Officially registered vehicle at temporary residence from August 15, 2023

On July 1st, the Minister of Public Security issued Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA regulating the issuance and revocation of vehicle registration and license plates, which allows vehicle registration at temporary residences.

Từ ngày 15/8, người dân được đăng ký xe tại nơi tạm trú từ ngày 15/8/2023

People can register vehicles at their temporary residence from August 15, 2023. (Source: TVPL))

Accordingly, Article 4 of Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA stipulates the vehicle registration authority as follows:

(i) The Traffic Police Department registers vehicles of the Ministry of Public Security; cars of agencies and organizations specified in Appendix No. 01 issued with this Circular; cars of diplomatic missions , representative agencies of international organizations in Vietnam and cars of foreigners working in such agencies.

(ii) The Traffic Police Department registers the following types of vehicles (except for the types of vehicles in i):

- Motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, semi-trailers, and other vehicles with a similar structure to motor vehicles (hereinafter collectively referred to as motor vehicles) owned by organizations or individuals with headquarters or residences in districts and cities under centrally-governed cities; cities, counties, and towns under provinces where the Traffic Police Department is located;

- Motor vehicles registered with license plates obtained through auction; first-time registration of vehicles confiscated according to legal regulations; and motorcycles with a cylinder capacity of 175 cm3 or more owned by organizations or individuals in the locality;

- Motor vehicles; motorcycles, motorbikes (including electric motorbikes) and other vehicles with a similar structure to motorcycles (hereinafter collectively referred to as motorcycles) belonging to foreign organizations and individuals, including consular offices in the locality.

(iii) The police of districts, towns, cities under provinces and centrally run cities (hereinafter referred to as district-level police) registers the following types of vehicles: automobiles; motorbikes of domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters and residence in the locality (except for the types of vehicles specified in i, ii, iv).

(iv) Commune, ward and town police (hereinafter referred to as commune-level police) shall carry out vehicle registration (except for cases i and ii) as follows:

- The commune-level police of districts and towns under centrally-governed cities register motorcycles belonging to domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in the locality;

- Commune-level police in districts, towns, and cities within provinces (excluding commune-level police where the Traffic Police Department, district, town, or city police are located) with a new vehicle registration volume of 150 vehicles/year or more (average over the last 3 years) are responsible for registering motorcycles of domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in the locality.

(v) For special areas, based on the actual situation of the number of registered vehicles, the nature of the area, and geographical distance, the Director of the Provincial Police Department shall agree with the Traffic Police Department to decide on vehicle registration organization as follows:

- For communes with less than 150 newly registered motorbikes per year, the commune-level police will directly register the vehicles or assign the district, town, city police or commune-level police that have been assigned to register vehicles to organize vehicle registration in clusters;

- For communes where the number of vehicles exceeds the registration capacity of the commune-level police, in addition to the commune-level police directly registering vehicles, the district, town, or city police, or the police of adjacent communes that have been delegated vehicle registration authority, may assist in organizing vehicle registration in clusters for domestic organizations and individuals with headquarters or residences in the area.

(vi) The vehicle registration authority is responsible for ensuring facilities and arranging convenient locations to receive and process vehicle registration records and procedures, and giving priority to receiving and processing vehicle registration procedures on the public service portal.

Vehicle registration locations must have a map, a public service schedule, nameplates of registration officers, seating areas, parking spaces, a suggestion box, and publicly display regulations on vehicle registration procedures, registration fees, violations, and penalties for violating vehicle registration regulations.

According to Clause 1, Article 11 of the 2020 Residence Law, a citizen's place of residence includes their permanent residence and temporary residence.

Thus, according to Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA, vehicles can be officially registered at the temporary residence from August 15, 2023.

Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA takes effect from August 15, 2023.

Currently, according to Article 3 of Circular 58/2020/TT-BCA (amended by Circular 15/2022/TT-BCA), vehicle registration is only permitted at the place of permanent residence.

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