A vehicle passport is the main document of a car, which is equivalent to a citizen’s passport. There are situations when the owner loses it. It is clear that the situation is unpleasant, but be that as it may, it is fixable. Let's take a closer look at how to restore the title to a car if it is lost, and what steps need to be taken immediately.
What documents will be required for recovery?
Before thinking about how to restore the title to a car, the owner should collect a package of documents. What papers should be presented are specified in the law.
List of required documents:
Russian Federation passport (with registration).
Temporary registration form (if permanent registration is not available).
A certificate confirming ownership.
Vehicle registration certificate.
State duty payment receipt.
It is not necessary to present an MTPL policy. However, the traffic rules say that driving a car without a car insurance policy is completely prohibited. The driver will also be required to provide an explanation.
Necessary documents for obtaining a copy of a vehicle passport
When contacting the traffic police in order to obtain a duplicate PTS, the car owner must prepare a package of documents in advance. It includes:
- Owner's passport allowing personal identification. In some cases, it is possible to provide other documents with a photograph and a stamp.
- Certificate of registration of the vehicle (STS) with the traffic police. This is a small document made on pink paper and laminated by an MREO employee. The owner receives it when registering the car and is required to present it to the traffic police upon request when stopping the car for inspection.
- A contract of sale, gift or inheritance, which confirms the owner’s right to this vehicle.
- An MTPL policy and a copy of the previous PTS (from a prudent owner) will also be a significant addition to the package of documents. Traffic police officers rarely request an MTPL policy when they receive a package of documents. But it is better to take care of its availability in advance.
The above list should be prepared in advance. When visiting the MREO in person, the owner needs to collect three more equally important documents to obtain a duplicate PTS. These include:
- Completed explanatory note addressed to the head of the department. It should indicate the reason for the application, as well as the circumstances that led to the need to obtain a copy of the original.
- Correctly filled out and paid state fee for the service provided.
- Application for obtaining a duplicate PTS. It must contain the correct passport details of the owner, as well as information from the STS.
If the package of documents is collected and filled out correctly, and the car is not stolen or pawned, then the likelihood of a positive decision is very high.
Step-by-step instructions for restoring PTS
A vehicle title is issued only once. That is why the restored document receives a stamp with the signature “duplicate”. You can get a duplicate at any traffic police department, regardless of the owner’s city of residence. In addition, many drivers use the State Services portal. They also provide the opportunity to recover lost items. Let's consider each method of how to restore a PTS if lost.
Through the traffic police
Before the procedure, the owner needs to visit the official website of the traffic police and establish his region of residence. Having chosen a branch, the driver must pay a state fee. To do this, you need to visit any bank branch, approach a specialist and tell them that you need to pay a state fee for the loss of the PTS. The employee will issue a payment receipt, which should never be lost or thrown away.
After paying the state fee, the motorist should write a statement. You can do this by coming to the traffic police department or at home. If the application is being written for the first time, it is better to write it on the spot. The application form does not have a formal template, so it is written in free form.
The next step is to collect all the documents required by law. Having collected the papers, the driver will only have to submit them to the traffic police and wait for a new vehicle title from Fr. By the way, when selling a car, the buyer may have doubts when he sees a copy of the passport rather than the original.
Through State Services
The process of restoring documents through State Services is even simpler than going to the branch on your own. Of course, you will have to go to the traffic police in any case, but only to obtain a duplicate.
First of all, the driver needs to log into the portal via a computer or mobile phone. If he does not yet have his own account on the site, he will have to create one and confirm his identity.
In the “Service Catalog” you need to find the “Transport and Driving” section. Various “problems” will appear on the screen, from which you need to select the “Vehicle registration” item. By entering this subsection, the car enthusiast will see several categories. You must click on the “Change registration data” item. Select the service for receiving STS, PTS and follow the link “Get service”.
A window will open in front of the user where he needs to enter data to restore the PTS. Here you can pay the state fee, and then choose the day and time to visit the branch.
The difference between a duplicate PTS and the Original
At first glance, the appearance of the duplicate vehicle passport is completely identical to the original. It contains complete information about:
- the number of owners and the length of their ownership of the car;
- engine parameters (power, volume and type);
- body, chassis and engine numbers;
- car make, color and year of manufacture
- maximum permissible weight and unladen weight;
- environmental class cars;
- presence of customs restrictions;
- the concern that produced this vehicle, etc.
The only visual difference is the presence of o. Otherwise, it is also made on blue paper and has the necessary watermarks that confirm the legality of its issuance.
A buyer who decides to purchase a car with a duplicate vehicle passport must remember: such a document does not reflect the real situation with the number of previous owners.
The standard PTS form allows you to enter only 6 owners, the first of which will be the official dealer. Consequently, the number of owners in the duplicate may be much less than in the original. This allows criminals to hide a long string of resales. A potential buyer can obtain comprehensive information about the number of owners on the traffic police website or by contacting an inspector at any of the nearest departments. The only condition is the presence of a duplicate PTS, which indicates the number and series of the previously issued original.
Reasons for refusal to issue
Many drivers are worried that they may be denied a new vehicle title. If a person has collected all the necessary documents, then in this case refusal is impossible. Sometimes there are situations when the information about the owner of the car is incorrect. In this case, you need to correct the “mistakes” and resubmit the papers.
A driver who has lost his PTS has the right to move around the city. He will only need this document when he decides to sell the car. Even if no one is thinking about selling in the near future, the owner should still take care of restoring the transport passport. The fact is that lost PTS can be used by scammers. They find the document and take out loans as collateral, or enter into a fictitious sales transaction.
When is a duplicate PTS issued?
The owner has the right to legally apply for a copy of the original PTS in several cases:
- Loss of the original as a result of carelessness. Despite the recommendations of traffic police officers to store it in a safe place, car owners are often negligent about this issue. The result is the loss of the original and the inability to complete transactions with the vehicle.
- Damage to the original. With frequent changes of owners and careless handling of the original, it quickly becomes unusable. Damage to the PTS is also caused by accidental washing, which eliminates the possibility of obtaining accurate information about the vehicle.
- Loss due to theft. This is another scenario that will require an urgent application to the traffic police.
- The absence of empty fields in the vehicle passport for entering information is also grounds for visiting the MREO.
Regardless of the reasons that led to the need to obtain a duplicate PTS, you should not delay contacting the traffic police.
Price
Having discovered that the document has disappeared, the driver immediately asks the question: how much does it cost to restore the title? The restoration process and its cost are regulated by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.
As of October 2021, you will have to pay a fee equal to 560 rubles to replace your passport. In addition, the person will have to update the registration certificate of this PTS. It is also subject to mandatory replacement. The state duty is 350 rubles.
In total, you will have to pay at least 910 rubles for the entire procedure.
Duplicate title for trailer
In case of loss of the vehicle passport after its registration for the trailer, the procedure for restoring a copy of the document is not complicated. It completely repeats the restoration scheme for the car.
A slightly different situation arises if a person purchases a new trailer and, without having time to register it, loses the original. In this case, you must contact the MREO at the owner’s place of registration and provide the inspector with the series and number of the lost vehicle passport. This information is specified in the purchase and sale agreement. Based on the information provided, the inspector will include the vehicle title in the database of lost documents.
You can request a duplicate title for a trailer that has not been registered with the traffic police through the dealer who sold the trailer. The basis for issuance is a complete set of documents, as well as an application addressed to the general director of the company that manufactured the trailer.
Deadlines for obtaining a new passport
The time frame for restoring a vehicle passport is not that long. If the driver visits the department on his own, then before issuing the document, a traffic police officer inspects the car. First, he checks the numbers to avoid any mistakes.
If no problems are found during the inspection, a duplicate is issued on the same day. If another check is needed, the owner is given a special conclusion. In this case, verification and issuance of a new PTS may take up to 30 days.
If the application was submitted through the State Services portal, then the date and time of the meeting with the traffic police officer has already been scheduled in advance. The owner comes to a specific address and picks up a duplicate.
There is another recovery option - through the MFC. The procedure takes about 4 days, since the documents are sent to the traffic police.
The procedure for registration and receipt of a duplicate PTS
For quick and trouble-free paperwork, follow these instructions:
- Prepare in advance the list of documents discussed above. Carefully fill out the payment receipt for the state duty. If there are errors in the payer's data or the bank details are filled in incorrectly, the traffic police officer may refuse to accept your documents.
- On the day of submitting the application, you must personally arrive at the MREO office and sign up for the queue at the required window.
- Place your car on the observation deck where the traffic police inspector conducts vehicle inspections. It may not be necessary to check engine and body numbers for your case. But it is better to park the car at this site to speed up the paperwork in case an inspection is necessary.
- After inspecting the car and verifying the documents, a duplicate PTS is drawn up and issued to you, as well as a vehicle registration certificate.
According to the law, not only the owner of the car, but also another person can obtain a duplicate PTS. To do this, he needs to have the appropriate power of attorney, which allows him to carry out such operations with documents. In addition, it is necessary to provide the MREO employee with a copy of the specified power of attorney.
Cost and delivery time
In 2021, the state fee for issuing a duplicate PTS will cost you 800 rubles. You need to know that your old car registration certificate will be confiscated. In its place, a new STS is issued (price 500 rubles), which indicates that a duplicate PTS has been issued. Also, starting from 2021, you can get a Certificate of a new type in plastic worth 1,500 rubles.
The considered procedure for obtaining a PTS does not differ in case of damage or loss of the document. If the old PTS has become unusable due to natural wear and tear, then it must be submitted to the MREO to verify the information against the database. The production of a duplicate PTS should not take longer than 30 days. If no problems arise, the papers will be given to you within a few hours. When additional verification is required, the issuance time will be clarified further and may take several days.
Is it possible to obtain a new document without the participation of the owner?
Some people need to know how to restore a lost title without the owner of the car. The situation becomes more complicated when the owner is not around. However, it is still possible to obtain a new document, but not always.
The positive or negative outcome of the situation depends on the circumstances that have developed around the driver. Naturally, if a person wants to restore a vehicle’s passport secretly from the owner of the car, then the law prohibits this. Such an act indicates the implementation of a legal action in the absence of appropriate authority.
In order for a person to be allowed to restore a document, he needs to present a power of attorney from the owner of the car. A power of attorney is a document in a prescribed form. It is supported by the signature and seal of a notary.
The notary not only helps to make a power of attorney, but also enters information about this into a special register. Actions that will be taken cannot be challenged in the future.
Normative base
What laws provide for the need to obtain a duplicate of the PTS in the event of loss of the original and regulate the restoration procedure? These provisions include:
- Part 10 of Section 1 “General Provisions” of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia No. 496 of June 23, 2005 “On approval of the Regulations on vehicle passports and vehicle chassis passports.”
- Part 3 of Resolution No. 938 of August 12, 1994 “On state registration of motor vehicles and other types of self-propelled equipment on the territory of the Russian Federation.”
- Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 605.
Is it possible to restore a PTS without the owner?
The issuance of a duplicate document depends on the reason for the loss. If a PTS is stolen, a citizen will be able to restore it only after the end of the criminal case, and this is a long process.
Therefore, when submitting an application, car owners prefer not to disclose the current state of the matter, but indicate that the document is lost. When the vehicle passport is in unusable condition or there is no free space in the columns, then another PTS is also issued.
The owner of the car or a person representing him who has a general power of attorney, which indicates the powers of the citizen in resolving this issue, can restore the title to the car again. This document is issued by a notary and has legal force. There are certain requirements for the execution of a power of attorney - it must contain:
- personal information about the principal - the owner of the vehicle;
- information about the authorized person;
- whether the right of subrogation is given;
- date, place and duration of its validity;
- list of rights granted by the principal;
- vehicle characteristics (engine number, model, VIN, year of manufacture, etc.);
- signature and seal of a notary officer.
Sometimes the restoration of the title is simply done under the purchase and sale agreement. This is acceptable when a citizen bought a vehicle from an auction where confiscated equipment was put up for sale. Bidding is scheduled after a decree on confiscation is issued, and then the confiscation is formalized according to the act. The citizen who purchased such a car is issued an agreement to purchase it at auction.
To obtain a duplicate passport for a vehicle purchased at an auction, the owner can provide the traffic police with copies of documents reflecting all stages of the auction.
What documents are needed
Before going to the MREO, you need to prepare the following documents:
- passport of the vehicle owner or his representative;
- vehicle registration certificate;
- power of attorney (if the legal representative will handle the registration);
- a copy of the vehicle passport (the original if the replacement is due to its unusability, lack of space for notes, or the car has been scrapped);
- MTPL agreement;
- documents confirming ownership;
- receipt and cash order for payment of duties.
A decision to close the case will also be required if the vehicle’s passport was stolen. If you lose your PTS, you need to write an explanatory note detailing the circumstances of the incident. When it becomes necessary to restore a passport after disposal, you need to have the appropriate certificate. A document suitable for your situation must also be attached.
Application procedure
To resolve the issue of obtaining a copy of the PTS, you should contact the MREO of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, where you need to fill out an application form. The surname, first name, patronymic of the applicant is entered into it and then the text “Receive a PTS to replace a lost or deteriorated one” is selected and marked.
The next step is to inspect the car. It is required if there has been theft, loss or disposal. In other situations, the car is not inspected. At a special site, body and engine numbers will be verified. If there is heavy contamination of the engine compartment, it is better to pre-rinse or clean it.
Next, they will check the operation of the wipers, lights and brakes. If you have reported the loss of your title, then be prepared to check the car for theft and whether it is in collateral. If the situation is positive, you will be issued a new vehicle passport.
Where to contact
To restore, that is, obtain a duplicate of the PTS, you need to contact the MREO, where the registration of the equipment was carried out. It is also possible to submit an electronic appeal using the State Services service.
If you are in another city
It will not be possible to restore a transport passport or STS in another city - such actions are carried out at the place of registration. At the MREO of another city you can only get a driver's license.
Without a master
The only way to restore documentation without the owner is quite complicated. The sequence of actions should be like this:
- We contact the traffic police department where the vehicle was registered with a general power of attorney.
- We present the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and pay the state fee.
- In the statement we explain how the documents were lost.
- We are writing another application, this time for the restoration of documentation.
Further, all actions are the same as for the usual restoration of car documentation. In fact, it is not so important for organizations whether the owner himself carries out all the procedures, or whether this is done by a person under a general power of attorney.
Nuances
It is important to understand that no other government or commercial agency, except the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, has the right to provide the owner with a duplicate title for a registered vehicle. Therefore, such proposals by other organizations will inevitably lead to the owner’s participation in illegal schemes. And the risk of receiving a false document increases many times over.
If the owner has lost the vehicle passport as a result of theft of property, then it will be very difficult to obtain the document. The traffic police inspector will refuse to issue you until the investigation of the criminal case is completed. The likelihood of catching the attacker is negligible. The time spent on conducting a criminal case is very long. This is precisely the reason why many owners refuse to write a statement to the police. And when registering with MREO, they indicate that the loss occurred under unclear circumstances. This approach allows you to save time and get what you want much faster. But it is difficult to recognize it as legal.
