Reasons for the lack of PTS
A car may not have a passport for the following reasons:
- he is on bail;
- he was arrested;
- loss of document;
- the car is assembled from various spare parts;
- the car is stolen and put on the wanted list;
- a friend, acquaintance or relative is trying to sell a vehicle secretly from the owner who has the document.
To avoid buying a problem car, you should always check it using the VIN code indicated in the title. The check is absolutely free on the traffic police website.
Most often, buyers require a photo of the vehicle title, where the code is visible. This does not guarantee that the passport is actually in the hands of the buyer - the photo may be old or taken by another person, and the document is lost. However, checking even by the VIN code number will allow you to find out about the restrictions imposed on the car - in the absence of such, there will be fewer difficulties if the car does not physically have a title.
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Registration and procedure for obtaining a new PTS
In what cases will it be possible to register a car if the original title is missing? Consider the following situations:
- documents are stolen or lost by the owner - there will be no problems with restoration;
- the car was purchased without handing over the papers, the owner has disappeared and is not in touch - this will be more complicated, but quite possible;
- the vehicle has no documents at all and its owner is unknown - the situation is complicated, there is little chance;
- collected or stolen cars - there is minimal chance of a good outcome.
Let's look at these situations in more detail.
Is it possible to use a car without a title?
The car must be registered with the traffic police within 10 days. It is impossible to register a car and even insure it without a title, which means you cannot use such a car. The salon will give you a copy of the registration certificate, but it cannot be considered a document; they will not register the car using it.
If you do not register the car on time, the deadlines will be violated, which means administrative liability will arise, including deprivation of the right to drive and payment of a fine.
Conclusion : it is simply impossible to drive such a vehicle and problems with a car dealership if you drive without registering a vehicle will not worry anyone.
PTS is lost or stolen
Everything is simple here: if the PTS is lost, the owner can restore it. Based on the passport, you can subsequently obtain other documentation for the car. Sometimes several documents are lost along with the title, but if the car really belongs to the owner, he can restore it without any problems:
- insurance policies at the agency;
- diagnostic card at the service station;
- purchase and sale agreement at the traffic police department.
By restoring the contract, you will receive a title document on the basis of which you can easily restore the title. This procedure applies not only if you have lost the documents for your car, but also in the situation of purchasing it from another owner.
You can ask the old owner to restore the PTS before your transaction or do everything yourself after it is completed.
In the second case, you need to do the following:
- prepare a purchase and sale agreement for yourself in triplicate;
- take the original contract for the previous owner - this will make it easier to explain your sales chain during the inspection;
- take a detailed explanatory note from the owner stating that he really is the owner of the car and about the situation of loss of documents (on the note to be sure, put the signatures of two witnesses);
- draw up an act of transfer of the vehicle indicating the date and configuration;
- sign a receipt on both sides for the transfer of money for the car;
- take a photocopy of the seller’s passport, if possible - any documents, photocopies, checks, books, car coupons;
- write an application for passport restoration.
You must come with this documentation to the MREO at your registered address. The car will have to be left on the observation deck, since the inspection staff will be required to inspect it, check all numbers, codes, papers, and accept explanations. If there are no problems or questions, then the PTS will be issued on the basis of the car purchase document.
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A passport is issued immediately or within several days; to receive it you need to pay a state fee of 1,650 rubles. for PTS, another 850 rubles. you need to pay for issuing a vehicle certificate, 2,850 rubles. - for new license plates.
Additional features and nuances
If the seller warned the buyer that the car is pledged to the bank, then the parties draw up a purchase and sale agreement, after which the new owner goes with the previous owner to the bank and pays the balance of the loan. The difference is transferred to the previous owner. The bank returns the title to the buyer, after which the parties go to the traffic police to re-register the car and register it.
If the seller did not admit that the car was pledged to the bank and falsified the title, then the situation becomes more complicated. You will need to write a statement to the police, attaching all relevant documents to it, and then obtain payment of the loan by selling the property of the fraudulent seller.
It will be more difficult to achieve restoration of violated rights if the car is stolen or was assembled from different spare parts. The owner of such a vehicle may be subject to a heavy fine , and the vehicle itself may be confiscated. For this reason, before conducting a purchase and sale transaction, it is necessary to check the legal condition of the car.
The owner has disappeared or is unknown
If the owner disappeared after signing the contract or receiving the money, and you have the car, then you need to go to the inspection and try to restore the title. You can provide correspondence with the former owner or audio recordings where the purchase procedure, transfer of money, lack of documents, etc. are discussed. If there is no positive result, the inspectors will tell you what to do next, what documents to collect, and what authorities to contact.
The owner may be unknown in the following cases:
- the car was found and there is no information about it;
- the car was left behind by a relative or friend who was not its owner according to the papers;
- the old owner died and no one took over;
- The car was taken away from recycling.
In all these cases, no one should claim ownership of the car, and you will have to formalize ownership of the car in any way:
- by inheriting - directly from you or a relative of the deceased from whom you will subsequently buy a car;
- through a visit to the local administration to find out who owned the car - if the owner died and he had no successors, then his property goes to the state, here you can persuade him to transfer the vehicle to the balance sheet and then sell it;
- by purchasing a car as a vehicle in the form of scrap at a scrap metal collection point.
After receiving the title document, you need to check the license plates for theft at the inspection and receive a certificate. Then bring the car into normal technical condition, do an examination and issue an appropriate expert opinion. With the conclusion, you can already go to the inspectorate to restore the title.
Cuts and constructors today
A car with documents is purchased in a disassembled state. Next, they search for a vehicle that is located in the country and is not in use. After import and customs clearance, owners can begin assembling the construction set and spare parts. It is important to take into account that clearing customs for a car that was brought into the country for spare parts is much cheaper.
A structurally intact car is imported into the country, but disassembled into parts. There will be no traces of cutting the grinder on the surface of the body. Why are saw cuts and construction kits from auctions so popular:
- Possibility to save on customs duties if the car is 3-5 years old.
- You can import cars with increased engine capacity (more than 2500 hp), diesel jeeps into the country and not pay the full cost of the state duty.
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After the abolition of the protective language, the cost of customs clearance of a car is on average $1,000. The construction machine is a full-fledged vehicle. It was previously disassembled for spare parts and parts abroad - this is the engine, chassis and body. The main purpose of disassembly is to clear customs at a reduced rate. Owners of such a vehicle will not have to pay the full cost.
Cutting is the import of foreign-made cars in parts. The main task is to minimize costs at customs. During its passage, it will be written in the customs declaration that the car is not complete, but is a set of spare parts and components. Cutting is carried out along the back and front.
Important
You can read more about the differences and advantages in the article: What is the difference between a construction set and a cut?
The legislation does not allow the body to be legalized if the engine shield is over-welded, even if it contains the serial number from a legal car. Traffic police officers may consider such a vehicle suspicious. He will be arrested until the circumstances are clarified if traces of overcooking are visible. This is due to the fact that they are trying to hide stolen cars or illegal cutting was carried out.
According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, it is possible to cut a car into parts into the territory of the country and restore an existing legal vehicle after a traffic accident.
Citizens are allowed to replace spare parts or body parts if the integrity of the load-bearing parts has not been compromised. When cutting is carried out abroad, the body parts are not touched and remain intact, so the new owner will be able to restore the vehicle.
Features of the procedure
So, it’s worth remembering that buying a car without documents is a lottery. You may come across an honest, inconsiderate seller who actually lost it. In this case, you can drive the car somewhere out of town at your own risk or disassemble it for parts. But there is a much greater chance that the car is not completely “clean”. It could be stolen, pawned in a bank, assembled from several parts, or sold without the knowledge of the real owner. Then there is a high probability of being left without purchased transport and without money.
Purchase and sale agreement for a car without a title
As mentioned earlier, selling a vehicle without a title is illegal. Therefore, you should not agree to such a deal if you are not ready to lose your newly acquired car, money, time and nerves.
If you still want to purchase such a car, then draw up a purchase and sale agreement in as much detail as possible. Indicate there all the seller’s data, the exact cost of the vehicle, and all possible data. The vehicle's VIN number can be found on the windshield, under the hood, or in other accessible places. It is worth first studying where the VIN is located on the vehicle you are purchasing and entering it into the contract. You can enter the remaining data (year of manufacture, color) from the seller’s words.
How is a car sold without documents?
It is worth mentioning right away that selling a vehicle without a title is illegal . Therefore, you need to remember that if for some reason you decide on such a complex transaction, the consequences may not be the most pleasant. If you are the real owner of a vehicle that is not mortgaged to the bank and has not been involved in any criminal cases, then the best option would be to restore your passport. In addition, it is possible to sell the car without documents for spare parts. But don't completely sell your vehicle for parts. There is a high probability that it will be purchased for some fraudulent schemes and actions, for example, to change the body or engine numbers for a “designer” assembly.
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