Rules for the registration of vehicles: what is the difference between a tractor and a car?

The current Russian legislation provides for the availability of state license plates from vehicles , which are issued by registration authorities as a result of a certain registration procedure.

Similar rules apply for the registration of vehicles for all existing transport, ranging from brand new saloon cars, tractors, Special equipment, various types of trailers, and ending with certified self-made masterpieces of Russian Kulibins, with which their native spaces are famous. In other words, any kind of vehicles, subject to the availability of wheels, and the ability to manage and move along the roads of Russia, is subject to state registration.

The normative basis for this is the Rules for the registration of motor vehicles and trailers developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which determine the list of documents required for this and the procedure for carrying out the procedure. In principle, the registration process itself is simple enough and consists of three stages - the passing of technical inspection, payment of state duty and submission of a package of necessary documents to the appropriate authority.

However, the current rules for the registration of motor vehicles involve some difference in the registration between vehicles (cars, motorcycles, etc.) and road-building equipment (tractors, bulldozers and other special vehicles).

The rules for the registration of vehicles are determined by the main registering authority exercising state control and registration of such vehicles, regional branches of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate. The standard list of documents required for registration consists of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, a contract of sale, a PTA, an insurance policy of OSAGO. If the registrant is not the owner of the vehicle, an additional power of attorney will be required. Another special case is the transport purchased abroad. To register it, in addition to the usual documents, you will also need a certificate of passage of customs and transit license plates.

It should be noted that despite the apparent simplicity of the procedure, in fact, in order to register, for example, a car, it is necessary to spend a lot of time, which will leave, mainly, to idle in lines. And despite all attempts of the traffic police in recent years to optimize the rules for the registration of vehicles and speed up the registration procedure, all these efforts proved to be futile. Nevertheless, at present, the new regulation, recently drafted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, inspires hope, which promises not only to significantly speed up the registration procedure, but also to simplify it. For example, in accordance with the innovations, in order to sell the car, now it will not be necessary to withdraw from the account, so the "old" numbers will pass to the new owner of the car.

The rules of state registration of tractors and road-building machines, as well as trailers to them, are somewhat different from motor transport . Registration of such transport is exclusively within the competence of Gostehnadzor. The list of documents is approximately the same as for registration of motor vehicles. The essential difference is that legal entities need to register additionally with the regional military registration office before registering with the state registration and provide the Gostehnadzor with the appropriate confirmation.