Is a Certificate of Single Status Required for Reselling a Vehicle?

Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 40 of the Notarization Law 2014, when performing the notarization procedure for a vehicle sale contract, the person going for notarization must submit the following documents to the notarization practicing organization:

- Notarization request form, which includes information about the full name and address of the notarization requester, the content to be notarized, the list of accompanying documents; the name of the notarization practicing organization, the full name of the person receiving the notarization request dossier, and the time of receiving the dossier;

- Draft of the contract or transaction;

- Copy of the identification documents of the notarization requester;

- Copy of the ownership certificate, usage rights certificate, or a legal substitute document for the asset that requires registration of ownership or usage rights in case the contract or transaction relates to that asset;

- Copy of other documents related to the contract or transaction as required by law.

Although the aforementioned documents do not include a certificate of singleness, one of the issues the vehicle seller must prove is whether they are the legal owner of the vehicle and have the right to dispose of the asset independently. This is necessary to determine if the vehicle is the personal asset of the seller or the joint property of the spouses, as stipulated in Clause 1, Article 33 of the Marriage and Family Law 2014:

The joint property of spouses includes property created by the husband and wife, income generated from labor, production, and business activities, and yields and profits generated from private property and other lawful incomes during the marriage period.

Therefore, when selling the vehicle, you still have to present a certificate of singleness for the notarization procedure.

Respectfully!