Fine for not registering a car

Driving without vehicle registration

Some drivers do not attach serious importance to the lack of registration of their car. Perhaps they consider this violation to be insignificant and are confident that in case of unforeseen situations they will be able to quickly solve the problem.

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In this article we will analyze in detail the legal requirements for car registration and what non-compliance with them can lead to.

Every motorist knows that under current legislation it is prohibited to operate a vehicle that is not registered with the traffic police, that is, does not have mandatory registration and state license plates.

Driving without registering a car is a violation of established traffic rules, which can lead to punishment including deprivation of your license and confiscation of the car.

The main set of laws and rules for motorists is the Code of Administrative Offenses, better known as the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

To protect their rights, drivers need to familiarize themselves with Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which specifies penalties for non-compliance with traffic rules. The first and mandatory step after purchasing a car is vehicle registration.

To register a vehicle, you must contact any traffic police department, bringing with you the following documents:

1. Car purchase and sale agreement.
2. Vehicle Passport (PVC).
3. Vehicle owner's passport.
4. Vehicle registration certificate (VRC) of the previous owner - in case of purchasing a used car.

During the process of registering a vehicle, traffic police officers put a mark in the PTS about the current owner of the car and issue a new STS. Typically, the registration procedure at the department does not take much time; depending on the queue, it can take from 1 to 3 hours.

To optimize your personal time, you can make an appointment through the State Services website with a choice of convenient parameters (day, time, address, etc.). A nice bonus for registering through the State Services website will be a 30% discount on state fees, i.e. you can save up to 845 rubles (at rates for 2019).

How many days from the date of purchase are given for registration?

According to the legislation in force in Russia, the new owner is obliged to register the vehicle within 10 calendar days (clause 3 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 1994 N 938) after purchasing the car. The starting point is the date of the transaction specified in the purchase and sale agreement.

It is worth noting that to register your new car with the traffic police, it is not at all necessary to go to the traffic police department at your place of registration. You can carry out all the necessary procedures at any convenient branch of our country (for example, at your place of actual residence).

Branches, as a rule, have flexible working hours, and you can schedule the registration procedure even on a weekend.

Some “cunning” car enthusiasts, when purchasing a used car under a sales contract (without deregistration), ignore their obligation to re-register the vehicle, leaving the date in the contract open. In this case, fines for traffic violations will be sent to the previous owner.

After the 10-day period has expired, the previous owner has the right to apply to the traffic police with an application to deregister the vehicle and legally challenge the fines issued. In this case, the violator will have to pay fines for late vehicle registration and traffic violations.

Is it possible to drive without license plates and in what cases?

If a car is purchased new or already deregistered, it does not have a state registration number. The law prohibits driving a car without a license plate.

The exceptions are the following 2 situations:

1. The car was recently purchased and has not yet been registered. In this case, the owner has the same 10-day period to register the car and obtain a permanent license plate.
2. The car was purchased in one region of Russia for subsequent transportation and registration in another region. In this case, transit numbers are issued with a validity period of 20 days (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated November 24, 2008 N 1001 (as amended on March 20, 2017) “On the procedure for registering vehicles”).

For operating a car without license plates, a fairly severe penalty is provided: a fine of 5,000 rubles or deprivation of driving license for a period of one to three months (Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, clause 1.1) - at the discretion of the inspector.

Moreover, this punishment also applies to cases where one of the numbers is missing. It is important to always be vigilant and ensure that license plates are attached so as not to get into an unpleasant situation. Drivers often lose their license plates after driving for long periods on poor quality roads.

What is the fine for driving without registering a car?

Now about the fines. When stopping a vehicle, the traffic police inspector has the right to require the driver to present the following set of documents:

1. Driver's license
2. OSAGO policy
3. STS.

If the driver does not have at least one document from this list with him or is missing at all, then the inspector has the right to issue a fine in accordance with Article 12.3. Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Administrative penalties for driving a vehicle without a driver’s license and STS are the same and depend on the situation.

Options for administrative penalties:

A verbal warning as a punishment is used extremely rarely, since this requires a very loyal attitude of the inspector towards the driver.

Most often, a fine is issued, since this is one of the sources of replenishment of the state budget. As for the MTPL policy, its absence may lead to punishment.

Options for administrative penalties in the absence of a policy:

After drawing up the protocol, you can continue moving.

The 2019 power of attorney form for registering a car with the traffic police can be downloaded here.

How to behave with traffic police inspectors if you do not have documents

If you are stopped and do not have any documents with you, then it is advisable to behave respectfully and not enter into unnecessary disputes with the inspector.

It is necessary to take into account the fact that he has the right to impose a combined punishment at his discretion and emotional impression. For example, a fine and evacuation to a special parking lot.

If the inspector intends to seize and tow your car, then the following solutions are possible:

1. You can always agree with the inspector about a temporary delay in presenting the necessary documents and ask friends or relatives to bring them to you.
2. You can go and get the documents yourself, but you won’t be allowed to drive the vehicle and will have to get there by other means. To prevent the car from being seized in your absence, ask the inspector to record in the protocol a request not to evacuate the car within an hour to eliminate the violation.

If the documents are lost or missing at all, the car will be placed in a special parking lot until the violation is corrected.

In this case, you must remember that leaving a car in the impound lot is a paid service and, without proper haste, can significantly hit your budget.

Statute of limitations

After receiving a copy of the protocol from the traffic police inspector, the driver has 10 days to appeal the legality of its preparation. After this period, the resolution comes into force.

ARTICLE 31.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation states that if an administrative penalty has not been executed within 2 years from the date of entry into force, then it is subject to cancellation.

In other words, the fine is canceled 2 years and 10 days after it was issued.

Some drivers have a desire to wait out this period and not pay fines at all, but everything is not so simple here and such an action, instead of saving money, can lead to additional financial losses.

What happens if you don't pay the fine?

Perhaps the driver has already forgotten about the violations; the report has been lying in the glove compartment for many weeks. For the first months after receiving the report, the car owner does not receive any demands to pay a fine, which can lead to some euphoria and the idea of ​​not paying the fine at all.

You should not give in to such thoughts, since troubles usually begin three months after receiving the fine.

What does this period consist of:

• 10 days – period for appealing the decision;
• 60 days – period for repayment of the fine;
• 10 days is the period for transferring the case to bailiffs, who will seize the debtor’s funds or property to pay off the debt.

After receiving a letter from the bailiffs about the initiation of enforcement proceedings against him, the debtor has a 5-day period to repay the debt, after which the bailiffs have the right to begin searching for the debtor and seize his property or funds in bank accounts.

It is also possible to impose a ban on registration of the debtor’s car.

If the fine is small, then the likelihood that you will be wanted is also not high. But it’s easier to pay this insignificant amount and not test your luck. It is also worth remembering that at the time the case is transferred to the bailiffs, an additional order is issued regarding non-payment of the fine, and this time in double amount.

If a debtor evades payment of a fine, in some cases a penalty may be applied in the form of administrative arrest for 15 days, or correctional labor in the amount of 50 hours (Article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offences, clause 1).

In addition, as of January 2019, FEDERAL LAW DATED November 28, 2015 No. 340-FZ ST. 1, which allows bailiffs to suspend the validity of a driver’s license for a debt amount exceeding 10,000 rubles until the fine is paid in full.

Another unpleasant surprise could be a temporary ban on the debtor’s travel outside the Russian Federation. And with the 2-year statute of limitations, things are not so simple either. Clause 2 of Article 31.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation states that the statute of limitations for fines can be suspended and recalculated from the moment the bailiffs discover the debtor or his property.

In other words, to evade paying a fine, it is not enough to “serve” two years; after a year and a half, the bailiffs begin to look for the debtor, and if discovered, the two-year period will begin again.

How to check the registration of a car with the traffic police after the sale, read here.

The list of documents in 2019 for registering a car with the traffic police by a legal entity is given in this publication.

Thus, it is easier to pay the fine and protect yourself from many problems in the future. In this case, it is advisable to keep a document confirming payment for at least two years; this may be useful if a case is erroneously initiated for non-payment of a fine. Unfortunately, cases of technical failures occur in any system.

Whatever your driving experience and behavior on the road, we recommend that you follow the established traffic rules and pay fines within the specified time limits. Good luck on the roads!

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Punishment for driving an unregistered vehicle and whether they can be impounded for it

As motorists know, the owner of a vehicle is required to register it with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate within 10 days from the date of purchase. The law allows driving a car without registration during this period, but in some cases, certain negative consequences may occur during these 10 days.

Users from different regions also report cases of unregistered vehicles being detained and moved to specialized impound lots. An analysis of publications on some automobile websites showed that auto lawyers often consider this to be legal. We also found allegations that the owner will definitely be punished for not up-to-date registration of a vehicle when he appears at the registration department. In this case, liability will arise under Part 1 of Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. We allow ourselves to disagree with this, but more on this a little further.

Naturally, there are situations when car owners simply do not have time to visit the registration department of the traffic police for various reasons (illness, being busy at work, vehicle malfunction, etc.). And not in all cases the prosecution of the owner for violating the deadlines for registering a vehicle will be legal and legitimate. We will also question the legality of seizing an unregistered vehicle and even explain why such actions will be illegal in most cases.

Let's sort it out in order.

Indeed, for driving a vehicle that is not registered in the established manner, liability is provided in the form of a fine in the amount of five hundred to eight hundred rubles (Part 1 of Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), and for repeated commission of such an offense (Part 1.1 of Article 12.1) even in the amount five thousand rubles or deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a period of one to three months. In this case, the initially imposed fine can be paid at a discount, but the law does not provide a benefit for paying a fine for a similar repeated offense.

For the owner (holder) of a vehicle for violating the deadlines for registering a vehicle, the fine is provided for in Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand five hundred to two thousand rubles, on officials - from two thousand to three thousand five hundred rubles, and for legal entities - from five thousand to ten thousand rubles. Benefits for paying a fine under this article are not provided.

Is it possible to avoid a fine for driving an unregistered vehicle?

In certain situations it is possible.

As you know, registration of a vehicle with the traffic police is of an application nature. The owner of the vehicle is obliged, within the period established by law, to contact the registration department of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate with an application to register the purchased vehicle accordingly, having paid the state fee for this action. However, registration may be refused. And there are several reasons for this. Let's give the main ones. A ban has been imposed on the vehicle from performing registration actions with it. This is an absolute basis for refusal to register. The ban may be due to various factors, one of which is even a banal debt on fines of the previous owner of the vehicle. Naturally, the new owner of the car is not liable for the debts of the previous owner, but he will not be able to register the car until the debt is paid off. Registration will also be refused if there are doubts about the authenticity (signs of forgery) of the vehicle identification numbers. In this case, the refusal will be given at least until the results of an auto technical examination are received, to which the traffic police officers will send the car owner. Further everything will depend on the results of the examination. However, in both the first and second cases, the car owner will miss the deadline established by law for registering the vehicle, which means he will face the corresponding administrative penalty. And this is where the fun begins.

Traffic rules, as well as other legal acts of the Russian Federation in the field of ensuring road safety, impose on owners the obligation to register the vehicles they own, but do not prohibit them from using them.

Responsibility for driving a vehicle not registered in the established manner, as well as for violating registration rules, is characterized by an intentional form of guilt, that is, it occurs only in cases where the established norms and rules were violated solely through the fault of the motorist.

Refusal to register a vehicle does not depend on the desire of the car owner and does not allow him to register the vehicle on time. This circumstance must be taken into account when deciding the guilt of the driver of the vehicle and bringing him to administrative responsibility established by law. Therefore, if you are accused of driving a vehicle that is not registered in the prescribed manner, and the owner is simply deprived of the opportunity to register the vehicle, inform the police officer about this before bringing you to justice, and if a decision to impose a punishment is nevertheless made, demand the drawing up of a protocol on administrative offense in which reflect your explanation in this regard. Then file a complaint against the decision imposing a fine within 10 days from the date of delivery of a copy of the decision.

Remember, most likely, a higher official or a court, when considering a complaint, will accept arguments about refusal to register a vehicle only if you provide them with the corresponding application that you submitted to the traffic police and which contains a written refusal of the inspector to carry out the registration action. You should not appeal with such an argument if information about the ban on performing a registration action was found on any website, but the owner of the vehicle (or his representative) did not contact the traffic police. Therefore, in any case, first contact the traffic police and then operate the vehicle. It is best to have the refusal application with you and carry it in your car to present it to the traffic police if necessary.

Is it possible for an owner to avoid a fine for violating registration rules?

As we indicated above, the owner of the vehicle is also responsible for failure to timely contact the traffic police with an application to register the vehicle. He is being held accountable under Part 1 of Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. However, he may well try to avoid punishment, even if there were no obstacles to registration. There are two ways to do this.

The first is to declare that the vehicle was in a faulty condition and could not be registered. The traffic police authorities register only those vehicles that comply with the established rules and requirements for their technical condition. If, when registering a car, the issue of bringing to justice is being decided, inform that the vehicle was purchased without headlights or glass, that is, it was faulty, which prevented its registration. Since such an offense is also characterized by an intentional form of guilt, this circumstance is the basis for releasing the owner from administrative liability provided for in Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Second way. Give someone a simple written power of attorney to register the vehicle and send this person to the traffic police in your place. The representative does not bear administrative responsibility for the guilty actions of the represented person and is not subject to prosecution instead of the owner of the vehicle. In order to punish the owner himself, traffic police officers will have to initiate a case against him, having previously notified him of prosecution. As practice shows, in 99 percent of cases, traffic cops do not bother to find the owner of the vehicle and simply let such cases slide. In addition, they do not have the right to demand that the representative deliver the owner to the traffic police and refuse the representative to register the car.

Can a vehicle not registered in the prescribed manner be detained and impounded?

An exhaustive list of grounds for detaining a vehicle is established by Article 27.13 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, among which there is no such basis for detention. However, if there are other reasons (than the lack of registration of the vehicle), it can be detained and moved to a specialized impound lot.

Is it legal to detain a vehicle whose registration has been terminated at the request of the previous owner, and the vehicle registration certificate and state registration plates have been canceled and put on the wanted list?

Termination of registration of a vehicle at the request of the previous owner is carried out in order to remove the vehicle from registration in the name of the previous owner. In this case, the vehicle registration certificate issued to the previous owner, as well as state registration plates transferred upon sale to the new owner, are canceled and put on the wanted list. However, these circumstances do not deprive or terminate the ownership rights of the new owner and are not grounds for detaining such a car.

Nevertheless, in practice there are cases when police detain cars whose registration certificate and license plates have been canceled and put on the wanted list. Police representatives motivate this by the fact that the new owner of the vehicle does not have a valid vehicle registration certificate (due to the cancellation of the previous one), and the absence of such a document serves as grounds for detaining the vehicle.

It would seem that everything is correct, if not for one “but...”.

A vehicle whose registration has been terminated at the request of the previous owner is no longer registered (since it has been cancelled) and therefore does not have a registration certificate. The new owner cannot have the certificate with him, since he did not register the car and was simply not given such a document.

Thus, seizing a vehicle with a canceled registration is illegal.

Lawyers of the Union “Car Owners of the Republic of Uzbekistan” already have positive judicial practice, which was formed as a result of protecting the rights of car owners on a similar issue.

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Fine for late car registration in 2019

After purchasing a car, you need to start registering it with the traffic police as soon as possible, because you only have 10 days to do this. After this period, the owner of an unregistered car will be held administratively liable.

What is the fine for late registration of a car in 2019, and whether you can lose your license by driving an unregistered car, you will learn from this article.

When is a fine charged for late registration of a car?

According to clause 3 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 1994 N 938, the owner of a vehicle (vehicle) is obliged to register it with the traffic police within 10 days. The period should be counted from the date:

Making changes to the design (for example, installing gas equipment).

The occurrence of other reasons that require changing registration data.

Owners of vehicles or persons who, on behalf of the owners, own, use or legally dispose of vehicles. are required to register them in the prescribed manner or change registration data with the State Inspectorate, or military automobile inspections (automotive services), or state technical supervision bodies during the validity period of the "Transit" registration plate or within 10 days after purchase, release in accordance with the customs legislation of the Customs Union and the legislation of the Russian Federation on customs affairs, deregistration of vehicles, replacement of license plate units or the occurrence of other circumstances requiring a change in registration data.

Clause 3 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 1994 N 938.

After the 10-day period, the owner will face a fine for violating the terms of car registration. In addition, there is also a penalty for a driver driving an unregistered car. To avoid fines, register your car with the traffic police as soon as possible.

Fine for expired car registration for the owner

The penalty for late re-registration of a car varies from 1,500 to 10,000 rubles. depending on the person who committed the offense. So, according to Part 1 of Art. 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the fine for late registration of a vehicle is:

1500 - 2000 rub. - for citizens.

2000 - 3500 rub. - for officials.

5000 - 10000 rub. - for organizations.

Violation of the rules of state registration of vehicles of all types (with the exception of ships under construction, sea vessels, mixed (river-sea) navigation vessels, inland navigation vessels, including small vessels), mechanisms and installations if registration is mandatory - entails the imposition of an administrative fine for citizens in the amount of one thousand five hundred to two thousand rubles; for officials - from two thousand to three thousand five hundred rubles; for legal entities - from five thousand to ten thousand rubles.

Part 1 art. 19.22 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation

What is the fine for a driver for not registering a car?

A driver who drives a vehicle that is not properly registered is also subject to administrative liability. If you are stopped by a traffic police officer, then a fine for failure to register a car under Part 1 of Art. 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation will range from 500 to 800 rubles.

Driving a vehicle that is not registered in the prescribed manner shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five hundred to eight hundred rubles.

Part 1 art. 12.1 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation

If, after the punishment is imposed, you still do not register the car, then the next fine for not registering the car will be much more severe. According to clause 1.1 of Art. 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the punishment for repeated violation of registration is:

5000 rub. fine or

Deprivation of a driver's license from 1 to 3 months.

Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Part 1 of this article shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five thousand rubles or deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a period of one to three months.

Clause 1.1 art. 12.1 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

A person who has been imposed an administrative penalty for committing an administrative offense is considered subject to this punishment from the date the decision on the imposition of an administrative penalty enters into legal force until the expiration of one year from the date of completion of the execution of this decision.

Fine for an expired car purchase agreement

The purchase and sale agreement does not have an expiration date, so there is no need to worry about what will happen if it expires. However, by late agreement we mean a 10-day delay in registering the car by the new owner. In the case of purchasing a car, this period is calculated from the date of conclusion of the purchase and sale agreement.

If you do not have time to register your car, you will be held administratively liable. The fact that the car purchase and sale agreement has expired upon registration will certainly be noticed by the traffic police officers, since to register a car, the purchase and sale agreement must also be presented among all the documents.

If you have expired the car purchase and sale agreement, pay the fine and register the car as soon as possible. There are no other options.

The rules for registering a car if the purchase and sale agreement for a car has expired are no different from regular vehicle registration. You will need the same set of documents and an application for car registration. Information on what documents need to be collected, as well as a sample of filling out the application, can be found in the article “Documents for registering a car with the traffic police.”

A new fine for late registration of a car may appear in the Code of Administrative Offenses

According to current legislation, you have the obligation to register a car with the traffic police within 10 days from the date of taking possession of it - after purchase, inheritance, and so on. If you did not manage to do this on time, then you will face 2 fines at once: for missing the allotted 10 days, as well as for driving an unregistered car. And one of these fines is expected to change in 2019 - according to the draft new law, it can increase as much as 5 times, and this is only for citizen drivers. What kind of amendments are these, when will they come into force and how much will the sanction be? Let’s find out!

What is the current fine for not registering in 2019?

So, today there are 2 such punishments, or, to be more precise, even 3:

1. for the very fact of missing the deadline for registering a car with the traffic police, a fine is imposed under Part 1 of Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses - for citizens it is 1500-2000 rubles,
2. For driving a car that you have not registered, you are subject to a sanction of 500-800 rubles under Part 1 of Article 12.1 of the Code. but this is if you get caught for the first time,
3. but for a repeated violation, you face deprivation of rights for 1-3 months or another fine of 5,000 rubles.

Thus, the first fine is imposed on the driver most often when he or she already arrives at the traffic police MREO to register the car, where the deadline for the date of the purchase and sale agreement, which is required to be presented during registration, is discovered.

But the last 2 fines are imposed when stopping and checking documents by a traffic police inspector on the road.

What is this new fine?

In October 2019, deputies of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation proposed multiplying the sanction under Part 1 of Article 19.22 of the Administrative Code - that is, for missing the registration deadline.

The change was initiated by the corresponding draft of the new law under number 819734-7, which has now been submitted to the State Duma for discussion and further readings.

That is, only the amounts of penalties change. But the wording itself, for which they are punished, remains unchanged. Here is her quote:

1. Violation of the rules of state registration of vehicles of all types, mechanisms and installations if registration is mandatory.

Now let’s compare the actual amounts of fines for different categories of persons if you did not register your car on time, and the new penalties after the changes come into force.

As you can see, the maximum level of the new fine for citizens may increase by as much as 5 times if the amendments enter into legal force.

The deputies themselves, who proposed changing the traffic police fine for late registration of a car with the traffic police, explained their proposal this way.

The current sanctions for this appeared back in 2013, and today they are not very relevant. The fact is that after the sale of the car and before the new owner re-registers, fines from photo recording cameras, as well as transport tax, come to the old owner, and this allegedly violates the rights of the latter.

Meanwhile, it is easier for the new owner of the car to pay a fine for missing registration than to pay for all the “chain letters” from cameras for speed and other violations, given that the total amounts of the latter can be significantly higher.

That is why legislators came up with the idea of ​​raising a new fine for failure to register.

However, the deputies did not take into account a number of important points.

• The car seller, in order not to pay fines from the cameras for the new owner and so that taxes no longer accrue, has the opportunity to stop registering the car in his name - and also online through State Services. The former owner can do this after 10 days.
• In justifying the small amount of the fine, legislators did not take into account the fact that there is also deprivation of rights for a repeated violation in the form of driving an unregistered car - and this already looks more serious than even a new fine of 10 thousand.
• The sanction under Article 19.22 does not apply to continuing offences. This means that the general statute of limitations for attracting them is 2 months from the date of violation. Thus, if the buyer of the car did not register it in a timely manner, he can avoid a new fine by simply arriving at the traffic police 2 months after the expiration of the 10-day period, that is, after the violation began. And no one can fine him according to the law.

When does it take effect?

This is not known yet. As of December 5, 2019, the new law is still at the stage of being introduced into the Duma. And this project awaits several more stages:

1. registration in the State Duma,
2. 1 reading, within which a new bill may be rejected,
3. 2 reading with the same prospects,
4. 3 reading, where also the update may be rejected,
5. adoption by the Duma (if the draft passes in all 3 readings),
6. signing by the President of Russia,
7. official publication.

And only 10 days after publication, a new fine for late registration of a car will enter into legal force and acquire official status. Only then will MREO inspectors be able to start fining drivers with new amounts.

Fine for late registration of a car

Good afternoon, dear reader.

In 2019, the owner of the car must register it (register with the traffic police) within 10 days from the date of purchase. That is, you can drive a car without registration for 10 days and this will not entail any consequences.

However, in practice, you can meet drivers who do not have time to visit the traffic police department in the allotted time. There may be different explanations for this. Some people deliberately delay registration, others have problems passing the technical inspection. Finally, the driver may not have time to register the car due to long queues at the traffic police.

This article will discuss the fines that can be imposed for violating the terms of car registration:

Fine for driving an unregistered car

The fine for driving without registration in 2019 is provided for in Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses:

1. Driving a vehicle that is not registered in accordance with the established procedure -

shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five hundred to eight hundred rubles.

1 1 . Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Part 1 of this article -

shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five thousand rubles or deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a period of one to three months.

Please note that for the first violation the driver will receive a fine of 500 - 800 rubles . This fine can be paid at a 50 percent discount.

If you are stopped again by a traffic police officer, the fine will increase to 5,000 rubles (no discount is provided), or a deprivation of rights for a period of 1 to 3 months.

This fine can be imposed only if the driver gets behind the wheel of an unregistered vehicle and is stopped by traffic police officers.

For example, if you take your car for registration on a tow truck, then this fine is guaranteed not to occur.

Note. The registration certificate of the previous owner (seller) does not exempt the driver from the fine under Article 12.1 of the Administrative Code. That is, a fine can be imposed both after purchasing a new car and after purchasing a used one (with license plates).

Fine for violating registration deadlines in 2020

The fine for overdue registration of a car with the traffic police is provided for in Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses:

1. Violation of the rules of state registration of vehicles of all types (with the exception of sea vessels and mixed (river-sea) navigation vessels), mechanisms and installations if registration is mandatory -

entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand five hundred to two thousand rubles; for officials - from two thousand to three thousand five hundred rubles; for legal entities - from five thousand to ten thousand rubles.

The fine for citizens is 1,500 - 2,000 rubles . There is no discount for this fine.

Please note that this fine is imposed when the car owner to the traffic police for registration. Those. If the buyer does not meet the 10-day deadline, then when submitting documents to the traffic police window, he will automatically receive a fine.

Unlike the fine discussed above, a fine for violating the registration deadlines will be imposed even if you bring the car to the traffic police on a tow truck.

Statute of limitations for fines for late registration of a car

Currently, the statute of limitations for administrative liability is 2 months (Article 4.5 of the Administrative Code).

In accordance with Supreme Court Resolution No. 31-AD15-4, violation of registration deadlines is not continuous, i.e. The statute of limitations for prosecution also applies to the violation in question.

Thus, the driver will receive a fine for violating the registration deadlines only if he contacts the traffic police later than 10 days from the date of purchase, and earlier than 2 months and 10 days from the date of purchase.

As soon as 2 months and 11 days have passed since the receipt of ownership of the car, a fine cannot be imposed.

Let's summarize the article. If you do not register a car on time, the driver faces the following fines:

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Updated: November 15, 2018

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yes, until he re-registers the car in his name, or you deregister it in connection with the sale 10 days from the date of conclusion of the contract

If the registration is not terminated by the new owner, then an application is written, the application form will be given to the MREO. You need to contact the “Wanted” window. “, where the registration card will be printed.

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2. Stop registering your car.

3. Instructions for terminating registration through State Services (without visiting the traffic police) are given in this article.

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Hello! I bought a car after an accident under a contract for disassembly, I need an engine and other little things. The former owner said that in 10 days he would deregister under the purchase and sale agreement. I don’t want to register it because the car cannot be restored. Can I put an engine from a junk car in my car? Should they threaten me with anything for not registering the damaged car?

It is not necessary to register a wrecked car. It’s easier to scrap, but before scrapping the car you need to get a Certificate for the released license plate. of a vehicle registered with the State Traffic Inspectorate is issued upon the application of the owners or possessors of vehicles when the registration data is changed in connection with the replacement of the corresponding license plate unit, as well as when the vehicle is deregistered due to its disposal or write-off.

Does it need to be re-registered? Previously, engine replacement did not require registration with the traffic police, but now it does.

In 2011, the engine was recognized as one of the spare parts, and information about its number was excluded from the mandatory registration of vehicles. But on July 10, 2017, changes were made to Order No. 1001, according to which the engine is now a numbered unit.

Options for replacing an engine in a car: replacing it with a motor of a similar model and power with similar parameters;

The procedure for registering an engine replacement is regulated by the document “Basic provisions for the approval of vehicles for operation,” and it specifies the rules under which it is prohibited to use the car for its intended purpose. The replacement should be reported to the traffic police. The document “Basic provisions for the approval of a vehicle for operation” prohibits operating a vehicle without registration if there are changes in its design. Any re-equipment of the car must be recorded (clause No. 7.18 of this provision). Inspectors will make a note on the PTS about the change in engine and numbers.

Replacing the engine with a more powerful one with different characteristics

In 2019, the replacement at the traffic police is processed differently. Installing an engine of a different configuration entails changes in other parts and systems, since, according to the law, it is a change in the safety level of the machine. You will need much more documents for registration.

Contact the traffic police. Fill out the application form. It will be reviewed by an inspector. Contact an expert organization. For example, NAMI. Here you receive a document confirming the possibility of replacing the engine and the procedure for its installation. Many of the organizations already at this stage take on the issues of making changes. List of organizations authorized to conduct preliminary examination. Preparation of documents, submitting them to the traffic police. Replace the engine. This procedure is carried out in a technical center that has a license to carry out this type of work. Very often, such services are also provided by expert organizations (see Point 2). But you can change the engine yourself. Afterwards you receive a declaration of work performed, a copy of the license and certificates of this organization. You can make the replacement yourself, but then you need to fill out the declaration yourself. Pass a technical inspection and technical condition check, receive a replacement technological map. This service can be performed by an expert organization (Clause 2). Bring the documents to the traffic police and present the car for inspection.

Vova , hello.

1. You can. After installation, you need to contact the traffic police to make changes to the registration documents of your car. Take with you the purchase and sale agreement for the salvage car to confirm the origin of the engine.

2. You are not in danger.

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Good afternoon, if the bumper is broken and the fender is jammed, will they allow you to register the car?

Maria , hello.

If all the documents are in order, then, as a rule, there are no problems.

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Good afternoon! received a refusal to register a car (I didn’t like the engine number) and a referral for examination from the police department through the police department (first registered there), passed the examination - everything was fine - the police department said they would send the documents to the police department and pick up the documents there, go with them to the traffic police later. Question - It turns out that now I can’t drive a car - after all, I only have a refusal of registration and an expired registration certificate, and what about insurance? But how to register and drag the car on a tow truck?

Sergey , hello.

1. If you want to be 100 percent insured against a possible fine, then the only option left is with a tow truck. Especially if you drive very far to the traffic police station and the likelihood of being stopped by officers is high.

2. The fine for driving an unregistered car is 500 - 800 rubles. This is less than the cost of a tow truck.