Car without documents. Is it worth buying a car without documents?

What documents are required for a car in 2021 according to traffic rules?

In general, traffic rules prescribe 2 related responsibilities when driving a car:

carry documents for the car with you (and, accordingly, the obligation not to forget them at home),
hand them over to a police officer for inspection.

This is prescribed by paragraph 2.1 of the Rules.

Please note that you are obliged to transfer them, and not just present or show them. And also the fact that the right to check papers is granted not only to traffic police inspectors, but to any police officer, which includes police officers patrolling the streets, precinct officers and other employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the vast majority of cases, for an ordinary passenger car driven by an individual and used for personal needs (not a legal entity or working in a taxi), only 3 documents are required:

license (driver's license),
registration document (registration certificate - STS)
and a valid MTPL policy.

In some individual cases, the driver will also need:

waybill and/or documents for the transported cargo – in the case of driving a commercial vehicle or taxi,
permit and license – for taxi cars,
certificate of disability – if a disabled person is driving a vehicle and if there is a corresponding sign on the rear window,
access card – for international transportation,
and various kinds of documents for heavy, large-sized transport or transporting dangerous goods.

What if the car is someone else's?

Then nothing changes. You must have with you:

your driver's license,
the owner of the car must give you the STS,
valid MTPL insurance, in which you must be included in the number of permitted drivers (column 3 of the policy).

This is all! You will not need any powers of attorney, since the obligation to present them to a traffic police officer has long been abolished (although formally such a document can be issued by law).

Thus, if you are driving someone else’s car, and at the same time you forgot the license and documents for the car at home, you were stopped by the traffic police, then the sanctions will be exactly the same as if it was your personal car.

Possible solutions to the problem

It is best to pick up the documents left behind by returning home by public transport and park the car. If your destination is closer, then it’s worth driving to it and then going to get the papers.

Stopping the car and the inspector’s legal demand to show the travel package is a reason to behave as politely as possible in order to avoid complicating the situation.

The issued fine will still have to be paid, and along with it the services of the impound lot.

It is wrong to think that a registration certificate can replace a certificate. Both the STS and the technical passport are independent documents and are not related to each other. However, when there is no registration at all, it is better to take both the registration certificate and the diagnostic card with you.

Some drivers are cunning by contacting the nearest police department with a verbal complaint about the theft, which is recorded in a log. A phone number taken there with an eloquent story can lull the inspector’s vigilance and help avoid not only a fine, but even a warning. You do not need to report any STS found or purchased to the police. But you shouldn't abuse it.

What happens if you forget your car documents at home?

There are 3 categories of sanctions that may occur in the case of driving a car and leaving papers at home:

administrative warning,
a fine of 500 rubles,
detention of a vehicle (evacuation to a parking lot).

What is the penalty for forgotten rights?

Responsibility for the lack of a driver's license when driving a vehicle is provided for in Part 2 of Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The fine for forgotten rights under this provision is 500 rubles. And in rare cases, the driver only faces a warning.

12.3, part 1. Driving a vehicle by a driver who does not have documents for the right to drive it... entails a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five hundred rubles.

The good news is that this penalty is eligible for a 50% discount if paid within 20 days of the judgment. And no additional punishments or security measures are provided: impound parking, various requirements and prohibitions on operation.

Below we will learn the intricacies of assigning this type of punishment and attempts to deceive by some “traffic cops” by assigning a larger sanction.

Fine and evacuation for driving without STS

If you forgot at home the main document for the car in the form of a registration certificate (a pink laminated card - it is also mistakenly called a “technical passport”), and you were stopped by traffic police officers on the road, you will face the same fine - 500 rubles or a warning. However, in this case, an additional security measure is the evacuation of the car to a special parking lot.

This is provided because driving a car without an STS may be a sign of a stolen vehicle. And, if you do not agree with the severity of this punishment, then think about how happy you would be if someone tried to steal your car... Of course, unless you keep the certificate in the car, which we strongly do not recommend doing!

The fine itself for this forgotten document is established by part 1 of article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences. And evacuation (correctly called “detention of a vehicle”) is Article 27.13 of the Code. Part 1 of this norm lists all other measures of liability for which a fine is provided, and part 1 of Article 12.3 is among them.

This fine is also subject to a discount.

Thus, if you forgot your license and car documents in the form of STS at home, and you were stopped by traffic police inspectors, then the total fine will be 1,000 rubles, which can be paid within 20 days in the amount of 500 rubles for both sanctions. However, in the case of a forgotten “technical passport”, there will also be a risk of evacuation to a special parking lot.

Punishment if you left your MTPL insurance at home

And exactly the same measure of liability is provided in 2021 if you forgot your MTPL insurance policy at home. A 500 ruble fine or warning is provided for by the same part 2 of Article 12.3 of the Administrative Code. There is also a discount on it, and the law does not require impound parking.

Thus, if you are caught by traffic police inspectors without a license and without insurance, then there will be only one fine. But if without STS, then the second one, because it is provided for by another part of Article 12.3.

But there is an important subtlety here. Clause 2.1.1 of the traffic rules provides for penalties for the lack of paper insurance. If you have an electronic MTPL, then you are required to carry one of two options with you:

or a printed OSAGO policy,
or his photograph.

That is, if the policy series begins with the letters “XXX” (and not “KKK”, “MMM” or others), then you have an electronic MTPL (it could have been issued even if you actually contacted the office of the insurance company or broker), and you must only carry a printout with you or show a photo from your smartphone to the traffic police inspector.

Expert opinion

Dmitry Tikovenko

Automotive law expert. 7 years of experience. Areas of specialization: civil law, disputes over compulsory motor liability insurance and road accidents

When discussing penalties for forgotten documents, one of the advantages of the electronic OSAGO policy will become clear. You should always carry a regular form with you, and if you forget it at home, the driver risks getting a fine under Part 2 of Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

With an electronic policy, everything is simpler. Not only is it sent by email, and if something happens you can always find it there, but the Supreme Court also clarified that failure to present an electronic OSAGO policy does not constitute an offense under Part 2 of Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. So that's one less fine!

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The inspector threatens a larger fine - who is right?

In practice in 2021, it is not uncommon for not very honest traffic police officers to try to scam motorists based on drivers’ ignorance of the law. So, you can be subject to the following sanctions:

You may be charged 15,000 rubles for a driver’s license forgotten at home,
for the absence of a compulsory motor liability insurance policy – 800 rubles,
and for driving without STS - simply threaten with impound parking.

And only the last threat is legal here. But in order to receive increased fines for abandoned rights and compulsory motor liability insurance, you need to be completely ignorant of the rules of responsibility and, moreover, not try to understand them.

The fact is that a fine of 15,000 rubles for forgotten rights is the maximum sanction under Part 1 of Article 12.7 of the Administrative Code. And this punishment is legally applied due to the lack of control rights. Unfortunately, some motorists do not distinguish between a driver's license and the license itself. And these are completely different concepts:

the right to drive is granted to you once and for all after passing the driving test for the first time in your life (then this right can only be suspended or revoked, it is also suspended if your license has expired),
a driver's license confirms that you have such a right.

At the same time, the main essence of the illegality of the fine is that even if you do not have your license with you, it is not grounds for termination of your right to drive, and for this forgotten document a separate, more specific rule of responsibility is provided: part 2 of article 12.3.

Part 1 of Article 12.7 applies if a person is driving who has never had a driving license, if the license has expired or this right has been suspended for medical reasons. But for driving licenses forgotten at home, this fine is illegal.

As for 800 rubles for the absence of a policy, here too the inspector is very and blatantly disingenuous - this is a sanction under Part 2 of Article 12.37 for the absence of an insurance contract. That is, a fine is imposed if you did not conclude such an agreement at all (as well as if the previous one was overdue). In our case, we are talking about a policy forgotten at home as material confirmation that you have an MTPL insurance contract. And the traffic cop on the road after stopping has the opportunity to check this.

If you are nevertheless subject to one of the illegal fines listed above, you should appeal them. This is very easy to do, since you have strong evidence - just attach a copy of your current MTPL policy or, accordingly, your driver’s license to your complaint. We have provided detailed instructions for filing a complaint in a special article.

What is the fine for driving without a license?

PTS is a document that reflects information about the owner of the car. The passport indicates the technical characteristics of the car, identification number, model of the car and its brand.

There is also information about the registration of the car or its removal. In the PTS you will find the body number and its color. In addition, the passport contains information about the engine number.

In general, we can say that this document is considered the most important.

Is it possible to drive without a title if the document was not issued by the dealer?

It happens that the driver does not have a title for some reason. This can happen when you receive a new car at a dealership and they give you a copy of the document.

Recently, this practice has become widespread. When purchasing a new car, you can wait for a title from a couple of days to several months.

And it’s not even the fault of the showrooms themselves, but of the representative offices of automakers, who do not want to issue title cards for cars without payment.

As a result, you only receive a copy of the PTS. In this case, you are given a purchase and sale agreement, and the buyer also receives an acceptance certificate. Car owners ask the question: is it possible to drive a car without a title if they only have these documents?

Clause 2.1.1 states that the driver is required to provide traffic police officers with registration documents for the vehicle, a license or a temporary permit to drive a vehicle. Don't forget about OSAGO.

A copy of the PTS cannot be called a document according to which you have the right to drive a car without license plates. We are talking about the first 10 days from the date of purchasing the car. In addition, having only a copy of the title, you will not be able to register the car.

When stopping a car, a traffic police officer carries out his actions, guided by 12.2 part 2.

You may be fined 5,000 rubles or have your license revoked. In this case, you will not be able to drive for 1 - 3 months. Do not agree when they promise to give you the original PTS after a few days or require an advance payment. Buy a car if you have the original title and other documents in front of you.

What to do if you have an STS, but no PTS

If you have registered your car and you have been issued a vehicle registration certificate, then if it is lost, driving without a title is possible. Traffic police officers do not check the title when stopping a car, because you must keep this document in a safe deposit box or at home. You must have STS with you. But when selling a car, for example, you cannot do without a title. In addition, it is required when applying for compulsory motor liability insurance.

Many people ask the question “Can I drive with a PTS without a registration certificate?” The answer is no! Since this is exactly what you provide to the traffic police inspector when you stop and when you take out insurance for your car, and the PTS is just a registration document.

No fine will be issued for driving without a vehicle license! And for driving without a STS (vehicle registration certificate) it is 500 rubles, and if you do not have compulsory motor liability insurance, it is 800 rubles.

What to do if you lose a document

If you lose your PTS, contact the State Traffic Inspectorate. You need the branch where you registered the car. Take your passport with you; the purchase and sale agreement will also come in handy. In addition, you must have a vehicle registration certificate and insurance. Don't forget to pay the state fee.

Write a statement. Please indicate that you have lost your PTS. Be sure to write an explanatory note. It is best not to write that the document was stolen from you, because you will have to open a case. Until the investigation is completed, a copy of the PTS will not be given to you.

Bring your car in for inspection. After it you will receive a PTS, it will have about.

Practice shows that all cases of lack of a passport can be divided into the following two categories:

You have a passport, but you don’t take it with you. It is not prohibited.
There is no passport at all.
PTS is lost.

If we talk about fines, then for the lack of a PTS there is no one if the car is registered with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, you have an STS, and there are numbers on the front and back of the vehicle. If any of the above is missing, then you will pay a fine, but only for these offenses.

If there is no PTS, then you will not apply for compulsory motor liability insurance. Remember that there is a fine for driving without insurance. That is why it is better to restore your passport in advance, even before the MTPL policy expires.

Conclusion

Registration of a passport can be considered a mandatory procedure. With this document, you can drive a car legally. In addition, you will get the opportunity to make trades.

It is not necessary to carry your vehicle title with you, but you must have a license and other documents for the car. If you lose your passport, it is better to immediately contact the traffic police.

You will receive a duplicate document after verification is completed.

Summary table of fines if you forgot your documents and were stopped by the traffic police

So, let's summarize and look at all the penalties if you forgot all the documents for the car at home: a driver's license, and STS, and OSAGO insurance.
Table of fines for forgotten car documents

Missing document	Amount of fine	Additionally
Driver license	500 rubles	The inspector can intimidate with a fine of 5 to 15 thousand under Part 1 of Article 12.7 of the Administrative Code. It is illegal.
Registration certificate	500 rubles	There is also a parking lot.
OSAGO policy	500 rubles	There may be an illegal fine of 800 rubles under Part 2 of Article 12.37. If you forgot both your insurance and your license, then there should be only one fine for both documents.

Expert opinion

Yuri Panchenko

Driving instructor, human rights activist, author of books. 10 years of experience.

In my driving school classes, I especially emphasize that drivers should always know where their driver’s license and registration certificate are now.

If you do not have a license and have a passport, a road inspector can make sure that the driver has the right to drive a vehicle by simply calling the duty station. After which the driver is only issued a fine for not having a document with him.

“And if the driver doesn’t have a passport with him, then please go to the monkey house with the homeless for three hours until his identity is revealed. Not a good time,” I add.

If the driver does not have a registration certificate, then he is not able to confirm that he is driving the vehicle legally. In this case, the car leaves for a specialized parking lot on a tow truck, and the driver goes on foot to look for this document.

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Is it possible to drive without a PTS?

When may a technical equipment passport be required when traveling by car? Let us consider several situations in more detail in the following paragraphs.

Without PTS but with STS

When a vehicle is registered with the traffic police service, data about the new owner is entered into its passport.

According to traffic rules, a motorist must always have an STS with him when he is driving a car and present it at the first request of a traffic police officer.

After this, he is provided with a registration certificate consisting of:

Document numbers in which you can see who owns the car and information about the car itself.
State license plate, which was issued upon completion of vehicle registration.
Vin numbers.
Brands and models.
Categories of the machine and its type.
Year of manufacture of the vehicle.
Numbers, models and engine power.
Body number and chassis number (if available).
Body colors.
Vehicle passport numbers.
Permitted weight and weight of the vehicle without load.
Last name, first name, patronymic and address where the owner lives.
Paper submission dates.

If the certificate has already been issued, then it is not necessary to present the PTS and actually carry it with you.

Without PTS under the purchase and sale agreement

Order No. 1001 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs states that the owner of the vehicle must deliver the newly purchased vehicle within 10 days from the date of purchase. Within this period, he has the right to drive a car, and if he is stopped by a traffic police inspector, he must present a sales contract.

You also need to have a technical equipment passport with you, which confirms that the real estate has passed into the ownership of the buyer and that the person operating the machine is indeed its owner.

If a traffic police officer stops a vehicle and it is discovered that the motorist does not have a title or the original purchase and sale agreement, he will be issued a fine. And in some cases, drivers are detained and the car is sent to the impound lot until the situation is resolved.

Without the original PTS with its copy

Recently, cases have begun to occur frequently when people, when purchasing cars, are first given a photocopy of the title. This happens because the manufacturer is in no hurry to issue a technical passport before purchasing the vehicle.

And according to the law of the Russian Federation, it is illegal to drive a purchased car without the original PTS, since only the original proves that a specific person is the owner of the car.

A photocopy of the PTS will still not work:

Apply for compulsory motor liability insurance. Driving a car without compulsory insurance on the territory of the Russian Federation is prohibited and for this you can not only be fined, but there may also be more serious consequences. For example, if you get into an accident without compulsory motor liability insurance, the victim will have to pay compensation from your own pocket.
Register the car with the traffic police department. To carry out this procedure, you only need original documents, including the MTPL insurance policy.

Without PTS but with insurance

The question of whether it is legal to drive a car without a technical vehicle passport, but with a valid MTPL insurance policy, cannot be answered unequivocally:

If the 10 days allotted for registering a car with the State Traffic Inspectorate have not passed, then the motorist, by law, must present the inspector with a passport for the vehicle, compulsory motor liability insurance and a sales contract. Therefore, in this situation it is necessary to have a PTS with you.
If the 10 days allotted for registering a vehicle with the traffic police department have passed, then the motorist should already have a registration certificate and compulsory insurance in hand. In this case, there is no longer a need for PTS.

Based on this, the insurance policy does not have a legal entity. strength, since it only indicates that the motorist purchased insurance. But STS and PTS, in contrast, prove that a person rightfully owns a car and it is approved for operation. Thus, other papers must always be attached to compulsory motor liability insurance.

If the driver has only one insurance, then at a minimum he will be issued a fine.

Without PTS by proxy

Today, it is possible to make a general power of attorney for a vehicle, thanks to which you can not only drive it to another person, but also even perform registration operations with it and represent the interests of the owner in the traffic police, insurance institutions and other companies.

If the owner of the car is an individual, then the power of attorney must be notarized, and if a legal entity, then the head of the company can issue it independently.

A power of attorney is a document on the basis of which you can perform certain actions with the specified car, but it does not confirm ownership of the vehicle.

When driving a car under a general power of attorney, the driver must always have an STS with him (if the vehicle is already registered with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate) or a technical vehicle passport and a purchase and sale agreement (if the 10-day period for registering the car has not yet expired).

Without PTS on a new car

All new cars are most often purchased from dealers who issue and issue a vehicle passport. The acquisition of movable property is carried out by concluding a purchase and sale agreement between the seller and the buyer.

This situation is identical to the situation considered in the previous paragraph regarding driving a car under the DCP.

Are the traffic police required to wait until they are brought?

No. In 2021, the only regulatory act governing the procedure for communicating with the traffic police of drivers is in force. This is an Administrative Regulation introduced by Order No. 664. And in it you will not find the inspector’s obligation to wait for some time until the driver has forgotten documents for the car in his hands.

However, today this is practiced, being essentially an act of goodwill of the employees, and even then they do not always give time for the driver to “correct.” Here you should keep in mind the following subtleties:

if you forgot the necessary licenses and documents for the car at home, the waiting time for the inspector is also not regulated; most often, if a police officer’s duty time on a given section of the road is running out, then they will not give you time,
It is not always the case that the documents you bring will save you from a fine - most often the employee gives you time so as not to take your car to the impound lot if you have forgotten your vehicle,
but it may also happen that even in the case of driving only without a driver’s license, after stopping the car the traffic cop will give time to bring them, but will still issue a fine; thereby, he allegedly prevented further punishments when you drive further down the road and are stopped again by another traffic police crew.

We discussed this issue in more detail in a separate article about the time for delivery of documents.

Is a PTS suitable if you have it with you?

No. Everything is very simple - the car’s passport is not in the list of documents listed in paragraph 2.1.1 of the traffic rules. And it, indeed, is not a necessary document to present to the employee, you do not need to carry it with you, and it is required only for certain registration actions with the car.

But among many motorists there is an opinion that if you have lost your STS, then the PTS will completely replace it. Yes, in rare cases, traffic cops can meet the driver halfway and let him go after seeing only the car’s passport, but these are very rare situations.

In what cases is it allowed to travel without a registration certificate?

If the car has just been purchased, the new owner has 10 days to register it. During this period, he can travel by car without an insurance policy and vehicle insurance.

However, you must understand that if an accident occurs due to the fault of the driver, the injured party will have to compensate for losses from their own funds. Therefore, the first thing after purchasing is to register the car and take out an insurance policy.

Also, instead of the specified documents, the motorist must carry with him a purchase and sale agreement and a title with the details of the new owner and the date of purchase entered into it.

According to Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, a driver who fails to complete registration actions within the specified period will be issued a fine, which will have to be paid upon registration:

1.5-2 thousand for individuals;
2-3 thousand for civil servants;
5-10 thousand for legal entities.

Until 2013, it was possible to obtain temporary transit numbers and use them before registering and receiving STS within 20 days (but some continued to travel after the period had expired).

After re-registration became possible at any traffic police department, such a privilege was retained only for 3 categories of owners:

legal entities;
IP;
individuals living in another country and transporting vehicles there.

What to do to avoid a fine?

The only correct action, if at a certain moment you find that you are driving without documents for your car because you forgot them at home, is not to wait for the traffic police to stop you. Especially if we are talking about the registration certificate left behind.

That is, you need:

park the car,
check whether you have forgotten all these documents, and not just that they are located in another place,
it is better to make sure that they stayed at home by calling their household members,
go home to get documents by public transport or taxi, or ask them to be brought to you.

A more risky option is to go back home without documents. The risk will be less if you take the same route as you got to the place where you discovered that you had no papers for your car - provided, of course, that there were no traffic police crews along the way.

Is it possible to avoid it if there is a photo of the license and STS?

Unfortunately no. 2.1.1 of the Rules refers to the transfer of documents to the employee, and not their photocopies, various kinds of photocopied copies and the like - only paper originals (except for the electronic OSAGO policy.

Yes, in fact, a police officer has a full opportunity to make sure that you have a license and a certificate by looking at their photo and checking them against their database using the document identification number. However, a formality is a formality. Article 12.3 provides for punishment, regardless of the capabilities of the traffic police inspector on the road. Forgot your license and car documents at home? Please receive fines!

Rights forgotten at home

Forgetfulness is a trait characteristic of many people, in particular motorists. If you are stopped by an inspector and you discover that you left your driver's license at home or at work, as well as your registration documents, do not be alarmed. The matter may well be limited to a simple warning; in extreme cases, driving without documents in a car faces the minimum fine for 2021 - 500 rubles.

Please note that regardless of whether the traffic inspector limited himself to a simple warning or ordered you to pay a fine, you will not be able to drive a vehicle without a driver’s license - the car will be detained until the cause of the violation is eliminated, i.e. until you give traffic police officer has the right to check.

There are only two options here:

detention of the vehicle plus its placement in an impound lot with subsequent reimbursement of storage and transportation costs;
ask relatives or colleagues to bring documents to the traffic police post as quickly as possible, or go get the documents yourself if you were stopped near your home.

In the latter case, you should somewhat protect yourself from the inspector, who approaches his work formally, so that he does not call a tow truck too quickly. In the protocol, write down that you are requesting that the car be left at the scene of the administrative violation (indicate the address), for example, for 1 hour, during which your license will be delivered to you.

Let us note that if you, in your presence, having an MTPL policy, transfer control to a person who also forgot his rights at home, then according to Art. 12.3 Part 3 Driving a car without documents will be punishable by a fine of 3,000 rubles.

What if all the documents are lost?

We'll have to restore them. And it costs less than paying fines every time. Fortunately, restoration of both a driver’s license and STS occurs quickly - the same day you contact the traffic police.

We have provided instructions for loss of documents in special articles:

what to do if you have lost STS,
if your driver's license is lost,
as well as the procedure for restoring PTS.

Please note that if your car is taken to an impound lot for lack of a certificate, you will be able to pick it up from there only after the documents have been restored.

If you lose your MTPL policy, it’s completely free - you just come to any office of your insurance company, and they should immediately print out a new policy for you.

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Major violations

It is important to remember that a driver's license is valid for 10 years, after which it must be renewed. Some forget about this and use expired documents, which is punishable by an administrative fine of 5,000. The highest penalty is 15,000 rubles. The car owner will no longer be able to drive the car; he will be taken to a special parking lot.

If the documents for the car were lost, the owner will have to first obtain them and then pick it up from the impound lot.

What threatens a driver who is deprived of the right to drive a car, but is behind the wheel?

This situation is the most difficult for the car owner, since there are several types of administrative punishment:

Fine 30,000 rubles;
Arrest for 15 days;
Forced labor for 100–200 hours.

The decision for such a violation is made by the court, and not by the internal affairs bodies.

Driving without a registration number

It is worth noting that each vehicle has its own registration number, which the owner receives from the traffic police when registering the car. If the owner does not have time to register the car within 10 days after purchasing the car, then he faces a fine of 500 to 800 rubles. If the driver gets into this situation a second time, the penalty amount will be 5,000. In some cases, the car owner may be deprived of his license for a period of 1 to 3 months.

For driving with dirty license plates that cannot be read, you will have to pay 500 rubles.

If the car has someone else's plates, then the punishment is the confiscation of the license for 6 to 12 months. An amount of 2,500 rubles is also provided.

How to recover documents

To restore lost rights, etc., you should follow these steps:

Obtain a temporary driver's license from the traffic police;
Reinstate the policy from insurers;
Submit an application, attaching an insurance policy, passport and a receipt for payment of the state duty to the MREO;
Enter the vehicle registration number with the insurance company;
Receive a technical inspection document.

Driving without one of the required documents is strictly prohibited and for repeated violations, the amount of punishment may increase significantly. It is important to remember what the fine is if you forget your license, so it is better not to take risks and not drive a vehicle without them.

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If the car was recently purchased

Then you should still have documents: the STS of the previous owner, if you did not have time to re-register the car in your name with the traffic police, and your driver’s license, the availability of which does not depend at all on the purchase of the car.

But you don’t have to take the purchase and sale agreement with you - it is not in the list of clause 2.1.1 of the traffic rules.

Forgot the documents for the trailer - what is the fine?

According to the law, a trailer is also a vehicle – albeit not a full-fledged one (not a mechanical one according to traffic regulations). And it is subject to state registration, as a result of which a registration certificate is issued to it.

Accordingly, when driving with a trailer, you must have the following documents:

2 registration certificates: for the car and for a separate trailer,
your driver's license,
OSAGO policy only for a car.

The consequences of driving with a trailer without any or all of these documents are absolutely identical to their absence when the traffic police stops a car without a trailer. The only difference is that only the trailer will be taken to the impound lot if there is no STS for it. If there is no certificate for both vehicles, then both will be towed.

Reasons for driving without STS

Drivers often do not understand the importance of having an STS with them, explaining to the traffic police officer the reasons for the lack of a certificate. The most common:

left at home or in another place (while visiting, etc.) due to forgetfulness;
one of the relatives took it by mistake;
did not have time to restore after loss or delay;
the certificate is issued to the spouse and is used together;
drives by proxy, but the STS was not handed over, etc.

There are car owners who are poorly informed about the degree of punishment for driving without a vehicle registration certificate or are firmly convinced that a vehicle registration certificate can always replace a certificate. In this case, conflict situations occur when trying to prove the case.

Lost vehicle document

In case of a fact that led to the loss of a certificate or passport for a vehicle, you should immediately contact the inspectorate to restore the PTS and STS. A statement is written at the department, which will be the basis for starting the process of issuing new papers. There is no penalty for their loss. It is prohibited to drive the vehicle during the restoration procedure.

If the title is lost and the car needs to be registered, the vehicle’s passport is first restored and then registered.

The driver forgot his car passport at home

Since, according to today’s rules, PTS is not included in the list of mandatory documents for presentation, it is not necessary to carry it with you. Therefore, if the passport for the car is forgotten, then no liability is provided.

If the car owner forgot the vehicle registration certificate at home, and the traffic police inspector stopped him, it is better to urgently bring the certificate.

In this case, the employee can call a tow truck at any time, and then he will have to pay not only a fine for driving without a vehicle, but also the presence of the vehicle in a special parking lot.

For driving without a vehicle at the same time as violating traffic rules, the vehicle must be confiscated.

Fine for driving without a PTS (SOR) 2021 (forgot it at home, no documents) (Article 12.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation)?