The State Duma proposed to make the OSAGO policy optional when registering a change of car owner

It is proposed to exclude the OSAGO policy from the list of documents required for registration actions related to the change of the owner of the car. The relevant bill introduced to the State Duma, Chairman of the Committee of the Lower House of Parliament on Transport and Development of Transport Infrastructure Yevgeny Moskvichev (United Russia)

The owner of the vehicle must insure his civil liability before registering the change of ownership of the vehicle. Now there is a ban on registration actions in relation to vehicles whose owners have not fulfilled this obligation. “At the same time, state accounting does not impose on the owner of the vehicle the obligation to use it by participating in road traffic,” the explanatory note says.

Responsibility for non-compliance with the requirements of the legislation on compulsory insurance of vehicle owners is provided only in the event of detection of the specified violation. “In connection with this bill, it is proposed to exclude the OSAGO policy from the list of documents, the presentation of which is mandatory for registration actions related to the change of owner,” the document says.

To register a car, a certain package of documents is required, including an OSAGO policy. Now the Russian authorities are preparing to strengthen control over OSAGO, including a proposal to increase the fine for the absence of a “car citizen” from 800 rubles. up to 5 thousand rubles

Read more in the publication “Kommersant” “Avtocitizenka enters the new reform”.

Maria Fedotova