Accounting for the fee for state registration of a car

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In this article we will talk about state fees that must be paid when registering a car with the traffic police.

Unlike the driver's license fee, which is a single payment, multiple receipts must be paid when registering a vehicle. Moreover, depending on the situation, both the number of payments and their sizes may change.

How much is the state fee for car registration?

Let's consider Article 333.33 of Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation?

36) for state registration of vehicles and performance of other registration actions related to:

• with the issuance of state registration plates for cars, including replacement of lost or unusable ones - 2,000 rubles;
• with the issuance of state registration plates for motor vehicles, trailers, tractors, self-propelled road construction and other self-propelled machines, including replacement of lost or unusable ones - 1,500 rubles;
• with the issuance of a vehicle passport, including in replacement of a lost one or one that has become unusable - 800 rubles;
• with the issuance of a vehicle registration certificate, including in replacement of a lost or unusable one: made from paper-based consumables - 500 rubles;
• made from new generation plastic-based consumables - 1,500 rubles;

38) for making changes to a previously issued vehicle passport - 350 rubles;

Note 1. Pay the state. Discounted duties are only possible through the government services portal and only until December 31, 2022.

Note 2. Information about plastic registration certificates was included in the Tax Code on August 3, 2021. Such documents are not yet issued. Therefore, in all the examples below, the duty for the production of paper STS is used - 500 rubles.

How to change a car registration certificate

The vehicle registration certificate is replaced in certain cases. This procedure will be rational if one of these situations occurs:

• The previously issued vehicle certificate has an error that the driver noticed only now;
• The person who owns the vehicle has changed his personal data, which is indicated in the STS (place of registration or full name);
• The vehicle registration certificate was damaged, causing some of the data to become unreadable or completely lost.

Registration of a new vehicle document is carried out at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. You can contact any department, anywhere in the country. But in order for the registration to be successful and to avoid any hiccups, you should collect some documents to confirm your identity, ownership of the car and the condition of the vehicle:

• Civil passport of the Russian Federation;
• An old certificate indicating that the car was registered;
• Application for a new STS;
• Passport issued for the car.

In addition, this list must include a receipt for payment of the state duty. Although it may not be included in the general list of documents, money must be paid. Traffic police officers themselves check whether the state duty has actually been paid. For this purpose, there is an electronic service that can provide information quickly and without unnecessary paperwork. But in order for the transport STS to be issued, compulsory motor liability insurance is not required.

As for filling out the application, it is drawn up on a standard form. Download the electronic version or get a form from the traffic police department. If the certificate used to confirm registration is being replaced, you must check the appropriate box. This note can be made if you want to get a new number after losing an old document or if the old document has already lost its relevance.

You can change the transport document virtually. For example, if registration is initiated on the State Services website. On the portal in question, you can sign up for a place in the queue to initiate the replacement of the old document with a new one. The platform provides a list of reasons for contacting. You should choose the one that suits you and put a mark next to it when you leave a request on the website:

• The document for the car may be lost;
• The car owner's details have changed;
• You need to get new STS to replace the lost one.

You can contact government services for most questions that arise when you need to take care of registering a vehicle registration certificate. For example, if you change this transport document after a changed last name or when the certificate is lost/damaged. Registration no longer necessarily takes place at the traffic police. Such cases do not require a technical inspection of the car, which means there is no need to act through the traffic police. You can start the procedure through State Services.

When it comes to changes in the design of the car, an inspection is needed, which means you have to go to the traffic police and take the vehicle there. When changes are noted, the registration must be duplicated in OSAGO.

In what cases are duties paid?

For issuing a registration certificate - always. When performing any registration actions, the car owner receives a new registration certificate, i.e. 500 rubles must be paid in any case.

For issuing or making changes to the PTS - always. In this case, the amount of the fee depends on whether there is free space in the car’s passport. If the place has not yet run out, then you should pay 350 rubles, if there is no place, then 800 rubles.

Note. In 2021, electronic PTS began to be used in Russia, in which space cannot run out.

For issuing license plates - only if the traffic police issues registration plates. If the car still has “old” license plates, then this fee is not paid.

Penalty for driving without vehicle registration certificate

The driver must have at least an electronic STS on his car if he gets behind the wheel. If there is no registration, expect problems with the law. For example, if you did not take the document with you, you will incur a fine of 500 rubles. Although you can only get a warning if this is a one-time incident. The driver also risks being left without a car, which will be sent to the impound lot. If there is a certificate, but it is expired, pay a fine of 500 to 800 rubles. If you fail to take the vehicle registration certificate again, you will be charged 5 thousand rubles or lose your license for three months. In other words, it is more profitable to be law-abiding and register such an important vehicle registration document on time.

You can get legal assistance regarding car registration certificate issues on our website.

Examples of payment of state duties

Buying a new car

When purchasing a new car, you must obtain new registration plates (numbers) and a registration certificate from the traffic police. The title for the car is issued by the car dealership.

To be paid: 2,000 + 500 + 350 = 2,850 rubles. With a discount: 1,400 + 350 + 245 = 1,995 rubles.

Buying a car second hand

When purchasing a car that has previously been in use, obtaining new license plates is not mandatory.

If there was a free space in the vehicle, then you should pay: Payable: 500 + 350 = 850 rubles. With a discount: 350 + 245 = 595 rubles.

If there is no space left in the PTS, the amount becomes larger: To be paid: 500 + 800 = 1,300 rubles. With a discount: 350 + 560 = 910 rubles.

Obtaining numbers stored in the traffic police

Currently, legislation allows you to transfer license plates between your own cars. To do this, you need to leave the number for storage at the traffic police, and then receive it.

Despite the fact that the plates seem to belong to the owner, they are kept in the custody of the traffic police. Those. To obtain them, you must pay, including for issuing numbers:

To be paid: 2,000 + 500 + 350 = 2,850 rubles. With a discount: 1,400 + 350 + 245 = 1,995 rubles.

Restoring a lost registration certificate

If the registration certificate is lost, the car owner must pay a fee for issuing a new document. You will also have to pay for making changes to the PTS, because Information about the new STS must be entered in the passport.

To be paid: 500 + 350 = 850 rubles. With a discount: 350 + 245 = 595 rubles.

How much does it cost to re-register a car with the traffic police without changing license plates?

Old license plates are transferred to the new owner of the car, so it is not necessary to change the numbers upon re-registration.

The owner of the vehicle has the right to: 3) retain the state registration number assigned to the vehicle or transfer it with the alienated vehicle, while the new owner of the vehicle has the right, in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation, to accept the vehicle with the existing state registration number or replace it when performing a registration action;

Art. 8 Federal Law of August 3, 2018 N 283-FZ “On state registration of vehicles in the Russian Federation and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”

This rule not only simplified the registration process, but also significantly reduced the cost of re-registration of the car. Without changing numbers, you only need to pay a receipt for the issuance of STS and for making changes to the PTS, that is, 850 rubles.

As for how much it costs to re-register a car while keeping the license plates at a discount when submitting an application online, the cost will be only 595 rubles.

How to pay the state fee?

Once again, I would like to remind you that if you make an appointment with the traffic police through the Public Services portal, you can get a 30 percent discount on the fee. Therefore, I recommend using this opportunity.

Registration of a vehicle through State Services

How to pay state fees online?

If the driver does not want to use the State Services portal, then he can pay the fee in the traditional way - at a bank branch .

For example, in 2021, you can pay fees at Sberbank both through the operator and through a self-service terminal (ATM).

Before you start paying, you should find out exactly what duties will be required in your case. If you have any difficulties with this, please describe the situation in the comments to this article.

During the data entry process, it is important to correctly select the department in which registration actions are planned to be carried out. The fact is that payment details may vary between departments.

How much does it cost to rent and register a car at a discount?

When submitting an application for re-registration of a car via the Internet, you can pay all listed state fees with a 30% discount in accordance with Part 4 of Art. 333.35 Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

The amounts of the state duty established by this chapter for the commission of legally significant actions in relation to individuals are applied taking into account the coefficient of 0.7 in the case of filing an application for the commission of these legally significant actions and paying the corresponding state fee using a single portal of state and municipal services, regional portals state and municipal services and other portals integrated with a unified identification and authentication system.

Part 4 Art. 333.35 Tax Code of the Russian Federation

If you apply for registration online, the cost of re-registration of the car with a change of license plates will cost 1995 rubles.

To learn how to reduce the cost of re-registering a car to a new owner and submit an application online on the State Services website, read the article Registration for State Services at the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate for registration.