Re-registration of a car to a new owner without changing license plates: how much does it cost to re-register a car, if it is necessary to preserve them, what is the amount of the state duty?

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Selling a vehicle always involves the preparation of relevant documents. In 2021, the procedure for re-registering a car at the traffic police takes an impressive amount of time. After it was decided that the car could be sold together with the state registration marks installed on it, the registration period was significantly reduced. Re-registration of a car without changing license plates allows you to save time for the buyer and seller, as well as become the owner of a car with attractive license plates.

Conditions

In 2021, there are several mandatory conditions for re-registration of a newly purchased car without replacing state registration marks. These include:

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Availability of a car purchase and sale agreement.
Collected package of documents.
Paid state duty for services provided by traffic police officers.
Availability of a car for inspection by traffic police officers.

If the new owner of the vehicle cannot, for some reason, independently participate in the registration process, then delegation of authority to another person is allowed. A prerequisite is the presence of a power of attorney for the right to carry out this operation with a car, which is certified by a notary.

Attention

If the car owner does not plan to replace the state registration plates of the car, then this should be indicated in the application. Forcibly, a traffic police officer will indicate the need to replace plates only if they do not meet the standard in force in the Russian Federation.

If existing state registration marks are erased or have damage that prevents their identification, then they will also have to be replaced with new ones. An alternative solution would be to issue duplicates that can be installed to replace damaged ones.

Law on re-registration of a car without changing license plates in 2021

In 2021, the legislative framework of the Russian Federation contains several basic regulatory documents that give the right to re-register a vehicle without changing license plates. The main law regulating this procedure is Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 605. It was published on August 7, 2013 and is called “On approval of the Administrative List of Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for registration of vehicles and trailers.” This document states that it is mandatory to change license plates and remove a vehicle from state registration if the buyer is outside the Russian Federation or when registering a vehicle for disposal. In other cases, it is not necessary to deregister a car for sale and replace the license plates with new ones.

The procedure for registering a car without changing state registration marks in 2021 is also regulated by such regulatory documents as:

Article 333.33, paragraph 36 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation. It describes the calculation of the cost for processing the relevant documents;
Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. This regulatory act regulates the degree of punishment for the owner who did not re-register the vehicle within the allotted time.

These regulations list all the registration nuances that a car owner may encounter when re-registering a car without changing license plates in 2021.

Normative base

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 21, 2019 N 950 “On approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of state services for vehicle registration” allows us to simplify the process of selling a car and save money and time. According to it, the number plates are changed and deregistered if the vehicle is to be scrapped or sold to a buyer located abroad.

According to Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated December 21, 2019 N 950, in order to re-register a car without changing license plates in 2021, the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate requires a vehicle purchase and sale agreement drawn up in full compliance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Drawing up a transfer and acceptance certificate is not necessary, but is not a useless operation. The mentioned order requires filling out a PTS upon sale. The vehicle passport contains some information regarding the owner of the car.

In addition to the order described, the process of re-registration of a car without changing license plates is regulated by:

Article 333.33 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, which establishes the cost of obtaining various documents. With its help, in 2021 you can calculate the total registration price.
Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. It determines the liability that the driver may bear if he does not register the vehicle on time.
Article 333.35 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, which regulates the re-registration of a car without changing license plates through the public services portal.
Federal Law “On state registration of vehicles in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” dated 03.08.2018 N 283-FZ.

The listed regulations take into account all the nuances and difficulties that occur when re-registering a car without changing license plates in 2021.

Required documents

To register a car as quickly as possible without changing state registration marks in 2021, you will need to collect a package of necessary documents. It includes:

A correctly completed application for vehicle registration.
Original PTS (if you do not have the original, you must have a duplicate of the document with you).
Concluded purchase and sale agreement.
STS, which is a confirming document that a vehicle has passed the state registration procedure.
Passport of the new owner.

IMPORTANT
When re-registering a car without changing license plates in 2021, you must approach the process of collecting documents as responsibly as possible. Otherwise, there is a high risk of refusal to accept them. The procedure for re-registration of the vehicle will be postponed for the period during which the car owner collects and provides the necessary certificates and documents.

Nuances and possible difficulties

When transferring car registration plates, you need to take into account one detail: the numbers must be without damage, and the paint on them should not be easily erased. Otherwise, the procedure will be refused. If you find that the license plates are damaged, we advise you to make duplicates in advance.

When submitting an application to the MREO for changes in vehicle registration information, you must immediately submit an application to save the number. After changing the registration data, you will be given a new STS and license plates, and all the necessary information will be entered into the PTS.

It is important not to forget about one more detail: changes must also be reflected in the MTPL policy. Otherwise, problems may arise with compensation in case of an accident. If you own an electronic MTPL, you can do this online, all you have to do is wait for a response from the insurance company.

Old numbers will be taken for storage at the traffic police, the storage period is a maximum of 180 days. After this period, if the owner does not show up, the numbers will be transferred to another owner. Therefore, we recommend that you meet this deadline, register the vehicle and attach an application to preserve the license plates.

As already mentioned, in the end you will receive the same license plates for the last car, as well as a new STS.

How should a car purchase and sale agreement be filled out?

Correct execution of the purchase and sale agreement will allow you to carry out the procedure for re-registration of the vehicle in the shortest possible time and without any delays or complications.

A properly completed contract should contain information such as:

Information about the place and date of imprisonment.
Full information about the seller. It includes your full name (for a legal entity, the full name is required, as well as details), registration and actual residence address, as well as the series and number of the passport.
Complete information about the buyer. Passport details, full name, addresses of place of registration and actual residence.
Complete information about the car. This is the VIN code, body numbers, chassis, body type, state registration marks, chassis number, body color and year of manufacture. As well as information about the STS (number and date of issue).
Information that the vehicle is not pledged or under arrest. And also not previously sold to another buyer.
It is necessary to indicate the amount at which the previous owner valued the car. The fact of transfer of funds and the absence of mutual claims on this issue is also indicated.
Information is indicated that the right to own a car passes to the new owner from the moment the previous owner receives funds in the established amount.
Both parties put their signatures at the bottom of the document.

If all the information is contained in the purchase and sale agreement, then registration of the vehicle without changing the license plates proceeds quite quickly. Experts recommend using the help of a qualified lawyer who can advise on the nuances of registration and monitor the transaction.

Features of re-registration of a car under a purchase and sale agreement in 2021

In addition, you can re-register a vehicle without an owner even if a purchase and sale agreement is drawn up. According to the new laws, participation in the re-registration of the owner is not mandatory.

The owner registers the car in his own name, confirming ownership of the car by presenting a contract, a sample of which you can download or view above.

The procedure for re-registration of a car without changing license plates

To make the procedure for re-registration of a car without changing license plates in 2021 as easy as possible for the owner, we will consider each stage in detail:

Collection of the necessary package of documents. If for any reason the owner has questions about the advisability of providing this or that paper, we recommend that you read the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 605, paragraph 15. An alternative is to contact an employee of the State Road Safety Inspectorate with a request to advise on this issue.
Visit the nearest traffic police department or the one that has the most convenient territorial location. Use the terminal to get a ticket and wait for your turn.

Attention:
The owner does not have to contact the traffic police department at his place of residence. It is enough to choose an organization that is located in the most convenient place for a person (at his place of work or simply in the area along his daily route).

Hand over the previously prepared documentation to the traffic police officer performing the reception.
Place the vehicle on the site intended for inspection by the inspector.
Go through the vehicle inspection procedure. The inspector will check the numbers and VIN code indicated in the PTS, and also conduct an external inspection of the car.
Pay the full amount of the state fee for the services provided.
Get new documents. Traffic police officers make changes to PTS and STS, as well as to their own database.

IMPORTANT
You should not delay the process of paying state fees. Until the traffic police officer is convinced that there is a receipt for payment, the process of issuing new documentation will be stopped. For maximum convenience of citizens, most traffic police departments have a terminal that allows you to pay the state fee on the spot.

New rules for car re-registration

In 2021, the only reasons for deregistering a car are its disposal or sale of the vehicle outside the country . In other cases, you just need to make some changes to the registration data. It looks like this:

the buyer purchases a vehicle already with license plates;
within 10 days the machine d.b. registered, for which the new owner needs to contact any traffic police department convenient for him with the appropriate application for registration.

The region of the Russian Federation in which the car was previously registered is absolutely not important today and does not affect the procedure for your actions. In the same way, changing the owner of a car without changing license plates in 2021 is not affected by where the buyer of the car is registered at the place of residence.

Correctly draw up the purchase and sale agreement

As before, a vehicle purchase and sale agreement is sufficient to complete the transaction. The latter must comply with the civil code, that is, it must contain passport details and place of registration of the buyer and seller are indicated. For a car, you need to rewrite all the parameters from the title and, of course, indicate the price for which this car is purchased. Corrections in the contract are not allowed, so write everything without errors.

It would also be useful to draw up an act of acceptance and transfer of the vehicle. After this, the buyer must visit the insurance company to conclude a contract of compulsory vehicle insurance, then it will be possible to visit the traffic police to make changes to the registration data of the car. We will tell you in more detail about how to re-register a car without the risk of problems in the future.

Rules for filling out PTS

When buying or selling a car, you must fill out a PTS, which indicates the details of the car owner. There must be a free space in the vehicle passport in which this data is recorded. If there is none left, then the seller must obtain a new title, otherwise the new owner may have difficulties registering the car.

In the PTS you will need to fill out only 6 points:

Owner's full name;
Registration of the new owner;
Date of sale or transfer of the vehicle;
Document on the right of ownership of the vehicle (purchase and sale agreement);
Seller's signature;
Buyer's signature.

One of the disadvantages of registering a car without changing the number plates is possible problems when registering the car with the new owner. Previously, a car simply could not be deregistered if there were any discrepancies in the documents. Now the buyer is faced with the problem of reconciling license plates or, for example, checking permits for modifications to the car, documents for additional equipment, for example, gas.

Car registration deadlines

The owner should know that he has only 10 days from the date of concluding the purchase and sale agreement to register a newly purchased vehicle without changing the license plates in 2021. This period of time is regulated by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 399. That is, within 10 calendar days from the date of purchase of the car, the new owner must visit the traffic police and go through the state registration procedure. If it was decided not to change the license plates, then the duration of registration will be relatively short.

In 2021, maximum time intervals have been established for each stage of vehicle registration:

No more than 15 minutes to wait for a call using a ticket taken from the terminal.
It takes about 20 minutes to check the information provided, which is contained in the package of documents. The traffic police inspector sends a request to both the customs service and the tax service.
The inspector inspects the vehicle for no more than 20 minutes at a site specially equipped for this purpose.
Making a decision to register or refuse takes about 10 minutes.

Attention:
If registration of a vehicle without replacing license plates in 2021 occurs in the name of a legal entity, then the duration of each stage remains unchanged. The only difference will be an expanded package of documents that will need to be provided to the traffic police officer. Collecting documentation takes more time.

Re-registration price

In 2021, the total cost of registration remains unchanged. It is regulated by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, Article 333.33, paragraph 36, and consists of several components:

registration of STS will cost the owner 500 rubles;
Registration of PTS will cost 800 rubles.

Additional information
If there is no free space in the PTS to enter additional information about the new owner, it becomes necessary to obtain a duplicate of the document. The cost of this service is also regulated by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, Article 333.33 and amounts to an additional 800 rubles to the total amount.

Fines for registering a car without changing license plates in 2021

If in 2021 the new owner did not carry out the procedure for re-registration of the car without changing the license plates within the period established by law (10 days from the date of concluding the purchase and sale agreement and purchasing the vehicle), then all fines for traffic violations will be sent to the name of the previous owner.

This applies to exceeding the speed limit and other violations that were recorded by automatic means of photo and video recording. Experts recommend that when receiving fines for an offense committed by the new owner, do not delay and immediately visit the nearest traffic police department.

The previous owner submits the previously prepared package of documents to the inspector. It includes:

Contract of sale.
A correctly completed application requesting the deregistration of this vehicle.

Since the purchase and sale agreement has been concluded and the vehicle with keys and documents has been transferred to the new owner, the previous owner is not obliged to provide copies of the PTS and STS. The traffic police officer must deregister the car based on the received application and the purchase and sale agreement.

Nuances

Experts recommend not to delay the car registration procedure. This will allow you to avoid many unpleasant moments associated with receiving fines for the previous owner. Or with the seizure of a vehicle that is registered with the previous owner. This situation arises if the car owner, for example, has an outstanding debt on traffic police fines or loans.

The new owner should remember that in 2021, you can sign up for the re-registration of a vehicle without changing the license plates on the State Services portal. This solution will significantly reduce the period of time waiting for your turn and will speed up the procedure at the MREO.

Question	Answer
Is it necessary for the previous owner to be present at the procedure for re-registration of a car without changing plates at the traffic police?	No. In 2021, it is enough to provide a correctly completed purchase and sale agreement and the new owner can independently go through the procedure of re-registration of the car.
What documents are required to register a vehicle without changing license plates at the traffic police?	For registration you will need the following documents: New owner's passport. Completed purchase and sale agreement. PTS. STS. A correctly completed application for registration of a vehicle without changing state registration marks.
Is it necessary to make changes to the MTPL insurance policy if the license plates have not been replaced with others?	Undoubtedly. The new owner must either renew the contract with the selected insurance company or make changes to an existing document.

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The legislative framework

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.