Vietnam: Procedures for vehicle title transfer within the same province or municipality
1. Legal Basis:
- Article 5 Circular 229/2016/TT-BTC
- Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA
- Circular 15/2022/TT-BCA
2. Application for vehicle title transfer within the same province or municipality in Vietnam:
- Vehicle registration declaration made according to Form No. 01 issued together with Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA
- The documentation of vehicle title transfer shall include any of the following:
+ Invoices, financial documents (receipts) or documentation on sale and gifting of vehicle (decision, contract, inheritance document) as per the law;
+ Written agreement on sale or gifting of vehicle between individuals must be authenticated or notarized, or certified by the employers with respect to the armed forces; and foreign nationals working for diplomatic missions, consular posts and representative offices of international organizations, and registers his/her vehicle at the address of his/her employer, he/she must provide the confirmation from them.
+ As for liquidated vehicles of police: A decision on liquidation of vehicle made by the competent authority and invoice of selling public property or selling state-owned property;
+ As for liquidated vehicles of military: A certificate of vehicle registration, an official dispatch certifying that the vehicle has been moved out of the military equipment of the Department of Vehicles affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense and an invoice of selling public property or selling state-owned property.
- Proof of payment of vehicle registration fee:
+ A receipt or a written proof of payment to the state budget or payment order through the bank of vehicle registration fee or other documentation on payment of vehicle registration fee as per the law or document printed from the vehicle registration system (with all information about the make, model number, model, engine number, chassis number). If there is only one proof of payment for vehicle registration fee, each vehicle must submit a proper duplicate legally certified and confirmed by an agency where that proof has been issued;
+ As for vehicles exempted from paying the registration fee: the declaration of registration fee certified by the tax authority.
- The owner’s legal documentation as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular for the procedures of title transfer registration.
- Vehicle registration certificate or certificate of revocation of vehicle registration.
3. Submission Method:
The current vehicle user directly goes to the competent vehicle registry in Vietnam to complete the title transfer procedures.
4. Processing authority:
Competent vehicle registry specified in Article 3 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA amended by Point b Clause 1 Article 3 of Circular 15/2022/TT-BCA competent vehicle registry
5. Time limit for processing:
- No more than two working days from the date of receiving a valid application, the officer responsible for vehicle registration completes the documentation and issues the vehicle registration certificate as prescribed in Article 4 of this Circular.
6. Fees: Article 5 Circular 229/2016/TT-BTC
| No. | Criteria | Region I | Region II | Region III |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Issuance of new registration certificate with license plate | |||
| 1 | Cars, except passenger motor vehicles with up to 9 seats as per item 2 of this section | 150,000 - 500,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| 2 | Passenger motor vehicles with up to 9 seats | 2,000,000 - 20,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 200,000 |
| 3 | Detached trailers or semi-trailers | 100,000 - 200,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 4 | Motorcycles (according to registration fee value) | |||
| a | Value up to 15,000,000 VND | 500,000 - 1,000,000 | 200,000 | 50,000 |
| b | Value above 15,000,000 to 40,000,000 VND | 1,000,000 - 2,000,000 | 400,000 | 50,000 |
| c | Value above 40,000,000 VND | 2,000,000 - 4,000,000 | 800,000 | 50,000 |
| d | Specialized three-wheeled motorcycles for the disabled | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
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