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- How does an electronic PTS differ from a paper one?
- What are the benefits of introducing EPTS?
- Is it necessary to change a paper PTS to an EPTS?
- How to buy a used car with a paper title
- How to buy a car on credit with a new electronic title
- How to register a car with an electronic title
The issue of switching from paper PTS to electronic ones in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan) has been discussed for a long time. It was planned to create a unified electronic passport system (EPS), which would help make all transactions with cars transparent.
In our country, the first electronic vehicle registration certificates were issued at the beginning of 2021 when selling new cars from dealership centers, and by November 100 thousand electronic vehicle registration certificates were registered in the system. By August 2020, according to Autostat, their number reached 1 million. The final transition to new electronic PTS (EPTS) occurred on November 1 of this year.
What is an electronic passport? How is it different from paper? What benefits does it provide to customers? How to sell and purchase cars with EPTS? We look for answers to these questions in the material.
Advantages of EPTS
- One of the main advantages is that electronic PTS cannot be lost or damaged, which means that it will never need to be restored. No need to worry about it getting damaged or lost.
- Since the PTS is electronic, this means that the volume of its information can be said to be unlimited. That is, all owners of the vehicle will be in it. From the first purchase until today. Now in a regular PTS there are 6 places for owners, on average 6-10 years and you have to make a new PTS form. At the same time, this costs money, time is wasted and information about the previous owners is lost. Now there will be no duplicate PTS.
- EPTS will provide up-to-date information at the moment. For example, when checking an EPTS, you can immediately obtain information about the presence of restrictions, encumbrances, pledges and other special marks. More details on how to check the EPTS are described here. The absence of special marks will provide you with a guarantee of the legal purity of the vehicle.
- The electronic passport of the vehicle will contain the entire history from the moment of its production or import into the territory of the Russian Federation until its disposal or export outside the country. All cycles of the car will be clearly visible.
- Information in the electronic PTS is generated and edited by competent government bodies, authorized organizations, official vehicle manufacturers and trusted participants in electronic passport systems. Here is a complete list of official representatives.
- Electronic PTS provides the opportunity to add new information about the vehicle, add new items that may appear later. It provides an opportunity.
- And the last, but not unimportant plus is its accessibility and relevance. For example, when buying or selling a vehicle, you can request and immediately check current and detailed information about the vehicle.
How does an electronic PTS differ from a paper one?
Electronic PTS 2021 does not have a physical medium. This is a record in a single electronic database, which has its own unique 15-digit code. Such a record will not be lost, unlike a paper document, and the car owner will not have to receive a duplicate PTS. Plus, this will eliminate fraudulent activities with a lost car passport.
The new electronic PTS contains more data about the car. If in the paper version the information is recorded in 21 fields, then in the electronic version - in 150. Information entered into the EPTS is divided into two parts: mandatory and additional.
The mandatory part indicates the number and status of the electronic passport and technical data of the car. Additional columns include information about the owners, the presence of a loan, collateral, accidents, registration restrictions, information about repairs, insurance, the fact of theft or arrest, etc.
Information is entered into the EPTS only by representatives of authorized organizations. The default is:
- manufacturing plants;
- customs Service;
- Traffic police
Technical inspection operators, tax authorities, certification authorities, dealers, credit organizations, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Bailiff Service will have limited access to the database within their competence.
Data in the electronic PTS is entered by replenishment and cannot be adjusted. If, when re-registering a car to a new owner, the previous owner does not consent to the storage of his personal data, they are deleted. Removal occurs at the time of transfer of ownership. However, the traffic police will retain information about the current owner of the vehicle.
An extract is attached to the electronic PTS. This is a mini version of the EPTS, which displays the original data of the vehicle: VIN number, make, model, chassis number, engine number, body number and color, year of manufacture, environmental class, weight, etc.
An extract is required when purchasing an MTPL policy. You can obtain it after registering on the e-passport system portal or at the MFC. The extract is provided free of charge.
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What is an electronic PTS?
An electronic vehicle title is a digital document containing data about a specific vehicle. It does not have a physical medium familiar to motorists, but it does have a unique 15-digit number. An electronic passport has the same legal force as a paper PTS.
The introduction of digital vehicle titles is intended to bring order to the secondary market and help make the purchase of used cars safe and less complicated.
Manufacturers, state traffic inspectorates and customs services will have access to the information contained in a single electronic database. Operators conducting technical inspections, insurers and their independent service stations, service centers and dealers will also have access to a truncated version of the database, with the right to enter a limited amount of information.
Unlike the paper PTS, the electronic counterpart has more than 150 fields to fill out.
It contains information about the vehicle that is already familiar to car owners (its identification data and technical characteristics), as well as a number of new information:
- about mileage;
- about changes made to the design of the car;
- about completed maintenance;
- about obtaining insurance;
- about all former owners of the car (you must obtain consent to post this information from the owner)
Important
Any change in data in the electronic digital signature is confirmed by an electronic digital signature in order to track the person who made a specific entry.
What are the benefits of introducing EPTS?
The introduction of EPTS, on the one hand, will reduce scams with the sale of used cars on the secondary market, on the other hand, it will protect buyers from purchasing a problematic vehicle. The operating history will be clearly visible, so a careless seller will not be able to hide the real number of owners and other problems of the car, and the buyer, in turn, will know the real state of affairs.
At the moment, complete information about the car can be obtained through special online services for checking car history. Avtocod.ru collects information from more than 13 databases and shows how many owners the car had, whether it was damaged, whether it was leased or pledged, when it underwent technical inspections and other data. View an example report
By automating the process, the influence of the human factor and the risk of errors will be reduced. Information about registration (as well as about changes in the design or color of the car) is added to the database immediately, and government agencies will be able to work more quickly.
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Is it necessary to change a paper PTS to an EPTS?
There is no need to change your paper PTS to an electronic one. After November 1, 2021, mandatory replacement will be required in the following cases:
- loss or damage to a paper PTS;
- lack of space in the paper PTS due to the large number of entries;
- personal desire of the owner;
- independent import of a car from abroad.
You can obtain an electronic PTS from the traffic police, customs or testing laboratory. The fee for EPTS is 600 rubles.
The simultaneous presence of both paper and electronic vehicle registration certificates is not allowed for one vehicle.
Purchasing a car with an electronic title
When purchasing a car with an electronic PTS, the dealer, along with the purchase and sale agreement and the acceptance certificate, will give you a printout of an extract from the electronic PTS system.
When purchasing an MTPL or CASCO policy, an extract must be provided to an employee of the insurance company.
During the transition period (Q4 2021 - 2020), cars can be sold with both paper and electronic PTS. You can check whether a car was released with an electronic title on the official website elpts.ru by entering the VIN number of your car in the verification field.
Previously, an original PTS was required for registration, what is needed now?
To register a car with the traffic police, a purchase and sale agreement and a transfer and acceptance certificate are required. Extract from the EPTS database is optional.
Will previously issued paper PTS be replaced with EPTS?
Replacement of previously issued paper PTS with EPTS is carried out on a voluntary basis at the request of the owner. The list of companies with replacement authority is published on the website of the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation minpromtorg.gov.ru
How can I access the system where I can view information about EPTS?
Information on the availability of EPTS for a car can be found on the website elpts.ru by entering the VIN number.
How to buy a used car with a paper title
When purchasing a used car with a paper title, the transaction procedure will not change for the owner and buyer. Participants sign the agreement, make changes to the “paper”, and the new owner goes to the traffic police to re-register the vehicle in his name.
If desired, the new owner of the car can contact authorized organizations to replace the paper PTS with a new electronic one. Authorized organizations include technical inspection operators, the list of which is published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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How to buy a car on credit with a new electronic title
Previously, when buying a car on credit, the bank took the paper title and kept it until the debt was repaid in full. Since an electronic PTS is just a record in a database, bank employees are physically unable to seize the document. But they will enter information about the loan and collateral into the electronic system.
It is impossible to delete information about a loan; only the bank can change its status. Potential car buyers on the secondary market have access to this information.
What does an electronic vehicle title look like?
The electronic PTS does not have an approved form or card. This document is exclusively in electronic form, which is stored in a database. The length of the electronic PTS number is 15 characters. It is specified in purchase and sale agreements.
Note that the new PTS format is not limited to lines of A4 paper. The amount of recorded information will reach up to 150 fields. In the electronic system, information about the car will be divided into topics.
The following information will still be recorded:
- on payment of recycling fee
- compulsory civil liability insurance policy
- “marks” about changes in the vehicle design.
Consequently, an automated data management system eliminates the possibility of registering a vehicle without a note about payment of the recycling fee.
In the future, the electronic vehicle passport plans to include information about vehicle maintenance, repairs, and accident history with recording of data on the actual mileage of the vehicle. Such a system will undoubtedly facilitate the process of buying a car on the secondary market.
