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Buyer: Change vehicle ownership based on the notification of transfer

Once the vehicle sale has been confirmed, the seller should submit a notification of transfer for the vehicle. For this purpose, the seller needs your personal identity code or your company’s business ID. Once the seller has submitted a notification of transfer, you can register a change of vehicle ownership in My e-Services. In this case, you will not need a digital certificate.

Before you submit a notification of a change of ownership, remember to obtain motor vehicle liability insurance for a vehicle in traffic use. Notify the change of vehicle ownership within 7 days of the date of vehicle purchase. 

When can you make a change of ownership electronically based on the notification of transfer?

  • You are the new owner or holder of the vehicle, and the previous owner of the vehicle has submitted a notification of transfer for you.
  • You are at least 15 years old.
  • The new owner or holder of the vehicle has a Finnish personal identity code or a valid business ID.

Read more about service-specific restrictions at the end of the page under More information on changing ownership based on a notification of transfer.

Do the following

  • Step 1

    Log in to My e-Services

    After identification, select your service role: personal services, acting on behalf of another person or acting on behalf of a company/an organisation. 

  • Step 2

    Perform the change of vehicle ownership based on the notification of transfer in the Vehicles and taxation section

    In the list, select the vehicle for which you want to perform the change of vehicle ownership. Then select Buyer: Change vehicle ownership based on a notification of transfer.

  • Step 3

    Pay for the change of vehicle ownership based on the notification of transfer

    You can save the receipt if you want. You can also later check that the change of vehicle ownership succeeded on the My Activities page.

     

The service uses an automated decision-making procedure. 

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If you cannot use the e-services, you can also register a change of vehicle ownership at an inspection station that offers registration service or at your own insurance company when the seller has submitted a notification of transfer using a personal identity code or business ID. In this case, you do not need the digital certificate or the notification part of the registration certificate (Part II).

Inspection sites on the map

If necessary, you can also use the e-service provided by your own insurance company.

More information on changing ownership based on a notification of transfer

If the owner is a minor who does not have the right to drive the vehicle in question, the information of the holder who is using the vehicle must be provided. The holder must be of an age that entitles them to drive the vehicle in question.

The registration service cannot be used in the following situations:

  • Registration number missing: The vehicle does not have a valid registration number.
  • The right to change registration details has been restricted: The vehicle is subject to a registration alteration prohibition issued by an authority, or it contains registration pendency data.
  • The vehicle has been issued with a transfer restriction. The transfer restriction is marked for a vehicle that has been imported as removal goods and has been granted a car tax reduction.
  • The vehicle is in special use, i.e. a rescue vehicle, a hearse or a veterinary vehicle.
  • The vehicle has been deregistered or finally deregistered, decommissioned for registration in the military vehicle register or decommissioned for registration abroad or on the Åland Islands. 
  • The vehicle has been stolen: The police have marked the vehicle as stolen.
  • The vehicle is registered for diplomatic use.
See the general instructions on how to use My e-Services

If the seller has submitted a notification of transfer without a personal identity code, it will not be visible in My e-Services. In this case, you can make a change of ownership at an inspection station that offers registration service, where a notification of transfer can be used to make a change of ownership.

See also

If you have received a digital certificate from the seller and they have not submitted a notification of transfer, you can make a change of ownership in My e-Services. 

How to make a change of ownership using a digital certificate

If the seller has given you the notification part of the registration certificate (Part II) that you have completed and signed together but they have not submitted a notification of transfer, you can make a change of ownership at an inspection station that offers registration service. 

How to make a change ownership using the notification part of the registration certificate

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