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A resident of Lithuania sells a car to a foreign resident in the territory of Lithuania

NOTE. The process presented is valid in all cases of vehicle acquisition, for example, in cases of sale, gift, etc. Also, for all vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, trailers, etc.

The process of declaring and deregistering a change of ownership of a car sold to another country consists of the following stages:

  • STEP 1. Concluding a transaction

    At this stage, a purchase-sale contract is entered into. It is very important to make sure that the SDK has already been assigned to the car because it will not be possible to perform the other steps specified below without this code. This code is also recommended to be entered in the purchase-sale contract.

  • STEP 2. Declaration of a change of ownership

    At this stage, the process takes place in the following order:

     

    • On the day of concluding the transaction, the car buyer (foreign resident) must apply to "Regitra" branch and complete an acquisition declaration by indicating the data of the sales-purchase contract, the SDK and other required information.
    • Then the car seller (Lithuanian resident) must, within 5 working days of concluding the transaction, confirm online or in the branch the data provided by the buyer.
    • After both parties have performed the above-mentioned actions (after the buyer has provided and the seller has confirmed the data), the SDK is deleted because the car is exported.
  • STEP 3. Vehicle deregistration

    After the SDK is deleted, the car is automatically deregistered.

  • Example of a possible situation

    Viktorija sold the car to a foreign resident who came to Lithuania. After concluding the transaction, the foreign resident immediately went to "Regitra" branch and submitted an acquisition declaration, because this has to be done by foreign resident on the day on which the circumstances occurred, i.e. on the same day on which the transaction was concluded. Then Viktorija logged in to "Regitra" electronic system and confirmed the data provided by the foreign resident without waiting for the term of 5 working days, that applies to her, to expire in order for the foreign resident to be able to leave Lithuania by the car that he has acquired. The SDK of Viktorija was deleted and the car was deregistered.