We re-register the car to a relative without deregistering it

• What is an agreement to donate a car to a relative?
• When is it necessary to donate a car to a relative?
• How to draw up an agreement to donate a car to a relative in 2018

An agreement to donate a car to a relative is the primary document that you will need if you want to donate a car. In this material we will talk about all the intricacies of drawing up a deed of gift for a car in various situations; here you will also find a form and a sample car donation agreement for 2018.

Ways to re-register a car to a new owner

Direct (clean) re-registration

The procedure for direct re-registration of a vehicle is the simplest and most economical for re-registering a car to a new owner without deregistration with the traffic police. The removal and simultaneous registration of vehicles is carried out automatically when the new owner contacts the traffic police department.

Often, the procedure for re-registration of a vehicle is necessary for its purchase and sale. However, in addition to this, the question of changing registration data may arise when:

• donating a car;
• inheritance;
• change of surname or place of registration by the owner of the car.

In addition to all of the above, a person who wants to register a car, which he uses under a general power of attorney, will have to go through the direct re-registration procedure.

It is also necessary to re-register the vehicle when changing citizenship, but you will have to pay an additional state fee.

Re-registration without changing numbers

As of 2021, the new owner of a vehicle can re-register it in his or her name without changing the registration number.

To complete this procedure, it is enough to present to the State Traffic Inspectorate office only a document confirming the transaction between the buyer and seller of the car. Thus, the waiting time for receiving new registration plates is significantly reduced.

Re-registration of a vehicle without changing plates is suitable for persons buying a car from Russian citizens. If the new owner of the car decides to keep the old license plates when re-registering, he will significantly save time and money. Today this difference is estimated at almost three thousand rubles.

Important! Today, citizens of the Russian Federation are allowed to carry out the process of re-registration of a vehicle without changing its license plate at any traffic police department, regardless of the permanent place of registration of the new car owner and where this car was previously registered.

To re-register a vehicle, a citizen must go to the nearest branch within ten days, where, based on a corresponding application, a specialist will provide a service for re-registration of the vehicle, as well as advise on any issues.

When re-registering a vehicle, you can enter the details of the new owner into the insurance. But the best thing would be to visit the insurance company to conclude a new contract in the name of the current owner.

Re-registration with change of numbers

Based on general rules, vehicle registration plates follow the vehicle. They are its basic information, from which you can obtain information such as:

• Owner's full name;
• place of registration;
• number of offenses committed and fines;
• “history” of the car - whether it was stolen, an accident, a loan.

They can be replaced upon the request of the former or new owner of the car. The previous owner of the car has the right to keep the registration plates for installation on the next purchased car.

Also, re-registration of a vehicle with a change in registration numbers is mandatory for those who want to take the purchased vehicle outside the state. In this case, the new owner of the car must contact the State Traffic Inspectorate office with a corresponding application to deregister it and obtain transit numbers.

Methods of transferring a car to a relative

There are 4 main ways to transfer ownership of a car to a relative. The choice of method may depend on life circumstances, for example, if we are talking about inheritance, as well as on the format of the transaction. Note that one of the options does not involve a change of owner, as well as registration, which imposes certain obligations on the owner.

You can obtain ownership of a car from a relative in the following ways:

Let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of all options in more detail, as well as the best situations for using each method.

Gift deed

Only the owner can donate a car. Drawing up such an agreement by a third party is permissible only if there is a general power of attorney with the right to transfer the car.

Important features of a gift agreement involving the transfer of a car to a relative include:

The transaction itself in this case is free of charge, that is, nothing is required in return for the provided car, neither cash nor other valuables. The state fee is 1000 rubles and is paid by the new owner. This is the best way to transfer a car to a relative without selling it.

When concluding a gift agreement, it is desirable to have witnesses present; their testimony will be required if one of the parties decides to challenge the agreement.

General power of attorney

One of the ways to transfer a car to a relative is to write a general power of attorney. In this option, the car is not only not deregistered, but the owner does not change at all. The advantage of this option is that it is enough to write one document listing all the rights of the trustee. However, the method has a whole list of disadvantages:

In most cases, the method is used when the owner temporarily transfers the vehicle to a close relative so that he can carry out certain actions, for example, undergo a technical inspection.

A general power of attorney is not the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to another person, it is simply the right to use another person’s car. It can be issued either to a relative or to a stranger. There is no state fee, but you will need to pay for the services of a notary who will certify the document.

If you plan to travel abroad by car, then it is worth making a general power of attorney, and be sure to indicate in it the right to cross the state border.

Inheritance

You can also obtain ownership of a car through inheritance law. After the death of the testator, his property passes to his relatives either by will or by law . The first priority legal successors are spouses and children. An important feature of inheritance is that the right to dispose of property occurs only six months after the death of a person. The fact is that for 6 months the notary is checking the rights of the heirs.

After receiving the certificate of accession to the rights of the heir, the assignee must re-register the car in his name within ten days. But this procedure is only necessary if a person plans to operate the vehicle. In cases where the car is not needed and it is planned to sell it, it is permissible to register it directly to the buyer . The document reflecting the ownership of the seller's car will be an inheritance certificate.

Useful article on this topic:

When re-registering a car due to inheritance, you must pay a state fee. Its size is determined by the degree of relationship between the testator and the successor. Recipients of the first priority contribute 0.3% of the value of the property, and the rest - 0.6%. Due to the peculiarities of calculating the contribution, an assessment of the vehicle is required before re-registration.

During the first 6 months, the first-degree successor, or specified in the will, can operate the car, but it is prohibited to issue powers of attorney or enter into any transactions with the vehicle.

Sale

If for some reason the gift agreement is not suitable, then you can use a standard purchase and sale agreement. It is applicable both when concluding transactions with third parties and with relatives. The property transfer process is standard:

The citizen has 10 days to re-register the car. After this period, a fine of 500 rubles will be charged.

A similar method is often used when re-registering a car to a relative. For example, if parents want an adult child to have a valuable car, then they can ask him to pay a fee (even less than the cost of the car) and have everything officially recorded. The procedure can be carried out without deregistration.

When selling a vehicle, you must pay income tax. But at the state level some benefits are provided. For example, the contribution is not transferred if the transaction amount is less than 250,000 rubles.

Cost of the re-registration procedure

Today, it is important for a car enthusiast to have all the information about the cost of the procedure for re-registering a car with replacing the numbers or maintaining the old ones.

When concluding a contract for the sale and purchase of a car without changing license plates, re-registration to a new owner will cost eight hundred and fifty rubles: three hundred and fifty for entering new data into the PTS and five hundred for issuing a new registration certificate.

However, when re-registering a vehicle with a change of license plates, you will have to spend almost four times more. The state fee for this procedure will be 2,850 rubles, since it is additionally necessary to pay two thousand rubles for the production and issuance of new license plates.

On a note! In case of re-registration of a vehicle during the period 01/01/2017-01/01/2019, a thirty percent discount on payment of state duty is available through State Services, that is, the new owner of the car will pay 1,995 rubles for its re-registration with replacement of license plates.

Registration for a relative

Clause 15.5 of the above-mentioned regulations states the need to provide evidence of preference for owning a car to the government agency.

Therefore, re-registration to a relative in 2021 is possible according to two legal schemes, namely:

1. By deed of gift. In this situation, a gift agreement is drawn up, in which the current car owner is the donor, and the potential owner from among the relatives is the recipient. The document states that the transfer of the car is free of charge, describes in detail the subject of the agreement, and indicates as a guarantee of the security of the transaction that there are no claims by third parties on the car.
2. According to the sales agreement. The agreement is based on a fee basis, which must be specified. Information about the participants, evidentiary information about the validity of the seller’s prerogative of ownership, as well as ensuring that there are no pledges or claims of other persons on the car are also recorded.

Having drawn up one of the agreements, the registration procedure will not be difficult at all.

Documents required when re-registering a car

To re-register a car at the State Traffic Inspectorate department, you must provide the following documents:

• application of the appropriate sample for re-registration;
• personal passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• PTS – vehicle passport;
• vehicle registration certificate;
• receipt of payment of state duty;
• an agreement confirming the purchase and sale of a vehicle;
• OSAGO policy.

In some cases, it is additionally necessary to provide other documents certifying the ownership of the car, for example, a gift or inheritance agreement.

Risk three

Broken relationships. It's no secret that even with close relatives, relationships are not always built smoothly. Add here the advanced age of the car owner. Any little thing can be a reason for a quarrel.

Not only can the owner refuse to perform the necessary manipulations with the car, but he also has the right to dispose of it at his own discretion. And you will have to run through the courts, bear costs and defend your case for many months.

How to fill out the PTS correctly?

The vehicle passport (PTS) is the main document of the car, which contains all the information about its owner. This document is needed to re-register a vehicle at the traffic police department, so it is important to know how to fill it out correctly.

In the PTS you need to fill out only four points, excluding signatures:

• Full name of the new owner of the car;
• his residence address;
• date of drawing up the purchase and sale agreement;
• information about the document giving the right to own the car.

At the end of filling out the above data, the signatures of the buyer and seller are placed. For legal entities, an additional seal is additionally affixed and one seal without a signature is also allowed.

What's the best way to transfer a car to my son?

When buying a car through a purchase and sale agreement, you become the full owner of the car, and when buying a car by proxy, you become the owner, but not the owner of the car (owner and possessor are different legal concepts), because You are not actually buying a car, but only the right to use and dispose of the car, and all rights of the owner remain with the seller.

Car donation agreement (deed of gift)

Currently, there are several ways to transfer ownership of a property.

Most often, car owners sell a vehicle using a car purchase and sale agreement.

However, this method cannot always be used, because When selling a car, its owner is forced to pay the appropriate tax.

In practice, there are situations in which you can completely avoid paying tax if you use a gift agreement or deed of gift.

How to issue a deed of gift for a car

“I want to give my car to my son-in-law, that is, draw up a deed of gift. Please tell me where to go and what documents are needed?” IN.

P. ZEMTSOV (Kursk). One of the ways to acquire a vehicle is to alienate it under a gift agreement concluded in a simple written or notarial form. Although no legislative act provides for mandatory notarization of alienation agreements (purchase and sale, exchange, donation, etc.)

When divorcing her husband, she bought a car from him (she gave 1/2 of the cost of the car), and transferred this car from her husband to her father at the Traffic Police in May 2012, since she was still married to her husband.

Initially, no amount was specified in the purchase and sale agreement; when accepting the documents, the inspector said to indicate “Gross transfer,” since this is not a sale, but a re-registration. But due to the fact that the money I paid my husband for, took on credit, needs to be paid back, I decided to sell it in July 2012.

How to correctly conclude a vehicle purchase and sale agreement?

To confirm the purchase and sale of a vehicle, it is necessary to draw up a contract in simple written form. It is not necessary to have it notarized. There are no clear requirements for drawing up an agreement. But it is allowed to use a generally accepted template so as not to miss important details of the transaction and not to make unnecessary mistakes.

To conclude a contractual document for the purchase of a car, you need a title, registration certificate and identification documents of the parties to the transaction. It must be completed in triplicate. First, all passport details of each party involved in the transaction are indicated.

Next, fill in the identification information about the car being sold according to the technical passport. It is also necessary to indicate the full cost of the car, the payment procedure, the date of transfer of the vehicle to the new owner and the terms of the contract for both parties. At the end, the signatures of the participants in the transaction are placed.

The main procedure for concluding a contract has been completed. From this moment on, the new owner of the car is given ten days to register the vehicle with the State Traffic Inspectorate.

Cases of invalidation of a gift agreement

Being a transaction by its legal nature, a donation can be declared invalid, like any contract. The most common cases of declaring a transaction invalid:

• foreclosure on the car in the form of seizure or bail;
• coercion and pressure that led to the transfer of property as a gift;
• the donor does not have ownership rights to the vehicle (with the exception of a general power of attorney from the owner);
• lack of registered property rights;
• donation on behalf of a representative of a minor/incapacitated owner;
• lack of consent of the donor's spouse to complete the transaction;
• recognition of the donor as incapacitated at the time of conclusion of the contract.

In some cases, the contract can be challenged and terminated. For example, if the new owner uses the property, worsening its condition, or makes an attempt on the life and health of the donor.

It is also possible to terminate the contract if the transfer of the car is envisaged in the future, and the current owner’s financial situation has worsened. In this case, the gift will only worsen the situation.

The procedure for re-registration of a car

The procedure for re-registration of a vehicle consists of several points:

• submission of relevant documents and applications;
• inspection of the vehicle by an employee of the State Traffic Inspectorate;
• obtaining a registration certificate and license plates (if necessary).

Before visiting the traffic police department, you must prepare all contractual documentation in advance and pay the state fee. The procedure for re-registration of a vehicle takes place within one day.

Re-registration of a car to a new owner through State Services

The process of registering vehicles through the Unified Portal of State Services will take you no more than half an hour. If the electronic application is approved, on the day and time designated by the applicant, it is necessary to appear at the traffic police department with the necessary contractual documentation.

First, you need to log into your account on the government services portal and find the “Car Registration” section. Next, you need to indicate the subject of the Russian Federation (city or other locality) and select “Change registration data”, since the car was already previously registered. Also on this page you should note information about the PTS - get a new one or make changes to the current one.

Next, you need to provide all the information about the owner of the car and information about the vehicle based on the title. At the next stage, you must provide information about the document giving the right to own the vehicle (sale and purchase agreement, inheritance, gift).

After filling out this page, the next step is to indicate the date, place and time of your visit to the traffic police department. Finally, click the “Submit Application” button.

In the “Information on this application” section you can download and print the application and receipt for payment of the state fee. Contact the bank to pay it. Next, you need to appear at the State Traffic Inspectorate at the appointed time. There you will be given a vehicle registration certificate and new license plates (optional).

In general, the procedure for re-registration of a car is important for both the owner and the buyer, which must be completed without error. Due to the decrease in legal protection of the parties to the contract, you need to be more careful when making a transaction.

Today, the re-registration process has become faster, although its sequence has remained unchanged. The new owner of a car can choose a more suitable way to re-register it, which will save time and money.

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Registering a car with the traffic police: Video

From October 15, 2013, citizens of our country can sell vehicles without deregistration, while maintaining their license plates, and also register the purchased car in any region of the Russian Federation. In this article we will look at the correct re-registration of a car according to the new rules.

How is everything going? In outline

The process of buying a vehicle can be divided into two stages:

• filling out the purchase and sale form;
• in the name of the buyer without deregistration.

This became possible thanks to the new car registration rules dated October 15, 2013. The entire text of the Administrative Regulations can be read on the Rossiyskaya Gazeta website, here is the link.

This law states: the car being sold is not deregistered. Now, the car seller correctly draws up the purchase and sale agreement, receives the agreed amount and transfers the vehicle to the new owner. The buyer purchases a car already with license plates and within 10 days must re-register the car in his name (). The transaction is completed without transit numbers; used cars are always sold with state license plates.

A vehicle is deregistered in two cases:

• selling it abroad (issuing transit);
• selling old cars for scrap metal.

According to this law, the selling party benefits; there is no need to visit the traffic police. Since the registration of the vehicle occurs through a purchase and sale agreement, this step is now assigned to the new owner.

It is also possible to draw up a purchase and sale agreement orally. To do this, both parties (selling and buying) must come to the traffic police to confirm the fact of the sale.

Where does buying a car begin? Verification of documents

What is needed to re-register a car, where to start the deal? Checking documents is the buyer’s first action.

The vehicle passport (PTS) must be:

• complete, without corrections or erasures;
• good to read;
• with watermarks (check for light) and security marks;
• if the car is a foreign car, then there should be a customs stamp at the bottom left.

Important: the PTS must have empty fields so that you can enter your data there. If they are absent, the car seller must visit the MREO traffic police department, where they will change the vehicle passport.

Also, if the purchased car is younger than 4-5 years, then the title must be without the inscription “DUPLICATE”. This is a guarantee - not a vehicle loan.

A young car should not have the inscription “DUPLICATE”

The next step: checking the car's passport data. Take this seriously, any inaccuracy in the documents, even by one number or letter, is a big problem for the new car owner.

Let me clarify what has to do with the car’s passport data:

• identification;
• and numbers of components (body, engine, chassis).

Carefully check the numbers on the vehicle and in the PTS, because according to the new rules of October 15, 2013, they are not deregistered. This means that the entire legal purity of the car during re-registration falls on your shoulders. It may happen that the purchased product will be seized, stolen, or will have broken numbers, not a real title, partial re-equipment of units and other problems.

Information for checking the VIN code:

• the identification number consists of Arabic numerals and capital letters of the Latin alphabet;
• The VIN number has 17 characters;
• the code does not contain the letters Q, O and I, they may be in the engine number;
• the identification number is usually located on the body, like a plate (the photo below shows the main locations of the VIN code).

VIN code location

Where is the engine number? The engine number plate may be under the oil level dipstick or in another location. By the way, American cars may have no code at all.

Checking the body/chassis number. For many cars, the chassis and body numbers are the same, so the PTS contains one or two identical body numbers. Some car enthusiasts confuse the body number and VIN code, as if there is no difference.

But this is not so, body code:

• consists of 9-12 characters;
• sometimes applied to a plate or body;
• may be under the hood or front seats.

Of course, when checking license plates, you need to vary depending on the make, type and model of the vehicle. For example, my Japanese truck doesn't have a VIN, just engine and frame numbers.

I can note that on modern cars, many manufacturers no longer put a body number. Only the VIN code is applied.

How to re-register a car when selling or buying without problems? Please note the numbers on the engine and body:

• characters must have the same font, height, width and thickness of lines;
• There must be no traces of processing, paint or welding at their location.

Advice . If you are not good at checking digital data, then take an experienced person with you. It happens that even from the factory, you can find irregularities in such license plates. After checking the data, you can go to any traffic police department and find out there whether the vehicle is on the wanted list.

This interesting video explains how to correctly check the documents for a purchased car:

Filling out documents

The following procedure for re-registration of a car is as follows: if you are satisfied with the title and the reconciliation of numbers was successful, then you can complete the transaction. You enter into a purchase and sale agreement with the selling party. The DCT form itself can be downloaded in different formats and you can see a sample of the filling there.

If you are not eager to fill out the purchase and sale form and you have extra money (from 500 to 2000 rubles), then you can resort to the services of offices that issue DPAs.

When filling out the DCT forms yourself, you must indicate:

• date and place of the transaction;
• data from the buyer’s and seller’s passports;
• all information about the vehicle: VIN code, make, model, color, year of manufacture, PTS number;
• transaction amount and sign 3 copies of the document.

Also, those who wish can enter themselves into the PTS, but it is better to leave this for the traffic police officers. The MREO will print it beautifully and without errors.

After transferring the money, the buyer takes the documents:

• your passport;
• vehicle passport;
• registration certificate;
• Car keys;
• diagnostic card (if available).

Don’t forget about the MTPL policy for the purchased car - you can’t drive without it. It is required to register it in advance for the car you are purchasing or, under an agreement with the previous owner, to include yourself in its policy. The diagnostic card can also be reissued to the buyer.

Let’s summarize the basic rules for re-registering a car, what you don’t need to do now:

• receive transit signs;
• have the sales contract form certified by a notary;
• go to the region where the car is registered.

List of documents and actions for re-registration of a car

1. From the selling side:

• PTS (vehicle passport);
• car registration certificate;
• passport.

2. From the buying side:

• passport;

3. It is necessary to decide on the numbers (state registration plates) for the car involved in the transaction. If the former owner wants to keep his numbers, then he needs to submit an application to the traffic police for this. These license plates are then removed from the car and transferred to the storage of the traffic police for up to 180 days. In return, new ones are issued, with which the vehicle is sold. If the seller does not need the numbers, then nothing is done.

4. Correctly draw up the purchase and sale agreement between the parties to the transaction.

5. The new owner must register the purchased car with the traffic police. We'll talk about this further.