If a car is deregistered, can it be purchased?

Is it possible to register a car after deregistration?

There is no clear answer to the question of whether it is possible to register a car after deregistration. Problems should not arise when the documents for the car are in order and the purchase and sale agreement is drawn up correctly. A vehicle without any encumbrances or prohibitions , as well as with the original VIN code, is considered legally clean. It is best if the purchase and sale is carried out in a commission company (for example, a car dealership), where the documents are professionally checked.

It will not be possible to register a car (at least without legal proceedings) if the registration is terminated by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate for compelling reasons related to the imposition of prohibitions and violation of the laws of the Russian Federation. A scrapped vehicle is not subject to registration.

Difficulties may arise when technical changes are made that are not specified in the PTS. If major changes (for example, installing a more powerful engine) are not approved by the traffic police, then the car will have to be returned to its factory appearance.

Is it worth buying a car that has been previously deregistered?

If we do not take into account the corruption of individual traffic police officers, as well as the use of connections (friendships, family, etc.) by some not the most decent car owners, with the goal of deregistering a “problem” car, then buying a deregistered car is considered safe and a legally clear transaction.

This is because, if all traffic police officers properly perform their immediate duties, the vehicle is subject to inspection before deregistration. The data in the vehicle title is checked against the numbers on the parts, etc. in order to identify the fact of theft, the database checks for the presence of encumbrances on the car, etc. And only if the test passes the test, the car can be deregistered. The exception is that even a deregistered car can be pledged to the bank at the time of sale. The traffic police does not check this information.

What to do if the old owner stopped registering?

The car seller can officially deregister the vehicle before the sale and purchase procedure is completed. This option is considered one of the most reliable, because... The traffic police checks for prohibitions and violations. Modern rules do not require such action on the part of the previous owner, because After the transaction is completed and the car is registered by the new owner, deregistration is ensured automatically. The previous owner cannot remove the product from him until the expiration of 10 days after the sale.

When buying a car, it is important to understand why the seller stopped registering it in advance. The following difficult situations are possible:

The car was resold several times. The last owner did not register it, and it was deregistered before him. In this case, the car was listed as the last bona fide owner. To confirm the right to own such a vehicle, you will have to provide the traffic police with all purchase and sale agreements executed during the resale process. In this case, you will definitely need a document drawn up before the date of the last registration of the car.
The vehicle was in collateral. Registering it won't cause any problems, but the new owner should be aware that the collateral remains with the bank, and the lender has the right to repossess the car. Such a risk is difficult to avoid, because... the loan could be issued in any region, but it is necessary to carry out a check.
The car was taken into account due to disposal after an accident or failure due to the end of its service life. You cannot buy such a car, because... it will not be possible to register it.

In order to avoid getting into a difficult situation, the buyer should take precautions. If there are any suspicions, you can negotiate the final payment after the new registration of the car, which reduces risks to a minimum. Before purchasing, you need to check the vehicle for any encumbrances in the traffic police database, as well as your credit history. It is imperative to check the compliance of the license plate details and appearance of the vehicle with the PTS data.

Registration process

The procedure for registering a vehicle is regulated by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dated November 24, 2008 No. 1001, as amended in accordance with Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dated August 7, 2013 No. 605.

Where should I go?

To register a purchased car, the new owner must contact the MREO traffic police department. Currently, there is no need to be tied to the place of registration, and the application can be submitted in any region. Often this place becomes the nearest territorial traffic police department in the city where the purchase was made. It should be remembered that without a new registration, a car deregistered cannot be used, and driving it is punishable by a fine. Even to the station for technical inspection and to the traffic police, it will have to be delivered by tow truck.

What documents will be needed?

To register a used vehicle, the following documents are required:

application for vehicle registration;
ID card (passport);
purchase and sale agreement or other document confirming ownership;
documents for the car (primarily the title);
OSAGO policy;
documents for payment of state duty;
a document determining the technical condition of the car (technical inspection).

Additionally, a medical examination document of the applicant may be required. The application must indicate the desire to register a vehicle that was previously deregistered.

Conduct an inspection at the traffic police department

Before applying for registration, the car must pass a technical inspection. To receive a diagnostic card about its serviceability, it is sent to a service station, where a sales contract is presented. With this document, the car is transported to the traffic police inspection platform, where license plates and body parts are checked, as well as the presence of significant design changes not reflected in the title. A note is made on the application that this inspection has been completed, after which it can be submitted to the appropriate window of the MREO.

What are the deadlines for registering a car?

The new owner is required to register the car within 10 days. Otherwise, delay will be considered an administrative offense and punishable by a fine. The time of the registration procedure itself is also regulated by Order No. 605. It should not exceed 60 minutes. The exception is when additional information is required or a discrepancy is identified with the stated data.

State duty amounts

When registering a technical device, the applicant bears the following costs:

New license plates - 2000 rubles.
The state fee for registration and issuance of a certificate is 500 rubles.
Making changes to the PTS – 350 rubles.

Total costs reach 2850 rubles. When issuing a new PTS, an amount of 500 rubles is paid, which increases the total costs to 3,000 rubles.

Purchase and sale procedure and documents for the transaction

The transaction is completed during a direct meeting with the seller, and the seller and the owner of the car do not always coincide (the participation of the owner in the sale of a deregistered car is not required). Next, you can proceed in one of two alternative ways. In the first case, the seller and buyer go to the point of registration for the purchase and sale of a car. Buyer and seller provide:

Passports;
Copies of passport pages with personal data;
Vehicle documents (PTS).

Next, the corresponding transaction is completed. At the same time, the parties make the final payment for the transaction, since the executed purchase and sale agreement marks the moment the buyer acquires ownership of the car. For the safety of the buyer, it is required to take a receipt from the seller confirming the transfer of payment for the car. Having received the contract and PTS, you should thoroughly check the data so that there are no errors. This method is the most practiced by buyers and sellers. Next comes the registration of compulsory motor liability insurance; as a rule, insurance agents are located, if not in the same room at adjacent tables with those drawing up sales contracts, then in close proximity. A technical inspection is also required. There are only 10 days for everything. During this period, you still need to have time to register the car. Further operation of the car for a period exceeding 10 days without registration is an administrative offense and entails liability in the form of a fine.

The second case involves the independent execution of the contract. People who are attentive and thorough in their documents and have sufficient legal knowledge can do without the services of drawing up a purchase and sale agreement (this allows them to save a little money). In this case, one of the parties, often the buyer, independently prepares the text of the document; more precisely, they take a ready-made contract form and enter all the necessary information, after which they photocopy it, since 3 copies are required. Signatures by the parties are affixed to each copy, and the previous owner signs, not the seller, if these persons do not match (the signature on the PTS and the contract must be identical). The completed form must not contain errors, corrections, erasures, etc. After completing and signing the contract, payment for the purchase is made and a receipt is taken stating that the money has been received. One copy of the contract remains in the hands of the buyer, the seller hands over the PS and diagnostic card (if there is one). This is followed by registration of compulsory motor liability insurance, technical inspection and registration.

What may be required to restore accounting?

In certain circumstances, the traffic police may terminate registration. To restore accounting, the following actions may be required:

loss of performance due to technical reasons (most often after an accident). To restore registration, it is necessary to ensure a complete repair, and then undergo a technical inspection at a service station and receive a technical serviceability certificate;
car theft. This fact is established based on the victim’s statement. If the car is found and returned to the owner, then re-registration will not cause problems;
delay in the allotted period for registering the car (10 days). A forgetful car owner will have to submit an application indicating the reasons for the delay. If they are disrespectful, they will have to pay a fine. After this, registration proceeds as usual. It should be remembered that malicious evasion of registration may be punishable by deprivation of rights;
expiration of the temporary registration period. An application is submitted to extend the temporary registration permit. When selling an imported car, a sales contract is presented, on the basis of which an application for registration is completed in the usual manner;
upon completion of leasing and redemption in accordance with the agreement, an application is submitted and documents confirming ownership rights are provided.

If the previous owner deregistered the car, but the documents are in perfect order, then restoring the registration does not cause any problems. All data is in an electronic database, and it will not take much time to verify the information.

For what reason can the traffic police refuse registration?

The traffic police has a legal basis to refuse registration of a vehicle for the following reasons:

The car is listed as stolen or wanted as a participant in a crime. Problems may arise after it has been found and returned to the owner. If the owner has not restored the registration of the car and sold it, the traffic police will refuse to register it as the new owner. Restoration of accounting must be carried out by the previous owner.
Disposal of the machine. If a car is deregistered due to scrapping, then selling it as a vehicle is illegal. It will not be possible to register it.
Making major changes to the design without approval. During inspection, all license plates must be checked against the vehicle title. If a discrepancy is detected, then refusal of registration is natural. The previous owner must make the appropriate changes to the title, and only after that sell. Otherwise the factory registration must be returned. You can also get a refusal if your windows are tinted excessively. In this case, you will have to urgently remove it.
Recognition of the car as “total” by the insurer. There are cases when, in an accident, a car is so damaged that the insurer considers repairs to be unprofitable and pays the full amount of insurance. He sends the relevant information to the traffic police, and the car is deregistered. It must be scrapped and cannot be registered again.
The car is intended for export outside the country for sale.

The registration of a car may be suspended if there are compelling reasons to consider the sale or gift transaction to be illegal. In this case, there is a system of prohibitions and burdens on the purchase and sale procedure. Registration will continue after confirmation of ownership by the court or the lifting of the relevant ban.

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Registering a car with the traffic police after its registration has been terminated is not difficult if you have the necessary documents for the vehicle, there are no prohibitions, the reasons for deregistration have been eliminated and a legal purchase and sale transaction has been carried out. In some cases, registration may be refused on completely legal grounds. It should be remembered: dubious transactions can lead to the fact that using the purchased car becomes impossible. Sometimes a missed opportunity is better than a thoughtless loss of a lot of money.

What problems can await if the car is deregistered?

So, as we mentioned above, possible problems can be expected depending on the grounds - on the reason for which the car was deregistered by the traffic police. There may be several such reasons:

if the car was sold before, and the new owner did not register it in his name, then the seller could terminate the registration on the 11th day after the date that he and the buyer indicated in the purchase and sale agreement,
loss of a vehicle,
theft or hijacking,
disposal,
export outside the country for sale,
if the traffic police itself stopped registration due to the presence of grounds for this (for example, a change in the design of the car, tinting, etc.),
if the car in an insured event is recognized as “total” - that is, the insurance company considered repairs unprofitable and decided to pay the full cost of the car, and also if the vehicle was replaced with another according to the law on the protection of consumer rights.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to reliably find out for which of these reasons the registration of a car was stopped for 2021. But below we will give the most correct life hack for buying a car that has been deregistered. But you will find the following information useful and should ask the seller the following questions if you are considering purchasing such a car:

what specific documents are there for this car: title,
registration certificate,
purchase and sale agreement(s),

with or without vehicle license plates,

Is the price of a used car greatly underestimated (the answer will give an indirect sign of the difficulty of registering)?

Let's look at the most common reasons for deregistration of a car and find out whether it will be possible to register such a car with the traffic police after purchase in 2021.

If registration is terminated due to the sale of the car

Signs:

car with license plates,
there are all documents for the car (there must also be at least one purchase and sale agreement),
original PTS with no special marks

In this case, the car must have all the documents and license plates listed above, and this is the simplest and most problem-free case. Such a vehicle must be registered with the traffic police without any problems. But there is an important subtlety - you will need the entire chain of purchase and sale agreements.

The fact is that this situation occurs when someone bought a car, did not re-register it in his name with the traffic police, and the previous owner stopped registering it. Thus, the car remained unregistered. And in order to fix this, you need to register it accordingly after your purchase. But the traffic police will ask for confirmation of ownership of the car, which is the purchase and sale agreement. And, since there is no information about the previous owner in the traffic police, because he did not re-register the car in his name, then you need the entire chain of contracts from the person who has the car in the State Traffic Inspectorate database.

Please note that the date of the contract from the first seller must be earlier than the end date of the last registration when checking on the traffic police website. And further, if this person sold the car to the next one, and that person sells it to you, then you will ultimately need 2 contracts. If there were more people, then the third, fourth and so on. Most often, this is how outbid dealers work (they don’t register the car in their name).

But you don’t need to take the seller’s word for it if he claims that the car he is selling has been deregistered due to the termination of registration by the previous owner on the basis of alienation of the vehicle. It’s easy to check the authenticity of his words - the PTS should not contain any marks about deregistration, the seller should have a registration certificate in his hands, and the car should have license plates.

If you are purchasing a lost or stolen vehicle

Signs:

If the car has been scrapped

Signs:

duplicate PTS with a disposal mark,
the cost of the car is significantly lower than the market average,
lack of STS and state numbers.

But it will be much more difficult to register such a car - with a high degree of probability only through the court, where you will have to prove that the vehicle was not actually disposed of, although it was deregistered on the basis of disposal. Alas, the practice is such that when handling a purchased scrapped car for the purpose of re-registering it with the traffic police, this will most likely be legally refused.

If registration is canceled

Signs:

tuned or tinted car,
most likely, on license plates and with all documents (if they were not confiscated when the driver was stopped in an unregistered vehicle).

In this case, there are practically no problems with registration when purchasing such a car. In 2021, the traffic police will stop registering a car in the following most common cases:

failure to comply with the requirement to remove tint,
when making changes to the design without corresponding registration with the traffic police,
when replacing the engine with another one - more powerful, of a different model or characteristics (as a special case of making illegal changes to the design).

In any case, in order to register such a car after purchase, it will be necessary to eliminate the reason for cancellation. If it's tinting, then just peel it off. If serious changes are made to the design, then, alas, you will have to install everything as it was from the factory - the engine, frame, headlights (including lamps in the headlights, that's all) and the like.

If the car is written off as "total"

. and then restored and put up for sale on bulletin boards.

Signs:

there are no documents for the car, except for a duplicate of the title with the appropriate marking,
the cost is much lower than the market average,
no numbers.

And here you need to be afraid not so much of the issue of registration if you buy such a used car, but of its technical condition after an accident, because the “total” is formed only after severe accidents, where most of the car is damaged.

It is also important to understand that in all of the above cases, deregistration means that after purchase you do not have the right to drive on the roads - to register the car with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, you will have to take it by tow truck or drive it at your own peril and risk.