Note the time to process license plate revocation after transferring vehicle ownership

Clause 4, Article 6 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulates the responsibilities of vehicle owners when selling, donating, inheriting, exchanging, contributing capital, allocating, and transferring vehicles (hereinafter referred to as transferring vehicle ownership) as follows:

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 7 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.

Thus, car owners should note that within 30 days after transferring the vehicle’s ownership, the car owner must go to the competent authority to submit documents to complete the license plate revocation procedure. If not done on time, the car owner may be fined.