Change license plates between your cars 2021

When is it necessary to change numbers?

State registration plates (GRP) of a vehicle must comply with the State Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 50577-93 and be clearly readable from at least 20 meters.

As a result of an accident, under the influence of the external environment and due to improper use, they can become unusable. The following are considered non-conformities to be eliminated:

mechanical damage, rust, paint peeling, etc.;
installation in inappropriate places. According to the rules, the GRZ must be installed strictly along the central axis of the vehicle (TS), front and rear.

Also the replacement procedure, i.e. numbers with a new combination of letters and numbers are issued, required when:

theft;
loss.

In these cases, in order to prevent further illegal manipulations with lost license plates, contacting the traffic police is mandatory. Otherwise, the numbers themselves can be installed by criminals on stolen cars, and fines for their violations will go to the former owner.

Number recovery (duplicate)

If GRZs have become unusable, lost or stolen, they can be restored by ordering a duplicate (the same combination of letters and numbers that was) from companies specially accredited for this work (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated 08/07/2013 No. 605 “On approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Affairs of the Russian Federation on the provision of state services for registration of motor vehicles and trailers for them").

Then you will not need to re-register the vehicle. When ordering, the owner only needs to present a vehicle registration certificate. Without providing a number that has become unusable. The cost of producing duplicates may be set at the discretion of the manufacturer. But usually it is equal to the cost of replacing plates at the traffic police - 2850 rubles.

Order No. 605 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 08/07/2013 stipulates that if a car owner has reported theft in order to prevent the use of stolen license plates for illegal purposes, then he will have to obtain new registration plates, and not a duplicate of them. Since stolen GRZ will be entered into the search database.

Documents for replacing license plates

To replace (i.e. issue new signs with different numbers) car license plates you need:

Technical passport of the vehicle.
Vehicle registration certificate.
State registration plates, if preserved. The traffic police will pick them up and send them for disposal.
OSAGO policy.
The applicant's civil passport. For legal entities, this is the passport of a representative of the organization who is entrusted with processing the replacement of the GRZ.
Power of attorney for obtaining license plates (for legal entities). For individuals, a power of attorney will be required if the plates are not received by the owner of the vehicle.
Document confirming payment of state duty. For legal entities - payment orders with the bank’s “live” seal.

If the license plates have been stolen, you will additionally need a certificate from the police department confirming that the owner of the car has filed a statement about the theft of the license plates.

Grounds for re-registration

Gross violations were committed during customs clearance of the car;
documents have been provided whose authenticity is in doubt;
body numbers do not match the numbers recorded in documents.

Are new numbers needed due to a change of ownership?

identification;
a purchase agreement or other document indicating that the car has a new owner;
PTS;
statement;
insurance policy;
receipt for payment of state duty.

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Changing the state license plate is carried out exclusively at the traffic police departments . It is not necessary to contact the institution where the car was registered. There are a number of nuances that affect how and where you have to apply:

Procedure for replacing numbers

To the police (in case of theft).

We file a report about the theft of numbers. Usually to the department of internal affairs at the place of residence. The officer on duty registers the application in a journal and gives us a notification about it.
We tell the investigator in detail about the theft. A criminal case will be initiated within the next 10 days.
We add the received notification to the prepared package of necessary documents and go to the traffic police.

At the traffic police department:

We fill out the application form according to the sample provided by the traffic police
We provide documents. If we change plates due to their poor condition, we provide the old plates along with the documents for their further disposal.
The vehicle is inspected by an authorized person. There is no need to undergo expert verification of the VIN code and units.
We pay the state fee at a bank branch or at a payment terminal.
We receive new license plates and a corresponding new Vehicle Registration Certificate. Changes according to the new data are also made to the registration certificate (without replacing it). The entire procedure for changing numbers will take 1-2 hours.

We go to the insurance company and make changes to the MTPL and CASCO policies. For free.

Replacing the gas valve - step-by-step instructions

So, there are different situations when and how you want to change numbers to others. Let's look at them in order, starting with the simplest ones! In each instruction we will describe the procedure for contacting the traffic police with an application directly or writing an application through State Services.

An important point: to register a car, you need a valid MTPL policy, where the owner must include the current owner of the vehicle - that is, the one in whose name the car is registered. It's quite easy to get around this - the insurance company needs to replace the policy with a change of owner (changing the owner is not prohibited). Only for this you will need to fill out a new form and not agree if the insurance company offers to draw up an application.

If you don't care what the new ones will be

This is a case when you simply don’t like the current license plates. For example, you are superstitious and cannot drive with a license plate with the numbers “666” or “013” or the letters “MRU”; You are shy, and you do not like the combination of the letters “VOR”, “SSU” or “SRU” and so on. This is the only way to change the number without changing the owner of the car.

This instruction for replacing the gas valve is the simplest.

First of all, you need to understand that the numbers you will receive are “random” - that is, randomly selected from the database of the current series. As of May 27, 2021, license plates are not officially sold by the State Traffic Inspectorate.
Go to the State Services website, to the service for obtaining new numbers, click “get service” and fill out the application (following these instructions for filling out the application will be all further situations described below).

You can also visit the traffic police department with a statement in person. Then the application can be filled out directly at the MREO department, or at home. (we have already marked the required field by underlining it).
Next, you need to pay state fees: You will need to pay 2,000 rubles for issuing new numbers (1,400 through State Services), 500 rubles for replacing the STS (350 through State Services) and 350 rubles for changes to the PTS (245 through State Services).
Then, at the selected time, you will need to visit the traffic police department, where you can hand over your old license plates (they are disposed of) and get new ones. If you don’t like them either, then the whole procedure will have to be repeated again. There are no restrictions on the frequency and number of GRZ changes.

As you can see, this is the easiest way to change the license plate of your car. But even it is very expensive - 2850 rubles (1995 through State Services) just for new numbers!

If you want to buy a license plate from another car

But this instruction is much more complicated. As we have already noted above, the order of “preponderance” of the state protection zone is associated with a certain confusion introduced by legislators. And now we will explain everything “on the fingers”.

But let’s make a reservation right away - this principle of buying a license plate is based on the seller’s trust in the buyer, because here it is impossible to avoid the process of re-registering the car to the buyer, on which (the car) the license plates the buyer needs are registered.

So, first of all, you need to buy a car with these numbers - this is the only option relevant for 2021. To do this, draw up a purchase and sale agreement with the seller of the numbers. .
After purchasing, you register the car with the traffic police. This can also be done through State Services:
fill out the application by selecting the desired time of visit and the address of the MREO traffic police department,
pay state fees: 350 rubles for issuing a vehicle registration certificate (500 when submitting an application directly to the traffic police) and 245 rubles for making changes to the title (350 when submitting an application in person). There is no need to pay for issuing numbers, because the numbers remain with us.

Now you are the rightful owner of a car with beautiful license plates, all that remains is to return it to the former owner, keeping the plates for yourself. To do this, you submit an application according to the previous instructions above (replacing license plates with new ones), but additionally indicate there your desire to keep the license plates - you can simply indicate separately “preservation of license plates is required” - the application form is filled out in free form. You will need to pay state fees again - there are 3 of them according to the instructions above (2850 rubles or 1995 rubles through State Services). As a result, you will receive new numbers, and the old ones will also remain with you, but you are required to hand them over to the traffic police. Before submitting your application, make sure that the numbers are in perfect condition, otherwise make a duplicate of them (costs about 800-1500 rubles)

Now you need to return the car to its rightful owner. To do this, you draw up a purchase and sale agreement again, and now the new or old owner registers it in his name (the cost is the same: 850/595 rubles for the STS and changing the title).

Next, you need to submit another application to replace the license plate - again according to the same instructions above as when receiving new license plates, indicating that you want to put the license plates that are in your possession; the cost is again 2850/1995 rubles.

As you can see, the final price for such a replacement of purchased registration plates was as much as 7,400 rubles, or 5,180 rubles when submitting an application and paying through State Services.

Something else useful for you:

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If you want to exchange numbers on two cars

And finally, the most expensive situation is the exchange of license plates on two cars with different owners. This makes it even more difficult. But by analogy with the instructions above:

You just sell cars to each other along with license plates,
both receive new numbers by depositing the old ones,
then you resell your cars back to each other with new license plates,
re-register the cars again, receiving the numbers that are stored.

The total cost of such a replacement of the GRZ is 14,800 rubles or 10,360 rubles through State Services.

Buying and selling a car without changing license plates

Today, cars are sold only with GRZ. Vehicle numbers may be

re-registered to a new owner;
retained by the previous owner for subsequent assignment to a new vehicle. Before selling the car, the owner pays for the issuance of other registration plates and sells the car with new license plates.

License plates submitted for re-registration for a new car are now stored at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate for up to 180 days and only then are disposed of.

A state fee is charged for re-registration (performing registration procedures). The buyer needs:

Conclude a vehicle purchase and sale agreement.
Pay the state duty (if the state registration certificate complies with GOST and remains old - 850 rubles).
Submit an application to the traffic police about your desire to use the “old” numbers.
Provide a vehicle for verification of the State Register.
Obtain the necessary documents for the car (new vehicle registration certificate and corresponding entries in the registration certificate).
Within 10 days, re-register the car in your name and re-issue the MTPL policy.

Replacing a license plate on a car without changing ownership

The situation is familiar when, for some reason, the owner wants to keep his favorite license plates and transfer them to another car. The main thing is that after the numbers are left for storage, do not miss the allotted six months. Otherwise, you may lose your “favorite” numbers. If you do this yourself, sooner or later the fact will be revealed, and then serious fines cannot be avoided. In this case, the numbers are removed, and it is almost impossible to restore them due to the violation.

In accordance with Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated November 24, 2008 N 1001 “On the procedure for registering vehicles” (with amendments and additions), paragraph 42, “ At the request of the owners (possessors) of vehicles during registration actions, registration plates may be issued, previously accepted for storage. Their issuance is carried out by registration departments at the place of storage of the surrendered registration plates.

The storage of registration plates is carried out on the basis of a record of their preservation by the owner (holder) for whom the vehicle was registered, in the application for registration actions .” At the same time, the period of storage of these signs in the registration department should not exceed 180 days, after which they are subject to re-issuance ."

That is, it turns out that any car owner of a vehicle can, when deregistering a car (for example, for sale), write an application addressed to the head of the traffic police department and indicate in it his desire to preserve the state license plate of the car for transfer, i.e. transferring it to another car.

Since new license plates are not issued while keeping the old license plate, the state fee of 1,500 rubles is not charged to the car owner. When registering a car with saved license plates, you only pay for the registration of the vehicle itself with the traffic police, which currently amounts to 300 rubles.

Over the past few years, legislation has undergone many changes. Therefore, it has become significantly more difficult and expensive to change the gas protection device. But this action is quite doable. There are several official provisions for this:

the owner of the car has the right to undergo the re-registration procedure without selling it;
when selling a vehicle, the owner has the right to leave the state sign in the department of the state traffic inspectorate for storage;
When registering a car, it is mandatory to have an MTPL policy, where the citizen registering the car is indicated as the owner.

The procedure for preserving state signs is regulated by clause 42 of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of November 24, 2008 No. 1001 “On the procedure for registering vehicles.”

Existing limitations and disadvantages

At the legislative level, some restrictions have been introduced on the replacement of state signs. They are presented below:

it is impossible to carry out a purchase and sale transaction for a car without a license plate, and the license plate of a car is state property;
the execution of almost every action is accompanied by the payment of a state fee;
The traffic police can store the license plate for no more than 6 months - during this period the driver must find a car where they should be installed.

Change state A vehicle license plate may be required under various circumstances. The most common options are described below.

Important to know: In order to register a vehicle, you will need a valid MTPL policy, in which the current owner must be indicated as the owner. But this rule can be circumvented. The insurance company will need to change the policy with a replacement owner. This action is not prohibited. But for this you will need to draw up a new document without drawing up an application.

Cost of license plates per car

The amount of state fees for vehicle registration is regulated by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Part 2, Chapter 25. 3, Article 333.33, paragraphs 36-40 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation) and is the same throughout Russia. But when paying, you need to fill out the details correctly (to “your” territorial traffic police department). For verification, you can use the official traffic police portal.

The amount of the state duty for issuance, including replacement of lost or unusable:

GRZ - 2000 rubles (for a motorcycle and trailer - 1000 rubles);
PTS - 800 rubles;
Vehicle registration certificate - 500 rubles;
For making changes to a previously issued vehicle passport - 350 rubles;
GRZ of Transit vehicles on a metal base, for cars - 1600 rubles; on a metal base, for motorcycles and trailers - 800 rubles; on paper - 200 rubles.

Thus, the state fee for registration (with a change or issue of a number) will be:

for a car - 2850 rubles;
for a motorcycle, trailer - 1850 rubles.

The state fee for re-registration of a vehicle while retaining the license plate from the previous owner will cost 850 rubles.

Penalty for driving with fake license plates

In accordance with paragraph 4 of Art.
12.2 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses dated December 30, 2001 N 195-FZ, driving with fake license plates is punishable by deprivation of a driver’s license for a period of 6 months to 1 year. Article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses also establishes the criteria by which license plates are considered unsuitable for use and penalties for managing such license plates. Fine in:

500 rubles - for non-standard, unreadable, incorrectly installed gas protection devices.
5,000 rubles or deprivation of rights for 1-3 months - for driving a car without a license plate, or if the signs are not installed in the places provided for this, or are modified so that they are difficult to identify (including with nets and reflective stickers).
2500 rubles - for installing obviously false gas distribution devices. For officials responsible for the operation of the vehicle - 15,000-25,000 rubles; for legal entities - 400,000-500,000 rubles.

GOOD TO KNOW!
Falsification of vehicle license plates, including for the purpose of operating or selling a vehicle, is subject to a fine of up to 80,000 rubles. Or is punished in accordance with Article 326 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 1:
compulsory work up to 360 hours (for an organized group of persons - up to 480 hours);
correctional labor for up to 1 year (for an organized group up to 2 years);
restriction or imprisonment or forced labor for up to 2 years (for an organized group - up to 3 years).

How to change car number plates to others and how much does it cost?

When a driver changes his place of registration, appropriate changes must be made to the PTS. It does not matter whether the owner intends to sell the car. It is recommended to check in advance whether there is free space in the vehicle. After all, a completely completed document can become an unexpected nuisance. In this case, you will first need to obtain a new PTS.

When the owner’s personal information changes, the car also needs to be re-registered. Naturally, changes will be made to the PTS. If this is not done, the owner will face troubles when selling or donating the vehicle. After all, the information about the owner indicated in the PTS will differ from reality. It is worth remembering that only the owner of the car has the right to change its registration information.

The new owner may be faced with a situation where the traffic police inspector refuses to re-register. However, practice shows that this happens extremely rarely, and there are quite good reasons for this. The most common ones are:

Gross violations were committed during customs clearance of the car;
documents have been provided whose authenticity is in doubt;
body numbers do not match the numbers recorded in documents.

This is the initial stage from which all further actions to register or deregister a vehicle already occur.

For example, a person found an advertisement for the sale of a car. He calls the seller, negotiates the terms of the transaction and meets to discuss all the details. The first step is to correctly draw up a contract for the purchase and sale of a car. It is best to seek help from a specific organization that provides a similar service. Of course, you will have to pay for this.

To draw up a contract, you need to have your identity card and vehicle passport with you. An employee of the organization draws up an agreement, changes the new data in the PTS and submits it to the parties for signature. Before signing, you need to study it thoroughly, check all the data so that their inconsistency does not later become a problem for both.

After the transaction is concluded, the new car owner needs to take out a car insurance policy again, since the previous owner is indicated in the old one. The policy can be asked at the MREO for re-registration of the car. It can be formalized in the same organization where the contract was concluded.

List of documents for re-registration of a car without changing license plates:

identification;
contract for the purchase of a vehicle;
commission agreement;
vehicle passport;
previous registration documents;
auto insurance policy.

A small nuance: the MREO may ask you to show your car license plates, so they must be removed first.

The information will be checked against various databases for organizational restrictions regarding the vehicle. If no restrictions are identified, the person is sent to another window, where the documents will be returned to him.

The application, which is written to re-register a car without changing the number plates, the form can be viewed in advance on the Internet. Then he will receive a receipt for payment of the state. duties. You can pay it at any bank.

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Advantages of the re-registration process: