Removing a car from registration after sale

How to remove a car from the traffic police register after sale through State Services under a contract?

Deregistration when selling on a State Register

One of the most common problems that a seller has after selling a car is when he continues to receive fines from the new owner. This means that the buyer simply did not register the car in his name with the traffic police. This also means that you, as the seller, continue to be charged transport tax. The opportunity provided by law in 2019 helps to avoid this - you can remove a car from the traffic police register completely online, without visiting the State Traffic Inspectorate. But you can also simply sign up through the State Services portal for a visit to the MREO without a queue. We will tell you how to do this, as well as how to appeal fines and what to do with taxes, in this article.

What does the law say about deregistration of a car?

At the end of 2018, a new Order No. 399 on the procedure for registering vehicles came into force. According to paragraph 6, the new owner must register it with the traffic police within 10 days after purchase:

6. The owner of the vehicle is obliged to register the vehicle in accordance with the procedure established by these Rules or make changes to the registration data within 10 days after purchase.

If he did not do this, then the same legal act gives the seller the right to deregister the sold car with the State Traffic Inspectorate on the 11th day after the sale on the basis of the relevant sales agreement (SPA):

Termination of registration in relation to an alienated vehicle is carried out on the basis of an application from its former owner and the presentation by him of documents on the conclusion of a transaction aimed at alienation, provided that there is no confirmation of the registration of the vehicle with the new owner. In this case, the state registration plates and the registration document are recognized as invalid and are entered by the registration division of the State Traffic Inspectorate into the relevant search records of lost special products of the State Traffic Inspectorate after 10 days from the date of alienation.

As you can see, you have the right to deregister a car only on the condition that the new owner has not registered it.

How much does it cost?

The government service of deregistering a car after sale under an appropriate agreement is free. That is, this service is not subject to any state fees, since it is not a vehicle registration.

How to check whether you have the right to deregister?

go to the car check service page on the official website of the traffic police,
enter the VIN code of the car (if you forgot and lost it, you can find it out by the license plate number of the car using the link, but it must be written down in your purchase and sale agreement),
request a check of the registration history with the traffic police (the very first block of checks on the page).

As a result, the “Vehicle Ownership Periods” field will show the dates of changes in vehicle ownership.

Accordingly, if there is a date here that is later than the date you concluded the contract with the buyer, it means that the new owner has registered it, and you will not have to deregister it with State Services or without using this portal.

The problem here is that the information on the traffic police website takes quite a long time to update, and even if the new owner has already registered the car, the service may still not show this data.

If there is no information about post-sale registration on the website, then the following instructions are for you!

How to deregister a car with State Services when selling? Instructions

So, the opportunity to stop registering a car after its alienation under a purchase and sale agreement appeared on the State Services not so long ago. Before this, it was possible to simply deregister a car for various other reasons. Now, in 2019, the portal offers a service for deregistering a sold car on the basis of a written contract. And it's very easy to do!

From April 5, 2019, you can receive the registration termination service completely online - without visiting the traffic police. To do this, you need to upload a photo or scanned copy of a copy of the purchase and sale agreement. But, if you don’t have the opportunity to scan the DCP, then you can still sign up for a visit to the traffic police department without a queue through State Services.

1. First of all, you need to go to the website and register with State Services, if you have not done so already. We provided detailed instructions for registration in a separate block in the article about car registration. If you are already registered, then you need to log in to the site using your username and password.

2. As a result of authorization, you will be taken to the main page. Here in the menu you need to select Services → Transport and Driving (or here and below you can click on the appropriate links).

In the mobile version of the site, to get to the menu, you need to click on the “burger” on the right, as shown in the screenshot below:

As a result, you will be taken to the required page of information about the government service of deregistration of a sold car under a sales contract. Read the information on the page and then the next step is to choose whether you want to receive the service electronically - that is, completely online, by downloading an electronic copy of the policy, or sign up for a visit to the traffic police. And then just click on the “Get service” button.

4. After clicking on the button, a registration form will open, where you need to fill in the required fields:

vehicle type,
who you are (not only the owner, but also an authorized person with a notarized power of attorney with the right to carry out registration actions with the traffic police can deregister a sold car on State Services),
your personal and passport data (some information will be entered automatically from your profile on the portal as it is filled out),
your registration address,
Transit registration plate - you do not need it, so you need to select the appropriate checkbox,
License plate details are not required,
vehicle category (passenger car, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped and others),
numbers of car components and assemblies (including VIN),
make, model and characteristics of the machine,
details of the registration certificate and PTS,
upload a scan or photo of the purchase and sale agreement.

If some data is unknown to you, then just look at the DCP - they should be written down in the correct contract form.

Next, if you have chosen to register for a visit to the traffic police department, then on the page you need to select the traffic police department that is convenient for you, as well as the date and time of the visit - the free time will be displayed up to date.

5. Finally, check the box to familiarize yourself with the application procedure and submit it.

Please note that despite the indication on the State Administration portal that it is not necessary to print out the application, do so anyway and take the printout with you to the traffic police.

This completes the application. Based on the results of its provision, you will receive an email notification that the service has been provided and the registration has been terminated. Most often, notification arrives on the same or the next day after submitting the application. The maximum may take up to a week or two.

The procedure for deregistering a car in connection with sale or disposal through government services

The number of portal users increases every year. Owners of vehicles become frequent visitors. A large list of traffic police services provides the opportunity to receive services electronically and pay state duty with a 30% discount. You will learn about one of the popular services, how to deregister a car through government services, by reading our article.

It often happens that the car owner sold the car, but the buyer did not register it with the traffic police in his name. In this case, the new driver will use a car that is officially registered to you. Everything would be fine, but only this can have negative consequences. Here are just a few of them:

You will receive transport tax;
All fines recorded using photos and video recordings will also have to be paid by you;
In the event of an accident or the car’s involvement in “dark” stories, law enforcement agencies will turn to you for clarification of the situation.

Step-by-step instructions for deregistering a car after sale through government services

The circumstances under which it is necessary to deregister a car can be different: sale, disposal, export abroad. You can go through this procedure easily and quickly by using the service at government services.

How to fill out an electronic application

Deregister a car within 15 minutes, possibly using these instructions for filling out an application:

Go to your profile on government services
Select the “Services” section
Category "Transport and driving"
Next “Vehicle registration”
Select “Removal of a vehicle from registration upon disposal or export outside the borders of the Russian Federation.” In order not to wander around the State Services website, you can immediately follow the link and you will see the following picture
From the list that appears, select the service that interests us. Most often this is termination of registration in connection with the sale, so we will consider this, but in other cases, the application process is similar
Click “Get a service” and proceed to filling out the application, which consists of 5 blocks
The first block is “Vehicle”. Select a vehicle from the proposed list, indicate who you are: the owner or an authorized representative
The second block is “Your data”. We indicate your personal data, address of residence
The third block “Information about the vehicle”. Fill in the information from the PTS and indicate the number that was on the car. As a rule, the choice must be made in favor of metal
The fourth block is “Information about documents”. Documents of ownership, PTS data and a vehicle registration certificate are registered. Please note that when selling or recycling, when you do not have documents, this item can be skipped. Fields are marked with an "optional" footnote.
Fifth block “Selecting a State Traffic Inspectorate unit.” Here you should make an appointment with the State Traffic Inspectorate, where you plan to deregister the car. We select a date from the available ones and sign up for a specific time at which we can arrive at the traffic police
Click “Submit Application”

What documents are needed and how much does it cost to deregister a car?

After some time, the application will be registered and you can prepare for a visit to the traffic police.

The package of documents, the cost of the state duty and further actions after submitting an electronic application through government services will completely depend on the circumstances under which you need to deregister the car.

To use the service, you will need:

Passport
Notarized power of attorney, if it is not the owner who is applying
Vehicle passport
Registration certificate or technical passport of the vehicle
Documents confirming the ownership of the vehicle
Vehicle scrappage certificate (issued by the organization that sent the vehicle for scrap)
State registration plates for a car

What is the price

Important: Deregistration of a vehicle, in connection with the sale or for the purpose of disposing of the vehicle, is carried out completely free of charge.

When exporting a car abroad, you must pay a state duty. Payment on the public services portal is carried out with a 30% discount. The amount will depend on the type of vehicle:

Motor transport - the state duty will be 1600 rubles. (with a discount of 1120 rub.)
Motor vehicle and trailer - the state duty will be 800 rubles. (with a discount of 500 rub.)

What to do after submitting your application

After submitting the application and paying the state fee for public services, the owner must contact the REO State Traffic Safety Inspectorate in order to complete the deregistration procedure. After arriving at the REO department, he should wait for a call from the inspector and submit to him a package of documents to complete the procedure.

To dispose of a vehicle, when visiting the traffic police, in addition to papers, you are required to provide the vehicle number. If the inspector does not have any questions, your car will be deregistered without its actual presence on the inspection platform.

Applicants who want to send a vehicle abroad will have to visit the State Traffic Inspectorate. Making changes to the title and obtaining registration plates is the final stage when deregistering a car.

There is such a thing as temporary suspension of registration. This procedure can be used when a vehicle is stolen, in cases where it cannot be used for further disposal, and also when the new owner is in no hurry to re-register it in his name. It is possible to suspend registration by contacting the traffic police with a passport and a sales contract.

If the new owner registered the vehicle within 10 days after purchase, then deregistration of the car upon sale is not required. Re-registration with the traffic police will occur automatically, on the day the new owner applies to the State Traffic Inspectorate. Read below about how to check the buyer's integrity.

How to check whether a vehicle is registered with the new owner in the traffic police

In order to avoid getting into an unpleasant situation by concluding a contract for the purchase and sale of a car, the seller, after 10 days, must check its registration by the new owner.

On the traffic police website, not only the history of vehicle registration is available, but also its participation in an accident, the presence of restrictions, as well as the opportunity to find out whether the car is wanted.

In order to check whether a car has been deregistered, you must:

Go to the traffic police website (https://gibdd.rf/check/auto)
Go to the "Services" section
Go to the “Vehicle Check” tab
Enter the identification number (VIN), or body number, or chassis number in the search bar. Next, click the “Request Verification” button
The system will ask you to enter a code, after which information about the periods of ownership of the vehicle will be presented.

Termination of registration upon disposal

In a situation where a car becomes unusable, in order not to pay tax on it, the owner decides to deregister it in order to scrap it.

There are two options for the procedure:

Complete (without saving any parts of the car)
Partial (the owner’s desire to keep some parts of the car for their further sale or operation)

The only difference is that when filling out documents at the MREO, you must add a phrase in the application about issuing a certificate for the released car parts.

Difficulties will arise for the car owner, if he wishes, to complete the recycling procedure without a car and documents. If documents are lost and the car cannot be used, you should contact the traffic police and obtain a certificate to complete the recycling procedure.

In conclusion of the article, you can add only one thing: using the service on public services is not only convenient and accessible, but also profitable.

Is it possible and how to properly remove a car sold under a sales contract from the traffic police register to the former owner?

The rules for registering a vehicle (vehicle), approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 399 of 2018, do not require deregistration of the car before or after the sale - now this is the concern of the buyer. However, there are times when the new owner is lazy, forgets about the procedure, or does not do it for some other reason.

This situation is fraught with the fact that the previous owner will continue to own the already sold car - and, accordingly, fines from cameras and demands for payment of transport tax will also come to him. Therefore, in doubtful cases, it is better to play it safe if you sold the car and don’t know how to remove the vehicle from your register.

How to check whether the buyer has registered the vehicle in his name?

First of all, the seller needs to check whether the buyer has fulfilled the obligation to register the car. The easiest way to do this is as follows:

Go to the official website of the traffic police.
Click on the “Services” item and select the “Vehicle check” section in the open menu.
A search form will open in a new tab. You need to enter the VIN of the car.
After this, open information on the car will be provided.

Among other information, the time of registration of the car will be indicated. The names of the owners are personal information and, according to the Federal Law “On Personal Data”, are not disclosed without permission. However, knowing when the purchase and sale agreement (SPA) was concluded, you can compare its date with the moment of the last registration. If the car was re-registered after this point, then everything is in order. If not, the former owner needs to take action. In this case, it is possible to suspend the registration of the car as a way to protect yourself from all possible problems after the sale of the vehicle.

When can I deregister my car?

If the previous owner of the car discovered that after the sale his car did not go through the procedure of deregistration and further re-registration to the buyer, he has the right to contact the traffic police with a statement. After this, the car will be deregistered.

Not only after the sale, but also in other cases, the law stipulates the circumstances when the owner can terminate the registration of his vehicle:

Full or partial recycling according to the state program.
Hijacking/theft.
Traveling for a long time outside of Russia. This method is available only to organizations and individual entrepreneurs. In this case, the car owner receives license plates marked “TRANSIT” for 30 days.

The reasons why a car may be deregistered are described here.

How many days after the transaction is concluded do the procedure begin?

How many days after the sale can the issue of deregistration of a car be decided? Since, in accordance with clause 60.4 of Part 3 of the Administrative Regulations, approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 605 of 2013, only 10 days after the sale can a car be deregistered , it makes no sense for the seller to submit an application earlier - it will not be accepted.

If, within the period established after the sale, the buyer did not deregister the car and did not register the car in his name, and the seller filed a statement, the car will be listed as wanted. Among other things, this will mean that after selling the car, the new owner may have difficulties when he decides to register: the question of bringing him to administrative responsibility under Art. 19.22 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. In this case, before registering the car, the buyer will first have to pay a fine.

What should the former owner do if the new owner has not re-registered the car?

If the buyer did not fulfill his duties in good faith, the seller of the car will have to take action and contact the traffic police himself. If the vehicle is sold, the previous owner can either deregister the car or suspend the process. To do this, he will need to take a few simple steps.

Collection of documents at the traffic police

To apply to the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (SAI) to deregister a sold car, the former owner will need:

Contract of sale. This is the main document. Without it, it is almost impossible to prove that the car was sold and is in the hands of the new owner.
Acceptance act for the contract. This document confirms that the transfer of the car actually took place.
Passport. It confirms the identity of the applicant.
Statement of the established form.
Receipt of payment of the state fee for registration actions (how much it costs to deregister a car is discussed here).

In addition, it will be useful to attach copies of the PTS and STS to the package of documents . The data indicated in them is available in the traffic police databases - however, providing copies will speed up the verification. Finally, if it is not the former owner himself who contacts the registration department, but his representative (or if the former owner was a legal entity), then an additional power of attorney will be required.

Drawing up an application

To contact the traffic police, a special form is used. You can find it to fill out in the following ways:

By personally contacting the traffic police MREO.
By submitting an application using the State Services portal. To do this, you will need to have a confirmed registration there.

The application contains the following information:

Information about the traffic police department to which the document is being submitted.
Information about the applicant:

last name, first name and patronymic;
passport details for a citizen;
registration data for a legal entity.

Full details about the car:

The completed application is submitted to the traffic police. You can do this:

At a personal reception.
By mail, sending the document by registered mail with notification. Copies of documents may need to be notarized.
Through the portal "State Services". Submitting an application online does not eliminate the need to appear in person at the traffic police MREO, however, you will be able to avoid standing in line and appear on the exact date and time. We wrote about how to stop registering a car after selling it through State Services here.

Time frame for changing vehicle data

The state service for deregistration of a car is provided by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate on the day a citizen submits an application. The exception is cases when registration actions require an inspection, however, this cannot last more than 10 days.

Grounds for refusal

When submitting an application to the traffic police, you need to remember: its employees may refuse the service of deregistering a car. The reasons for obtaining a refusal to deregister a car will be the following circumstances:

The documentation provided does not comply with legal requirements (for example, the applicant presented an expired passport).
The information contained in the application or attached documents is not true.
There are no documents that would confirm that the car has passed certification or was released for circulation in Russia and the entire Customs Union.
Forgery of documents detected.
The car was previously prohibited from performing registration actions. In particular, this is possible when a car is subject to seizure or other civil encumbrance.
The car is listed as stolen (entirely or its individual license plate units).

There may be other cases where a refusal will be received. Their common feature is that in this case the applicant either did not provide some necessary information or violated mandatory requirements.

Do I need to notify the tax office?

If the vehicle is sold but not deregistered, the transport tax, as well as fines, will be paid to the former owner. If after the sale of the car the tax continues to be received, you should contact the Federal Tax Service to notify them of the sale.

This can be done by drawing up a written statement in free form. Documents confirming the sale must be attached to it. All this must be submitted to the Federal Tax Service in person or by mail.

What to do if you receive taxes on a sold car is described here.

Consequences

What are the possible consequences for the buyer as a result of the sale of a vehicle if the seller terminates the registration of the car? After the sale has taken place, and the previous owner himself deregistered the car with the traffic police, the operation of the vehicle ceases . The buyer faces the following:

Administrative punishment under Art. 19.22 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. A citizen will have to pay a fine of 1,500 to 2,000 rubles, an organization - from 5,000 to 10,000 thousand.
Documents and car numbers will be put on the wanted list. In this case, when registering, you will no longer be able to limit yourself to only the fee for the registration actions themselves - you will also have to pay the cost of issuing new license plates.
If a traffic police inspector stops a car on the road and checks its registration data, the driver will end up being removed from control and, most likely, the vehicle will be evacuated to an impound lot. The operation of unregistered vehicles is expressly prohibited by law. You can read about the penalties for driving an unregistered car in a separate article.
After the sale has taken place and the car is deregistered with the traffic police, all further transactions with it are terminated, which means: it will not be possible to sell the vehicle under the DCT, give it as a gift, exchange it, bequeath it, etc.

What happens if the vehicle buyer delays the paperwork?

What should a buyer do if the former owner of the car himself deregistered it with the traffic police? If the buyer missed the deadline for registering the car and the seller was forced to deregister the car himself, the buyer will have to restore the registration. This procedure will look the same as regular car registration. The new owner will need:

Pay the state fee (taking into account the need to obtain new license plates).
Write an application to register the car.
Submit an application to the traffic police MREO, attaching a sales contract, presenting a passport and other documents for the car.
Wait until the registration process is completed. Clause 10 of Part 2 of the Administrative Regulations provides that registration must be carried out no later than 1 hour from the moment the traffic police officer received the application and the accompanying documents.

Once registration is completed, the buyer receives the legal right to use the car.

Therefore, before concluding a purchase and sale agreement, it is important for the seller to know whether the car can be deregistered with the traffic police without his own participation , and for the buyer to correctly register the car as a car sold to him. In addition, after the sale of a car and its deregistration by the previous owner, it will be difficult for the buyer to deliver the car to the MREO, since the operation of the vehicle is prohibited until it is registered with the traffic police.

Deregistration of a sold car is no longer a mandatory step in the registration procedure. However, this option is acceptable if the new owner of the car missed the 10-day deadline established by regulations and never registered the car in his name. If the car has been deregistered, the buyer will have to re-register the car in his name.

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How to deregister a car after sale

The question of how to deregister a car after selling it to the traffic police arises among car owners due to unscrupulous buyers. Since the mandatory re-registration with the participation of both parties to the transaction was abolished during a car sale transaction, the removal and registration of the vehicle was entrusted to the buyer, that is, the new owner of the car.

The buyer is given exactly ten days from the date of conclusion of the purchase and sale agreement to complete the registration procedure. However, not all buyers fulfill this obligation and continue to drive the car without re-registration.

If the buyer has not deregistered the car

The seller will eventually find out that the new owner of the car did not register the vehicle in his name. How soon the seller finds out that the car remains registered with him depends on the driving style of the new owner of the car, as well as the operation of the car.

Typically, the seller finds out about the situation in several ways:

He continues to receive traffic police fines for the cars he sold,
Car taxes are coming
In the event of an incident involving a car (accident or crime), the police contact him.

If any of the above happened, obviously the car did not go through the deregistration procedure and continues to be registered with the person who sold it. It is easy to guess that this circumstance carries great risks for the former owner of the car.

A car with more than 250 horsepower is subject to a high tax, which you will have to pay without even owning the car. Even worse, if the vehicle is involved in a fatal accident, the police will ask questions of the person to whom the car is registered.

In order to avoid such situations, you should find out whether the car is deregistered after the sale.

What to do if the buyer has not re-registered the car

Having sold a car, you cannot be sure that the new owner will rush to take it off the register and put it on himself. If you suspect that the buyer will not only not register the car within ten days, but that he will not register it in his own name at all, you can conduct your own check.

Even if the concern arose at the time of selling the car, there is no need to rush - remember that the buyer has ten days. You will have to wait patiently for these days and then begin checking.

You can use the Autocode car history check service - the service report contains information about all registration actions performed on the car, as well as data on 12 different databases, including the traffic police, tax and customs services, etc.

If it turns out that the buyer acted incorrectly and continues to drive a car registered in your name, deregistration of the car after the sale will come to the rescue. The procedure is simple: you contact the traffic police with an application to deregister the car, provide documents confirming the sale of the car - DCT.

If the car is not registered by the new owner, its registration will be automatically terminated, and you, as the seller, will be spared the inconvenience caused.

Removal of a car from registration after sale under a purchase and sale agreement

At the moment, deregistration of a car is not a prerequisite, because when the new owner performs registration actions, this is done automatically. But what to do if the new owner has not registered the vehicle within 10 days and how to deregister the car?

Often, dishonest buyers are in no hurry to register a vehicle and there can be many reasons for this:

savings on transport tax (and the higher the tax, the more likely it is that the client will try to delay the registration of the vehicle);
savings on fines because when recording violations with automatic recording cameras, they will be recorded on the seller, who will have to make payment.

In this case, after you remove the car, it is possible to go to court against the person who was supposed to make the removal (the buyer) and recover the losses incurred in court.

Independent withdrawal by the seller

If the other party to the contract does not re-register the vehicle in his name, the seller will need to make the withdrawal after the sale. In order to deregister a car, the seller must prepare the following set of documents:

a vehicle purchase and sale agreement that was executed no earlier than 10 days ago;
application of the established form on deregistration of the car upon sale;
applicant's passport;
copies of transport documentation (without them it will be difficult to deregister the car - that is why it is recommended to make copies before selling the vehicle);
receipt for payment of state duty.

After receiving the application, authorized employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate review the application and make a decision whether to deregister or refuse.

A refusal by the State Traffic Inspectorate may be issued if the vehicle is encumbered or seized.

Buyer's Responsibility

The legislation provides for holding the buyer liable if he, within the established time frame (10 days), ignores the registration actions required in these cases. It is important to take into account that not only individuals, but also legal entities can be held liable. The size of the fine for persons who have committed an administrative offense by failing to remove and register a car within the established time frame is different:

for citizens - 1.5 - 2 thousand rubles;
for organizations - 5-10 thousand rubles;
for officials - 2 - 3.5 thousand rubles.

As you can see, the fine for untimely removal and installation of a car is quite impressive, which is why we recommend taking steps to register it in a timely manner.

Independent withdrawal by the buyer

As mentioned above, the buyer does not need to first deregister the car - this happens automatically when the traffic police registers it. In order for the car to be registered (and automatically removed from the seller), the new owner needs to contact the State Traffic Inspectorate, attaching the following documentation:

citizen's passport;
vehicle passport;
OSAGO policy (CASCO optional);
contract of sale.

When registering used vehicles and new ones, there are no big differences except for one thing - in the second case, transit numbers will be required. But the dealership that sells the car usually provides them.