Fine for driving with a trailer without documents: in what cases and in what amount is it applied, how to avoid punishment

Fine for a trailer without documents

Trailer without registration. For citizens, the fine for such a violation is up to 800 rubles. Proof of registration is the license plate number and PTS.

No numbers. For this, the inspector will fine you up to 5,000 rubles or deprive you of your license for up to 3 months.

No required category. If there is no open category for driving a car with a trailer, the fine is up to 15,000 rubles.

The legal entity's trailer is not insured. In 2015, the Supreme Court decided not to apply the MTPL law to owners of passenger trailers. This is also written in paragraph “e” of Part 3 of Art. 4 laws on compulsory motor liability insurance. An insurance policy for a trailer is only required if the vehicle is registered to a company. The fine for not having an MTPL policy is 800 rubles.

Penalty for using a device without the necessary papers

It is allowed to use a tow hitch without documents for it within 10 days after purchase. Next, the citizen must register it and have documents when using the trailer .
If he violates the established deadlines, then there is also a punishment for this. Important! Violation by a citizen of the provisions on vehicle registration is assessed in accordance with Art.
19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which leads to an administrative fine in the amount of 1,500 to 2,000 rubles. In other cases, the law provides for administrative liability for operating a trailer without the necessary documents.

If you don't have them with you

Clause 2.1.1 of the traffic rules obliges drivers to carry with them and, at the request of a police officer, hand over to him for verification documents for the car and its trailer.

There are force majeure circumstances in which documents remain in another place: someone accidentally took them with them, forgot them at home, left them at the dacha, etc. But this does not mean that they do not exist at all. Such situations fall under Art. 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Driving a vehicle by a driver who does not have with him the documents provided for by the Traffic Rules.” A warning is provided for such an offense or an administrative penalty in the amount of 500 rubles is issued (read about what punishment the traffic rules stipulate for the driver’s lack of documents here, and from this article you will learn about how long you can drive a car without a license, insurance and registration is legal).

Additionally, a measure may be applied in the form of removal from control of the trailer and placing it in an impound lot. This is stated in Art. 27.13 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Detention of a vehicle.”

Driving with an unregistered vehicle

In such a situation, it is assumed that there are no documents for the trailer at all: they were lost or destroyed, or the trailer was purchased used without documents; the device was not registered after purchase. Such a violation will be assessed on the basis of Art. 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Driving a vehicle that is not registered in the prescribed manner, a vehicle that has not passed state technical inspection or technical inspection.”

What is the fine for an unregistered trailer? For the first violation, the administrative fine imposed will be from 500 to 800 rubles, and for a repeated violation - 5 thousand rubles or deprivation of a driver's license from 1 to 3 months (you can find out what the consequences of driving without a license are and what the fine is provided here).

Homemade design

Such designs are also subject to mandatory registration. Therefore, when stopped by a traffic police inspector, you must have standard documents as for a purchased trailer.

It is more difficult to register a home-made trailer than a factory-made one: in the standard package of documents for registration, instead of a title, a document confirming the safety of the design is attached. Typically this is a certificate issued by a testing laboratory. Also, this certificate can be issued by a special certification center after an examination of a homemade trailer. There are such centers and laboratories not in every city. There must be a license to carry out activities to inspect trailer structures.

The fine for a homemade trailer that is not registered with the traffic police will be the same as in the situation with an unregistered trailer (according to Article 12.1 of the Administrative Code).

Fine for defective trailer

The rules for transporting goods were violated. If the cargo obscures the driver's view, sand flies from the trailer, or the weight of the cargo exceeds that allowed by the manufacturer - all this is a violation of the rules for transporting goods. The fine for this is 500 rubles.

The trailer is faulty. If one of the sides of the trailer is not secured or the coupling device is faulty, you may be fined 500 rubles.

Lights do not light up. The fine for a trailer without lights is 500 rubles.

Summing up the fine for a homemade trailer

In principle, the fine for a homemade trailer can be as minimal as for lack of documents, under Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, because in fact, the lack of documents casts doubt on whether this trailer belongs to the driver’s property. It generally calls into question the driver's control over this trailer. All this was mentioned in the comments I cited above.

As a result: with a homemade trailer you can get to the first traffic cop and to the special parking lot... To the first traffic cop and to the special parking lot. You won't be able to drive normally with a homemade trailer!!!

Category of rights for a car with a trailer

The categories of rights are described in Art. 25 of the Road Safety Act. Which category is needed depends on the weight of the trailer:

The BE category license is passed in the same way as the B license, only without the snake and overpass. For categories CE, DE, C1E and D1E, more than 3 years of experience is required, open category C or B and age - more than 21 years.

How to register a trailer

Collect documents. To register a trailer at the registration and examination department of the traffic police, you will need the same documents as for registering a car:

• • citizen's passport;
• • vehicle passport for the trailer;
• • contract of sale;
• • statement;
• • MTPL insurance policy with a note that the car can be driven with a trailer.

Pay your dues. In addition to documents, the owner of a car with a trailer pays:

• • 1500 rubles for new signs,
• • 500 rubles for a paper registration certificate. Can be ordered in plastic - 1,500 rubles;
• • 350 rubles for changes to the PTS.

Payments are displayed quickly in the database - the inspector will see them when he registers your trailer. Just in case, take all paid receipts with you.

Necessary documents for driving with a trailer

If the device was the property of another person, then you will need paper confirming its deregistration. Let's figure out what documents are needed to drive a car with a trailer.

In order to register the device with the traffic police, the following kit is required:

• Agreement on the purchase and sale of the mechanism;
• A document indicating the completed technical inspection;
• Paid state fees (receipts);
• Driver's identity card;
• Vehicle technical certificate.

How to register a homemade trailer

If you bought a trailer in a store, the manager must issue a title to it. A homemade trailer does not have a PTS. It will be issued to the traffic police after special checks.

In addition, the trailer must have a vehicle type approval (OTTS) - it is issued by Rosstandart for a batch of trailers. For a homemade trailer, it is necessary to obtain an analogue of the OTTS for a piece product - a certificate of safety of vehicle design (SVKTS). Such a certificate is issued in a special technical laboratory. Here's what you need to do to register your garage-built trailer.

Select a laboratory. There are these in almost every city. How to choose a laboratory, read the article about auto tuning.

Agree on the planned changes. The application can be sent by email. Write in it the technical parameters of the future trailer. If everything is fine with the parameters, the laboratory workers will send a conclusion in response. This document must be taken along with the application to the technical supervision department of the traffic police.

Assemble the trailer. The owner has the right to manufacture the trailer himself or at any production facility.

Be tested at an accredited center and receive a protocol. Laboratory staff will compare what the owner planned to do with what he brought for testing.

Take the documents to the traffic police. Protocol, copies of certificates of conformity for used spare parts certified by a notary and a receipt for payment of the state duty - 800 rubles.

Bring the trailer for inspection by the traffic police. Service employees will check the documents with the trailer that the owner brought. If everything is correct, an SBTKS will be issued.

Take all documents to the registration department of the traffic police. After this you will receive a title for the trailer.

Before assembly, you can use GOST for trailers. This way you are more likely to get laboratory approval and register the trailer.

In practice, few people register a “garage” trailer - the traffic police do this with great reluctance and paperwork. It’s easier to buy a certified trailer from a dealership and easily register it with the traffic police.

What is the penalty for lack of documents?

After registering the trailer, appropriate documents are issued for it. A traffic police officer may require them if he stops you on the highway. If you do not have them, the inspector will have the right to issue a fine of 500-800 rubles. under Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences.

If you do not have documents for the trailer, the traffic police inspector has the right to issue you a fine.

This article describes what to do if the traffic police fine was received by mistake.

If the violator persists and is caught a second time for a similar offense, then the fine will be 5,000 rubles. or his license will be taken away for 1-3 months.

A homemade trailer is also subject to registration with the traffic police. There is a separate article on this website about this unit and its use.

Remember

1. If you are using a trailer lighter than 750 kg, category B is sufficient.
2. Register a trailer in the same way as a car: you give the inspector a PTS, a sales contract and receive license plates and a PTS with a mark.
3. To register a homemade trailer, you will have to find a technical laboratory, get documents about the safety of the trailer there and take them to the traffic police.
4. A technical inspection is only required for legal entities or if the weight of the vehicle with trailer is above 3.5 tons.
5. The fine for a trailer is from 800 to 15,000 rubles, depending on the violation.

All articles by the author: Evgeniy Lesnov

Basic requirements for trailers

Like any other movement on public roads, driving a car with a trailer is strictly regulated according to the new rules. A vehicle transported using a tow hitch must meet the following requirements:

• eliminate visibility restrictions;
• do not make it difficult to drive;
• do not pollute the road;
• be insured under a compulsory motor liability insurance policy;
• be registered with the traffic police;
• have your own license plate;
• The rear dimensions of the trailer must have electric lighting in red or orange, which is turned on when traveling in the evening and at night.

Possible violations

Violations related to improper operation of trailers can be divided into two groups: technical inadequacy of the vehicle itself and problems with its documentation. The last group, for example, includes the question, is it possible to drive with someone else’s trailer? Here, as in the case of driving someone else’s car, the driver must have a power of attorney. The execution of this document does not require notarization; the usual handwritten form is sufficient.

Another common violation for which you can get a fine is exceeding the permissible weight of a road train if the driver does not have category E. As a rule, the vast majority of drivers have category B licenses, which allow the transportation of a trailer with a total weight of up to 750 kg. However, if the curb weight of a passenger car is, for example, 1400 kg, then category E is not required for transporting a trailer of the same weight, since the total permissible weight of both vehicles does not exceed 3500 kg. At the same time, if a large SUV with a curb weight of 2400 kg is used as a tractor, then transporting a trailer weighing more than 1100 kg without a driver category E will be classified as a traffic violation.

Using a homemade trailer or one that has not been registered with the traffic police is also a violation for which the owner of the car is subject to a fine. As for what fine the driver will have to pay for not keeping the distance, according to Part 1 of Article 12.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, such a violation is punishable by a fine of 1,500 rubles.

We also read: The amount of the fine for illegal parking. The fine for not allowing a pedestrian to pass.