Tips for when you need to change license plates from one car to another

State registration plates (SRP) are a mandatory means of identifying a vehicle on public roads. The numbers are subject to high readability requirements. They are manufactured in accordance with GOST and must be clearly visible from a distance of 20 meters in all weather conditions, day and night. If this requirement is not met, the gas protection devices must be replaced. Number reassignment is different from replacement, which is a legal procedure that requires collecting documents and applying to government agencies. Our company offers services for replacing registration numbers on cars at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate (GAI), the cost of which can be found by calling +7 (999) 960-87-27. We will quickly carry out comprehensive measures that will allow us to obtain new gas reserves in the shortest possible time.

When is it necessary to change numbers?

State registration plates (GRP) of a vehicle must comply with the State Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 50577-93 and be clearly readable from at least 20 meters.

As a result of an accident, under the influence of the external environment and due to improper use, they can become unusable. The following are considered non-conformities to be eliminated:

• mechanical damage, rust, paint peeling, etc.;
• installation in inappropriate places. According to the rules, the GRZ must be installed strictly along the central axis of the vehicle (TS), front and rear.

Also the replacement procedure, i.e. numbers with a new combination of letters and numbers are issued, required when:

• theft;
• loss.

In these cases, in order to prevent further illegal manipulations with lost license plates, contacting the traffic police is mandatory. Otherwise, the numbers themselves can be installed by criminals on stolen cars, and fines for their violations will go to the former owner.

How will the procedure for storing license plates change from August 4, 2019?

Let us remind you that from August 4, 2021, the new Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the registration of vehicles, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, come into force.

According to this regulation, from August 4, 2021, the traffic police authorities will stop issuing license plates. From this date, the function of the State Traffic Inspectorate will only be to assign a combination of letters and numbers and issue registration documents. Car owners themselves will have to obtain license plates from accredited specialized organizations that are currently engaged in the production of duplicate license plates.

As we have already said, from August 4, 2021, the storage period for license plates for the car owner will be canceled. From this date, you can keep your numbers indefinitely. There will be no need to hand over license plates to the traffic police in order to keep them. It is only necessary to make changes to the registration data of the car in the traffic police and obtain new license plates.

Number recovery (duplicate)

If GRZs have become unusable, lost or stolen, they can be restored by ordering a duplicate (the same combination of letters and numbers that was) from companies specially accredited for this work (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated 08/07/2013 No. 605 “On approval of the Administrative Regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Affairs of the Russian Federation on the provision of state services for registration of motor vehicles and trailers for them").

Then you will not need to re-register the vehicle. When ordering, the owner only needs to present a vehicle registration certificate. Without providing a number that has become unusable. The cost of producing duplicates may be set at the discretion of the manufacturer. But usually it is equal to the cost of replacing plates at the traffic police - 2850 rubles.

Order No. 605 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 08/07/2013 stipulates that if a car owner has reported theft in order to prevent the use of stolen license plates for illegal purposes, then he will have to obtain new registration plates, and not a duplicate of them. Since stolen GRZ will be entered into the search database.

Unusable license plates after an accident

August 23, 2017 During an accident, not only the vehicle itself suffers, but also its license plate, since registration plates are located in the most vulnerable places. Even if the license plate is not broken in an accident, it still needs to be replaced, since an accident usually leads to a change in the geometry of the plate itself and damage to the paintwork, which in turn reduces the readability of the license plate. If the combination of numbers and letters is not distinguishable from a distance of 15 meters, then the traffic police inspector has the right to issue a fine to the car owner in the amount of 5 thousand rubles. In order to avoid paying such a sum, you will need to replace the damaged number, but this operation can be accomplished in several ways.

Documents for replacing license plates

To replace (i.e. issue new signs with different numbers) car license plates you need:

1. Technical passport of the vehicle.
2. Vehicle registration certificate.
3. State registration plates, if preserved. The traffic police will pick them up and send them for disposal.
4. OSAGO policy.
5. The applicant's civil passport. For legal entities, this is the passport of a representative of the organization who is entrusted with processing the replacement of the GRZ.
6. Power of attorney for obtaining license plates (for legal entities). For individuals, a power of attorney will be required if the plates are not received by the owner of the vehicle.
7. Document confirming payment of state duty. For legal entities - payment orders with the bank’s “live” seal.

If the license plates have been stolen, you will additionally need a certificate from the police department confirming that the owner of the car has filed a statement about the theft of the license plates.

Everything you need to know about the excess of registration numbers from one car to another in Russia.

Personal, treasured car license plates are a sign of status for some people. If, when registering with the traffic police, the car owner receives a beautiful car license plate in which all the numbers or letters (or all together) are the same, then this clearly indicates that the owner of such a car has a lot of money or connections. But not all drivers have the opportunity to buy a beautiful license plate.

However, this does not mean that drivers do not value their license plates when selling an old car. Many of us, when buying a new car, would like to keep the number from the old car. So, here's what you need to do to remove the plates from your old car and put them on your new one.

Vehicle registration, like all vehicle registration procedures in Russia, is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs-State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. If you want to transfer license plates from one car to another, you need to submit a corresponding application to any registration department of the traffic police.

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According to the law (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 399 of June 26, 2018 “On approval of the Rules for state registration of motor vehicles”), you have two options: save the vehicle registration numbers for up to 360 days from the date of the registration action, as a result of which they were saved, either from the date of cancellation of the vehicle registration or immediately upon registration of a new license plate on an old car, transfer the old license plates to another car, carrying out the appropriate registration procedures.

From August 4, 2021, storage of numbers will become INDEMNITE. In this case, the car owner will directly store the license plates, and the traffic police registration data will only contain a note indicating that the car owner retains a certain alphanumeric combination of license plates. More on this later.

Here, of course, it’s as convenient for anyone. If you have a car to which you want to transfer the plates from an old car, then there is no point in storing the plates. You can do everything in one day: put new license plates on an old car, and transfer the old ones to another car.

In most cases, the service of storing license plates for a car is convenient for those who, not wanting to part with their favorite plates (or the car owner paid a lot of money for their beautiful alphanumeric combination), are going to sell their old car and buy another one.

In this case, it is convenient to obtain new registration license plates for the old car before selling, and leave the numbers in storage at the traffic police, after which the car owner will have as many as 360 days to buy another car, to which the saved numbers will then be transferred during the vehicle registration process (from 4 August 2021 numbers can be saved indefinitely).

In order to save your car's license plates, you must submit an application to the traffic police. You must fill out the application on paper and submit it to the registration department of the State Traffic Inspectorate.

Unfortunately, on the state portal of State Services in the corresponding section on registration actions in the traffic police there is no separate service for saving license plates. But nevertheless, you can sign up for the traffic police through the State Services portal in order to avoid standing in long lines during the procedure for re-registering a car or when depositing old license plates. But more on that later.

First, let's look at the list of documents required to be submitted to the traffic police in order to keep the license plate for yourself or immediately transfer it to another car.

Here he is:

— Identity card (passport)

— Vehicle Passport (PVT)

— Registration certificate of vehicle registration (STS)

— State license plates (2 pcs.)

— OSAGO policy

— Application for saving license plates

— Application for registration/re-registration of a vehicle (obtaining new license plates)

— Receipt for payment of state duty

Procedure for replacing numbers

To the police (in case of theft).

1. We file a report about the theft of numbers. Usually to the department of internal affairs at the place of residence. The officer on duty registers the application in a journal and gives us a notification about it.
2. We tell the investigator in detail about the theft. A criminal case will be initiated within the next 10 days.
3. We add the received notification to the prepared package of necessary documents and go to the traffic police.

At the traffic police department:

1. We fill out the application form according to the sample provided by the traffic police
2. We provide documents. If we change plates due to their poor condition, we provide the old plates along with the documents for their further disposal.
3. The vehicle is inspected by an authorized person. There is no need to undergo expert verification of the VIN code and units.
4. We pay the state fee at a bank branch or at a payment terminal.
5. We receive new license plates and a corresponding new Vehicle Registration Certificate. Changes according to the new data are also made to the registration certificate (without replacing it). The entire procedure for changing numbers will take 1-2 hours.

We go to the insurance company and make changes to the MTPL and CASCO policies. For free.

Replacing the gas valve - step-by-step instructions

So, there are different situations when and how you want to change numbers to others. Let's look at them in order, starting with the simplest ones! In each instruction we will describe the procedure for contacting the traffic police with an application directly or writing an application through State Services.

An important point: to register a car, you need a valid MTPL policy, where the owner must include the current owner of the vehicle - that is, the one in whose name the car is registered. It's quite easy to get around this - the insurance company needs to replace the policy with a change of owner (changing the owner is not prohibited). Only for this you will need to fill out a new form and not agree if the insurance company offers to draw up an application.

If you don't care what the new ones will be

This is a case when you simply don’t like the current license plates. For example, you are superstitious and cannot drive with a license plate with the numbers “666” or “013” or the letters “MRU”; You are shy, and you do not like the combination of the letters “VOR”, “SSU” or “SRU” and so on. This is the only way to change the number without changing the owner of the car.

This instruction for replacing the gas valve is the simplest.

1. First of all, you need to understand that the numbers you will receive are “random” - that is, randomly selected from the database of the current series. As of May 20, 2021, license plates are not officially sold by the State Traffic Inspectorate.
2. Go to the State Services website, to the service for obtaining new numbers, click “get service” and fill out the application (following these instructions for filling out the application will be all further situations described below).

   
   You can also visit the traffic police department with a statement in person. Then the application can be filled out directly at the MREO department, or at home. (we have already marked the required field by underlining it).

3. Next, you need to pay state fees: You will need to pay 2,000 rubles for issuing new numbers (1,400 through State Services), 500 rubles for replacing the STS (350 through State Services) and 350 rubles for changes to the PTS (245 through State Services).
4. Then, at the selected time, you will need to visit the traffic police department, where you can hand over your old license plates (they are disposed of) and get new ones. If you don’t like them either, then the whole procedure will have to be repeated again. There are no restrictions on the frequency and number of GRZ changes.

As you can see, this is the easiest way to change the license plate of your car. But even it is very expensive - 2850 rubles (1995 through State Services) just for new numbers!

If you want to buy a license plate from another car

But this instruction is much more complicated. As we have already noted above, the order of “preponderance” of the state protection zone is associated with a certain confusion introduced by legislators. And now we will explain everything “on the fingers”.

But let’s make a reservation right away - this principle of buying a license plate is based on the seller’s trust in the buyer, because here it is impossible to avoid the process of re-registering the car to the buyer, on which (the car) the license plates the buyer needs are registered.

1. So, first of all, you need to buy a car with these numbers - this is the only option relevant for 2021. To do this, draw up a purchase and sale agreement with the seller of the numbers. .
2. After purchasing, you register the car with the traffic police. This can also be done through State Services:
   go to the page for submitting an application for car registration,
3. fill out the application by selecting the desired time of visit and the address of the MREO traffic police department,
4. pay state fees: 350 rubles for issuing a vehicle registration certificate (500 when submitting an application directly to the traffic police) and 245 rubles for making changes to the title (350 when submitting an application in person). There is no need to pay for issuing numbers, because the numbers remain with us.

   

As you can see, the final price for such a replacement of purchased registration plates was as much as 7,400 rubles, or 5,180 rubles when submitting an application and paying through State Services.

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• How to sign up to register a car with the traffic police and pay the fee through State Services?
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If you want to exchange numbers on two cars

And finally, the most expensive situation is the exchange of license plates on two cars with different owners. This makes it even more difficult. But by analogy with the instructions above:

1. You just sell cars to each other along with license plates,
2. both receive new numbers by depositing the old ones,
3. then you resell your cars back to each other with new license plates,
4. re-register the cars again, receiving the numbers that are stored.

The total cost of such a replacement of the GRZ is 14,800 rubles or 10,360 rubles through State Services.

Buying and selling a car without changing license plates

Today, cars are sold only with GRZ. Vehicle numbers may be

• re-registered to a new owner;
• retained by the previous owner for subsequent assignment to a new vehicle. Before selling the car, the owner pays for the issuance of other registration plates and sells the car with new license plates.

License plates submitted for re-registration for a new car are now stored at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate for up to 180 days and only then are disposed of.

A state fee is charged for re-registration (performing registration procedures). The buyer needs:

• Conclude a vehicle purchase and sale agreement.
• Pay the state duty (if the state registration certificate complies with GOST and remains old - 850 rubles).
• Submit an application to the traffic police about your desire to use the “old” numbers.
• Provide a vehicle for verification of the State Register.
• Obtain the necessary documents for the car (new vehicle registration certificate and corresponding entries in the registration certificate).
• Within 10 days, re-register the car in your name and re-issue the MTPL policy.

Nuances of saving your number

If the car is sold and the license plates are left with the former owner, after the documents are reissued, the plates will be stored in the traffic police. To do this, the seller fills out a special application form, which cannot be submitted online. It details:

• personal information about the applicant;
• vehicle registration number;
• VIN code of the car;
• Brand and registration information.

To speed up the application process, the form can be downloaded online, printed and filled out. The owner submits an application to change the license plate number. It is handed over along with all documentation to the traffic police for safekeeping. The owner will be issued a new state sign and PTS. The storage period used to be 360 ​​days, now it is only 180. If the numbers are not in demand, they are sent for general use. If another car is purchased during this period, then registration is carried out according to the general principle, and the license plates are withdrawn from storage for further use.

Cost of license plates per car

The amount of state fees for vehicle registration is regulated by the Tax Code of the Russian Federation (Part 2, Chapter 25. 3, Article 333.33, paragraphs 36-40 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation) and is the same throughout Russia. But when paying, you need to fill out the details correctly (to “your” territorial traffic police department). For verification, you can use the official traffic police portal.

The amount of the state duty for issuance, including replacement of lost or unusable:

• GRZ - 2000 rubles (for a motorcycle and trailer - 1000 rubles);
• PTS - 800 rubles;
• Vehicle registration certificate - 500 rubles;
• For making changes to a previously issued vehicle passport - 350 rubles;
• GRZ of Transit vehicles on a metal base, for cars - 1600 rubles; on a metal base, for motorcycles and trailers - 800 rubles; on paper - 200 rubles.

Thus, the state fee for registration (with a change or issue of a number) will be:

• for a car - 2850 rubles;
• for a motorcycle, trailer - 1850 rubles.

The state fee for re-registration of a vehicle while retaining the license plate from the previous owner will cost 850 rubles.

How to register with the traffic police to save license plates?

As we have already said, at the time of writing, there is no separate service for storing car license plates on the State Services portal. To do this, as we noted above, you must personally contact the traffic police with a corresponding application.

However, as with regular registration actions, you can easily register with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate through the State Services portal for registration actions with a car.

To do this, select State on the portal by entering the appropriate query in the search bar.

Then select from the list provided and click the “Get service” button.

Next, a template of the above application will be downloaded, which you must fill out. Don't forget to check on your application that you are required to obtain registration plates when registering your vehicle. Let us remind you that a vehicle registered with the traffic police cannot be on it without registration license plates. Therefore, in order to keep your number or immediately transfer it to another car, you must get new numbers for your old car, make changes to the PTS, and get a new STS.

Penalty for driving with fake license plates

In accordance with paragraph 4 of Art.
12.2 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses dated December 30, 2001 N 195-FZ, driving with fake license plates is punishable by deprivation of a driver’s license for a period of 6 months to 1 year. Article 12.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses also establishes the criteria by which license plates are considered unsuitable for use and penalties for managing such license plates. Fine in:

• 500 rubles - for non-standard, unreadable, incorrectly installed gas protection devices.
• 5,000 rubles or deprivation of rights for 1-3 months - for driving a car without a license plate, or if the signs are not installed in the places provided for this, or are modified so that they are difficult to identify (including with nets and reflective stickers).
• 2500 rubles - for installing obviously false gas distribution devices. For officials responsible for the operation of the vehicle - 15,000-25,000 rubles; for legal entities - 400,000-500,000 rubles.

GOOD TO KNOW!

Falsification of vehicle license plates, including for the purpose of operating or selling a vehicle, is subject to a fine of up to 80,000 rubles. Or is punished in accordance with Article 326 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Part 1:

• compulsory work up to 360 hours (for an organized group of persons - up to 480 hours);
• correctional labor for up to 1 year (for an organized group up to 2 years);
• restriction or imprisonment or forced labor for up to 2 years (for an organized group - up to 3 years).

Exchange numbers between cars in 2021

The first step is to contact the traffic police to leave the number A999AA99 for storage. Instead, you should assign a random number to the car (X012XX99).

When contacting the traffic police for the second time, the car owner must leave the number O777OO77 for storage, and instead assign the number A999AA99 to Moskvich.

The third time you contact the traffic police, you should assign the Volga number O777OO77. In this case, the intermediate number X012XX99, the plate with which the car owner did not receive in order to save money, can either be retained or abandoned.

Regardless of what caused the re-registration, this must have documentary evidence. Usually these are contracts, which are the basis for this procedure. They must be attached to the rest of the documentation when visiting the traffic police. There are several situations in which it is necessary to carry out the re-registration procedure.

Grounds for re-registration

• Gross violations were committed during customs clearance of the car;
• documents have been provided whose authenticity is in doubt;
• body numbers do not match the numbers recorded in documents.

Are new numbers needed due to a change of ownership?

• identification;
• a purchase agreement or other document indicating that the car has a new owner;
• PTS;
• statement;
• insurance policy;
• receipt for payment of state duty.

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Changing the state license plate is carried out exclusively at the traffic police departments . It is not necessary to contact the institution where the car was registered. There are a number of nuances that affect how and where you have to apply:

Where to contact

In the first case, the car owner can restore license plates without contacting the traffic police. In the second situation, you should contact the traffic police without fail, since stolen or found license plates can be used by scammers to install them on stolen vehicles. Also, in the case of using lost or stolen license plates on other cars, the former owner of the registration plates may receive fines for traffic violations that he himself did not commit.

Required documents

• 2000 rubles – for issuing new license plates for a car (for a motorcycle or trailer – 1000 rubles);
• 350 rubles – for making changes to the PTS;
• 500 rubles – for issuing a new car registration certificate.

• for unreadable, non-standard or incorrectly placed plates you will have to pay 500 rubles;
• driving without license plates, attempting to make their identification difficult in various ways will cost 5,000 rubles or deprivation of the right to drive for 1-3 months;
• installation of counterfeit signs is punishable by fines for individuals - 2.5, officials - 15-20, legal entities - 400-500 thousand rubles;
• Driving with false license plates will result in deprivation of your driver's license for a period of 6 to 12 months.

• According to GOST R 50577-2018, all characters must be recognized from a distance of 2 tens of meters. This requirement applies to the back plate in the dark and to both plates in daylight. If these conditions are violated, the license plate is considered non-standard. The GRZ is considered unsuitable and must be replaced if it is also worn out, has mechanical damage, traces of rust, or peeling of the coating. In this case, it is enough to limit yourself to making duplicate license plates in a specialized company.
• When identification plates are stolen or lost, it must be reported to the police. It is possible to use them when committing illegal actions, which threatens the car owner with a number of troubles. A statement of theft obliges you to obtain new numbers, and not just update them, since the stolen license plates will be wanted.
• When registering a car, a mandatory replacement of registration plates is required if the place of residence of the new owner does not coincide with the regional affiliation of the car or the previous owner keeps the plates for himself. In the opposite situation, you can save the old signs.

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What risks does a driver face when driving without a license plate or with violations of their use?

• it is impossible to sell a car without individual registration plates;
• You cannot leave the same combination of symbols when purchasing a car second-hand in another region or when moving for permanent residence to another subject of the Russian Federation;
• to re-weight, you have to perform a lot of fictitious actions, which is inconvenient for car owners, increases the cost of replacing a license plate and creates an additional burden on the traffic police;
• You can keep the signs with the Road Safety Inspectorate for 360 days;
• All actions are subject to duties.

1. If the license plates remain in the hands of the owner, but they have become unreadable as a result of any damage or wear, then the motorist can restore the plates by ordering a duplicate of them . This right is regulated by Order No. 605 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated August 7, 2013. Number duplicates are produced by accredited organizations. When contacting such a company, the car owner will only need to present a vehicle registration certificate. The cost of making duplicates usually does not exceed the cost of obtaining new license plates from the traffic police.
2. If the plates have been stolen or the owner has lost them, he is advised to contact the traffic police to prevent further illegal use of license plates . In this situation, the motorist will receive completely new gas protection devices. However, the procedure will require making corrections to all the motorist’s main documents: vehicle title, registration certificate, car insurance policy.

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You can save on the portal by paying with a bank card, mobile phone or e-wallet.

1. Fill out an application for EPGU.
2. Click on the "Pay" button when the invoice is issued.

When paying through Gosuslugi, the cost will be 30% lower than the price of replacing a license plate on a car at the traffic police. The discount is valid until January 1, 2021.

To estimate how much you can save if you leave the car with the old license plates, you need to take into account the entire amount that you will have to pay for registering the car:

• enter data into the car’s title – 350 rubles;
• obtaining a certificate – 500 rubles;
• the cost of new license plates is 2,000 rubles.

The amount of all expenses is 2,850 rubles. If you keep the old numbers, then 2,000 rubles. you can save money.

The rules for transferring license plates to another car are approved by the administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (approved by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 605). Number transfer may be due to the following circumstances:

• purchasing a new car, after which the owner wants to use previously issued license plates for it;
• sale of a car to another person, if the contract provides for the retention of license plates by the previous owner.

In these cases, it is necessary to make changes to the vehicle registration data, since the license plate number is one of the required identifiers. Since the traffic police maintains the database of license plates, you will have to contact this department.

According to the administrative regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to transfer license plates to another car you need to:

1. submit an application to the traffic police at the place where the car is registered or through the government services portal (in this case, you can choose the time and date of the application, and also save on state fees);
2. pay state fees for making changes to registration documents (we will discuss duty rates below);
3. provide the traffic police with the license plates that you want to transfer to another car, as well as a set of required documents.

The traffic police will check the compliance of plates with numbers with the requirements of traffic rules and GOST. If the number is worn out or has significant damage, then you will have to order duplicates through an accredited organization. After checking the documents, new registration information will be entered into the traffic police database.

When saving and transferring license plates, you do not need to provide the car for inspection (clause 57 of the administrative regulations).

When may it be necessary to change a vehicle's license plate number?

There are many situations in which a driver may need to change his license plate number. In this case, it is necessary to distinguish between 2 main groups of reasons, depending on which the process of replacing the state number will differ:

• 
  The driver still had the license plate, but it was damaged.

  License plates are a metal plate that is subject to corrosion and physical impact. If the car is not used for a long time and is parked on the street, over time rust may appear on the license plates, which will ruin their appearance, and the letters and numbers will become unreadable. In such situations, the driver needs to restore the license plates.
• The vehicle's license plate has been stolen or lost. If the car's registration plates have been stolen, they cannot be restored. In such a situation, the driver will be subject to a procedure for replacing the car number plates and registration certificate.

Important: If the state license plate has been damaged, but the driver still has it, you can contact commercial organizations that restore the license plates. Such companies are certified by the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, and they have the right to produce license plates and issue them to owners upon application and provision of the required package of documents. Even if the number plates are replaced by a private company, the driver will need to give a set of numbers, which the company will then transfer to the traffic police.