How to buy a car in another city

After amendments to the vehicle registration law, it has become much easier to buy cars in another city, although in the past, residents of small cities often went to megacities to choose cars, since the choice is much wider in them, and prices are lower due to high competition.

If you choose a used car in another city on the Internet or through ads, then the first thing you need to do is call the owner and ask him how the car is framed - under a sales contract or he drives it by proxy. Be sure to ask about the availability of all documents.

And one more important point - there should be several free columns in the title of the car so that you can enter a new owner, otherwise, when registering a car in your city, you will have to go back so that the seller issues a new title.

The next item, after getting acquainted with the car and passing the diagnostics, you need to start filling out the contract of sale.

If you completely trust the seller, and he trusts you, then you can draw up an agreement without errors remotely - ask the owner to send you scans or photos of the documents for the car and your own passport. Thus, you will be sure that later you will not have to drive for several tens or hundreds of kilometers due to an error in filling out the contract.

After that, the transfer of the car itself and all documents for it follows:

• PTS;
• STS;
• MOT coupon, if it is still valid;
• diagnostic card, service book, equipment documents.

The owner can keep only the OSAGO policy.

Then the buyer has 10 days to register the car. If the transfer of the car does not take five days, then you can not get transit numbers, just leave the old numbers of the previous owner. The fact that the buyer has a sales contract in his hands will confirm a recent purchase if the traffic police inspector stops you.

An OSAGO policy can be bought in the city where the car was purchased - the cost for it will be the same throughout Russia. The main thing is to choose an insurance company that has a branch in your city.

Well, at the very end, when you have already arrived at the place of your permanent residence, you need to register the car. To do this, you need to present the Title, STS, OSAGO, contract of sale, receipts for payment of all duties, old numbers. After registration, you can safely drive your new car.

Although, to further simplify this whole process of buying a car in another city, you can purchase it by general power of attorney, but only if you trust the seller.

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