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Transferring Vehicle Ownership

Service Description
Eligibility or Criteria
Required Documents
Procedures
Fees
Downloadable Forms

This service allows the transfer of vehicle ownership to another owner, pursuant to the Traffic Law Articles and Provisions, Executive Regulation No. (76/67), and Amendments thereof.

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Eligibility or Criteria

The vehicle insurance must be valid

Both the seller and the buyer must attend the procedures

In case of transferring the vehicle ownership, the owner must present a notification to the section concerned at the General Traffic Department with a copy of ownership transfer documents attached

The owner of the vehicle must attend in person or his/her representative with a power of attorney. If the owner is a juridical person (a company or an organization), the representative must have a signature authorization from the General Traffic Department and an implementation of judgment

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Required Documents

Civil ID and a copy for the seller and buyer

General power of attorney, in case the seller did not attend in person

Mandatory insurance document

Determination of heirs, in case the owner is deceased

Power of attorney from the heirs (or Letter from Public Authority for Minors Affairs on the guardianship of minor inheritors), in case the owner is deceased

Signature authorization, if the seller is a company

Vehicle original record

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Procedures

Visit the section concerned at the General Traffic Department in the governorate the seller refers to and submit the required documents

Fill the service application form

Pay the fees due

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Fees

0 KD	Variable fees
5 KD	Fixed Fees

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Downloadable Forms

Technical Check Form
Unattached