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Police Can No Longer Pull You Over to Check Your Vehicle Ownership Certificate

Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2016 09:43 Written by Saigoneer.

According to VietnamNet, authorities in the southern hub have been asked to refrain from pulling vehicles over solely to check their ownership certificates. However, while this request is meant to carry through into 2017, a new regulation penalizing those who drive a vehicle without ownership papers in their name is also set to go into effect on January 1, 2017, meaning drivers can be fined for driving a vehicle not registered in their name.

Moving forward, traffic police will only check the ownership certificate of a vehicle when investigating a serious traffic accident or during the vehicle ownership transfer process, according to local authorities. When checking drivers’ licenses or issuing penalties for other violations, police will not ask to see a vehicle ownership certificate.

Still, drivers are encouraged to get their vehicle ownership paperwork in order, even for electric bicycles, by December 31. According to the Ho Chi Minh City road and railway traffic police division, vehicle owners must begin the paperwork transfer process for their new vehicle within 30 days of purchase, reports the news outlet.

Those who are caught driving a motorbike without an ownership certificate in their name will receive a VND100,000-200,000 fine, while car owners will receive a VND2-4 million penalty.