Fine for late registration of a car in 2021: amount, procedure for assignment, appeal and nuances

The acquisition of a vehicle requires the conclusion of a written agreement between the parties (purchase and sale, donation, exchange, and so on). However, in 2021, the acquirer cannot limit himself to paper only, as he has an obligation to register the vehicle with the traffic police. The procedure is carried out in accordance with the procedure established by law.

In addition to following the procedure for registering a car, you also need to meet the deadline specified by law. In 2021, it is 10 days from the date of signing the car purchase and sale agreement. Failure to register a vehicle on time will result in administrative liability for the owner in the form of a fine of 1,500 to 10,000 rubles .

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When is a fine imposed for late registration of a car in 2021?

State registration of a vehicle is required to register the new owner in a special state database. This is necessary for various reasons, but, first of all, for the correct determination of the subject subject to taxation, as well as for a faster search for the owner in connection with the need that has arisen (road accident, obligations to the state and third parties, and so on).

In 2021, the registration process itself has been simplified as much as possible, compared to the rules in force previously. In practice, everything looks like this:

the parties agree to conclude a transaction, stipulate the conditions;
a purchase and sale agreement (or other transaction) is concluded;
the buyer receives documents for the car from the seller (STS and PTS) and takes out MTPL insurance;
the buyer contacts the traffic police on his own and goes through the registration procedure.

In fact, the new owner carries out the final registration independently. The presence of the seller at the traffic police is not required. This has both its pros and cons, but overall it simplifies the procedure.

The legislator has established a period during which the new owner must register the car in order to avoid receiving a fine for late registration of the car. In 2021, it is 10 days from the date of conclusion of the contract under which the transport was received into ownership (clause 3 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 1994 N 938). The same clause allows for deferment of registration for the entire period of validity of transit numbers.

Accordingly, a fine for late registration of a car in 2021 can only be applied after the specified ten-day period has expired. The sanction is established on the basis of paragraph 1 of Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Consequences of misconduct for the seller

Fines imposed in connection with traffic violations by a specific vehicle fall on the owner of that vehicle. Since the buyer did not register the movable object, it is linked in the database to the seller. In fact, the “letter of happiness” will be received by the former owner, who is no longer related to the offense. How to avoid such unpleasant consequences?

The former owner can prevent the situation. He needs to trace the fact of re-registration of the object in the traffic police. If it is discovered that the data of the new owner in the database is not related to the alienated property, the relevant circumstance must be reported to the regulatory authority.

What is the fine for late registration of a car?

A fine for delaying the period established for vehicle registration can be imposed in accordance with the norms of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, namely, paragraph 1 of Article 19.22. The amount of liability depends on the type of person who commits the act:

for individuals, that is, ordinary citizens – 1,500 rubles;
for officials – from 2000 to 4500 rubles;
for organizations - from 5,000 to 10,000 rubles.

The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation does not provide for an alternative punishment for late registration of a car, that is, the culprit is liable in the form of a fine, and not in the form of correctional labor, arrest, and so on.

Missing the deadline does not mean that the person will no longer be able to register the car. The only liability is a financial penalty to the state treasury in the form of a fine for late registration of the car.

Fine for driving an untimely registered vehicle

In 2021, the legislator established liability not only for late registration, but also for the use of vehicles that were not registered in accordance with current rules. The sanction is provided for in Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, its amount will be from 500 to 800 rubles.

Repeated violation of the same requirement is provided for in paragraph 1.1 of Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the penalty already reaches 5,000 rubles, and the driver may also be deprived of the right to drive for up to three months (minimum period is a month).

Punishment is applied only in cases where the transport is initially subject to registration.

Fine for late registration of a car for legal entities in 2021

Vehicles may be on the balance sheet of organizations. They are used for commercial purposes, such as transporting goods or passengers, or even to meet the needs of employees of legal entities.

Fines and liability for firms are usually somewhat higher than for ordinary people. This is due to the fact that legal entities were initially created to make a profit (not counting non-profit organizations), and also have large funds in their turnover, and in some cases, full-time specialists who can monitor changes in legislation in areas that concern them.

In 2021, organizations are also required to register the cars they purchased. The period will be exactly the same; paragraph 3 of the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 1994 No. 938 does not contain a division according to the terms for different categories of owners.

The fine for late registration of a car by a legal entity is provided for by the same Article 19.22 of the Administrative Code, paragraph 1. Its amount will range from 5,000 to 10,000 rubles.

How much does the procedure cost?

You can also pay the state fee in advance by contacting the bank’s cash desk, using a payment terminal, Internet banking or the State Services portal. Only required services are paid for:

STS – 500 rubles (required)
registration in the PTS – 350 rubles (if the passport is paper and not electronic)
license plate – 2000 rubles (if the old license plates do not correspond to the owner’s region of registration, or the owner wants to get new ones)

Problems are also possible when paying state fees. There may be queues at the cash register or terminal; not everyone can pay through State Services; this function is not available to citizens without verified accounts. And legal entities must pay fees only on behalf of the general director, accountant or authorized representative. In addition, it is important to have the correct details, and they change periodically. Our company’s specialists will help you save time on paying duties.

Fine for late registration of an inherited car

A car, like any other vehicle, can not only be bought or received as a gift, but also inherited. In this case, the procedure will look like this:

contacting a notary with an application to accept the inheritance within the established six-month period from the date of its opening;
receipt, at the end of this period, of a certificate of inheritance;
contacting the traffic police to register the vehicle.

In fact, the heir's right of ownership arises after the registration of a certificate of inheritance. Paragraph 3 of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 938 states that registration of a car in 2021 must be carried out within ten days from the date of purchase; accordingly, it will be necessary to contact the MREO of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate within the same period, calculated from the date of issue of the document confirming inheritance rights. The fine for late registration of a car is provided for in Article 19.22 of the Administrative Code, paragraph 1 and is 1,500 rubles for individuals.

What happens if the previous owner deregistered the car, but the new one has not yet registered it?

In 2021, the previous owner does not have the obligation to deregister the car before selling it. This will be done simultaneously with registration by the new owner. However, the right to deregister a car by the old owner is provided for by the legislator.

Thus, paragraph 60.4 of Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated 08/07/2013 N 605 provides for the possibility of deregistering transport at the request of the person alienating it. This opportunity appears if there is no information about the registration of the car by the new owner after 10 days from the date of signing the vehicle purchase and sale agreement.

Driving a vehicle that has not been properly registered, including if it has been deregistered, is an administrative offense that falls under Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Punishment in the form of a fine ranges from 500 to 800 rubles; repeated violation increases the sanction to 5,000 or deprivation of the right to drive from one to three months.

How much time do you have to register a vehicle?

The regulations of the State Traffic Inspectorate specify the deadlines within which the owner must apply to obtain STS and license plates. For cars and trucks, motorcycles and trailers - this is 10 days after taking ownership. How exactly the owner received the right of ownership, whether by deed of gift or inheritance, does not matter.

If a vehicle is imported into the Russian Federation from another country, the registration period increases to 30 days. In this case, the owner, along with the documents, must hand over plates with transit numbers to the traffic police.

Who pays the fine for late registration of a car?

Registration of a car is the responsibility of its owner. The right is acquired at the time of concluding the purchase and sale agreement, that is, the buyer is considered the owner at the time of conclusion of the transaction, and not after state registration.

Paragraph 3 of Russian Government Decree No. 938 establishes that it is the owners who must register the car. Responsibility in the form of paying a fine for late registration of a car in 2021 will fall on the owner, and not on the previous copyright holder. Although the seller has the right to deregister the car, he is not obliged to do so.

When can you drive without registering your car with the traffic police?

The legal norm, namely Clause 3 of Government Decree No. 938 of the Russian Federation, establishes the period during which vehicles must be registered in 2021. From this we can draw a conclusion about the period within which the car can be used for its intended purpose:

within the validity period of transit numbers;
within ten days from the date of purchase.

After the specified time period, driving such a car may result in administrative liability in the form of a fine for late registration of the car.

The procedure for imposing a fine for late registration of a car in 2021

A fine for lack of state registration in 2021 can be issued in two cases:

the car was stopped by a traffic police inspector and when checking the documentation it turned out that the car was not properly registered;
When you try to register with the state, it turns out that the deadline has already passed.

Further developments will be as follows:

the employee writes out a protocol of violation and gives it to the driver to sign;
if the owner refuses to sign the protocol, witnesses are brought in and sign the protocol;
the protocol is handed to the violator in person or sent by mail.

As evidence, the State Traffic Inspectorate employee uses the documents provided by the driver, including the purchase and sale agreement, PTS and STS of the car. You can challenge a fine for late registration of a vehicle on the same basis by providing the necessary papers.

The violation report will have to contain the following information:

the date when the violation was discovered, as well as the location in which it occurred;
the essence of the offense committed, that is, lack of registration or driving a car without a completed procedure;
information about the offender, as well as about the car that was not registered;
details of the employee who compiled the protocol.

At the end, the signature of the employee is placed, as well as the person who is held accountable. A citizen who is indicated as a violator can either agree with the fine or appeal it in the future.

What does it mean to “register a car”?

The procedure for registering a vehicle with the State Traffic Inspectorate is spelled out in detail in Federal Law No. 283 of 2021. After purchasing (receiving as a gift, inheriting) a car, the new owner is given a ten-day period to register it. After the 10-day period has expired, a fine will be assessed, which will be collected upon registration of the car.

Citizens of the Russian Federation are allowed to register a purchased car at any traffic police department , regardless of their place of permanent registration. Foreigners will be able to do this only at the territorial office at the place of their temporary registration. To register a car, its owner needs to provide the employees of the registration department of the traffic police with a certain set of documentation.

For individuals it looks like this:

Personal passport of the vehicle owner.
Document of title – deed of purchase, deed of gift, certificate of inheritance.
Technical passport.
A valid MTPL policy.
Transit numbers.
A receipt indicating payment of the state duty.
Owner's TIN.
If the car was purchased on a car loan, you will need a letter from the creditor bank.
Cars imported from abroad will require customs documents.
Application from the owner requesting to register the car.

If the owner of the car is an organization, then the list of required documents will be slightly different:

Car purchase agreement.
Extract from the unified register of legal entities.
Statistical code of the organization.
Vehicle registration certificate.
OSAGO insurance.
Bank guarantee.

According to the internal regulations of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, the vehicle registration procedure should not take more than an hour. Of these, 20 minutes are allocated for checking the submitted documents, another 20 for inspecting the registered vehicle.

The rest of the time is necessary to complete the paperwork and enter information about the vehicle into the electronic database of the traffic police. After this, the owner of the car receives a license plate and SOP, which is where the whole procedure ends. When we are talking about a commercial organization officially engaged in the resale of vehicles, there is no need to re-register previously registered vehicles.

What should a driver do if a fine is imposed for late registration of a car?

If a driver has been fined for driving a vehicle that is not properly registered or for violating registration rules, he has the following two options:

pay the fine and register the car in accordance with the rules;
continue to use transport illegally;
appeal the decision if he considers it illegal.

Most often, such protocols are fully justified, since they are issued on the basis of the documentation available to the inspector. But situations may be different. Paying a fine and complying with legal requirements is the best option if a violation actually occurs.

Continuing to ignore the requirements of the law is the most negative option available, since a repeated violation will entail a fine increased to five thousand or even deprivation of a driver’s license.

If the driver does not agree with the fine imposed for late registration of the car, then he is recommended to put the appropriate mark on the protocol when signing. In this case, there is no point in refusing to sign, since the protocol will still be issued, and the opportunity to immediately express one’s disagreement will no longer exist.

The driver has the right not to sign the protocol, accept it, and subsequently appeal. His duty is to follow the current legislation to the fullest extent.

Is there a discount on fines for late vehicle registration in 2021?

The legislator has provided for the possibility of paying some administrative fines not in full, but with a fifty percent discount, provided that repayment occurs within 20 days from the date of the decision (clause 1.3 of Article 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). However, not all sanctions can be paid with such a relief.

First of all, it should be noted that the discount applies only to Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses; accordingly, it is impossible to pay the fine for late registration of a car in 2021, provided for in Article 19.22 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. As for Article 12.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (fine for driving a vehicle that was not properly registered), this also has its limitations. The initial violation provided for in paragraph 1 can be repaid in a smaller amount, but paragraph 1.1 is an exception, which is expressly stated in Article 32.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Appealing a fine for late registration of a car in 2021

Appealing a fine for late registration of a car in 2021 is carried out in the standard manner, as well as appealing other protocols on bringing to administrative responsibility. The corresponding right is enshrined in Article 30.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The procedure will look like this:

Receive a copy of the decision. The absence of a document will not mean the impossibility of appealing, but having the text, drawing up a complaint seems simpler and more convenient.
Drawing up a complaint. It must reflect the reasons why the decision should be appealed. You can submit it to a higher authority or to the court, whichever you choose.
Getting a solution.

A complaint can be filed within a period not exceeding ten days from the moment the protocol is delivered to the person or received by other means (for example, by mail). This is indicated in Article 30.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

It is possible to cancel a fine for late registration of a car in situations where the punishment was imposed unlawfully, for example, the traffic police officer did not take into account some factors. There is also a chance to prove that there was no way to register the car on time, for example, the owner was undergoing treatment and could not fulfill his obligation for reasons beyond his control.

Applications to appeal a fine for late registration of a car can be found here.

Reason #6. Unreadable VIN or criminal vehicle

The most serious problems during traffic police registration can arise at the inspection site. And the worst of these problems is a stolen car. If a traffic police officer discovers broken license plates, a duplicate car, or other facts indicating that the car is wanted, the car will not only not be registered, but will also be confiscated from you until the circumstances are clarified. And here there are already high chances that the car will never return to you, and you yourself will have to go through the courts.

Therefore, carefully examine the VIN number before purchasing a car. We filmed a separate video on how to identify broken numbers.

And one more thing to note. If the car has been in a serious accident, if the car's VIN is badly damaged or cannot be read at all, don't take the risk, look for something better. In this case, there is also a high probability that the car will need additional forensic examination.

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How to avoid a fine for late car registration in 2021?

The most obvious way to avoid a fine for late registration of a car in 2021 is to fulfill your obligation to register the car. However, this is not always possible in practice. But, in fact, this is the only absolutely legal option.

Some drivers resort to cunning and do not put the date of its conclusion in the purchase and sale agreement, leaving space for its application. The number is entered immediately before visiting the traffic police. Also, some people simply forge the contract, since the traffic police do not check the authenticity of the signature. However, it is worth remembering that such actions in 2021 are contrary to the law and may result in criminal prosecution.

Nuances

Despite the apparent simplicity of the procedure, there are a number of features that must be taken into account both when registering and when taking measures related to the imposition of an administrative fine for late registration of a car:

A fine can be imposed both for lack of registration and for driving a vehicle that is not properly registered. These are two different violations.
If there is a good reason for absence, prosecution may be appealed.
The seller has the right to deregister the car, but is not obligated to do so. This opportunity appears to him 10 days after the conclusion of the transaction.
In 2021, the seller will not be held liable for failing to apply to deregister the car.
The sanction applies to the owner or driver who used a car that was not properly registered.

An appeal is made in the general manner, just like prosecution. There are no procedural features.

How much does it cost to register a car, and what does the price depend on?

Registering a car with the State Traffic Inspectorate is a paid procedure. Its price depends on several factors - whether the car is new or used. The cost of the procedure will also affect whether license plates need to be replaced or not. Amount of state duty charged:

Replacing license plates – 2 thousand rubles.
Issuance of a registration certificate (COP, STS) – 500.
Making adjustments to the technical passport – 350.

Accordingly, registration with replacement of numbers will cost the car owner 2,850 rubles , and without replacement only 350 . If you keep the old license plates, you will only need to make amendments to the title. Therefore, registering a used car (while maintaining license plates) will cost less than registering a new car that does not yet have license plates.