Who should the online remote fine be sent to when the car has been sold for many years but has not been transferred?

Automatically send a violation notice to the person who is in the vehicle owner's name in the dossier

Recently, many readers have been interested in cases where car owners have sold cars many years ago but suddenly received notices about online remote fines.

Lawyer Tran Phi Dai, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, said that according to the provisions of Clauses 3, 4, Article 3, Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA, license plates are issued and managed according to the identification code of the vehicle owner (hereinafter referred to as identification license plates). For vehicle owners who are Vietnamese citizens, license plates are managed according to personal identification numbers.

Article 7, Circular 24/2023/TT-BCA 7 stipulates: In case the vehicle has expired its lifespan, is damaged or transferred ownership of the vehicle, the identification plate of the vehicle owner is revoked and reissued by the vehicle registration agency when the vehicle owner registers for another vehicle under their ownership. The identification plate number is kept for the vehicle owner for 5 years, from the date of revocation; after the above-mentioned period, if the vehicle owner has not registered, that identification plate number is transferred to the license plate warehouse for registration and issuance to organizations and individuals as prescribed.

Thus, if the case of transferring vehicle ownership by buying and selling handwritten papers and not carrying out procedures for transferring ownership according to regulations, not registering newly, and not carrying out procedures to revoke license plates, then the data on the vehicle registration system is still in the name of the old owner. When the surveillance camera records violations, the functional agency will automatically send a notice to the address of the person currently in the vehicle owner's name in the dossier.

Lawyer Dai also said that according to current regulations, to transfer vehicle ownership in accordance with the law, both sellers and buyers need to sign a contract of purchase and sale of the vehicle with notarization or certification. Then, within 30 days from the date of signing the contract, the vehicle owner (or authorized person) must come to the vehicle registration agency to return the registration certificate and license plate and will receive a certificate of registration revocation and license plate revocation. The buyer will carry out procedures for transfer of ownership and be issued a new identification license plate.

Proactively work to eliminate responsibility

So, when you have transferred vehicle ownership but still receive online remote fine notifications, what should the old vehicle owner do?

In case the old vehicle owner has carried out procedures to revoke the license plate and transfer ownership, it is only necessary to bring the certificate of revocation of registration, license plate and notarized/certified vehicle purchase and sale contract to the police agency where the notice is sent to determine that you have terminated ownership before the time of violation. The responsibility for handling remote fines for the sold vehicle will be transferred directly to the buyer or the person directly using the vehicle.

In case the old vehicle owner has not completed legal ownership transfer procedures, the old vehicle owner needs to contact the traffic police to provide relevant information to determine who is the violator to eliminate their responsibility.

To prevent long-term legal liability, the old vehicle owner needs to go to the vehicle registration agency to declare and provide information about the transfer of vehicle ownership and carry out procedures to revoke the license plate according to the provisions of law to end the situation of selling the vehicle but still being fined.

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