How to leave a license plate number when selling a car

How to leave license plates on a car when selling?

According to the changes that came into force on October 15, 2013, car owners no longer need to deregister their car with the traffic police upon sale. The car is sold with license plates.

What if the seller wants to keep the license plates when selling the car?

Is it possible to transfer old license plates to a new car? How to carry out this procedure in 2019? We will answer these questions further.

How to save license plates from a car when selling?

The procedure for selling a car along with license plates is quite simple:

You sign the purchase and sale document with the buyer.
Fill out the fields about the new owner in the car passport.
Sign as a seller.
You get money.

From this moment on, you are no longer the owner of the car. Further stages of registering a technical device fall on the new owner.

However, if you want to keep your old numbers, you will have to work a little and spend some money.

Attention! If your plates are old or damaged, this may serve as a basis for replacing them, regardless of the desire of the car owner.

Next, we offer an algorithm for saving old numbers.

Stage one: application

The application must be filled out at any traffic police department.

Compose the text of the application in any form with a request to retain the license plates after the sale of the car.
Write down the details of the vehicle owner in the space provided.
Indicate the license plate number, make and model of the car, as well as its VIN number.
Record the date and signature.

Stage two: inspection of rooms

The old license plates that you want to keep and transfer to another car must comply with the requirements of Russian legislation. Take them off at home and inspect them carefully.

If they are dented, damaged, or the paint has worn off on them, then they will most likely refuse to transfer them to a new car. In this case, it is better to make duplicate numbers in advance.

When submitting an application to the MREO, the license plates will be examined by an expert . However, there are a number of reasons why an expert may refuse to examine you, such as:

dirty car;
window tinting prohibited by law;
the machine has a direct flow;
the light transmission of the headlights is impaired;
non-standard steering wheel.

If the numbers do not meet the requirements, you may be forced to make duplicates. This can be done at the MREO or at an organization that has permission and the necessary equipment. Making duplicate numbers will take 20-40 minutes.

Be wary of advertisements for duplicate license plates. They must comply with GOST R 50577-93, have all levels of protection and be manufactured only by companies accredited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Road inspectors will take the old license plates for storage. You have 180 days left to buy a new car and assign it the old number. Otherwise, the plates will be issued to the new car owner or disposed of.

Stage three: preparation of documents

Having received duplicates, go to any MREO department with a package of the following documents:

passport;
Vehicle registration certificate;
technical equipment passport;
OSAGO insurance policy.

By retaining your previous number, you automatically re-register your car. You will be given a new Vehicle Registration Certificate and the changes will be recorded in the PTS.

Note! Registration of a car with preservation of license plates can be done not only at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, but also via the Internet through the State Services website.

Stage four: payment of state duty

For the provision of public services, you are required to pay a state duty in the amount of 2,000 rubles. By the way, if you register through the State Services website, you will receive a 30% discount.

Stage five – changes to the policy

After re-registering the car you are selling, contact your insurance company, where your policy will be adjusted in accordance with the changes that have occurred.

Important! The entire procedure described above concerns re-registration and preservation of license plates only within one region.

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How much does it cost to transfer license plates to a new car?

The approximate cost of this procedure is 7,700 rubles . Let's break down all the costs in more detail:

2,000 rub. — production of duplicate numbers;
350 rub. — making changes to the passport of an old car;
500 rub. — issuance of a new registration certificate for the car being sold;
2,000 rub. — issuing numbers;
350 rub. — making changes to the passport of a new car;
500 rub. — issuance of a registration certificate for the purchased car;
2,000 rub. – issuance of license plates for the purchased vehicle.

Compare: getting new license plates for a purchased car will cost 2,850 rubles . If you put the license plates of the previous owner on the car, then re-registration will cost only 850 rubles.

So, transferring license plates to a new car is a simple, but slightly troublesome procedure that any car owner has the right to carry out. And each driver decides for himself the question of economic feasibility.

How to save your license plates when selling a car and transfer them to a new car

The current regulations for the purchase and sale of a car imply its transfer to the next owner without changing license plates. But what if you want to keep the plates and put them on your new car, rather than give them away along with your old one? The procedure for saving numbers is simple, although a little more expensive than simple re-registration during purchase and sale.

Save the license plates when you sell your car in order to install them on your newly purchased car.

The procedure for retaining license plates for the current owner, from a formal point of view, does not differ from other procedures for re-registration of a car, so it will require a standard package of documents: the owner’s passport, vehicle passport (PTS), vehicle registration certificate and compulsory motor liability insurance policy .

The procedure for saving license plates is regulated by paragraph 42 of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 24, 2008 N 1001 (as amended on February 13, 2015) “On the procedure for registering vehicles.” He comprehensively describes all the conditions for carrying out this procedure:

At the request of the owner of the vehicle, state registration plates may be retained, provided they comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The issuance of such registration plates is carried out by the registration department where the surrendered registration plates are stored for newly acquired or previously registered vehicles.

The shelf life of signs should not exceed 180 days.

After the expiration of the storage period, they are subject to re-issuance. The issuance of these registration plates is carried out in the chronological order of their registration.

In order to retain your license plates for the specified 180 days, you need to contact the traffic police department and write an application for saving license plates for subsequent installation on another car and issuing new license plates for installation on an existing car. You attach your valuable numbers to the application and hand them over to the traffic police for safekeeping. In return, you will be given other license plates, as well as a new registration certificate and PTS with a note about the change in registration data.

Having purchased a new car, you simply return to the traffic police department and write an application for the issuance of license plates deposited in storage. Assigning them to a purchased car also follows the standard procedure for changing registration data, with the only exception that you will not have to pay a state fee for issuing license plates, since you already have them.

So, let us once again outline the algorithm of actions when changing a car while maintaining the license plates. Before selling the car, you must contact the traffic police and, at your own expense, change the plates to others, handing over your old plates for safekeeping. You then sell your car as standard, complete with new license plates. Well, having purchased a new car, you again contact the traffic police, receive your old license plates and, along with changing the information about the owner, when re-registering the car in your name, you also change the data on the license plates.

In fact, you will carry out two procedures for re-registration of a car, replacing the registration certificate and making changes to the title: first for the old car, and then for the new one. The only difference is that you will have to get new license plates for your old car. Accordingly, when changing license plates on an old car, you will pay 500 rubles for issuing a new registration certificate, 350 rubles for making changes to the title and 2,000 rubles for issuing license plates. When registering a newly purchased car, you will only pay the first two fees. Thus, the entire procedure for transferring the number to a new car will cost you 3,700 rubles.

As before, you can save 30% on state fees by submitting an application electronically through the State Services portal and making non-cash payments. In this case, issuing a new registration certificate will cost 350 rubles, making changes to the PTS will cost 245 rubles, and issuing new license plates will cost 1,400 rubles. The total cost of transferring the license plate to a newly purchased car will be 2,590 rubles.

All possible nuances stem from the same paragraph 42 of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: as we remember, numbers can be saved “provided they comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation.” This means that the license plates deposited must be readable and undamaged and comply with the current GOST - that is, you will not be able to keep old-style license plates.

If your existing license plates are worn out or damaged, then before contacting the traffic police you should update them by ordering duplicates from any specialized organization.

Is it possible and how to keep the license plate number of a car when selling under the new rules?

Retaining old GRZs

In 2019, the purchase and sale of a car comes with license plates. If the car is registered with the traffic police, then it cannot be transferred to the buyer without registration marks. But what if you need to keep your beautiful old license plate for a new car? Is it possible to keep the numbers when selling a car and how to do this? We will talk about the terms and procedure for storing them in the traffic police under the changed legislation below.

I want to preserve the GRZ - is it possible to do this?

Can. The 2019 law allows, when alienating a vehicle, to deposit your old license plates with the traffic police for a period not exceeding 360 days (not to be confused with a year).

This opportunity is given by Order No. 399 on the rules for registering cars. It is he who, in his paragraph 42, allows you to keep your old license plates:

The storage of state registration plates is carried out on the basis of the corresponding expression of will of the owner of the vehicle contained in the application for the registration action for which it was registered.
. The storage period for state registration plates should not exceed 360 days from the date of the registration action, as a result of which they were stored.

Thus, the car owner can keep the license plates from his car when selling it, indicating this in the appropriate application. What kind of statement this is, we will explain a little below.

The procedure for submitting a state registration document to the traffic police as of 2019 is as follows:

even before selling the car, you need to use the state service of changing license plates to new ones,
when submitting an application, in accordance with paragraph 1 above, it indicates the need to keep the old numbers for storage,
if their condition is at least almost perfect (paint has worn off, wrinkled, etc.), then you will have to first get duplicates,
as a result of the provision of government services to you, you will receive new license plates, and inspectors will take your old ones and keep them in the department; then the car is sold with new gaskets; thus, the new owner has nothing to do with your old registration plates,
your license plates will be stored in the department for no more than 360 days,
When purchasing a new car, when registering it, you indicate in the appropriate application for the issuance of the license plates you have reserved and receive them.

Now let's take a closer look at how you can save your car's license plates before selling them under the new rules, but first let's find out what changes have occurred.

What are the new rules?

We are talking about Order No. 399 on the rules for vehicle registration, which came into force on October 7, 2018, replacing a similar Order No. 1001, which had been in force since back in 2008, to which many drivers are accustomed.

The new legal act did not greatly change the procedure for storing license plates - the period increased from 180 to 360 days, and the procedure became more clear.

Meanwhile, a new law is coming into force - the Federal Law on Vehicle Registration, which will also address the issue of how to leave license plates when selling a car, but since this is a Federal Law - it is higher than the priorities of any orders, it will spell out the fundamental the principle is simply the right of the car owner to retain the license plate number.

Transferring license plates to a new car

Good afternoon, dear reader.

This article will talk about transferring license plates to a new car. There are various reasons why a car owner wants to keep the old registration plates: the “beautiful” license plates were purchased or the car owner got it by luck. It is also possible that the number is not “beautiful”, but the owner has gotten used to it over the years of owning the vehicle.

In any case, you don’t want to part with the numbers you like. Moreover, the law provides for the possibility of transferring license plates between cars of the same owner. Let's look at how this can be done.

How to transfer license plates to a new car

Transferring old license plates to a new car occurs in the following sequence:

1. Re-registration of the “old” car. Getting new numbers for him, saving old numbers.

2. Registration (or re-registration) of a “new” car with the assignment of saved registration plates.

In theory, everything looks quite simple. Let's consider each of the points in more detail.

Application for preservation of state numbers in 2019 and 2020

First of all, you will need an application to preserve state registration plates.

Filling out the application should not cause any particular difficulties:

1. In the header, write down the details of the traffic police department you are contacting, as well as the details of the owner of the vehicle.

2. In the text of the application, indicate the vehicle number, make and model of the car, and its VIN number.

3. Date and sign.

How to transfer license plates to a new car?

1. The license plates that you want to transfer to another car must comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation. Check them out yourself.

Remove the numbers and inspect them carefully. If the numbers are wrinkled, damaged, or the paint has worn off on them, then you will most likely be denied transfer. In this case, you need to make duplicate numbers in advance.

2. At this stage you will need documents and registration plates of the “old” car. The car itself does not need to be submitted to the traffic police for inspection. Clause 57 of the Administrative Regulations for the registration of motor vehicles:

57. Changes in registration data of vehicles related to the issuance of registration certificates, vehicle passports, registration plates of vehicles, replacing lost ones, unsuitable for use, not meeting the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation or samples approved in the prescribed manner, or the validity period of which has expired, and also when replacing registration plates, due to their preservation, are carried out without inspecting the vehicle.

Contact the traffic police to change the registration details of the vehicle. In addition, attach to the documents an application to preserve the numbers (discussed above).

After changing your registration details, you will be issued new numbers and a new registration certificate. In addition, changes will be made to the PTS.

Attention! After re-registering the car, you need to make changes to the MTPL insurance policy. To do this, contact your insurance company. The procedure is free. If this is not done on time, problems with insurance payments may subsequently arise.

3. Traffic police officers will take your old license plates for storage. They will be waiting for you at the traffic police department for 360 days. If you do not pick them up within this time, the numbers will be issued to the new owner.

4. Register (or re-register) your “new” car. The license plates can be transferred to any vehicle owned by the same owner (regardless of when the vehicle was purchased).

Re-registration takes place according to the usual procedure. The only additional document is an application for the issuance of previously saved numbers:

As a result, license plates will be issued to your “new” car. In addition, you will receive a new vehicle registration certificate, and another field will be filled in in the PTS.

Additionally, the driver will have to make changes to the MTPL policy. To do this, contact your insurance company.

How much does it cost to transfer license plates to a new car?

Let's calculate how much it will cost to transfer license plates to a new car:

2,000 rubles - production of duplicate license plates if the old plates are in poor condition;
350 rubles - making changes to the title of an old car;
500 rubles – issuance of a new registration certificate for an old car;
2,000 rubles – issuance of license plates for an old car;
350 rubles - making changes to the title of a new car;
500 rubles – issuance of a registration certificate for a new car;
2,000 rubles – issuance of license plates for a new car;

Total: 7,700 rubles .

For comparison, obtaining new license plates for a new car will cost the driver 2,850 rubles. If you leave the car with the license plates of the previous owner, changing the registration data will cost only 850 rubles.

Transferring license plates to a new car is a procedure that should not cause any difficulties. Well, the question of economic feasibility must be decided by the driver himself.

How to leave license plates on a car when selling it to the traffic police and through government services

Since 2013, when selling a car, a car is no longer deregistered as before. The parties simply enter into a vehicle purchase and sale agreement, and the car is transferred to the ownership of the new owner along with the license plates. The buyer independently re-registers the car in his own name. But if the previous owner wants to keep the numbers when selling the car and then install them on a new vehicle, then this is also allowed. How to leave license plates when selling a car, what documents to fill out and how much it will cost - read the step-by-step instructions.

We save the license plates of the car when selling it

In fact, the owner retains the old number with double registration of the car. The previous owner first re-registers the car, receiving new license plates for it, and the old ones remain in storage at the traffic police. Then he registers a new car and changes the license plates on it to his own.

The state has allowed such actions to be carried out since 2015 and previously it was officially impossible. Now a decision has been made to give this procedure legal status and create another source of state budget revenue.

This number will have to be changed

The procedure begins with writing an application. It is drawn up in any form, but on a form that can be taken from any traffic police department or downloaded below. The text should reflect the request to leave your license plates when selling the car. Next, in a special section, they indicate information about the owner of the car, its make, model, VIN, and numbers. The completed document is signed and dated.

Inspection of rooms

License plates must be in good condition for the inspection to accept them. Their suitability is determined during the inspection procedure taking into account the standards of GOST R 50577-93. The main provisions of this document are:

numbers are readable: letters and numbers are visible from a distance of 20 m;
the signs are in satisfactory condition: they have no chips, dents, scratches or other noticeable damage;
relevance: only license plates of a valid type can be accepted for storage.

However, the MREO may refuse an inspection for a number of reasons:

the car is dirty;
the windows are tinted in a way that the law does not allow;
the car has a non-standard steering wheel and/or a direct-flow muffler;
the light transmission of the headlights is impaired.

If the license plates do not meet the standard or the above requirements, the expert will write an opinion on the need to replace them. Duplicates can be made directly at the MREO or at another organization. But such a company must be accredited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The fact is that the numbers must fully comply with GOST requirements and have the necessary degrees of protection.

Preparation of documents

Having received permission to save the numbers or make duplicates of damaged signs, you can begin collecting documents. You will need:

passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
vehicle passport;
car registration certificate;
OSAGO policy.

These documents are needed in order to go through the re-registration procedure, which is necessary to keep the numbers for yourself. As a result, changes will be made to the PTS and a new registration certificate will be issued.

We leave the numbers in the traffic police for safekeeping

In order to transfer your old license plates to a new car, they should be deposited with the traffic police. The regulations for this procedure are described in Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dated June 26, 2018 No. 399. This regulatory legal act also specifies the maximum storage period - 360 days. This period is counted from the date of the actions as a result of which the numbers were transferred to the traffic police.

If the last day of the storage period falls on a weekend or official holiday, then the end of the period is postponed to the next working day.

Payment of state duty

Re-registration of a vehicle in connection with the preservation of license plates is a public service. Therefore, you must pay a state fee for it. It amounts to 2 thousand rubles. But you can save money if you carry out actions through the State Services website. In this case, a 30% discount is provided.

The total cost of the procedure is 5,700 rubles. The costs are:

for making changes to the title of the car being sold, you need to pay 350 rubles;
It will cost 500 rubles to obtain a new registration certificate;
2,000 rub. you need to pay for the issue of license plates for your old car;
another 350 rubles will be charged for registering changes in the title of a new car;
similarly, a new registration certificate for a purchased car costs 500 rubles;
You will have to pay another 2,000 rubles for issuing license plates for a new car.

We receive saved license plates for a new car

After a car owner purchases a new car, he must go through the procedure of registering it. The application for registration is submitted to the same MREO where the old license plates were handed over. Thus, the car owner goes through the standard procedure for registering the vehicle in the same department. The difference is that he will not be given new numbers, but those that he once left here for storage.

The legislative regulation of this procedure is contained in paragraph 42 of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 399. To get your signs back, you will need a Russian passport, PTS, registration certificate, purchase and sale agreement, compulsory motor liability insurance policy. The entire package of documents is submitted along with the application for registration of the vehicle.

Upon receipt of old plates, an application is submitted with a request to issue the signs deposited. In this case, it is necessary to indicate the date of transfer of the numbers for storage.

Changes to the policy

After the owner has a new registration certificate in hand, and the changes made are made to the title, this information must be reflected in the policy. Therefore, it is necessary to contact the insurance company, where they will make adjustments to the insurance.

Instructions via State Services

The procedure can be carried out through the State Services website. This can be done by those who have registered on this portal and access to their personal account. The procedure is as follows.

In your personal account, go to the “Services” section and select “Transport and Driving”. Next, find the “Vehicle Registration” service. In it, select “Registration of documents when purchasing, leasing or changing information about the owner” and then “Changing registration plates in connection with the transfer of ownership (purchase and sale)”.
After this path has been completed, you need to click “Get service”.
An application form will appear in the window that opens. In paragraph 6, you must check the box “Is it required to obtain a state registration plate?” This means that new license plates must be issued for the car, as a result of which the old ones will become free. Other fields in this paragraph are not filled in.
After filling out and sending the application, you should make an appointment and pay the state fee before the visit.

There is no application form for saving numbers on the portal. Therefore, you will have to fill it out at the traffic police department or download it above.

The completed application is submitted to the system for verification. When the document is processed, the client will receive a link to it and a receipt for payment of the state fee. You can simply print this form and take it to the bank or post office to pay. Another option is to make a payment directly on the portal.

FAQ

When keeping old license plates, car owners sometimes have questions. Answers to the most frequently asked questions are given below.

The car seller wants to keep the license plates for himself - what to do?

In this case, the previous owner, before conducting a transaction for the purchase and sale of a vehicle, must go through the same procedure: write an application, check the license plates, obtain new plates for his car, with which it will be sold.

What happens if you don’t have time to pick up your saved numbers?

If within the allotted period (360 days) the previous owner does not apply for the license plates left in storage at the traffic police, then they become free and are issued to another owner.

Is it possible to sell the license plate separately from the car?

Russian legislation considers registration marks to be state property, therefore a private person does not have the right to conduct any transactions with them. Based on regulations, license plates can only be transferred with the vehicle.

For several years, the State Duma has raised the issue of developing a bill that would allow individuals to sell “beautiful” numbers. But, nevertheless, as of 2019, this remains in long-term plans. Although many states have passed such laws and car owners have the right to sell license plates.

Therefore, if one citizen wants to transfer his number to another for a certain fee, they have only one legal way to do this. To do this, the parties enter into a contract for the sale and purchase of a vehicle along with license plates. The new owner goes through the registration procedure, after which the car becomes his property. After this, the same citizens enter into an agreement again, but the buyer becomes the seller and vice versa. At the same time, the new seller writes an application to retain the license plate of the car being sold. As a result, the car returns to the previous owner, and the license plates remain with another citizen. And they carry out their financial relationships outside the framework of this procedure.