How to get a duplicate PTS for a car? Restoring PTS if lost

Losing documents for a car is a very unpleasant event, from which, unfortunately, not a single car owner is insured. Moreover, this applies not only to automobile documentation, but also to any other documentation. And not only because this fact will limit the owner of the car for a certain time.

Restoring documentation can, in some cases, take a considerable amount of time, and unforeseen expenses cannot be excluded. So, how to restore the title to a car if it is lost or lost.

The process of restoring your vehicle title will require significant investment from you, both in time and financially.

Restoring a PTS if lost: what steps to take?

The loss of a PTS may not always be associated with the inattentive attitude of the owner. After all, it can not only be lost, but it can also be stolen . Of course, theft of a PTS is very serious. Therefore, first of all, you must contact the police department to write a corresponding statement, after which the officers are obliged to open a criminal case. This will allow you to restrict the movement of scammers.

So, you can begin to restore the technical equipment’s passport only after the criminal case is closed. And this, as a rule, takes a lot of time . And only after this the owner will have the opportunity to begin processing the necessary document. Therefore, vehicle owners often try to remain silent about this fact, and prefer to indicate loss as the reason for re-registration of the title.

Application and explanatory note

When submitting documentation to the traffic police MREO, you will need to indicate the reason for the application on the form. Compiled:

1. Statement of loss. You can obtain a form to fill out at the branch or by contacting our company. Forms are also available for downloading online. It is imperative to fill out the form according to the sample, otherwise the application may not be accepted.
2. Explanatory. The main difficulty of the procedure lies in writing this document. If your PTS was stolen, it is not recommended to indicate this. The reason is the initiation of a criminal case, until the closure of which you will not be able to obtain a new vehicle passport, which means you will not be able to carry out transactions with the car. It's better to write about the loss. In this case, you need to go through a simpler process that will take less time.

It is also important to come to the traffic police MREO office by car to place it on the observation deck. This action is necessary to verify engine and chassis numbers during the paperwork process. Driving in a car without a title is allowed, so there is no need to be afraid of traffic police.

PTS is lost

This kind of event is not something out of the ordinary both for the car owners themselves and for the traffic police, who are directly involved in replacing the documentation for the car. If the technical equipment passport is actually lost, then things are much simpler here. The recovery process in this case will take the driver, in the worst case, a week of precious time. And in some, even a few days.

Let's consider the order in which the actions are carried out that the car owner must follow when drawing up this document in the event of its loss.

Duplicate PTS: what should you be afraid of when buying a car?

The duplicate PTS has the same legal force as the original. But drivers who have it find it difficult to sell the car, and the price has to be reduced. Any buyer will immediately be wary at the sight of a duplicate. He will be afraid to risk making a transaction for the following reasons:

• a passenger car can be the subject of collateral, that is, the original title is in the bank, and it is sold using a duplicate;
• some insurance companies refuse to issue insurance policies to drivers;
• this is another reason to suspect the owner of the vehicle of illegal acquisition, and he has to prove the opposite;
• the car was stolen, the criminal issued a duplicate title in his name;
• the car was issued with a car loan, but it has not yet been paid off;
• The PTS presented may be fake.

It’s good if the driver of the car has a photocopy or photo of the original PTS, then it can be shown when selling.

How to restore a PTS if lost: collecting documents

First, the driver will need to contact the traffic police department where he registered his car, since he can obtain a duplicate document only here. Then you must provide employees with a package of documents, which includes:

• Passport.
• Explanatory letter. It must detail all the reasons for the loss of the PTS.
• In the application, the car owner indicates the need to restore this document. You can obtain an application form from a traffic police officer. Or you can write the text of the application on a regular sheet of paper yourself. Of course, in this case you need to adhere to certain rules. You can also get acquainted with any information about the correctness of filling out or specifying data at the information stands of the traffic police department. Although, if necessary, you can ask for help in filling out or drawing up an application from any inspection employee.

• A document that would confirm your ownership of the car. Ideally, this would be a purchase and sale agreement. But if you drive a car under a general power of attorney, then you can provide it too. In addition, the document must clearly state that the owner has the right to make various changes to the PTS registration data.

• Registration certificate for the car. In case of its loss, the traffic police authorities are also involved in issuing a duplicate.
• Insurance policy. Although this document is optional, it may be necessary in some cases. Therefore, it is best if he is with you.

And, of course, do not forget to take with you a receipt for payment of the state duty. After all, at the very beginning we mentioned that restoring the PTS will require certain financial costs.

How to get a duplicate PTS

To obtain a duplicate PTS, first of all, you need to prepare a package of documents. It will be discussed in the next section.

It is required to pay the state fee for the issuance of PTS. In this case, the correct PTS number must be indicated in the STS (vehicle registration certificate).

Since the duplicate will have a different number than the original, and the STS indicates the number of the original, the certificate will have to be replaced. Therefore, the state duty for STS is added to the state duty for PTS.

After this, you can act in one of several ways:

Following the submission of documents to any of the named institutions, their processing begins. In all three cases, if no additional questions arise, the decision to issue the requested document can be made on the same day.

If there is uncertainty or suspicion, the process may last a month. It may be necessary to take the vehicle to the traffic police for inspection.

How to decipher special marks in PTS, see the article: special marks in PTS.

If you want to learn how to restore a title without an owner under a purchase and sale agreement, read here.

The car owner is assigned a time and place, and he arrives in the vehicle for which he ordered a duplicate title.

The vehicle is examined by MREO specialists, who determine whether its design has been changed in any unacceptable way.

Instructions for restoring PTS step by step

If you have lost your PTS and you need to restore it, then doing so in 2020 is extremely simple. In short, you need to write an application, pay the state fee and get a new car passport. And now more details!

The procedure for restoring a vehicle title by contacting the traffic police

1. First, you need to find a branch of the MREO traffic police in your city. This can be done on the official website of the traffic police through the contacts section, having previously selected your region of residence (not necessarily residence).

2. After you have chosen which branch you will contact to renew your passport, you must pay state fees for obtaining a new PTS and STS. Just contact any bank and tell them that you are paying state fees for issuing PTS and STS. Save and under no circumstances lose the receipt for payment of the state duty.

3. Next, you need to write an application for restoration of the title. You can do this directly at the traffic police, taking with you an A4 piece of paper and a pen, and fill out the application according to the sample at the counter at the department.

But you can do this at home too. The application form for the restoration of the vehicle title has not been formally approved, so it is written in free form.

applications for restoration of title in case of loss

4. Now we start collecting all the documents. The list is short:

• an application written by us for the restoration of the PTS,
• a notarized power of attorney, if the owner of the car is not the one contacting the traffic police,
• passport of the owner of the car or the person applying for restoration of the title,
• receipt of payment of state duty.

This is all. In this case, you will not need a car registration certificate or any other documents.

5. It’s just a matter of little things - we go to the selected traffic police department, submit documents and after a while we receive a vehicle passport. You will be given a new PTS in the form of a duplicate with notes about the old lost document. The only subtlety here is that during the sale the buyer will have questions and, perhaps, some doubt will creep in.

Application information

In an application for a duplicate passport for a car or other vehicle, you will need to indicate a number of information:

1. In whose name the application is being made. Usually this is the head of the MREO.
2. Information about the applicant - full name, passport details, address, contact details.
3. The subject of the appeal is a request for the issuance of a duplicate vehicle passport.
4. Data indicating a specific vehicle. Make, year of manufacture, VIN number, date of purchase. If possible, the date of import of the vehicle into the country is indicated (for imported brands).
5. An application that lists the documents that the vehicle owner is willing to provide.
6. Date of preparation of the document and signature of the applicant with transcript.

applications for issuance of a duplicate PTS

The procedure for restoring PTS through State Services

It’s even easier if the PTS is lost, to restore it by contacting the traffic police through the State Services portal, because today 2020 is the age of technology, and it can even be called bad manners not to use their delights. True, you still have to go to the traffic police department, but to receive a restored vehicle title.

The instructions for obtaining a new PTS are even simpler than by contacting the traffic police department directly. We will present the entire recovery process with screenshots from the computer version of the site, but the mobile version is even easier to understand, and everything is similar.

1. First of all, you need to go to the State Services portal - Gosuslugi.ru. If you have not yet registered on the portal (registration link), then you definitely need to do so. You will need your Email and phone number, as well as your personal data for this.

If you are registered, you just need to log in.

2. Next, go to the “Transport and Driving” section, first by hovering the cursor over the menu item at the top called “Service Catalog” and clicking on the drop-down submenu item we need.

3. Let's move on, now we are presented with a choice of groups of services by category. We, of course, need to select a registration group.

4. Now select the service called “Change registration details”.

5. Then click on the link “Receiving STS, PTS or registration plates to replace lost or unusable ones” and go directly to the service.

6. Now read the description of the service, information about the procedure for receiving it and state fees (however, we have already described all this and even more) and click on the “Get the service” link. After the transition, you will be taken to a convenient data entry form for restoring a lost PTS, you will be able to select a convenient time and day for visiting the traffic police department selected in the same form and make an appointment without a queue.

Lost PTS - do I need to present a compulsory motor liability insurance policy to restore it?

It is unlawful to require the provision of a valid MTPL insurance policy, since it is not included in the list of necessary documents for the restoration of the vehicle title (clause 15 of Order No. 605 on the provision of vehicle registration services). A valid MTPL policy will be required only for the initial registration of a car after purchase or when changing ownership - purchasing a used car.

The title is lost - do I need to show the car for inspection?

A vehicle is inspected when there is a change of ownership, when officially making changes to the design of the vehicle are registered, and in a number of other cases. This does not include the restoration of PTS. This is clearly regulated by paragraph 57 of the same Order No. 605:

57. Changes in vehicle registration data related to the issuance of registration certificates, vehicle passports, vehicle registration plates, replacing lost ones, unsuitable for use, not meeting the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation or duly approved samples, or the validity period of which has expired, and also when replacing registration plates, due to their preservation, are carried out without inspecting the vehicle.

Therefore, if you suspect possible non-compliance with the requirements of the Technical Regulations, this question and one of the most bureaucratic procedures of the traffic police should not bother you.

The procedure for obtaining a duplicate PTS in case of theft of the original

If the PTS is stolen, the recovery process is delayed. There are criminal penalties for stealing documents. It is regulated by Article 325 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The violator may be subject to correctional labor, fined, imprisoned or placed under arrest. However, the intent of the criminal act must be proven. If the PTS is stolen, you must perform the following actions:

1. Contact the police to report the theft, providing evidence.
2. Wait for the trial.
3. Contact the traffic police, attaching a certificate of complete closure of the criminal case to the standard list of documents.
4. Receive a duplicate PTS.

The registration process can be significantly delayed. Often the proceedings last for several months or even years. Without providing a certificate of closure of the criminal case, it will not be possible to obtain a duplicate PTS. As a result, the citizen will not be able to freely dispose of the car. Therefore, experts advise not to indicate document theft as a reason.

The procedure for issuing a duplicate PTS if there are no free fields to fill out

The procedure for replacing a title that has run out of fields for entering new owners is carried out in accordance with Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 496 of June 23, 2020. The scheme of actions is not much different from the classic one. The citizen will have to:

1. Collect the necessary documents. The old PTS will have to be added to the list. In this case, there is no need to provide an explanation.
2. Wait for the package of documents to be verified and accepted. The vehicle is not inspected.
3. Receive a duplicate PTS. Typically, the document is provided on the day the application is submitted. The information is entered into the new passport without changes. The adjustment will only affect the “Special Information Clause” column. Information about the replacement is entered there.

The process is completed as quickly as possible.

The procedure for obtaining a duplicate title for a trailer

If you need to get a duplicate PTS, you can contact the manufacturer who sold the car, or the State Traffic Inspectorate. If the trailer has been registered, a duplicate is issued through the traffic police. The car owner is obliged:

1. Collect documents. The list includes a civil passport, STS, a sales contract and a receipt for payment of state duty. Its value is 800 rubles.
2. Submit the documents to the traffic police department and wait for the application to be reviewed.
3. Get a new title for the trailer. The action is carried out after checking the documents. The process usually takes one day.

For your information

If the trailer has not been registered, the procedure for obtaining a title may take longer. The application is reviewed within 30 days. In this situation, the package of papers changes. You must provide a certificate confirming that the registration was not completed. Everything can be obtained from the traffic police. An application is written addressed to the head of the company where the trailer was purchased. A police certificate will be required. It is necessary to confirm the fact that there is no criminal case against the trailer.

The procedure for registering a duplicate PTS for the heir of the car

If the car was inherited, the procedure for restoring the title will differ in the list of required documents. The person will:

1. Prepare papers, including the inheritance document in the standard list.
2. Contact the traffic police and wait for the application to be reviewed. Representatives of the organization may require you to provide the car for inspection.
3. Get a new PTS.

How much does it cost to restore a PTS?

The cost of obtaining a duplicate PTS includes the following payments:

Payment of state duty:

• The state duty in connection with the replacement of the PTS is 500 rubles.
• You also need to replace the registration certificate due to the change in the number and series of the PTS. The state fee for issuing a duplicate STS is 300 rubles.

Please note that the cost of services in different cities may vary slightly. Therefore, it is best to check prices directly with the traffic police department.

You can ask any inspection employee to help fill out or draw up an application. But, in addition to the list of documentation described above, the employee has the right to ask for a car for inspection . This procedure will be required to verify all license plates in order to eliminate possible errors when issuing a new document, as well as to minimize the likelihood that the car was stolen. But if the PTS is lost, the vehicle inspection procedure in most cases is not carried out.

What to do if your document is denied

Today, there are only two options for solving the problem: appealing the refusal to issue a duplicate PTS locally (at the traffic police) or in the courts. Naturally, in both cases, the car owner must be confident that he is right, otherwise all further actions will not bring the desired result.

It also happens that the refusal by representatives of the State Traffic Inspectorate is due to the lack of documents included in the list of mandatory ones.

In this case, it is important not to make a claim, but to deliver all the necessary papers, because then there is a possibility that the inspector will register the application on the day of the initial application, thereby reducing the time for issuing a car passport and, as a result, its issuance.

By delaying the process of obtaining a duplicate vehicle passport, the owner of the car deprives himself of the opportunity to resell it or re-register it under a power of attorney to another person. In addition, such a car cannot be left as collateral to obtain a loan from any licensed financial institution, which should also not be forgotten by those who are still considering whether to re-register the title or not.

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Marked “duplicate” - what does it mean and should you panic?

In the new PTS, in any case, regardless of whether you lost the document or it was stolen from you , there will be a note that this document is a duplicate. But despite this, this will not affect its legal force in any way. If the owner of the car suddenly decides to sell it and the buyer has any suspicions about this, then any traffic police officer will be able to prove the authenticity of the document.

What does PTS duplicate mean? What does he look like?

photo of duplicate PTS

The traffic police authorities, namely the registration department of the MREO, have the right to issue a duplicate. You must contact them immediately as soon as you discover a missing document. It can be used by people who can easily sell it. As a result, the passport will end up in the hands of fraudsters. Your title may be included in the package of documents for a stolen or foreign car that was brought under the guise of spare parts. What consequences can this lead to? We can only guess. It’s good if a fine comes for a violation, but what if an accident occurs with the death of people? So you can go to jail for a real offender.

No matter how busy the car owner is, he urgently needs to visit the traffic police department. Only there they will issue a duplicate. What does the PTS for a car look like? Photos of the car's PTS can be seen on the website. The duplicate has the same appearance as the original. All legal actions are performed with it, as with the original document. It comes with good protection in the form of watermarks.

The only difference is that in the special notes section there is an entry: “DUPLICATE”. The document must contain the details of the original.

Refusal to replace PTS - is this legal, and what to do in this situation?

Sometimes cases may arise when authorities refuse to issue a new PTS. There are a number of reasons for this. For example, an employee may suspect that the car is stolen and the like. And if you are faced with a similar situation, then you need to ask the traffic police officer for a statement with a justified reason for the refusal. Then you need to contact the head of the department with these papers, and perhaps even go to court if the previous measure did not help you.

As a rule, such cases are considered quickly enough and in most cases decisions are made in favor of car owners . Now you know what to do in this situation. Restoring the title of a car must be treated very responsibly. After all, the period of restoration of the PTS and your peace of mind will directly depend on the prompt response and correctly collected and completed documents.

Actions if the title for a car is lost by the bank

A vehicle passport is very often a collateral document for a car loan or any other loan. When the debt to the bank is paid, you are required to return this document.

But some loans are taken out for a period of 5 years or more, and during this time a lot can happen - a bank branch will move, close, reorganize, etc. In such conditions, documents are often lost, which causes a lot of trouble for their owners.

When, when repaying a loan, the bank delays issuing a PTS, you should be wary. This means that the search for him has dragged on and we can prepare for the worst.

From the point of view of paperwork, a lost title is easy to restore, and the price is quite low.

But there is another factor that will be much more difficult to prove - a car with a duplicate title is more difficult to sell, since the duplicate is often used in fraudulent schemes. And the price of such a car immediately drops, down to 100 thousand rubles.

So how can you avoid these consequences if the PTS is lost due to the fault of the bank:

1. You should save all documents that were drawn up when applying for a loan. If the bank employee did not do this himself, then insist on drawing up an act of acceptance and transfer of the PTS to the bank. This way you will have proof that they have the passport for the car.
2. If you delay the return of the PTS without specifying a reason, write a complaint to the head of the bank branch; if that doesn’t help, then to a higher-ranking person with a request to issue a passport for the car.
3. If a bank employee reported the loss of your PTS orally and suggested that you simply go and restore it, demand a written response about the loss of your passport. This way, when selling a car, you can prove that you are not a fraudster.
4. In addition to the paper about the loss of the PTS, you will receive a certificate from the bank confirming that the loan has been repaid and that there are no claims against you.
5. If the bank does not offer to compensate for the costs of restoring the title, write a complaint about it.
6. You can write a claim to the bank so that it can restore your title to the MREO. This is regulated by the consumer protection law.
7. When the bank refuses to respond to your requests for certificates or compensation, and complaints to management do not yield results, you should go to court.

The damage that you can receive when selling a car with a duplicate title at a reduced price is very difficult to prove.

If you succeed, then having these facts in hand, you can, through the court, not only compensate for the price of the title, but also compensate for the difference in the price of the car.

But, again, it is necessary to prove it not from the words of the buyer, who is simply afraid of scammers, but to provide clear arguments. This is a new type of judicial practice and there are not many cases of winning the case yet.

Therefore, if the bank loses the title, at least take all the certificates about it, so that the future buyer can see evidence of the cleanliness of the car, then you can hope that you will be able to sell the car at full price.

Well, reimbursement of the cost of replacing the PTS will also be a pleasant bonus, since there are cases when the bank simply ignores such requests.

Obtaining a duplicate PTS if it is lost is a fairly simple and quick procedure. The main thing is to collect the necessary documents and make an appointment with the MREO. In especially densely populated areas there is a long queue.

If there are no complaints about the papers, a new PTS will be issued on the same day. Sometimes the car owner may be asked for other documents, as well as a thorough check of the car, then the issuance period may take a little longer.

But in any case, without a title, you cannot sell the car or take out insurance, so it is better to go to the traffic police immediately after discovering the loss.

It is worth remembering that if the PTS was stolen, in order to speed up the receipt of a new document, it is better not to report this, since the criminal case can be investigated for a very long time, and you will not be given another passport before it is closed.

The most offensive thing is when your passport is lost not even by you, but by the bank in which it was a collateral document for a loan. To minimize your losses, demand from the bank all the required certificates and compensation for issuing a new PTS.

How to register a car if the engine number does not match the PTS is explained in the article: what to do if the engine number does not match the PTS.

How to correctly indicate the series and PTS number in OSAGO, see on the page.

Find out what to do if the title runs out during the sale from this information.

Providing a car for inspection and deadline for receiving a duplicate

When the documents for the restoration of the title have been collected, you can arrange a visit to the traffic police with the inspector. On the appointed day, the owner must bring the car to the traffic police for a thorough inspection. This is a prerequisite for obtaining a duplicate vehicle title.

The specialist compares the unit numbers and information stored in the database. If there are no comments, a decision is made to issue a duplicate passport.

If the applicant has submitted a complete package of documents, and the specialist inspecting the vehicle does not find any problems, a duplicate title for the car is issued on the day of application. Sometimes the traffic police officer who conducted the inspection gives an opinion on the need for additional checks. In this case, restoration of the PTS in case of loss can last up to 30 days.

Recovery time and cost

According to clause 10 of the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia dated August 7, 2013, No. 605 , one hour is provided for the provision of administrative services from the moment the application is accepted by the State Traffic Inspectorate employee, during which you must be issued a new PTS. In fact, the wait may be longer if you apply for a replacement car title on a first-come, first-served basis. And although in the regulations approved by the above-mentioned Order, the waiting period for an appointment is set at a quarter of an hour, no one has canceled the human factor.

If you made an appointment on the government services website, then the maximum waiting time for an appointment is strictly 15 minutes, and after 60 minutes you will receive a duplicate PTS.

The cost of a duplicate car passport is 800 rubles, replacement of the COP is 500 rubles .

Restoring a document without an owner

In accordance with the current legislation of the Russian Federation, a vehicle can be purchased under a sales contract or by receiving a general power of attorney from the owner. In the first case, the transport receives a new official owner, to whom all documents are reissued, while in the second, another person appears in the traffic police databases. If the vehicle title is lost, what should a driver using the vehicle by proxy do? In such a situation, a reasonable question arises - how to restore the vehicle title without the owner?

The law allows the procedure to be carried out. If the passport of a car purchased under a power of attorney is lost, the applicant will be required to provide it. This document is legally binding and certified by a notary. It contains the following information:

1. all personal data of the principal;
2. information about the recipient of the document;
3. list of powers;
4. the presence or absence of the right of subrogation;
5. date of issue;
6. validity.

Based on this document, the authorized representative can submit an application with the required additions and restore the lost passport.

What not to do if you lose your vehicle passport

In some cases, when a car owner loses a document, he writes in an explanatory note that the title was stolen. In this situation, serious difficulties arise - the traffic police does not have the right to make a duplicate until the criminal case related to theft is closed. The investigation usually takes a long time, and the car owner will wait several months for a duplicate before the circumstances are clarified. Even if the documents were stolen, it should be indicated that the PTS was lost under unknown circumstances.

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