Moving to a new place will not require changing vehicle registration

In Article 6, Circular No. 79/2024 issued by the Ministry of Public Security, replacing Circular 24/2023 on granting and revoking vehicle registration certificates, license plates of motor vehicles and specialized motorbikes, the responsibility to change vehicle registration when the owner changes his/her place of residence has been abolished.

Accordingly, vehicle owners only need to go to the vehicle registration office to complete procedures to change the certificate and license plate in case of changes in information about the vehicle owner's name, identification number or when the registration certificate expires as per current regulations.

However, if the vehicle owner has a need, he/she can still change the vehicle registration certificate to the new address. When changing the vehicle owner, he/she will submit the vehicle registration certificate and the vehicle file confirmation request to the management agency to issue the file confirmation, then declare the vehicle registration and submit the file confirmation to the vehicle registration agency at the new address to change the registration.

Transfer of ownership such as sale, gift, inheritance, will require the vehicle registration and license plate to be retained. This registration and license plate must then be submitted to the registration authority for revocation procedures.

In case of transferring vehicle ownership with the auction winning license plate, the citizen must submit the vehicle registration certificate to the registration authority to carry out the revocation procedure.

Within 30 days of selling the vehicle, the vehicle must be recalled or the registration and license plate must be handed over to the buyer for retrieval. If the vehicle owner does not complete the recall procedure after selling the vehicle, he/she will be held legally responsible for any violations related to that vehicle.