From August 15, car owners must retain vehicle registration and license plates when selling their cars.

When selling a vehicle, the owner must retain the vehicle registration and license plate from August 15, 2023, as stipulated in Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA.

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When selling a car, the owner must keep the vehicle registration and license plate.

Article 6 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulates the vehicle owner's responsibilities in vehicle registration as follows:

- Comply with the provisions of law on vehicle registration.

Carry out vehicle registration procedures on the public service portal, provide and declare honestly, fully and accurately information on vehicle registration regulations.

Be responsible before the law for the legality of the vehicle and vehicle records.

It is strictly forbidden to falsify documents, illegally interfere with the public service portal, vehicle registration and management system to change electronic data information or change the engine number or chassis number of the vehicle for vehicle registration.

- Bring the vehicle to the vehicle registration agency specified in Article 4 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA for inspection of vehicles registered for the first time, registered for transfer of ownership, vehicle transfer, renovation, or change of paint color; in case the vehicle registration certificate or license plate is blurred, damaged, or lost, the vehicle owner must declare and carry out procedures to issue a new vehicle registration certificate or license plate, or reissue the vehicle registration certificate or license plate according to regulations.

- Within 30 days from the date of issuance of the certificate of technical safety and environmental protection for a modified motor vehicle by a competent authority or change of information on the vehicle owner's name or change of head office address or place of residence to another province or centrally-run city or when the vehicle registration certificate expires, the vehicle owner must go to the vehicle registration authority to carry out procedures for issuance or revocation of the vehicle registration certificate and license plate according to regulations.

- When selling, donating, inheriting, exchanging, contributing capital, allocating, or transferring a vehicle (hereinafter referred to as transferring vehicle ownership):

+ The vehicle owner must retain the vehicle registration certificate and license plate (not give it to the organization or individual receiving the vehicle ownership transfer) and submit the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the vehicle registration authority to carry out the revocation procedure; in case of transferring vehicle ownership along with the license plate of the auction-winning vehicle, the vehicle owner must submit the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the vehicle registration authority to carry out the revocation procedure;

+ Within 30 days from the date of completing the vehicle ownership transfer paperwork, the vehicle owner must complete the revocation procedures; if after the above deadline the vehicle owner fails to complete the revocation procedures or hand over the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the organization or individual receiving the vehicle ownership transfer to complete the revocation procedures, before handling the case, the vehicle registration authority shall issue a decision to sanction the vehicle owner for not completing the revocation procedures as prescribed;

In case the vehicle owner does not carry out the revocation procedure after transferring vehicle ownership, he/she shall be responsible before the law for any violations related to that vehicle;

+ After the vehicle owner completes the repossession procedure, the organization or individual receiving the transfer of ownership completes the vehicle registration procedure according to regulations.

- Within 07 days from the date the vehicle expires, the vehicle is broken and cannot be used, or the vehicle is destroyed due to objective reasons, the vehicle owner must declare on the public service portal and submit the vehicle registration certificate and license plate to the vehicle registration authority or the commune-level police (regardless of the vehicle owner's place of residence) to carry out the revocation procedure.