JohnnyBKK Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hello, I want to buy a car registered in Bangkok, my residency certificate is from Pattaya. What papers do I need ? The idea is to register the car in Pattaya if possible. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wump Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Not too much of a pain. You'll need the usual papers (contract, blue book from seller, power of attorney from seller, residence certificate) and they will transfer it. You'll get new plates as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 13 minutes ago, wump said: Not too much of a pain. You'll need the usual papers (contract, blue book from seller, power of attorney from seller, residence certificate) and they will transfer it. You'll get new plates as well. Please explain further. Like where? When do I get the updated book? etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anfh Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 You just need same paperwork as if transferring in same Province. Blue Book for car copy passport/visa etc certificate of residence sellers ID/Passport copy if seller is foreign , then copy their visa stamp, and residence certificate from them Transfer form from DLT you can do the transfer at your own local Car Tax station etc, they will do paperwork, but you will probably have to take the car to your local DLT office for them to check the cars VIN number. After all is checked, local Car Tax place will notify you when they have Blue Book back along with new number plates for the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 If you buy a car registered in the province you live then you get the updated book at the same time you pay. All done in one day. But that is not the case with an out of province car. What are the pros and cons of doing out of home province or in home province? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnicaleBob Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I've had friends purchase cars from another Provence, they had nothing but endless problems with the paperwork and in the end, one of them never could get it done and ended up having to put the car in his wife's name and that took over a year to resolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 59 minutes ago, BarnicaleBob said: I've had friends purchase cars from another Provence, they had nothing but endless problems with the paperwork and in the end, one of them never could get it done and ended up having to put the car in his wife's name and that took over a year to resolve. At least you finally got ownership. I have heard stories the buyer paid and then needed more documents from the seller who refused to provide them. The buyer never got his name in the title book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFelix Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I bought a new car in Bangkok, has bangkok plates, moved to Isaan, been here 4 years, stopped many times at checkpoints, had rego papers looked at but never had a problem. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postmaster Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I heard that you can deal with the transfer just before the road fund license and MOT expire. No need to do it until then if the car is insured which it is. Anyone know if that's the case? Its going to be an out-of-Province transfer when we do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterphil Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 It depends where your buying it from. Is it a private sale or from a car sales? If private both need to go to the Land Transport together. If your buying from a Thai they only need their ID card and the cars blue book. If a foreigner they'll need the blue book, residency certificate, passport and you'll need your residency certificate and passport. If from a Thai car sales they will do everything for you. You can transfer the car on the day and you can drive it away, the blue book will be available 1 to 2 weeks later. Leave it on the Bangkok plates. It takes months to change plates to the Province your living in and I only managed it with some tea money. I done it once before when I changed from Chiang Mai to Chonburi and would never do it again. One of my cars was bought in Chonburi on Bangkok plates and we live in Saraburi and Ive left it like that due to past experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 from my notes again Quote Thai seller needs to supply Signed copy of ID card front and back ( not expired ) Signed copy of house registration ( not always required ) signed " nungsue moub umnart " หนังสือมอบอำนาจ ( if seller is not going with you to DLT ) signed "beb kum kor own le rup own " แบบคำขอโอนและรับโอน ขส.บ. ท. - 11 green/ blue book signed by current owner Foreigner seller needs to supply certificate of residence from immigration ( should be free at immigration but varies from place to place ) For foreign seller, instead of certificate of residence also work permit or yellow housebook is accepted. if foreign seller has left Thailand then a signed copy of the exit from Thailand stamp in their passport instead of residence certificate and valid visa stamp. (Certificate of residence not required in all provinces ? / DLT's Pattaya requires it ) sometimes the police station will give you this document too. copy passport photo page copy of visa page and or extension ( not expired ) signed " nungsue moub umnart " หนังสือมอบอำนาจ ( if seller is not going with you to DLT ) signed "beb kum kor own le rup own " แบบคำขอโอนและรับโอน ขส.บ. ท. - 11 ( if seller is not going with you to DLT ) green/blue book signed by current owner So list of provinces where residence certificate is required ( from foreign seller ) so far is Chonburi/Pattaya yes Nakhornratchasima/Korat yes Khon Kaen ?? Buriram for sure yes Chiang Mai ? yes @ramrod711 BKK ? So mini DLT at Big C Saturdays 09-00 till 15-00 AA insurance now closed on weekends use the test center at Bahn ampur for test and insurance If the vehicle has a number plate from another province then you ( the new buyer not the seller ) must either change the ownership name in that province or goto the MAIN DLT for your province and have them " move" the vehicle to your province this requires a new number plate and 2 or more trips before the whole process of name change and province change is completed. You'll need to go to the Chonburi DLT ( not Pattaya /Banglamung ) http://maps.google.com/?cid=13676406131048055703 Another member I think it was @Mattd posted a full recent Chonburi report but I cant find the post now forms in the rar package Vehicle transfer2.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inThailand Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 16 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: I bought a new car in Bangkok, has bangkok plates, moved to Isaan, been here 4 years, stopped many times at checkpoints, had rego papers looked at but never had a problem. Am I missing something? No. There are two issues; how to buy a car out of home province and once purchased changing to your province. I only change to my province because it makes point #1 straight forward and easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 16 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: I bought a new car in Bangkok, has bangkok plates As long as its properly registered with tax ,insurance and registration plates there is no problem driving it anywhere..tax and insurance can be paid in any province..there is no "requirement" to re-register in a new province..but any fines will be sent to the address written in the blue/green book eventually unpaid fines are supposed to stop you from being able to tax the vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 19 hours ago, inThailand said: What are the pros and cons of doing out of home province or in home province? If the vehicle already has plates of your "home" province it is easier to transfer within that province. Out of province transfer might not be possible if the DLT requires a "certificate of residence" and you don't have a home in that province...+ you might live in Chaingmai and vehicle is registered in Bangkok but currently situated in Chaingmai that would require a round trip to Bangkok to change names,they want to inspect the vehicle..you'll need residence certificate etc etc.. much easier to "move" the car to Chaingmai province though not a one stop process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 17 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: I bought a new car in Bangkok, has bangkok plates, moved to Isaan, been here 4 years, stopped many times at checkpoints, had rego papers looked at but never had a problem. Am I missing something? Same here. Prefer to keep the Bangkok plates too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiFelix Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 1 hour ago, johng said: As long as its properly registered with tax ,insurance and registration plates there is no problem driving it anywhere..tax and insurance can be paid in any province..there is no "requirement" to re-register in a new province..but any fines will be sent to the address written in the blue/green book eventually unpaid fines are supposed to stop you from being able to tax the vehicle. Ok good point thanks. I will have to check that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 8 hours ago, johng said: As long as its properly registered with tax ,insurance and registration plates there is no problem driving it anywhere..tax and insurance can be paid in any province..there is no "requirement" to re-register in a new province..but any fines will be sent to the address written in the blue/green book eventually unpaid fines are supposed to stop you from being able to tax the vehicle. 8 hours ago, Denim said: Same here. Prefer to keep the Bangkok plates too. 7 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: Ok good point thanks. I will have to check that. Two weeks ago I purchased a car on BKK plates (I live in Pattaya Chonburi) and I wanted to keep the BKK plates....NO CAN DO was the reply when I wanted my name in the Blue book.....if in Thai name OK paperwork go to BKK take one week to do. No I want car in my name......OK go to Chonburi DLT have them check car over and issue new reg plates which I did,collected the blue book and new plates the day after. From what I was told the rules for foreigners owning an out of province car in their name changed last september,all cars now owned by foreigners must be registered in their province of residence. After saying all this I know many here still driving on BKK plates without a problem.....when they come to sell if the new owner is a farang he will have to get the plates changed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckThai Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Interesting process and experiences, holy crap. I've been looking at used motorcycles for sale online throughout LOS. The registration, ownership books, insurance, taxes paid (and if the present owner can provide necessary current docs) etc...etc, is not cut and dried, and definitely not without risk or bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Warrior Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 why transfer the vehicle ???? I own bike registered in Rayon, had no probs. with check points or taxing etc. , so why bother !!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 why transfer the vehicle ???? Because he wants the vehicle in his name in the green/blue book. Though it does seem quite common for "ownership" to change but books are not updated,and as long as you have sales receipt and power of attorney form from the original owner then the police probably won't cause you too much hassle at checkpoints...it gets a bit more difficult if you want to sell latter on. Remember for example you buy a vehicle with Bangkok plate in Chaingmai...youll either have to do the transfer in Bangkok that means driving it all the way there because they need to inspect the vehicle or re-register the vehicle in Chaingmai province. Ps. Paying yearly tax and insurance is not "registration" no doubt I'll be called pedantic again for pointing that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBKK Posted March 11, 2018 Author Share Posted March 11, 2018 Ok so I had to go to Bangkok at the transportation office of Sukhumvit, it took 1 hour only. Arrived at 3pm, it was done at 4pm. Then I had to do it all over again in Chonburi, with the same set of papers. 3 days after I got new plates and everything was transfered into my name in Chonburi. The car has to be inspected 2 times. For Bangkok : The seller came with me so the seller had his documents Visa, stamp and arrival card copy Passport copy Residence certificate from the immigration Blue book For Chonburi : Visa, stamp and arrival card copy Passport copy Residence certificate from the immigration Blue book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thanks for the update.I'm pretty sure you could have got it all done at the Chonburi DLT but it still would have involved 2 trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robkennedy Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Having just done this it is no longer the simple practice. If you purchase a car from Bangkok you are required to first start with Pattaya motor vehicle office then go to Bangkok, then go to Chonburi motor vehicle 2 more times before you will have plates and a blue book. I suggest bringing reading material to the Chonburi office as it is the only place to issue within the province. Almost makes you wonder why they even have an office in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Having just done this it is no longer the simple practice. If you purchase a car from Bangkok you are required to first start with Pattaya motor vehicle office then go to Bangkok, then go to ChonburiIf you had gone straight to the main Chonburi DLT office I'm pretty sure you could have avoided the trip to Bangkok.The Barnglamung ( Pattaya) DLT can issue Chonburi plates but you have to "move" the vehicle to Chonburi at the main Chonburi office first.The whole registration system needs to be brought into the modern age....now its stuck in the steam age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodie Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Probably mostly covered above, but, have bought a car in Bangkok. All the papers were signed by the owner to transfer to my GF. But I now want to put the car in my name. I have the POA signed form from owner and copies of his ID signed and car blue book. I have a yellow book with an address in Kalasin. Can I do the transfer in Bangkok and then the plate change in Kalasin if required? Would prefer that as seller is cooperative and would be happy to provide any additional documents while I am still here in Bangkok. Am only heading back to Kalasin in another month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 3 hours ago, rhodie said: Can I do the transfer in Bangkok and then the plate change in Kalasin if required? Do you have a residence in Bangkok ? if not getting a residence certificate could be "tricky" as long as the sellers visa doesn't run out before you try transferring you should be ok to just do it all in one go in Kalasin, fall back position put it in GF name and transfer province to Kalasin then transfer name to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodie Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 7 hours ago, johng said: Do you have a residence in Bangkok ? if not getting a residence certificate could be "tricky" as long as the sellers visa doesn't run out before you try transferring you should be ok to just do it all in one go in Kalasin, fall back position put it in GF name and transfer province to Kalasin then transfer name to yourself. Cheers mate. I am staying in a condo in Bangkok. I have a yellow book that puts me in Kalasin. Was just wondering if it's better to do the transfer in Bangkok. If I can, that would suit me better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 If the car has Bangkok plates and you can get Bangkok residence certificate...then do it in Bangkok...no need to change to Kalasin after its in your name.If it has other province plates then you may as well just do it all in Kalasin...unles of course you want to have Bangkok plates ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailifesamui Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 3/12/2018 at 12:22 AM, JohnnyBKK said: Ok so I had to go to Bangkok at the transportation office of Sukhumvit, it took 1 hour only. Arrived at 3pm, it was done at 4pm. Then I had to do it all over again in Chonburi, with the same set of papers. 3 days after I got new plates and everything was transfered into my name in Chonburi. The car has to be inspected 2 times. For Bangkok : The seller came with me so the seller had his documents Visa, stamp and arrival card copy Passport copy Residence certificate from the immigration Blue book For Chonburi : Visa, stamp and arrival card copy Passport copy Residence certificate from the immigration Blue book So even if you don't have Bangkok Residence you still can change the ownership of the car in Bangkok? I stay in Surat Thani and want to buy a car in Bangkok and bring it to Surat: - Should I have a Resident Certificate or Work Permit is enough? I thought I just register the car on my name in Bangkok First and after just Change the name in Surat. It's not like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuuDaeng Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 In what time a change of ownership has to be done? Probably going to buy a car next weekend (from other province), but unexpectedly, due to work I might have to leave country right in the beginning of the next week, for a six...seven weeks. Planned to go to make the deal on Friday, but not sure if it has to be postponed to Saturday. Do DLT's usually operate every day, or are they closed on weekends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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