name of organization, registration address;

— Termination of registration due to disposal, loss, or theft of the vehicle.”

Extract from Law No. 130-23B as amended on June 23, 2016.

Remember, in order not to waste time in queues, you can dispose of a car without documents through State Services. To do this, on the main page of the portal, select “Vehicle Registration” in the list of services, go to the subsection “Deregistration of a motor vehicle due to disposal” and submit an application online.

Recycling a car without purchasing a new car cannot become a basis for participation in the recycling program and receiving monetary compensation.

Everything about the recycling certificate under the new law in questions and answers

Disposal and information

On July 10, 2017, amendments to the law came into force, now containing a separate clause on the disposal of a car and the need for a certificate of such disposal and called Order No. 605 of August 7, 2013 on the approval of administrative regulations on the process of providing services for registration and re-registration of vehicles. The main change here has occurred in terms of the recycling of vehicles and their deregistration due to disposal.

If previously it was possible to deregister a car from the traffic police on the basis of an application that simply indicated a reason such as scrapping the car, then from now on such a reason must be supported by a special certificate from the recycling point. What kind of item is this, where to find it and how to properly obtain such a certificate, as well as how recycling differs from the loss of a car, we will consider. But let’s start, perhaps, with the last of the above, in order to better understand what recycling actually is.

What is the difference between deregistration due to disposal and due to loss?

A car must be registered for a number of reasons. One of the main ones is a clear link between the car and its owner so that the tax office knows who to charge the transport tax, and the traffic police knows who to charge fines from automatic recording cameras. By deregistering the car from the traffic police, we also remove these encumbrances from ourselves, but in this case we do not have the right to operate the car for its intended purpose.

You can deregister a car from the traffic police for various reasons. All of them are regulated by Order No. 605 on the car registration process, changes to which came into effect in the summer of 2017. Such grounds for deregistration include:

• loss of car,
• vehicle theft,
• end of registration when registering a car for a limited period,
• sale of a car (based on a purchase and sale agreement),
• the end of the leasing agreement with the leasing company (and, as a consequence, the transfer of the car into the ownership of the current owner),
• disposal,
• removal of the car outside the territory of Russia,
• cancellation of vehicle registration due to violations of registration rules,
• death of the owner of the car or liquidation of the organization that owned the car.

As you can see, there are plenty of legitimate reasons for deregistration. But what is the difference between loss and disposal? We specifically highlighted these points in bold, since many drivers confuse them. Although, there is nothing complicated here, and the difference is visible from the very name of these words.

Recycling is the destruction of a car without the possibility of its restoration. Loss is, in fact, the loss of a vehicle, although the car itself may be alive and intact and located somewhere.

You can apply for scrappage in 2019 due to the complete destruction of the vehicle, for example, if you participate in a scrappage program in which some car dealerships give a discount on the purchase of a new car. Termination of registration due to loss occurs if, for example, you drowned your car in a pond and did not find it at the bottom (or simply decided not to get it); or if you just decided to keep it in the yard, sell it for parts, but not drive it.

What kind of recycling certificate is this under the new law?

According to the changes introduced on July 10, 2017 to the procedure for deregistration of vehicles, for recycling today a special certificate (certificate) is required:

66. Termination of registration of a vehicle in connection with disposal is carried out on the basis of a disposal certificate confirming the fact of destruction of the vehicle.
When the registration of a vehicle is terminated due to disposal, the administrative procedures provided for in subparagraphs 32.1, 32.2, 32.4, 32.7 and 32.9 of paragraph 32 of these Administrative Regulations are carried out.

Previously, in the application for deregistration, it was enough to indicate disposal as a basis for termination of registration. Now for this you need a certificate of disposal. Such changes have been made to prevent the use of a car after deregistration due to disposal.

Where can I get a recycling certificate?

You can dispose of your car at a regular metal collection point that issues such a certificate (as of December 6, 2019, not all points issue this certificate), or at a special recycling point. If you are recycling a car in order to participate in the recycling program when buying a new car at a discount at a car dealership, then you must first check with the dealership at which recycling points you can do it.

And at the metal collection point you will also be given money for turning over your car for scrap. Only when recycling, remove and save the license plates from the car in advance - they are required when deregistering in connection with disposal.

What does a vehicle scrappage certificate look like?

It is correct to call a vehicle scrappage certificate a scrappage certificate. In Order No. 605, which regulates the mandatory nature of such a certificate and is relevant for 2019, the word “certificate” does not appear at all in the context of a document confirming disposal.

The form of the recycling certificate, as well as the requirements for filling it out, were approved by Order No. 10 of January 14, 2010

As you can see, the scrappage certificate contains all the basic standard data about the vehicle, its owner and the disposal point. The certificate is filled out by an employee of the car collection point; you cannot fill it out yourself.

How to deregister a car with a scrappage certificate?

Above, we quoted an excerpt from the Order, in the second paragraph of which the points of the procedure that are required in connection with the deregistration of a vehicle due to disposal are given. First of all, you will need an application to terminate registration. But let's talk about everything in order!

With a visit to the traffic police department

The procedure for deregistering a car due to disposal is quite simple. An application for termination of registration can be written either directly at the branch or from home. We will review the application process in advance.

1. First you need to fill out an application for deregistration in connection with the disposal of the car. Application forms are in the prescribed form, and all fields are required to be filled out.

2. Next, you need to take this application, as well as all the necessary additional documents, and go to the MREO traffic police department.

What documents are needed for deregistration due to disposal:

1. recycling certificate,
2. recycling application (form above),
3. car owner's passport,
4. a notarized power of attorney, if it is not the owner who is applying, and the applicant’s passport,
5. PTS,
6. registration certificate,
7. sales contract or other document confirming ownership of the car,
8. license plate number of the scrapped vehicle.

The license plates will need to be handed over to the traffic police for good (they will be disposed of) or stored for a specified period. The registration certificate and PTS are also subject to disposal (they are disposed of by the traffic police officers themselves). If you lose them (or decide to keep them), they will be put on the wanted list. In no case will it be possible to drive with such an STS.

3. Based on the result of deregistration due to disposal, numbers will be accepted from you for storage if you decide to keep them.

By submitting an application through State Services

It is most convenient to submit an application through State Services if you are registered there. The procedure for submitting such an application is identical to visiting a traffic police department, and no additional documents will be required from you.

1. Go to the State Services website and log in to your personal account.

2. Go to the “Transport and Driving” section in the service catalog

4. Then go to the “Deregistration” section

7. Next, you must print out the completed application to visit the traffic police department. Why this was done is not clear. Then you need to choose a convenient time to visit the traffic police, as well as any nearest traffic police department and arrive there at the specified time with the same documents.

How much does a recycling certificate and deregistration due to recycling cost?

Both obtaining a certificate (certificate) about the disposal of a vehicle, and the procedure itself for deregistrating a car in connection with disposal with a certificate under the new law for 2019 is absolutely free.

Perhaps this is one of the very rare government services that are provided without paying state duty.

What if the PTS and/or STS is lost?

If you have lost one of the documents that must be submitted to the traffic police along with the disposal certificate or decided to keep it for yourself, then you need to declare this in the application. The specified documents will be submitted for search.

Another option is to apply to deregister due to loss of the vehicle. For you, the difference between these procedures will be insignificant, and the result will be identical. But for deregistration due to loss, there are fewer requirements for these documents.

This is what a certificate issued by the traffic police looks like when deregistering a car on the basis of loss

Car recycling in 2019

Why was the car recycling program introduced?

The essence of the project is that a car owner who has a car older than 10 years, after handing it over for recycling, receives a special certificate in the amount of 50,000-350,000 rubles.

A lot has changed in the program since 2010:

1. Now money is given in the form of subventions to the regions, which themselves pay monetary compensation to car factories. It depends on the sales results of the year;

2. Both individuals and legal entities can participate in the program (this also includes leasing companies);

3. In addition to passenger cars, buses and trucks can be recycled;

4. The list of car factories that participate in the program has expanded. When it was first introduced, only Lada participated in 2010-2011. Now Renault, Nissan and other brands have joined in.

5. The “Trade-in” principle appeared. The meaning of the principle is that the car is handed over to the dealer not just for scrapping, but for resale. There is only one point - the car that is rented out under this program must be no older than 6 years. This car will be overhauled and sold.

How to buy a car under the recycling program?

You can buy a new car at the same dealership where you return your old one. But this is not the only place; you can make a transaction in different places. There is also the possibility of obtaining a loan. When completing it, you will need to attach a vehicle scrappage certificate to all other documents.

Instructions “How to purchase a car under the recycling program”:

1. You need to draw up a contract for the purchase of a car;

2. Collect documents for disposal (your passport and a certificate of deregistration of the vehicle from the traffic police register);

3. Dispose of the car and obtain a certificate of this procedure;

4. Transfer the certificate to the salon and pay for the dealer’s services.

The discount on the certificate will be deducted when calculating the final cost of the new vehicle.

Conditions of the car recycling program

In order to scrap a car and receive compensation, you need to collect a package of documents. Recycling is carried out in two formats: the Trade-in program (when your old car is repaired and sold) and the old car recycling program.

Not every car is suitable for participation in the state program; they also have certain requirements. The car can be of any make, year of manufacture and country of origin, but it must have full technical compliance.

This happens as follows:

• The car owner hands over the car to the dealer;
• Then he concludes an agreement with him and issues a corresponding power of attorney for him;
• Pays for the dealer’s services (the amount varies depending on the agreement, the average for the regions of Russia is 10,000 rubles);
• Then a certificate of recycling of the old car is issued, and you receive documents for subsidies to purchase a new car;
• The final step is to draw up a contract for the purchase of a new vehicle.

Required documents

For the disposal procedure, you will need the following documents:

• for the right to own a car;
• confirming ownership of the car by the owner for the last 6 months;
• copies of the vehicle’s passport with notes on the act of scrapping the car and deregistering it from state registration.

List of cars

With the money received you can only buy cars assembled in Russia. But this does not mean at all that you will have to drive VAZs. This list includes both domestic cars and foreign cars.

In 2019, according to information on the official websites of dealer centers in the Russian Federation, under the program you can purchase:

• Lada (RUB 50,000);
• UAZ (Patriot and Hunter - 90,000 rubles, Pickup and Cargo - 120,000 rubles).
• GAZ (commercial vehicle - 175,000 rubles, truck - 350,000 rubles).
• Opel (Meriva, Corsa, Insignia - 40,000 rubles, Astra - 80,000 rubles, Mokka - 100,000 rubles, Antara - 140,000 rubles).
• Peugeot (Boxer, 408 and 4008 - 50,000 rub.).
• Renault (Logan, Sandero - 25,000 rubles, Duster, Fluence and Koleos - 50,000 rubles).
• Hyundai (Solaris, Creta - 50,000 rubles);
• Nissan (Terrano - 50,000 rubles, Almera - 60,000 rubles, Teana - 100,000 rubles).
• Skoda (Fabia - 60,000 rubles; Rapid - 80,000 rubles, Octavia, Yeti - 90,000 rubles).
• Volkswagen (Jetta, Polo - 50,000 rubles).
• Citroen (C4 - 50,000 rub.).
• Mitsubishi (Outlander - 40,000 rubles, Pajero Sport - 75,000 rubles).
• Ford (Focus, S-Max, Galaxy, Mondeo - 50,000 rubles, Kuga AWD, Ecosport AWD - 90,000 rubles).

Amount of discount

The amount of the discount depends on the vehicle you want to scrap.

If it is a passenger car, then the discount will range from 50,000 to 175,000 rubles; medium-duty trucks - from 90,000 to 350,000, buses from 100,000 to 300,000, SUVs from 90,000 to 140,000, special equipment from 100,000 to 350,000, any AvtoVAZ models - 50,000 rubles.

How to dispose of a car at the traffic police

Recently, the procedures for how to dispose of a car without a car at the traffic police have been simplified. The car owner does not have to present the vehicle itself for recycling. The car may not be running, damaged or lost. A whole range of measures has been developed to allow you to get rid of a non-existent or damaged car in an official manner. How to properly dispose of a vehicle at the traffic police

Why is recycling needed?

For example, a car has been sitting in the yard for many years, is rotten and is of no value to the owner. Why is it undesirable to leave a former vehicle to rot and fall apart, excluding concern for others, the environment, and taking up precious parking space? The first reason you should get rid of junk is transport tax . The tax is assessed on the car owner annually, based on the number of months the vehicle has been owned. Go to the State Services website and check the tax calculation. The amounts can be significant, and receipts do not always arrive by mail. To avoid unnecessary expenses, it is necessary to arrange the disposal of the vehicle.

There is also feedback. If a car is rotting in the yard, most likely it was stolen and the owner deregistered it. It will not be possible to sell it; it is dangerous to distill it. You can restore the identity of the last owner by body number, engine number, VIN code . Even with the license plates removed, the car can be identified. The thieves will not engage in actual recycling, and the “boxes” continue to rot until they reach scrap metal buyers.

Car scrapping is a last resort when selling a car to an unscrupulous buyer. If the new owner is in no hurry to re-register the car in his name, the old owner will receive not only receipts for payment of transport tax, but also any fines. This applies not only to the new owner's poor driving habits, but also to penalties for not having insurance.

When selling a car, insurance is canceled due to a change of owner. To conclude a new insurance contract, a registration certificate is required. If the new owner has not completed re-registration, he automatically cannot insure the car and moves without a mandatory MTPL policy. Any automatic camera will determine the lack of insurance by the number and will kindly send an invoice to the official owner of the vehicle, that is, to the previous owner . The amount can be quite significant. The owner can report the vehicle as stolen in order to claim compensation for unforeseen expenses. But if there is no hope of a refund, you can dispose of the sold car. In this case, the car loses its status as a vehicle and has no right to move on the roads, regardless of its serviceability and general condition. A scrapped vehicle cannot be sold, even in parts, since the technical passport of the scrapped vehicle lists the numbers of significant parts. In any case, fines will stop coming, as will the accrual of transport tax.

In what cases is recycling carried out without a car?

The need for recycling arises in a number of cases - if the car cannot be restored after an accident or has become unusable due to wear of the main parts. In this case, you must pay for its disposal at a specialized organization. If the car is not running, you will have to pay transportation costs for its delivery . With a certificate of disposal and a receipt of payment and a set of documents for the vehicle, you need to contact the traffic police office to register the disposal of the vehicle.

If the vehicle is missing, stolen or lost, no actual disposal is required. But you still need to deregister the car.

How to dispose of a vehicle if there are no documents for the car

In the event of a fire or theft, documents for the car may be lost. Car owners are advised to keep copies of the car's registration documents, insurance policy and technical passport and keep the copies separate from the car . Based on copies, the identification procedure will be completed a little faster. But even if documents are completely and irretrievably lost or damaged, computer databases store information about the owner of the car and technical characteristics.

• First of all, you need to write an application to the traffic police about the need to deregister the car. The application is written according to the established template, in 2 copies, it is necessary to indicate the purpose of deregistration - disposal.
• Do not write that the documents were stolen if you do not want the matter to drag on . Upon the fact of theft of documents, a separate case is opened and investigative actions provided for by law must be taken, and all deadlines for finding documents must expire. It is worth adding that the traffic police officers will also look at you without sympathy because of the upcoming paperwork. Write that the documents are lost, but you undertake to provide them if found. Thus, you take responsibility for the documentation without burdening the traffic police and the police. This addition allows you not to initiate search proceedings. You may have to pay something for lost documents.
• After the car is entered into the database, it is likely that some debts and fines will be revealed . The situation may be unfair, for example, if the car is stolen and the thieves are caught on speed cameras, you will have to pay a fine. From a legal point of view, this is logical; the owner is responsible for the vehicle and for fines. Until a report of theft is accepted, you are considered the owner of the car and responsible for everything that happens.
• Fines and taxes must be paid in full . After paying off the fines, the car can be deregistered.

Certificate of deregistration of a vehicle

List of necessary documents for recycling a car at the traffic police

1. Car owner's passport;
2. Application for deregistration of a vehicle;
3. Explanatory note about the loss of documents for the car.

Traffic police officers are required to accept the documents and within 10 days notify the tax authorities, who will delete the registration data from the database. Deleting data is grounds for stopping the accrual of transport tax.

After completing the legal procedures, you receive a certificate of disposal of the car. Save it. In some cases, a certificate of disposal from the traffic police can become the basis for a significant discount when purchasing a new car at a dealership.

A special recycling program provides the opportunity to receive a discount when purchasing a domestic car. When recycling trucks, the program applies to KAMAZ trucks.

How not to buy junk

Car thieves are trying to sell the car as soon as possible. After the real owner’s application for disposal or deregistration, the sale and operation of the car officially becomes impossible. Any car must be checked for recycling upon purchase. Otherwise, when you try to register your car with the traffic police, you will be in for an unpleasant surprise. The car is simply confiscated. If the car is listed as stolen, it is placed in the parking lot and a notification is sent to the owner .

Check the seller's documents, they must match the registration documents of the car owner. Do not buy a car second-hand if the seller is in too much of a hurry, assures you that he has a line of buyers, is ready to provide a huge discount on the car, but only if you buy it immediately, you risk losing money and getting into serious problems with law enforcement agencies.

Do not buy a car by proxy - this is the most common way of trying to legalize stolen cars. The real owner will sooner or later submit documents for disposal.

Conclusion

The owner has the right to independently choose the method of car disposal, sell the car for scrap and receive a small amount of money, pay for disposal at a specialized company, or entrust the disposal to a car dealership for providing a discount on new equipment. In most cases, if you have a car, you will need a disposal document from the company that performed the work . But if there is no car, disposal is carried out as if in absentia. Most likely, you will need documents about the theft of the car or damage. The law restricts the recycling of cars by the owner who purchased the car less than 6 months ago and cars that are less than 6 years old.

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In the event of a car theft, you can limit yourself to deregistering the car without recycling it. In this case, taxes and fines will not be received, the car will be on special lists, and it will be returned to you when found. It is also impossible to sell a car that is listed as stolen; problems will arise when registering with the traffic police.