Do I need to re-register a car when changing my registration? | Traffic police

New law on license plates and region codes.

Regulatory acts that began to regulate the new rules for state registration of cars in Russia:

-Federal Law “On State Registration of Vehicles” dated August 3, 2018 N 283-FZ;

-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”;

-Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated December 21, 2019 N 1764 “On the state registration of vehicles in the registration departments of the State Road Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation” - this is where the answers to all questions lie.

Now you should understand the main innovation under the new laws. If previously registration marks were a single term

, then from January 1, 2021 they were divided:

- state number is an intangible set of letters and numbers that is assigned when registering a car by the traffic police department;

- a registration plate is a metal plate itself, which is issued to the owner of the vehicle after assigning a number.

So, is it necessary to change license plates if the region code does not match the registration address of the car owner? It all depends on the specific situation, so let's look at each case separately.

Car Re-registration Law 2021

So, what has changed, and what legislative norms should motorists henceforth refer to if inspectors charge them with registration license plates that do not correspond to their current registration? Paragraphs 8-12 of Government Decree No. 1764 of December 21, 2021 come to the rescue, according to which:

Now, when registering a car registered in another state region, the code that corresponds to the place of residence of the new owner will be assigned.
In accordance with Article 13 of Federal Law No. 283-FZ, which comes into force this July, a registration plate, which means a unique car number, will be assigned upon request in any subject of the Russian Federation.
According to paragraph 42 of the same legislative norm, a license plate will be issued only at the place of registration of the owner, and not only at the traffic police, but also on order from any licensed company.

Thus, registration of a car in a new region will be possible, but without issuing license plates and only with the mandatory assignment of the code of this state entity.
And despite the obvious contradiction, it is now automatically possible to refuse to obtain other license plates, unless, of course, officials reconsider their decision over time.

What will be the region when registering a new vehicle without registration?

Typical situation - you purchase a new car at a dealership and want to register it. What if you are registered in Moscow, but apply for a government service, for example, in St. Petersburg?

The answer is contained in paragraph 39 of PPRF No. 1764

. In this case, your car has not yet been assigned a number by the State Traffic Inspectorate. With this assignment procedure, you will be given a license plate with the Moscow code.

clause 39. The state registration number of a vehicle is assigned in accordance with the digital code of the region of the place of registration of the owner of the vehicle.

Thus, for a new car, the region code is issued according to the owner’s registration

What documents are required for registration in another region?

To register a car with the MREO in any region, you will need:

application for registration;
PTS;
issued MTPL policy
car purchase and sale agreement;
identification document;
a power of attorney certified by a notary (if the car is registered by someone other than the owner indicated in the purchase and sale agreement).

Next, you need to come to the selected department of MREO traffic police with the car for inspection and submit an application with all these necessary documents.

I bought a used car with license plates – will I have to change it?

Above, we pointed out the separation of the alphanumeric combination of the registration plate and the metal plate itself according to the new law. Buying a used car

You are purchasing a vehicle that
has already been assigned a license plate number
.

In paragraph 39 of PPRF No. 1764, we are talking specifically about the mandatory assignment of a number according to the region code of the new owner of the car.

At the same time, none of the above 3 regulations states that when purchasing a used car, the procedure for replacing state registration plates with new ones according to the region of registration of the new owner is mandatory.

That is, in this situation the choice is yours

-you can leave the same numbers already assigned by the state, even if they have a different region code;

-voluntarily replace the numbers (the state fee for this will be 2,000 rubles, 1,400 through the State Services portal).

Thus, if you bought a car in another region

, different from your registration, and driven to your city, then there

is no
obligation to change the already assigned license plates
even after the January 2021 changes .

However, there are a number of nuances in this issue, which we will consider below.

The car is deregistered

If you bought a car that was deregistered by the traffic police by the previous owner, then this is accompanied by the mandatory submission of the license plate number to the MREO department.

Therefore, the purchased car goes to you without assigned numbers, even if the registration plates are actually on the vehicle.

Therefore, if you purchased a car in another region, you will be given new state registration plates with the code of your region, republic or region.

If the seller stops registering

After the sale of the vehicle, the previous owner has the right to terminate the registration of the vehicle on the 11th day after the date specified in the purchase and sale agreement.

That is, if you do not register the car with the traffic police within the 10 days allotted by law, and the seller deregisters it, then the plates will be invalidated, and you will have to get new ones with the region code of your registration.

How to save a number if the registration does not match the region of the number?

On January 1, 2021, the Federal Law came into force.
On changing the procedure for state registration of vehicles. Namely, the issuance of state registration plates is carried out as follows. State the sign is issued with a region coinciding with the region of permanent residence of the applicant. Where the applicant is the owner of the vehicle. How does this work with my region, you ask? How many numbers should they store from each region? It's simple! When registering a vehicle, the computer assigns you a number, as before. Only the signs themselves are no longer issued at the branch itself if your registration does not match. The number is registered in the PTS and the STS is issued with a registered number assigned to you with your region. Then, with these documents, you often go to the next building, where they stamp the new ones for you. The time is usually 15 – 20 minutes. Then everything became clear!

But what to do if you already have the numbers and don’t want to part with them? For example, I have a beautiful number, or a number that is registered in the pass at the checkpoint... How can I save the number if the registration does not match the region on the numbers?

You can save or retain your license plate number only in that case. If your registration or temporary registration matches the region of the number. The one you want to keep. Otherwise, saving, leaving, replacing, or restoring will not work. Important! Temporary registration is not valid if you have permanent registration. Therefore, during registration actions, priority will be given to permanent registration using a passport. It turns out that for those who are very eager to leave their numbers, there is only one way out! You need to be discharged from your permanent place of residence. Receive a temporary registration that matches the region of the license plate, save, receive, leave the plates. Then register back for permanent registration. But consider this fact. That during any subsequent registration actions, if the region of the number does not coincide with the region of permanent registration, it will be cancelled. They’ll simply pick it up and drop it off in your region!

Therefore, the surest way to have numbers with the desired region is to register in this region.

This law applies to both individuals and legal entities. To all regions of the Russian Federation.

useful links:

Fast registration of transport in Moscow - without queuing.
Quickly save your number in the traffic police in Moscow
Sales and purchase agreement 2021 sample/form
How to get a ticket from the traffic police?

Is it possible to put numbers that are stored in the traffic police?

In this situation, bad news for you - if the region code is different from your registration

, then
the license plate data will not be given to you
due to the difference in addresses.

This is stated in paragraph 43 of the Government Decree:

clause 43. Based on the corresponding expression of will of the owner of the vehicle contained in the application for the registration action, the vehicle being registered or previously registered for it may be assigned a state registration number reserved for the given owner of the vehicle, subject to the requirements provided for in clause 39 of these Rules.

Returning to paragraph 39, we see that here the region of the number and the registration of the owner must match. Here we are talking about assigning an existing combination of letters and numbers to a car on which they were not previously installed.

Do I need to take the car license plate number to the traffic police?

In general, employees will not need . That is, there is no need to remove the registration plate from the car and take it to the department.

However, the following must be taken into account. If the region code on the license plate does not match the region in which the car owner has registration at the time of contacting the traffic police, then the registration plate will have to be replaced.

Region codes on license plates

In this case, the number will have to be removed from the car and brought to the unit.

In addition, any car owner can, if he wishes, replace the number with a new one. In this case, you should also take the signs with you.

The traffic police illegally refuse to leave my number - what should I do?

Do not forget that not all traffic police departments have employees who know about all the intricacies associated with replacing license plates. Thus, you may be refused to leave your number.

If it's illegal

, then the algorithm of actions is as follows:

-First of all, require a written refusal. In response to your written application (about re-registration or other actions), you must be given a written, reasoned response to such an application;

-Further you have the right to appeal this refusal to court. And later, if the decision is positive, the court will force the traffic police MREO to carry out the registration action precisely while maintaining your number with a different region code, if it recognizes that you were indeed denied illegally.

When a car is assigned a new number

Car owners receive the very first license plates directly during the vehicle registration procedure, which implies its registration.

However, it is important to know that this is far from the only case when a car is assigned a new license plate, and there are at least several situations that require its replacement. Among them:

Purchasing a used vehicle with the execution of a purchase and sale agreement.
Registration of movable property received by inheritance.
Replacement of car documents due to loss, re-registration and other circumstances.

As you can see, all of the listed points are in one way or another related to documents, so this can also include the purchase of a car with license plates registered in another subject of the Russian Federation. At least, this was the case until the new year, and to be more precise, before amendments were made to the law, after which traffic police inspectors lost the ability to demand the replacement of license plates that do not correspond to the place of registration of the car owner.