Vietnam: Title transfer procedures for "unregistered vehicle"

Vietnam: Title transfer procedures for "unregistered vehicle" (illustrative image)

Under Clause 2, Article 10 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA, the title transfer procedures for "unregistered vehicle" in Vietnam are as follows:

Firstly, any organization or individual who is a seller, giver or transferor of the vehicle must declare and submit the certificate of vehicle registration and license plate:

- title transfer to another entity in different province or central-affiliated city (hereinafter referred to as inter-provincial title transfer): The vehicle owner shall, in person or authorize another entity to, submit an application form for vehicle registration and the license plate to the competent vehicle registry;

- title transfer to another entity in the same province or central-affiliated city (hereinafter referred to as intra-provincial title transfer): The vehicle owner shall, in person or authorize another entity to, submit an application form for vehicle registration to the competent vehicle registry; if the entity as a buyer, receiver or heir of that vehicle carries out the procedures for vehicle title transfer immediately, the revocation of the vehicle registration certificate is not required.

Secondly, the officer in charge of vehicle registration shall revoke vehicle registration and license plate on the vehicle registration system, issue the certificate of revocation of vehicle registration and issue the temporary license plate;;

Thirdly, any organization or individual who is a buyer, a receiver or a transferee of the vehicle shall come to the vehicle registry of residence to submit the following documents:

1. Vehicle registration declaration form.

2. Documents on vehicle title transfer, including one of the following documents:

- 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.

3. 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.

4. The certificate of revocation of vehicle registration and license plate (not applying to the title transfer after completing the procedures for vehicle title transfer) and show the documentation of the vehicle owner as prescribed in Article 9 of this Circular to complete the vehicle title transfer.

At the same time, the applicant must present the vehicle owner's documents (ID card, citizen ID card, household registration book, etc.) to complete the title transfer procedures.

Fourthly, the vehicle owner receives an appointment note for selecting the license plate in the vehicle registration system; receives an appointment note for the vehicle registration certificate, pays the registration fee, and receives the license plate.

Finally, the officer in charge of vehicle registration shall complete the application and issue the vehicle registration certificate.

Thú, Vietnamese law specifically stipulates the procedures for title transfer for unregistered vehicles. Therefore, people should take note of these procedures to participate in traffic in accordance with the law. You may refer to our article: When will motor vehicle/motorcycle drivers be penalized for "unregistered vehicle”?

Le Vy

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