Paperwork · 30 September 2026 · 4-minute read
Registering a car: what you need
You have the keys, but the car is not yet in your name. The three steps after the handover: registration, compulsory insurance and, years later, the state inspection.
Registration: the State Road Police
The State Road Police registers the car in the buyer’s name. We hand over the contract of sale, the invoice and the car’s papers on the handover day. Under a law of December 2022 (No 722-VIQD), a document a state body can get through the e-government system is not asked of the buyer.
We book the appointment and a manager goes with you. It usually all takes one working day after the handover. More: documents and registration.
Compulsory insurance before the road
Third-party motor liability insurance is compulsory under a 2011 law (No 165-IVQ): you may not take the car on the road without it. The limit for damage to someone else’s property is ₼5,000 as of June 2026. We arrange the policy at the showroom with a partner insurer on the handover day.
For a car bought on finance, the bank also asks for KASKO for the whole term. Insurers usually price it at 3–6% of the car’s value a year. The finance calculator shows that sum separately.
State inspection: after four years
A passenger car needs no inspection for 4 years from manufacture, then every two years, and every year after 10 years. The term counts from the production date, not the day you bought it, so a used car built in 2023 has its first inspection in 2027. Our service centre gets the car ready for it: service prices.
