A certificate of no deprivation of rights is a documentary confirmation from the MREO of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate that the citizen’s driver’s license was not confiscated in court. It is also possible to have a temporary driver's license. The necessary information is written out on a regular sheet of paper, then certified by the signature of a competent employee and the stamp of the organization. There is no specific form designed for this purpose. In some cases, it is necessary to submit a petition for non-deprivation of a driver’s license to the court (see the link for a sample).
Why do they require a certificate of non-deprivation of rights?
The document may be required for admission to the driver's license exam. According to the current law, the basis for exclusion from testing is the presence of a court injunction against driving. A certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license may be requested by:
- MREO;
- Gostekhnadzor (when a citizen tries to obtain a license to drive a tractor or combine);
- GIMS (upon receipt of a document for operating small vessels); employer.
Important. In Russia, there are carrier organizations that periodically require from their employees confirmation of non-deprivation of rights from the traffic police.
A certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license from the previous place of residence is requested from persons who have changed their address or moved to another region. MREO of Moscow requires such information from everyone who changes, receives a license if the person has lived in the capital for less than 2 years.
There are databases of names of persons deprived by a court of the right to drive cars. Information is available to employees of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, Gostekhnadzor, GIMS. Any inspector is able to obtain the necessary information in a few minutes. Despite automation, there are cases when government officials require citizens to provide a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver’s license from the traffic police at their previous registration address.
Who and why may need a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license
A certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license is a document confirming the fact that a citizen does not have a valid restriction on driving a vehicle. Previously, when there was no unified traffic police database, such paper was included in the list of basic documents required to obtain a license for the first time. It could also be requested by employers when hiring an employee whose activities were to be related to driving.
Today, a document on not depriving a driver of a driver’s license may be needed in the following situations:
- passing the exam to obtain the first driving license in the region of temporary registration;
- replacement of a driver's license due to its expiration or change of personal data of a citizen in the region of temporary registration;
- obtaining a new driving license in connection with the expansion of the category;
- submitting a request to receive a duplicate document in the region of temporary registration.
The emergence of a unified digital database of drivers makes it possible increasingly to do without a certificate of non-revocation of a driver’s license. Today, even an employer can check the status of an applicant’s rights by using a special service on the traffic police website.rf.
Methods for obtaining a document
The paper is drawn up by persons who are tested for their license not at their place of registration, but in another region. You have to obtain the document in your area. Due to the size of Russia, going home to get a certificate from the traffic police is not always realistic.
Confirmation that a person has not been deprived of a driver’s license by court is issued by the territorial departments of the MREO traffic police. An application for a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license can be sent by mail or submitted in person.
Remote request to the traffic police
It is not possible to submit a request for a certificate of non-deprivation of rights through the State Services portal. The real way to obtain the desired document is to contact the head of the examining department of the traffic police with an application. According to the current law, all government bodies must interact with each other. Traffic police departments belong to a single department. It is not difficult for employees of an organization to request data or retrieve information from a common database.
An application for a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver’s license can be drawn up and sent independently by mail. The statement states:
- full name;
- registration address.
A registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt cannot remain unanswered. It is registered in the incoming documentation book. Government organizations are obliged to respond to such requests from citizens.
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Through a personal visit
If testing takes place near your place of permanent registration, it is easier and faster to go get the necessary papers yourself. Procedure:
- They draw up a statement in which they indicate the essence of the issue and personal data.
- The application is submitted to the territorial department of the MREO.
The authority's employees check the data against the internal database and issue a response to the request received. If you apply in person, you can receive the required paper on the day you submit your application. The received certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license is provided at the place of request. Benefits of this design method:
- speed;
- reliability.
When applying in person, a citizen is able to check the correct spelling of his first name, last name, and other specified data.
This option is not suitable when citizens need to travel to another region to obtain a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver’s license requested by the examining body. Such actions entail:
- additional cash expenses;
- a large amount of time wasted.
Important. A certificate that can confirm the absence of deprivation of rights is not included in the list of required documents. Citizens are not required to provide it to the examining authorities when obtaining a driver’s license. Requiring such papers is illegal.
Request through third parties
You can speed up the process of obtaining the required information if you ask relatives or friends to go to the MREO. The law does not prescribe the procedure and rules for issuing a certificate of non-deprivation of a driver’s license, so a citizen is not required to be personally present when it is issued. There is no violation in the fact that instead of the applicant, his wife, mother, and other close people will contact the inspector. The authorized representative must have with him a photocopy of the passport of the person for whom the document is required. The received certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license can be sent by mail or transmitted in other ways.
How to get a document from the traffic police?
On one's own
If the driver lives near the place where the certificate was issued, you can apply for it yourself. The procedure for obtaining the document will be as follows :
- Contact the authority that issues a certificate of non-deprivation of rights at your place of residence.
- Provide information about yourself. They may be required to fill out a form or write a statement indicating:
- date of birth;
- FULL NAME;
- residential address;
- place of training or employment;
- the request for issuance and the purpose of obtaining the certificate;
- date and signature.
- Waiting for the result. Usually the document is received quickly, it is issued and issued to the applicant on the same day.
The main advantages of this design method:
- This is speed . The certificate can be collected on the day of application.
- Reliability . You can independently control the process and avoid possible distortions of information.
The disadvantages include:
- The need to go to get the document yourself (additional costs, time and other consequences).
- Lack of opposition in the system . A citizen’s request for documentation that is not regulated by the procedure for providing state services is not entirely legal. As long as people agree to find information for authorities that they are not required to provide themselves, officials will take advantage of it.
If it is not difficult to obtain a certificate on your own, then you can use this option or consider another course of action.
With the help of third parties
Based on the fact that the procedure for obtaining a certificate is not supported by any legislative act, citizens are not required to attend the registration in person or provide their documents for this purpose. That is, you can send friends or relatives to get the document. They will only need to provide the applicant’s personal data to the issuing authority and send the received certificate by mail.
With the assistance of authorities
Procedure:
- Collection of information . You need to think through this stage in advance and begin your actions immediately upon arriving at the driving school. It is possible that the certificate will not be needed at all, or that the examiners will independently submit a request to obtain the necessary information. If the list of documents required for admission to driving tests includes a certificate of non-deprivation of rights, you should pay attention to the following point.
- It is necessary to draw up a written statement in which you need to indicate the impossibility of obtaining a certificate on your own. The application must be submitted to the examination department. In the body of the document, it is necessary to refer to Federal Law No. 210, Article 7, which establishes the procedure for interaction between government authorities regarding the transfer of information about citizens for the subsequent provision of services to them.
- You must then provide two copies of the application to the examiner . One of the copies must be kept for yourself after it is dated and signed by the employee who accepted the application.
- Checking the result . Before the exam, you should make sure that the actions brought the appropriate result. There are usually no problems with this.
- Challenging the inaction of officials if necessary . If the appeal was not considered and sent, having a copy of the application in hand, you can file a complaint addressed to the head of the examination department. Such actions are legal. A citizen demonstrates his awareness of legal issues; this will help relieve responsibility from himself and force officials to fulfill their duties.
IMPORTANT! If the results do not arrive in due time, the motorist may not be allowed to take the exam on the grounds that the information was not received as requested.
The culprit in this case is the body that did not provide information about not depriving the citizen of a driver’s license (in accordance with Law No. 210-FZ, Article 7.1).
Required documents
The law does not regulate the procedure for submitting a request and issuing a certificate of non-deprivation of a citizen’s right to drive transport. There are no rules or lists of documents that the applicant must provide. For this reason, it is enough to show the receptionist your passport as a citizen of the Russian Federation.
When applying in person, a written request from the applicant is rarely required. If the inspector asks you to write a statement, it must indicate:
- full name as shown on the national passport;
- date, place of birth;
- place of work.
You do not need to provide any other papers, certificates, or extracts.
Validity
It is better to obtain a certificate of non-deprivation in advance, since when contacting a traffic police department in another region, you sometimes have to wait up to a month for a response. If the exam date is approaching and you still don’t have a certificate, you can take it with another group of cadets.
The validity period of this document is not established at the legislative level. However, in practice it can vary from 10 days to a month . In some cases, driving schools accept the document later than this deadline.
Obtaining a certificate of non-deprivation of rights is a simple process and, as a rule, does not take much time. It is prepared in one day and can be received on the day of application. Difficulties often arise when a person has to request data in a region in which he no longer lives. Due to the distance and bureaucratic obstacles, this process may take a long time.
Deadlines for receiving the document
When a person applies to the MREO in person, the required certificate of non-deprivation of a driver’s license is drawn up and issued within one business day. The response to an application sent by mail arrives within a period of time, which consists of the periods of time required:
- to deliver a letter to the traffic police department;
- processing incoming information;
- sending a response from the traffic police to the addressee.
Due to the remoteness of certain regions of the country, mail can travel back and forth from 30 to 60 days.
When a document is transmitted by government agencies at an internal departmental request, a response must be received within 5 days. Considering that all MREO employees have access to the databases, they are able to obtain the necessary information in a few minutes. To do this, it is enough to have information about the registration of the person applying. A certificate of non-deprivation of a driver's license is valid from 10 to 30 days.
Methods and procedure
In the simplest version: you never left your place of residence or came there on purpose. Then you go to the local traffic police department, explain to the employees what exactly you need, depending on their instructions, either write an application for a certificate, or simply receive it. After that, you go with her to the traffic police department to which you applied to obtain your license.
A certificate from the traffic police about non-deprivation of rights does not have a set form, strict reporting forms are not used in its production, and accordingly, the attitude of traffic police officers to this document is not too strict. No, we are not talking about the fact that someone will decide to issue such a paper to a person who was once deprived of a driver’s license. But your relative or friend will most likely be given a genuine certificate stating that you have not been deprived of your rights. All you have to do is negotiate with such a person by phone and wait for the paper you need to be received by mail or in one of the delivery services.
The third option is to ask the employees of the traffic police department where you plan to obtain a driver’s license to send a request to your place of registration. They have no right to refuse you, but this method usually takes a very long time. We are talking about months here.
Traffic police officers have many other jobs; when one of them is free, he will write a request and send it by mail. No one knows how long the letter will take, when the answer will be written, whether the letter or the answer to it will be lost on the road. Thus, it is impossible to predict the timing of obtaining the necessary certificate in this way.
The fourth option is to remind the traffic police officers that this certificate is not provided for by any official regulations. The path is quite risky - you still have to take an exam, but sometimes it bears fruit. You just need to write an official statement addressed to the head of the traffic police department with a request to allow you to take the exam and demand a written refusal if your request is not satisfied. Write the application in two copies and demand registration of both, then you will keep a copy with which you may have to go to court. Although no one wants to get involved with all these proceedings and, perhaps, your request will simply be granted.
There is a state law “On the organization of the provision of state and municipal services” No. 210-FZ of July 27, 2010. Article 7 of this law assumes that all information between government agencies moves through requests and must be received through a unified information system within 5 days. The system does not work fully and does not always run smoothly, but theoretically these are not your problems. Write a statement, demand to receive a certificate in this particular way, register the statement, and be prepared for the court. We recommend that you use one of the first two methods.
How quickly can you get a certificate?
If you follow our advice, receiving the certificate will take from a few minutes to several days. When you contact the traffic police with a request to send a written request, you will be told that it will take about two months; in fact, the period may extend.
The only officially established period is 5 days. It is defined by the law “On the organization of the provision of state and municipal services”. However, the law does not work in this service, but with due persistence you can get results. In the end, no one forbids a traffic police officer to call the department of this service at your place of registration and find out the necessary data instantly.
What is the document?
Confirmation of non-deprivation of a driver's license is a document confirming that a citizen does not have the right to drive a vehicle. It must contain the following information:
- Full name of the citizen who filed the application.
- Confirmation that the citizen has not previously received rights or been deprived of them.
- The position of the traffic police officer who certifies the document, his full name and signature.
- Date of preparation.
The paper must be certified by the seal of the unit , otherwise it will not have any legal force. The document must also contain detailed information about the traffic police department: full name of the authority, address, zip code and telephone number.
Is it possible to find out information about deprivation of rights through State Services?
To obtain information about the status of your driver’s license, you need to use the service on the official website of the State Traffic Inspectorate.
It is not possible to obtain information or order a certificate through State Services. If the document is needed to pass a driving test or replace a driving license, you can try another option.
You need to go to the website gosuslugi.ru, select the “Services” section, go to the “Transport and Driving” tab. On the new page, enter the “Driver’s license” section and select the desired service from the list.
All that remains is to pay the fee and attach scanned documents to the application, the list of which does not include a certificate of non-deprivation of rights. If necessary, you can use the help of an online consultant.
This option is only relevant for registered and authorized users! Thanks to the convenience and minimal waiting period through State Services, drivers are registering with the traffic police more and more often.
When a driver wants to get a driver's license or change it, there is a need to obtain a certificate of non-deprivation of rights. Such a requirement by State Traffic Inspectorate employees is not regulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation, but this practice continues to exist.
To speed up the process and save their time, many motorists are engaged in obtaining such a certificate on their own.
What kind of document is this
Actually, not everyone has problems with this certificate. If you have lived in the same locality all your life and decided to finally get your license, you will not have any problems.
However, people change their place of residence, and thousands of our fellow citizens do not live at their place of registration, sometimes hundreds and thousands of kilometers from their place of registration. For such people, the first question that arises is how to obtain such a certificate.
The problem is aggravated by the fact that the certificate of non-deprivation of the right to drive a vehicle does not have an established form. Moreover, there are no official regulations allowing it to be required.
However, when obtaining a driver’s license for the first time or when restoring this document in case of loss, such a certificate is required. The logic of the actions of traffic police officers is simple - in these two cases, rights can be obtained by persons who were previously deprived of such a document by other departments of the traffic police.
They demand documentary confirmation that this did not happen.
The main problem is that a certificate from the traffic police about non-deprivation of the right to drive vehicles must be obtained from the State Traffic Inspectorate at your place of permanent residence. In Moscow, employees of the State Inspectorate went even further: if you have been permanently registered in Moscow for less than two years, you will be required to provide such a certificate from your previous place of residence.
Due to the vast distances of our country, the high cost of travel and general employment, problems arise.
Expert opinion
Stepanov Vladislav Vasilievich
Practitioner lawyer with 10 years of experience. Specializes in the field of civil law. Member of the Bar Association.
The certificate of no deprivation of rights itself is a document sealed by the traffic police department at the place of your registration, drawn up in any form.
The document must necessarily contain information that you are not on the list of persons deprived of rights.
Usually information is added that you have not received a driver’s license before or have received such and such a number and for such and such categories, but the main thing is your absence from the list of violators punished by deprivation of a driver’s license.
