What documents are needed to register a car with the traffic police?

What is car registration?

In essence, this is the registration of a vehicle by its identification VIN number in the traffic police with the issuance of other identifying items - license plates. That is, the car has a VIN, which is tied to its essence (more precisely, to the body). And when registering a car, they issue license plates, which are already tied to the car in the context of registration with the traffic police - for fines and the like. At the same time, the owner can change the numbers, but the VIN cannot.

Registration is carried out in a special registration department (MREO) of the traffic police. At the same time, if you bought a used car, then you register it; it is already registered with the previous owner. But since you need to change the owner’s registration documents, you need to re-register this car in your name. And only new, recovered from recycling or found vehicles are registered.

In general, the order of this process includes the main stages:

submitting an application for registration (registration) with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate,
payment of the state fee for the procedure,
collection of documents,
on-site inspection,
issuance of new documents.

What documents should a car driver have when driving it?

Driver's license.

This is the basis of a document confirming that an individual has a special right to drive a vehicle.

Naturally in the so-called “Rights” must have a corresponding category open and they must be valid.

Attention!
If a driver drives a car with an expired license, it is equivalent to driving a car without a license! For this, a fine of 30,000 rubles is provided.

Vehicle registration certificate.

OSAGO policy.

The driver driving the car must be included in the policy or the policy must have no limit on the number of drivers.

What is the penalty for lack of documents?

If the driver does not have any of the documents with him (COP, VU, OSAGO policy), he will be punished with a fine of 500 rubles. in accordance with Part 2 of Art. 12.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

However, there is one subtlety - since the inspector cannot verify that the driver has the right to drive the car, the possibility that the car will be taken to a impound lot cannot be ruled out.

To avoid this, in the protocol that will be drawn up about the lack of documents, write a petition - “I ask you not to evacuate the car until (specify time),” during which time you must have time to present the documents. Ask friends or relatives to transport them for you.

If you do not have a valid MTPL policy, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, you will be fined 800 rubles.

If you do not have a driver’s license and have never received one before, for starters, you will be fined 5,000 - 15,000 rubles. In accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 12.7 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

If you were deprived of the right to drive a vehicle, but still got behind the wheel, you will be fined 30 thousand rubles or administrative arrest for up to 15 days. see Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Conclusion.

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What documents are needed for registration with the MREO in 2021?

The list of required documents is quite simple, but varies depending on the specific situation. In addition, there are a number of subtleties when some of the documents are lost, unusable and other non-standard cases. Let's look at them all!

Buying a new car

So, if you picked up a brand new car from the showroom, then it is registered with the traffic police for the first time, and you need the most minimal set of documents for registration:

PTS,
OSAGO,
contract of sale,
passport,
2 receipts for payment of state fees (see below),
registration application (can be filled out at State Services, instructions below).

If the car is used

In this case, there is exactly one more document:

PTS,
OSAGO,
vehicle registration certificate (STS),
contract of sale,
passport,
receipt of payment of state duty (see below),
registration application (can be filled out at State Services, instructions below).

Now let's look at all these documents in detail (perhaps, except for the passport - nothing complicated here)!

PTS

The vehicle passport is the only document the owner needs, which comes with the car from the factory. Everything here is quite simple - to register with the traffic police you will need a PTS:

in case of purchasing a new car - with a registered person - you after the legal entity-car dealership,
in case of purchasing a used car - with a person registered - you after the previous owner.

The buyer must be entered into the PTS at the stage of completing the transaction (signing the contract), and not at the registration department of the traffic police.

If the PTS runs out of space

In this case, it will have to be replaced, and there are 2 options:

the seller does this before the sale by submitting the appropriate application, then the MREO will issue a duplicate title,
This is done by the buyer already at the stage of registering the car in his name at the MREO, then, along with signing the contract, the buyer needs to write in the margins of the expired vehicle passport.

Which of these options to choose is a matter of the specific transaction, that is, how the parties to the transaction agree. There are no other subtleties in this matter for 2021.

If PTS is in the bank

This is already a rather difficult case, and the point here is not the lack of a passport as such and the difficulty in registering, but the consequences of the fact that the car itself is pledged to the bank (in this case, the bank can take it away even from a bona fide buyer). We examined all the subtleties of this issue in a separate article about cases where PTS is in a bank or microfinance organization.

If the PTS is lost

Then, in the same way as the empty space, it needs to be restored. This procedure is simple, and the application can also be submitted by both the seller during the sale and the buyer after the purchase. The only difference is that:

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If the title is restored by the buyer, then in the application for registering the car with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, you must indicate that the title needs to be replaced, and pay a state fee of 800 rubles (560 if paid through State Services).

We have a separate article about restoring a lost passport.

OSAGO policy

To register or register with the traffic police, you will need valid MTPL insurance. The main requirements for it are:

the owner in the policy upon registration must be the current owner (buyer),
The period of use of the car in the policy must be at least 3 months (transit insurance for 20 days is not suitable).

According to the first option, it is also possible for the seller (more precisely, the policyholder) to change the owner in the current policy. But for the seller this is a loss, since otherwise he can return the money for the unused insurance period.

However, you won’t need the policy itself directly at the MREO of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate when registering the car (especially if you have issued an e-MTPL) - here they check its availability in the database. However, it is better to take it with you (or a printout in case of electronic insurance).

Calculate the cost of your MTPL policy

Registration certificate

Everything here is also simple - when buying a car, the seller, in addition to the keys and the contract, must give you a pink plastic certificate. When re-registering, you hand over the STS to the traffic police and receive a new one, where you will be indicated as the owner.

If the STS is lost

The situation is completely similar to the loss of PTS. It can be restored by both the seller and the buyer when registering the vehicle. Only in the latter case, unlike the loss of a PTS, you do not need to pay anything additional (after all, you will be given a new one in any case), and indicate in the application that the document is lost.

We have a separate article on restoring STS in case of loss.

Contract of sale

This is also a mandatory document. The data of the seller and buyer under the contract must match those entered in the PTS, and if we are talking about a used car, then the seller under the contract must be indicated in the STS. Also, when completing the transaction, make sure that you have 2 copies of the signed agreement in your hands - one will remain with the traffic police.

If you bought a car from a reseller who did not register the car in his name, then you will need the entire chain of sales contracts to present to the traffic police from the person indicated in the STS. Or, as an option (a rather dangerous option, however), an agreement with an empty buyer field (which will be filled in by you during the transaction), where the seller will again be the one indicated in the STS.

And remember, in 2021 you cannot buy a car without a contract - by proxy you are taking it just to show off, but legally the car still does not belong to you.

Statement

It is written in one copy and submitted at the place of registration of the car. You can write by hand or print, but we strongly recommend doing this through State Services (instructions below).

Documents for purchasing a used car

Often people, wanting to save money, buy used cars and do not know what documents are needed for such a purchase. If you buy a car second-hand, it is best to use the services of a notary to legalize the transfer of the vehicle to you by the seller and confirm payment for the purchase.

To complete the transaction you will need the following documents:

Contract of sale;
Passports of the seller and buyer;
Vehicle passport;
Vehicle registration certificate, if not deregistered;
Vehicle inspection certificate (may be expired);
Car insurance.

The notary will confirm the transfer of the car and keys to the new owner, as well as the fact of payment for the purchase.

Using the PTS you can track the entire history of car purchases and sales. Always ask for the original of this document, but if the seller provides you with a duplicate PTS, it is better to check with the traffic police through intermediaries all the information about the car, so that later it does not turn out that it was stolen. You will not be able to independently verify such data, since the provision of such information to citizens is not provided for either by the Rules for Registration of Vehicles (Vehicles) or by the Administrative Regulations for performing the function of registering a vehicle.

If an already completed transaction does not comply with Art. 168 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, then the court may invalidate it and then your car will have to be given to the rightful owner, and the money will be demanded from the person who sold it to you. In this case, the owner may not even know that his car was being sold if he did not give his consent to the sale. Such a transaction will be regarded as carried out only on behalf of the previously authorized person, but not in the interests of the owner of the car, as Art. 183 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

State duties

So, we moved on to the financial component of our question about the procedure for registering a car with the traffic police. To register your car, you may be required to pay the following government fees.

For issuing a new STS - always, since in all cases a new certificate is issued: 500 rubles (350 when paying through State Services),
For making changes to the PTS - always, unless the document runs out of space to add a new owner: 350 rubles (245 when paying through State Services),
For issuing a new PTS - if there is no space in the old one: 800 rubles (560 when paying through State Services),
For issuing new license plates - if you bought a new car: 2000 rubles (1400 when paying through State Services); 1500/1050 rubles respectively, if we are talking about a motorcycle or trailer. If you buy a used car, then in any case it must have license plates (you can only change them if you wish), only if the vehicle was not imported from abroad or deregistered.

All prices are valid for 2021. When paying at a bank, the applicant must match the state fee with the owner upon registration, otherwise the state fee will be invalid. Save the receipts for presentation to the traffic police when registering or registering the car.

Car registration procedure

The procedure for registering with the traffic police or registration is quite simple and, as we mentioned above, consists of 5 main procedures. We will describe them in more detail, except for collecting documents and paying state fees, to which we devoted a lot of text above.

And let's start with the procedure for submitting an application to register the MREO. It can be submitted online and in person to the traffic police department.

Step-by-step instructions for submitting an application for registration through State Services

To do this, we first need to register and log in to the State). For 2021, this procedure has been significantly simplified (previously it was necessary to come to various organizations in person with a passport).

So, here's the step-by-step application process!

Log in to the State Administration and go to the “Transport and Driving” section (hereinafter we will provide screenshots of the computer version of the site, but in the mobile version and in the State Services application everything is identical).
Next, go to the “Vehicle Registration” section.
Then select the set.
Now you need to choose one of the following, if you are registering a new car with the traffic police or one that was previously deregistered,
or “Change owner data” if you bought a used car.

Next, on the page that opens, you need to familiarize yourself with the terms of service, the cost of paying state fees, select the state fees you need from the instructions above and click on the “Get service” button.

Now the most time-consuming part is to correctly fill out all the fields of the application form. There should be no difficulties here, all data is standard.

Next, at the very bottom of the page, at the last stage of filling out, you need to select the traffic police department where it is convenient for you to register or register (this does not have to be your residential address), and the time to visit the traffic police MREO.

Submitting an application in person to the traffic police

Everything is simpler here: you need to fill out an application and submit it to the traffic police in person. The registration procedure must take place on the day of application.

(DOCX format),
(PDF format),

On-site inspection

This is a simple process if you or someone before you has not made changes to the design of the car, and its condition complies with the traffic rules, the Basic provisions for vehicle approval (Appendix to the traffic rules) and the Technical Regulations of the Customs Union.

Pay special attention to the following points that may cause registration refusal:

the car’s engine has been replaced with another one – different in characteristics and/or model (separate article on engine replacement),
tinting must comply with the rules,
the machine should not be equipped with gas cylinder equipment (LPG) without previously made changes to the design,
other design changes - even minor ones - must be suitable for a given car model (be approved by the manufacturer in the list or included with the car), including a towbar, roof rack and others,
The VIN number must match that indicated in the documents, be readable and have no signs of counterfeiting.

About deadlines

An important point is the registration period. According to paragraph 6 of Order No. 399 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, owners are given 10 days to register a car with the traffic police after acquiring ownership - that is, from the date specified in the sales contract. The same period is allotted for car insurance under MTPL.

The fine for late registration of a car is 500 rubles under Part 1 of Article 12.1 of the Administrative Code, and if you are caught again, you may be deprived of your license for up to 3 months.

Also remember that if we are talking about a used car, then the previous owner on the 11th day after the sale has the right to deregister the car with the traffic police. And then for driving an unregistered car you will face the confiscation of license plates and STS.

You can rewrite the contract (even re-sell the car to your relative/friend, etc.), but this is also stopped by the courts in 2021.

Something else useful for you:

How to buy a used car legally?
Is it necessary to change the registration certificate when changing the registered address?
I lost the title of my car - how to restore it?

Nuances when searching for a vehicle

Already in the process of searching for a second hand vehicle, you should pay attention to how the owner of the car you like talks to the potential future owner. If you answer simple questions about the title data, previous purchase of a car (in the showroom or second hand), etc. he answers very generally or remains silent at all, and also, if he offers to look at the car somewhere in an uninhabited place or outside the city, then it is better to refuse immediately, because there is a high probability of encountering scammers.

You should also remember that a used car, its make, year of manufacture and condition must correspond to the price. That is, if during a search a person saw a car that cost 100-150 thousand rubles. is less than the market value of comparable technical specifications (while the ad says that the car is problem-free), then 99% of it is a hoax and it’s not even worth calling on such an ad.

You cannot deposit money even under the pretext of booking a car before a personal meeting with the owner, and it is better not to transfer any money at all until the purchase and sale agreement is concluded. Such fraud has become very common in the modern used car market.

useful links

The procedure for checking a car before purchasing for successful registration.
About the period of registration and acquisition of compulsory motor liability insurance after purchasing a car.
About cases with a replaced engine.
Is it possible to register a car in another city?
Amounts of state duties for 2021.
How to register a car if 10 days fall on a weekend?
How to register a car of a legal entity with the traffic police?
How to check whether the previous owner removed the car from the traffic police register?
Will they be registered and deregistered if there are fines?
What happens if you don’t register your car within 10 days?
Order No. 399 on the procedure for registering a vehicle.
Order No. 605 on the state service for vehicle registration.