Before buying a vehicle, it is very important to make sure that it already has the owner declaration code (SDK) because without this code it will not be possible to declare changes in the ownership of the vehicle and register the vehicle in your own name.

You can verify here if the SDK is valid:  

Verify

We recommend using the purchase-sale contract of "Regitra" and enter the SDK in it.

Before the buyer can register the vehicle in his/her own name, the change of ownership must be declared. This must be done by both the buyer and the seller. The buyer must do this within 5 days of the transaction and the seller within 5 days of the buyer providing the details.

NOTE. If the buyer is a foreign resident/company, the declaration of acquisition of ownership is only required when the vehicle is to be registered or sold in Lithuania.

 

Declaration shall be proceeded in the following order:

1. The buyer is the first to apply to "Regitra" and submit the declaration of acquisition.

 

This can be done in two ways:

 

• Online

In submitting the declaration of acquisition, the purchase-sale contract has to be attached, the SDK and other necessary information has to be specified.

Submit

 

• At the branch

Register for a visit to the branch and you will be serviced at the time convenient for you:

Register

 

Provide at "Regitra" branch:

 

• your Personal Identity Card or passport;
• purchase-sale contract, contract of gift or other document confirming the purchase.

 

2. Then the seller shall confirm the data provided by the buyer.

You can check here if the seller has already confirmed the data provided by you, and you can already register the vehicle in your own name:

Check

 

The new owner is given a new SDK only after the buyer has provided and the seller has confirmed the data. The new owner now is displayed in the system as the declared owner of the vehicle and may already apply for its registration. The SDK of the former owner is annulled.

Apply for mandatory roadworthiness test of the vehicle and its recognition as historical to a company that provides roadworthiness test services. A statement of the results of the roadworthiness test of the vehicle, that you have received, will have to be submitted at "Regitra". Click HERE for the list of companies that provide roadworthiness test services.

Obtain Compulsory Motor Third Party Liability Insurance.

Register in advance for a visit to the branch and you will be serviced at the time convenient for you:

Register

 

Provide at "Regitra" branch:

 

• your Personal Identity Card or passport;
• vehicle registration certificate (if the vehicle was registered abroad);
• statement of the results of the roadworthiness test of the vehicle.

 

A registration certificate and historical registration number plates will be issued at "Regitra" branch.