How to deregister a car without a car, title, documents and license plates, and is it possible to contact the traffic police without a car or if it no longer exists and is the vehicle needed at the traffic police?

When can the owner deregister a car?

Termination of registration means termination of use of the vehicle. After deregistration, the owner will no longer be able to drive the car. The reasons may be as follows:

Selling a car. It happens that new owners drag their feet and do not register the car. Then the owner faces financial risks, and it is in his interests to terminate registration as quickly as possible.
The owner no longer wants to use the car. For example, the car is no longer in use, or there is an intention to scrap it.
If the owner plans to sell the car, retaining its license plate number. Then the car is deregistered, the buyer then receives new license plates and registers the vehicle with them.

If the car is stolen, the owner also needs to take care of deregistering it so as not to pay the mandatory transport tax.

If we are talking about the sale of a vehicle, then the owner has the right to deregister after 10 days from the date of concluding the sale and purchase agreement. The right is confirmed by the contract itself, a copy of which must be in the hands of the seller.

What papers are needed?

In almost all cases, the traffic police ask for the following during such registration action:

your passport as the owner of the car,
PTS for a car - deregistration is carried out mainly due to this document,
registration certificate.

Depending on your specific reason, you may also need:

a contract of sale, exchange or other document confirming that the car has left your property,
certificate of disposal.

Why deregister a car?

While a citizen owns a vehicle, he has obligations to pay tax. Every year he must pay tax for the previous year to the Federal Tax Service. It doesn’t matter whether he used the car or not. If the car is registered, the owner pays tax.

Another important point is the fines that the owner may receive after selling the car. The new owner may violate traffic rules, get caught on camera, and these debts will be attributed to the person to whom the vehicle is registered.

If the new owner suddenly gets into an accident and causes damage to someone, the real owner may also suffer from this. So, if you see that the buyer is in no hurry to register the car, it is better to deregister it. What next is the problem of the slow buyer.

It happens that the buyer cannot register the car due to the seller’s debts: the bailiff has imposed a ban on registration actions. The situation is complicated, until the debt is paid off, the car will be registered with the previous owner. Moreover, he can even be taken away for debts. Sometimes you have to break a purchase and sale agreement through the court.

Does the car need to be removed?

There are several situations when accounting actions are carried out on a car without it being present:

Hijacking. In the event of criminal actions against a car by fraudsters, the driver must urgently contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a statement of theft, as well as deregistration of the vehicle. Of course, in such circumstances, it is possible to deregister a car without the car itself. After a successful search for the vehicle and the arrest of the criminals, the car will be registered again.
Disposal. There is also a specialized car recycling program. Disposal can be complete (the entire car with license plates is surrendered) or partial (individual parts of the car are written off). After completing these measures, the driver will be exempt from paying tax contributions for the car (what if they send taxes after deregistration?).
Sale. When concluding a purchase and sale agreement for a vehicle, when the new owner of the car license has not registered the vehicle in his name after the expiration of the 10-day period, the former owner has the right to independently demand re-registration of the car to avoid tax deductions and penalties against him. For information on how to find out whether the buyer deregistered the car after the sale, read a separate article.

Make sure the car is registered

Before deregistering a car through State Services, make sure that it is actually still registered in your name. And if we are not talking about a sale, but about terminating the registration of a vehicle at personal request, you need to make sure that there are no prohibitions from bailiffs.

Checks for registration and restrictions are carried out on the traffic police website. You just need to enter the VIN, and the system will display the information:

The information will look like this. Below, after the vehicle data, the dates of the last ownership of the vehicle are indicated. From them we can conclude whether the new owner has registered the car in his name:

Below on the same page you can “punch” the car through the bailiff database, that is, check it for prohibitions on registration actions:

How to deregister a car through State Services: step-by-step instructions

So, you have decided to deregister your car through State Services. Regardless of the motives, the operation is performed according to one scenario. Please note that thanks to the state portal, this action can be carried out completely remotely without visiting the State Traffic Inspectorate.

How to rent a car through State Services:

1. Log in to the site using your credentials and use a search to find the “Vehicle Registration” service. Here you will see links with reasons for withdrawal. We will consider the most common option, when the buyer did not register the car in his name within the required period of 10 days - last link:

2. A page will open with a detailed description of the procedure and conditions for its implementation. Please note that the operation is free of charge and there is no need to pay a fee. After reading the information, click on the “Get service” button:

3. Proceed to fill out the application to deregister the car. The application can only be submitted by the owner of the vehicle from his account on State Services; the system will automatically enter his data into the form. They must be supplemented with an indication of the place of registration.

4. Next, you need to provide information about the car that is being deregistered. This is the registration number, information about the STS and the date of conclusion of the purchase and sale agreement. At least 10 days must pass from this day, otherwise the application will not be accepted.

5. The next section is to provide information about who bought the car from you. It is assumed that the information can be taken from the purchase and sale agreement, a copy of which must remain with the seller:

6. The last step is to upload a document that confirms the transaction and transfer of ownership. In our case, this is a car purchase and sale agreement. You can scan it or take high-quality photos and attach it to your application. Then click the “Submit Application” button:

The portal will send an electronic application to the State Traffic Inspectorate, which will check the data. If there are no complaints, the sale of the car is confirmed and a positive decision is made. It appears in the applicant’s personal account on State Services.

After receiving information about a positive decision, it doesn’t hurt to go back to the traffic police database and check whether the car has been deregistered. But do this a little later, since the data does not enter the system immediately.

Is it possible to apply to the traffic police for removal without a car and documents?

Without PTS

Car owners often need to remove an old vehicle that they have lost access to. In particular, the passport for the vehicle was lost. Under such circumstances, the owner of the car has the right to ask the traffic police to dispose of the car . In this case, only a civil passport and an application are required.

At the legislative level, it is allowed to restore lost documents for a car, but then the availability of transport will be required to verify the license plates. But in our case, if there are no documents, you need to apply for disposal of the vehicle.

Without a vehicle or if it no longer exists

As mentioned earlier, deregistration of a car without having a car is available in 3 situations:

when a car is stolen by fraudsters;
when selling it in accordance with the contract;
in case of complete or partial disposal of a car in favor of the state.

Without numbers

Without state license plates, registration of a vehicle remains possible. To carry out this procedure with a vehicle whose license plates are missing, an explanatory note indicating the reason for the loss of the license plates is attached to the application of the established form . In the note, it is important to present in the most detailed and reasonable manner the circumstances of the loss of state signs, since if there is insufficient persuasiveness, representatives of the state traffic inspectorate will request the originals of the state registration certificate from the owner.

For what reasons can a refusal occur?

Usually there are no problems. If there are no restrictions on the car, if the purchase and sale agreement is drawn up correctly, the State Traffic Inspectorate will remove the car from registration, relieving the former owner of the burden of paying fines and transport tax.

Refusal may occur due to a ban on registration actions imposed on the car by bailiffs. This means that the owner has debts for which enforcement proceedings have been initiated. Sometimes it gets ridiculous; a ban can be obtained for underpayment of modest amounts of 100 rubles or even less.

If you see a ban, run through the bailiff database. In the list of debts you will see the amount and details of the bailiff who is collecting. Pay off the debt and contact the bailiff to remove the restrictions. After this, try again to remove the car from the State Service register.

If there is an incorrectly drawn up purchase and sale agreement, or if it contains errors in essential data, a refusal may also follow. Therefore, complete the transaction very carefully.

In what case should a car be deregistered?

Since October 15, 2013, the list of situations in which it is necessary to deregister a car is as follows:

Vehicle recycling according to the state program. The car is rented out if it is no longer suitable for use. The car is scrapped with all its elements. After this, the former owner will be exempt from tax on this vehicle. There is also the option of partial recycling, but here each part of the machine is considered separately.
Vehicle theft. The car owner must contact the traffic police with an application to deregister the car. If the car is found, it can be registered again.
Car removal outside Russia. If the owner travels to another country for a long time, he is obliged to deregister the car and register it at his place of residence. Transit numbers are provided only to individual entrepreneurs and legal entities.
No re-registration of the vehicle upon sale. The new owner must register the car within ten days. If he does not do this, then the former owner has the right to deregister the vehicle himself, since without re-registration all taxes will come to him.

FAQ

I deregistered the car, what will happen to the buyer?

The buyer himself is to blame for not complying with the legal deadlines for registering the purchased car. Therefore, first he will receive a fine for violating the deadlines. If the traffic police stops him and reveals that the vehicle is unregistered, the driver will receive a fine of 800 rubles.

What should I do if I received a fine for a car I sold?

To cancel the fine, you must contact the traffic police department that issued the report and provide the purchase and sale agreement as evidence. It may be necessary to initiate legal proceedings. You can also negotiate with the new owner.

How many days does the seller have to register a car?

By law, he has 10 days to do this. If they pass, the seller can deregister the car himself.

What fee must I pay to deregister a car with State Services?

The operation is carried out free of charge. But the seller will need to pay a fee for registering the car - 500 rubles.

What to do if the bailiff has imposed a ban on registration?

There is only one way out - to pay the debt, which was the reason for imposing a ban on registration actions. While it is in effect, the car cannot be deregistered and registered to another owner.

Sources:

Government services: Termination of registration of a vehicle.

about the author

Irina Rusanova - higher education at the International East European University in the direction of "Banking". Graduated with honors from the Russian Economic Institute named after G.V. Plekhanov with a major in Finance and Credit. Ten years of experience in leading Russian banks: Alfa-Bank, Renaissance Credit, Home Credit Bank, Delta Credit, ATB, Svyaznoy (closed). He is an analyst and expert of the Brobank service on banking and financial stability. [email protected]

In what cases can you legally deregister a car?

According to Art. 19 Federal Law dated 03.08.2018 N 283-FZ “On state registration of vehicles in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”, you can terminate the registration of a car for the following reasons:

1 Statement from the owner of the vehicle;

2 Statement from the previous owner of the vehicle if the new owner of the vehicle has not applied to the registration department within ten days from the date of its acquisition to make appropriate changes to the registration data of the vehicle;

3 Availability of information about the death of the owner of the vehicle;

4 Availability of information about the liquidation of a legal entity that is the owner of a vehicle, or about the termination of activities by an individual who is the owner of a vehicle as an individual entrepreneur;

5 Availability of information on the termination of guardianship (trusteeship) over the owner of the vehicle, and in relation to a vehicle owned by one of the parents or adoptive parent of a person under the age of sixteen who is the owner of the vehicle - when the owner of the vehicle reaches the age of sixteen;

6If the vehicle is registered with the state on the basis of documents subsequently found to be counterfeit (forged) or invalid, as well as when the grounds specified in Part 1 of Article 20 of the Federal Law are identified - in the manner and under the conditions determined by the Government of the Russian Federation;

7 Due to the expiration of the state registration of the vehicle.

You can deregister a car at any registration department of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate in the country.

For more information about the procedure for registering a car, read the article “rules for registering a car.”

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Bektur
05/21/2021 at 15:35 What documents are needed to deregister?
Reply ↓ Anna Popovich
05/21/2021 at 20:44
Dear Baktur, you will need a vehicle registration certificate, a document certifying the applicant’s authority to represent the interests of the vehicle owner, state registration plates of the vehicle, an identification document, a technical passport (technical pass) of the vehicle and a vehicle passport.
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How to deregister a stolen car

In case of theft, to terminate registration, the owner provides:

Application for termination of registration.
Russian Federation passport.
STS (registration certificate).
Vehicle passport.
A certificate from the police confirming the theft.

As for whether it is possible to deregister a car without a car and documents for the car in case of theft, this is possible if the documents for the car were stolen along with the car. In this case, the owner presents only a Russian passport, and registration documents are put on the wanted list.

When state registration of vehicles is terminated, vehicle passports are subject to submission to registration departments, and in their absence - to be put on the wanted list.

P. 139 of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs N 950