1: Before the sale
Seller
1. Sign into My e-Services and create a digital certificate for the vehicle. When creating the digital certificate, print out the pre-completed deed of transfer for both yourself and the buyer. You can also print out an empty deed of transfer without signing in.
- Instead of using a digital certificate, you can also hand over to the buyer a valid notification part of the vehicle’s certificate of registration. In this case, the buyer must carry out the change of ownership at a registration service point .
- If you sell a vehicle to be registered abroad or Åland, provide the buyer with both parts of the registration certificate.
2. Take a proof of identity with you when carrying out the sale.
Buyer
1. Check the vehicle’s details
- Is the vehicle in traffic use or has it been decommissioned ? Please take note that it is not permitted to drive a decommissioned vehicle even from the point of sale to your home.
- Has the vehicle tax been paid?
- Has the regular vehicle inspection been carried out?
- Is the owner recorded in the register selling the vehicle, or is it someone who the owner has handed the vehicle over to? Traficom recommends that you buy a vehicle only from the owner marked in the register.
2. Take a proof of identity with you when carrying out the sale.