What to do if you bought a car with limited registration actions

Today, drivers have access to a lot of online services that allow them to check the legal purity of a used vehicle in advance in a matter of minutes and completely free of charge. But even despite this, some particularly lucky motorists still get a pig in a poke, which is subject to restrictions on registration actions or even arrest. What to do if you are “lucky” to buy a problematic car, the AvtoVzglyad portal will tell you.

When choosing a used car for yourself, you need to be on the alert, because almost every second seller deceives potential buyers to one degree or another. Some dealers are silent about significant technical defects in the car in order to get more money for it, others about legal problems. And if it is quite possible to eliminate malfunctions - albeit by spending hard-earned money - then everything is much more complicated with legal nuances.

To begin with, we recall that the restriction of registration actions and the arrest of a car are completely different processes. In the first case, the owner operates his car as if nothing had happened, except that he cannot re-register or dispose of it. In the second case, the owner is prohibited from using the vehicle in whole or in part. As you can imagine, this is a more serious limitation.

Why can certain restrictions be imposed on a car? According to Art. 80 of the Law of 02.10.2007 N 229-ФЗ “On Enforcement Proceedings”, a bailiff has the right to arrest a car or any other property if the owner owes more than 3000 rubles. As a rule, at first - as a warning - registration actions are limited. And only after a while they already resort to arrest.

It is not difficult to guess that the restriction of registration actions implies the refusal of traffic police officers to any request of the owner related to the re-registration of the car. But does this mean that the owner in such situations cannot sell the car? Not at all: according to the contract of sale - calmly. Another question is that the buyer will not end up with problems later, but who cares in our cruel world ...

Suppose you did buy a used car with limited registration actions - the traffic cops kindly informed you about this, who refused to re-register the car. What to do in this situation? There are three possible options, where the first is to contact the seller and try to resolve the issue amicably: terminate the sales contract or jointly remove the restrictions.

Most likely, you will no longer “get through” to the previous owner - this, again, is the harsh reality. Therefore, you will have to act on your own: find out which body, when and for what reason imposed restrictions, and then file an application with the court to lift the ban. If you can prove that at the time of buying the vehicle you were not aware of any restrictions, then - it is possible, although unlikely - they will be removed.

The third option is to terminate the contract of sale with the help of Themis, because in this case there is a significant violation of the terms of the agreement by the seller. Let us explain that a violation is recognized as significant if it entailed serious damage to the second party, and a ban on registration actions is just such.

We add that regardless of which path - the second or third - you choose, it is better to enlist the support of a good lawyer.