How to restore documents for a car without an owner under a purchase and sale agreement © Lawyer Hotline

In what cases is it required

PTS was introduced to streamline the admission of vehicles for use and to minimize fraudulent activities with vehicles.

The procedure for filling out, issuing and restoring PTS is regulated by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 496.

In accordance with this Order, vehicle passports are issued to:

customs authorities if the car is imported into the Russian Federation;
manufacturers, if the transport is manufactured by Russian companies;
State traffic inspectorate, upon receipt of duplicates of PTS.

In what cases are duplicates issued? The document is subject to restoration by the traffic police if:

The title has been lost by the owner of the vehicle;
the document is stolen by intruders;
The car's passport is impossible to read. The PTS’s unsuitability for reading can be caused by any reasons, for example, the owner of the document was caught in heavy rain, as a result of which the PTS got wet;
the document does not have enough free columns to indicate the owner’s details when changing ownership of movable property;
after recycling the car, but provided that the vehicle was written off solely on paper (that is, the car was not actually scrapped).

In other cases, for example, when the car owner’s residential address changes, the PTS cannot be replaced. A special mark is placed in the document, which indicates a change in registration data.

Is it possible to restore a PTS without the owner?

To restore the PTS, that is, to obtain a duplicate document in the event of one of the previously mentioned cases, you must contact the traffic police department located in the region of residence of the owner of the vehicle and provide a number of documents confirming certain factors related to the procedure being performed (detailed list documents will be presented below).

PTS restoration can be carried out by:

the owner of the car indicated in the title;
a representative of the owner of the car, acting on the basis of a written power of attorney issued by the owner.

If the owner of the vehicle is a private person, then the power of attorney must be certified by a notary (general power of attorney).

Such a power of attorney allows you not only to restore the title, but also to perform other actions with the specified vehicle (issue compulsory motor insurance, receive insurance payments, enter into sales agreements, represent the owner in the traffic police, court and other authorities). A general power of attorney is usually issued for a period of three years.

If the owner of the vehicle is a legal entity, then the power of attorney to restore the title is issued by the head of the company.

A power of attorney from the manager does not require notarization. Unlike a general power of attorney, such a document, as a rule, is issued for the performance of one operation (in this case, obtaining a duplicate PTS) and ends immediately after the representative completes the specified procedure.

You can draw up a power of attorney yourself or with the help of car lawyers. The document must contain the following information:

date and place of drawing up the power of attorney;
details of the principal. If the principal is an individual, then the full name, date of birth, residential address and passport details are indicated. If the principal is a legal entity, then the document reflects: the full name and address of the company, details of the organization, full name of the manager and details of the document on the appointment of the specified manager;
Representative details. Indicate: full name, date of birth, residential address and civil passport details;
characteristics of the car for the actions with which the power of attorney is issued. It is enough to indicate the make, model, year of manufacture, VIN number, chassis and body numbers, details (series, number and date of issue) of the certificate of registration of the car with the traffic police;
a list of actions that a representative can perform under this power of attorney;
validity period of the power of attorney;
signature of the principal. If a document is issued by a legal entity, then the document must also have the signature of a representative.

If the power of attorney is issued by the head of the organization, the document is certified by the company’s seal.

When notarizing a power of attorney, the following additional information is indicated at the bottom of the document:

Full name of the notary;
document number assigned during registration;
the cost of services for performing actions by a notary;
personal seal of a notary.

How to register a car if the engine number does not match the PTS is explained in the article: what to do if the engine number does not match the PTS.
How to make changes to the PTS when changing address, read here.

What do you need from the documents?

If the title is lost, how can I restore it without the owner of the car? At the first stage, it is necessary to prepare a number of documents that will be required when applying to the traffic police to obtain a duplicate PTS.

Such documents include:

passport of the representative who restores the title by proxy from the owner of the movable property;
vehicle registration certificate. The document is issued by the State Traffic Inspectorate after the vehicle is registered;
copy or original PTS (depending on the situation). If a document is lost or stolen, but a copy has been preserved, a copy is provided. If the PTS has become unusable, there are no free columns in the document, or restoration is carried out after disposal, then the original passport is provided;
OSAGO insurance policy. All registration actions with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, including obtaining a duplicate document, are carried out only if you have a compulsory car insurance policy;
contract of sale and purchase, gift, certificate of inheritance, and so on, that is, a document on the basis of which ownership of movable property arose;
a receipt confirming payment of the state duty. No down payment? The amount of the state duty is regulated by Article 333.33 of the Tax Code and depends on the list of actions performed.

If you only need to obtain a duplicate PTS, the fee will be 800 rubles. If, along with obtaining a duplicate, a registration certificate is required to be replaced, then the state fee is paid in the amount of 1,300 rubles.

Further, the package of documents varies depending on the reason for receiving a duplicate PTS:

if the PTS was lost, then an explanatory note indicating the estimated time, date, place and circumstances of the loss must be attached to the specified list;
if the PTS was stolen, then a resolution is attached to refuse (close) the criminal case in connection with the fact of theft. The document is issued at the police department;
If the title is restored after disposal, then a certificate of disposal of the vehicle is attached.

If a document is restored in cases of lack of space or unsuitability, then no additional documents are required.

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How much does it cost, what should you pay for?

The cost of restoration consists of certain payments.

According to paragraphs. 36 clause 1 of article 333.33 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the cost of the duty is as follows:

the fee itself is 800 rubles
re-registration of documents – 1200 rubles
for the service of replacing a car certificate – 500 rubles

If you submit an application through the State Services portal, the cost of expenses will be reduced by 30%.

Recovery procedure

PTS restoration is carried out in several stages:

collection of documents;
submitting a written application to the traffic police. The application can be filled out independently at the traffic police department (a sample is on the stand, and the form is issued by an employee of the organization) or online through the government services website (a form is provided that must be filled out);
provision of a vehicle for inspection. An inspection, during which all numbered units and the individual number (VIN) are reconciled, is carried out in cases of loss, theft or restoration after disposal. In other situations, an inspection is not required;
document verification by a traffic police inspector. During the inspection, not only the submitted documents and inspection results are verified, but also the specified data is checked against the traffic police database;
issuance of a duplicate PTS.

Is it possible to make a document without a general power of attorney under the DCP?

The owner of the car or his legal representative can receive a duplicate PTS, but in some situations it is also possible to restore the document under the purchase and sale agreement.

The new car owner will not have problems restoring his passport if the vehicle was purchased from the state as a result of an auction for the sale of confiscated property.

In this situation, the traffic police submits:

resolution on the collection of movable property;
an act confirming the seizure procedure;
document confirming the appointment of the auction;
a document indicating the purchase of a car at auction.

In other situations, restoration of a car’s passport may be denied, but the new car owner always has the opportunity to go to court.

Thus, not only the owner of movable property, but also his legal representative can receive a duplicate PTS. In some situations, it is possible to carry out the procedure for restoring the title under a purchase and sale agreement.

What is making changes to the PTS is shown in the article: making changes to the PTS.

How to change the color of your car, see the page.

Find out about replacing your PTS when changing your last name through State Services from this information.

Refusal to issue a duplicate

Refusal to issue a duplicate is a fairly rare occurrence. The reason for this may be operational information or guidance that the car:

is stolen;
is involved in an accident and fled the scene;
was used to commit an illegal act.

In this case, the applicant needs to contact the head of the MREO with a written request, in which he must indicate his desire to receive a reasoned answer regarding the legality of the actions of officials.

The letter must be sent no later than six months from the date of receipt of the official refusal. If the appeal does not bring a satisfactory result, but the car owner is confident in the legality of his demand, then he can appeal the actions of government officials in court.

We will also answer another common question regarding the procedure related to the restoration of PTS from insurance checks. These documents, in the absence of all others or in addition to them, are not significant. This evidence is not accepted by registrars, therefore, it is impossible to restore the PTS from it.

What to do first

The absence of a PTS in hand entails many possible problems:

Without it, you cannot renew your insurance or undergo a technical inspection;
using a car without a title will entail a fine if a traffic police officer discovers that you do not have this important document;
If your car is insured and you have an insured event, most likely, insurers will refuse to pay you, citing the absence of a title in the package of documents.

In addition, a lost PTS may fall into the hands of fraudsters who will not hesitate to use this important document and, for example, change the license plates to match yours on the same car, or pawn your car.

To avoid the above situations, you must immediately contact the MREO for a duplicate PTS. Having a new document in hand, you will protect yourself and avoid unpleasant moments associated with the absence of this paper.

If the PTS was stolen, you can contact the police department and file a statement of theft, but in this case, the process of collecting the necessary documents will take a long time. To speed up the receipt of a duplicate, it is better to declare to the MREO that the original was lost due to negligence, then you will receive the desired paper directly on the day of application.

You can make an appointment with an inspector at the MREO in advance by booking a convenient time on the government services portal.
You are not registered in the system and you don’t have time for this? You can go directly to the MREO and wait in the live queue.

Read below to find out whether, where and how to restore a lost (lost) stolen title for a car.

The video below will tell you what to do if you have lost your PTS:

Advice for car owners

Advice for car owners who need to renew their vehicle passport.

Despite the fact that the PTS does not need to be presented to the state traffic police inspector in the package of mandatory documents, it is advisable to restore the passport as soon as possible. Without this “crust”, no insurance company will enter into an agreement; it is impossible to formalize a car purchase and sale transaction, or write a power of attorney for the management of a third party.
After receiving a duplicate document, you need to replace the STS. Otherwise, the vehicle may be legally sent to the impound lot due to inconsistency of documents.
If the documents were stolen, then you should not contact the MREO with a false statement, especially if in the future you will have to restore not only your passport, but also your MTPL policy, STS and technical inspection card. If you lie in the hope of getting each document faster, then in reality everything may not turn out the way you wanted. In most cases, in the absence of documents due to theft, temporary forms are issued, the validity of which extends to the period of the criminal case. If the originals are found, then you will not need to make duplicates.

How to restore the title to a car if it is lost

Required documents

To obtain a duplicate of the PTS, and this is how the restoration of this document occurs, you should collect a number of papers:

Your passport and copy;
vehicle registration certificate, since it will be replaced along with the PTS;
car insurance policy;
vehicle purchase and sale agreement or other documents confirming ownership of the vehicle for which you are seeking to obtain a duplicate title;
a receipt for payment of 800 rubles (the state fee can be paid in advance or in the MREO building, as a rule, now all departments are equipped with machines);
an application in which you, according to the sample, ask for a duplicate PTS to be issued in exchange for the lost original document;
explanatory note, handwritten addressed to the head of the MREO.

Sometimes inspectors require you to provide the vehicle itself, for which you need to obtain a duplicate to replace the lost title. Employees will inspect the car, compare the data under the hood with those entered into their database, and endorse your application.

This video will tell you how to restore title to a car if you have lost it:

How to make a statement and explanatory note

An application for the issuance of a duplicate PTS and an explanatory note addressed to the head of the MREO are written in the prescribed form. Samples of these documents can be found:

On the government services portal;
on the traffic police website;
at the stand at the MREO office where you registered the car and where you must come to receive a duplicate PTS;
directly from the inspector who will accept your documentation package for obtaining a duplicate PTS.

You can download a sample application for the issuance of a duplicate PTS here.

Sample application for issuance of a duplicate PTS in case of loss

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Both the application and the explanatory note must be written strictly by hand. The application is written according to a standard template, and in the explanatory note you will indicate that:

The original PTS was lost by you under unknown circumstances or due to negligence.
If you find the original PTS after receiving its duplicate, you guarantee that you will immediately provide the found document to the MREO department.

Issuance procedure

You must provide the collected documents to the inspector.
If the inspector sends you for a technical inspection, you should drive your car to the site, where MREO employees will inspect it and issue a visa to your application. The signed paper must be taken to the inspector.
The inspector will accept the documents for verification and, if the papers and information are in order and nothing has raised doubts among the inspection authorities, you will be called to receive a completed duplicate of the PTS.
Having received a duplicate, you must carefully study the data entered in the document and sign in the journal, agreeing that there are no errors in the PTS.

Deadlines

If everything is in order with your documents, a duplicate will be issued to you within 1-2 hours; on average, this is how long it takes MREO employees to verify the data and issue a title on a new form. Sometimes, in case of heavy workload, MREO employees may ask you to return for a duplicate in a few days.

They may also delay the paper issuance date if they have doubts about the authenticity of the documents you provided and require additional verification. Knowing how to restore documents if lost, if you have lost your PTS and STS, is very important for every motorist.

And don’t forget, the “Duplicate” mark on the PTS always raises doubts. We wrote separately about how to check a document for authenticity.

The video below will give useful tips on restoring a lost PTS:

The article below talks about how you can restore your PTS (vehicle passport) without the owner in 2021. As a general rule, this procedure requires a power of attorney from this person.

What to do if you run out of space in the title and there is nowhere to add a new owner

The question of how to change the title if there is no place to record the new owner most often arises when resale of cars on the secondary market. Such a situation is a good reason for replacing the old passport, which requires contacting the registration department of the traffic police with a corresponding application.

Why do you need a PTS and in what case is it changed?

The abbreviation PTS stands for vehicle passport. The importance of this document can hardly be overestimated, because it contains both information about the vehicle, as well as information about the owner, marks on customs clearance, etc.

Main aspects

Restoring a PTS (vehicle passport) without the owner is a completely possible procedure.

It is required when the rights to a given vehicle have been transferred to a new person under a purchase and sale agreement (or other transaction).

Another option is when the owner of the car is in a different city than the one where the PTS was issued previously.

In all cases, the applicant, who is not the owner, is obliged to receive from this person a general power of attorney with notarized registration, which must specify the right to perform this particular action. He must have a photocopy of the car owner's passport.

Next, he needs to contact the traffic police department, where the passport was issued with the appropriate package of documents and an application.

Usually the institution will accommodate the applicant, otherwise he must file a complaint. The article below describes in detail how to restore a title without the owner of the car in various cases.

In what cases is it required

Restoration of the title is required in a number of cases when the owner of the car cannot use the previously received document. How to pay? In such situations, he needs a duplicate, similar to the original in every way.

A replacement procedure is required if the vehicle passport has been lost. The reason may be either that it was abandoned by the owner himself or because it was deliberately stolen.

Another option in which it will be needed is damage to the PTS. Such a requirement appears when the condition of this document has deteriorated to such an extent that its use becomes impossible.

Another situation is when you run out of new rows for entries in a document. The vehicle passport has a limited number of lines for entering information about the next owner.

If the current owner of the car was recorded in the very last line, then when planning to sell the car, the title will have to be replaced first, since the entry about the new owner is mandatory.

Another common reason for replacing this paper is a change in owner data. A new PTS is received by owners who change their last name or first name, most often these are women who get married.

A request for a duplicate is submitted by car owners who register at a different address than the one given on the paper. In fact, in such cases, a fresh vehicle registration is not required.

In situations where he needs to present a PTS, it is sufficient for the owner to show with it a document certifying the relevant legal fact. For a woman who changed her last name after marriage, this will be a marriage certificate.

Where to go

If a person who is not the owner of the vehicle wants to restore it, he needs to contact the traffic police department where the vehicle was registered.

At the same time, submitting documents for obtaining PTS can be done both through the MFC (multifunctional institution) and through the State Services website.

What documents will be required

To obtain a PTS, the person involved in its restoration will need to provide the following package of documents:

application for restoration, you can print it from the Internet and fill out the fields at home, or you can come to the traffic police and take a form there, indicating all the information in it, and an employee of the organization will assist the applicant in correctly filling out the paper;
a document certifying ownership of the vehicle;
STS (vehicle registration certificate)
insurance policy under compulsory motor liability insurance;
receipts indicating payment of the duty for both the PTS and STS (vehicle registration certificate, since this document must be replaced when restoring the PTS).

Taking into account the incident due to which it is necessary to restore the vehicle title, it is required to provide an explanatory note about the incident.

The applicant must provide an account of the events that led to the loss or damage of the document. If it is stolen, a decree from law enforcement agencies is required to close the criminal case.

If the document remains at the applicant’s disposal, but is no longer suitable for use (due to damage or lack of free lines), the previous PTS is attached to the package of papers.

When the PTS is restored without the owner, a general power of attorney from this person will be required; this document will be discussed below. The listed package must be submitted to the traffic police department.

After this, the institution’s employees make a decision on restoration. When no obstacles exist, such a decision is made on the same day.

If it is necessary to conduct an audit, a conclusion on the submitted papers is issued within a month.

If we are talking about how to restore a PTS without an owner, the price in this case will be determined for both the PTS and the STS. The reason is that the STS has a unique PTS number, which will be different for the new passport.

Since they must match, the STS also needs to be replaced. The state duty for PTS is 800 rubles, and for STS - 500 rubles.

At the same time, when applying through the State Services website and paying the fee through it, the applicant receives a 30% discount.

Legal grounds

Among the legislative acts that serve as the basis for this issue are:

Traffic rules (TRAF) adopted by government decree;
Order of the IMF of the Russian Federation No. 605 “On approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for the registration of motor vehicles and trailers for them” in the current version;
Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 1001 “On the procedure for registering vehicles,” adopted on November 24, 2008 in its current version.

Registration with simultaneous replacement of the title - is the previous owner needed?

Yes, we need an old owner. Damn they (gaits) learned a lot about themselves. We just have a situation: we owned a car for 15 years (VAZ 21093 1997) and then, so as not to take up space, we decided to sell it to a friend for 50 thousand rubles. and the chaos began (they wanted to give it away with license plates). that is, our reason for replacing PTS is not the lack of graphs in the PTS, but the old-style PTS (1997). . due to a change of owner, I had to deregister + at the same time write an application to change the title (my mother had to go to the traffic police because the car was registered on her). I called and said, why should I experience such problems when selling a car and only find out about the need to replace the title when selling?? To which they answered that you created problems for yourself. My wish was for the owner to send out (to the extent possible) Notifications about the need to replace the old-style PTS with a warning that otherwise registration actions (deregistration and registration) cannot be carried out. Why do we do everything through...? I can’t find the document now - but in the midst of this conflict with the traffic police - I found a document - according to which the car’s title has an unlimited validity period. I'll look and add it later. It wouldn’t hurt to sue the traffic police on this topic, they really got into trouble with their bureaucracy..

We recommend reading: Obtaining an Extract from the Unified State Register in the MFC

here :) Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation N 496, Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation N 192, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation N 134 dated 06/23/2021 (as amended on 01/19/2021) “On approval of the Regulations on vehicle passports and vehicle chassis passports” paragraph 16. The validity of the passport is not limited by time. and there is not a word about the fact that the owner is entrusted with the obligation to replace the old-style vehicle title, even if he pays a hefty state fee.. WE NEED TO CREATE A PRECEDENT - he will sue with the traffic police :)

Is it possible to restore a PTS without the owner?

Yes, restoration of a vehicle passport without an owner is allowed. This action can only be carried out by a person to whom the owner has previously granted a general power of attorney for this vehicle.

At the same time, there is a requirement that this document must be notarized.

The general power of attorney must contain the following information:

personal data, including full name and patronymic for the principal who owns this car;
personal data of the authorized person;
information about the vehicle for which a general power of attorney is issued;
a complete list of powers that are granted to the authorized person, it must be drawn up in a list, in particular, this action must be included in it - restoration of the PTS;
admissibility of entrustment to a third party;
date of execution of the document and its validity period;
signatures of the parties to the agreement;
notary's seal.

According to the purchase and sale agreement

It is possible to restore the title under the purchase and sale agreement. If this document is available, the paper discussed above is required, namely a notarized general power of attorney in the name of the applicant.

In addition to this, a photocopy of the car owner’s civil passport certified by a notary is also required.

Along with these documents, the applicant must also have:

your own ID, including a passport or driver’s license;
purchase and sale agreement.

Where to see who issued the PTS, see the article: who issues the PTS.

What is the cost of making changes to the PTS during conversion, read here.

The applicant is required to draw up an explanatory note in which he must set out how the rights were lost. If there is a suspicion that a document has been stolen, this should be indicated in plain text.

In this case, the restoration of the PTS will be delayed, but the compiler will protect himself against the document being used by attackers.

If this person needs to immediately get a car passport again, it is recommended to avoid assumptions about theft.

In this case, the explanatory note states that the title was undoubtedly lost in a situation that excluded any crime.

The car owner also needs to fill out an application. The form for this paper can be downloaded via the Internet and printed on a printer, and then enter all the required information in the appropriate fields.

Another option is to take the form directly from the traffic police department at the information desk.

The applicant may need to provide the vehicle itself for inspection by the agency's staff.

This need arises when they have questions regarding the compliance of what is written in the documents with reality.

The applicant is required to bring the car to the site at the address indicated to him at the appointed time for an examination by traffic police specialists in order to determine the presence or absence of signs of fraud.

If you are in another city

According to the rules, all documents that must be submitted to obtain a new PTS must be submitted to the same traffic police department where the vehicle was previously registered.
At the same time, restoration of the PTS is also associated with obtaining a new STS (registration certificate), since the latter must indicate the correct PTS number.

Is it possible to change a title without the owner under a purchase and sale agreement?

39. When registering vehicles, changing registration data, deregistering vehicles, issuing registration documents and passports of vehicles, registration plates to replace those lost or unsuitable for use in relation to vehicles produced by manufacturing organizations or imported into the territory of the Russian Federation before introduction of vehicle passports into force, except for the cases provided for in paragraph 28 of these Rules, as well as in the absence of vehicle passports for vehicles sold by trade organizations on the basis of agreements concluded with authorized military authorities, or manufactured as a single vehicle, registered departments issue vehicle passports.

If it is impossible to further use the passport due to its deterioration or filling in all its details

about a change in the ownership of a vehicle or chassis, the division of the State Traffic Inspectorate at the place of the last transaction aimed at terminating and acquiring ownership of the vehicle or chassis, instead of the used passport, issues a duplicate passport, in which, in the “Special Notes” section, records are made about previously issued passports.