Based on other threads getting a residence certificate in Chiang Mai to buy a car seems to take longer than most other provinces. I want to fly into CM, buy the car and depart on the same day.

 

So, from your experience, can I use a non CM issued residence certificate to buy a used car at the CM DLT? The residence certificate would have my home province address not a CM address. Later, I would change plates to my home province at my local DLT.

 

Does it matter if the car in CM is actually registered in another province, ie BKK? BKK is not my home province or RC address.

Buying a car is not a problem,  changing the road tax and registration to you is a different matter. You have to go to the driving centre at Hang Dong have the car checked and certificate issued. Can take at least half a day to do when they are busy. Maybe you could do it in Bangkok, on Sukhumvit Road Centre.

When I bought a car, I needed to transfer rego. Immigration in Sisaket would not give me one until Ihad a letter to request it from Land Transport office. So had to go get the letter, back to immi, and back to land transport. What a wacky world this is.

If you make sure the seller gives you all the required paperwork,
then you just drive it home and register in your home province.

I dont see it as that difficult to get a residence cert in CM.  

I did it last week to buy a bike. 

Day 1 you bring the required docs to promenada around 10.

Go to the nameless office next to the copy shop. Give the man 500b plus your docs. 

Day 2 1pm collect your cert. 

 

You want the transfer done fast,  go to the DLT office early. 

 

My green book returned to me 2 days later

11 hours ago, johng said:

If you make sure the seller gives you all the required paperwork,
then you just drive it home and register in your home province.

Absolutely correct - and make sure the seller signs the paperwork where necessary,

On 3/19/2018 at 11:06 AM, johng said:

make sure the seller gives you all the required paperwork,

Here Vehicle transfer2.rar   is my collection of related paperwork forms... double sided  need to be printed out as double sided or they might be rejected.

18 hours ago, Saraphee said:

Absolutely correct - and make sure the seller signs the paperwork where necessary,

Communication is a problem because the paperwork are all in Thai writing.

So we don't know what's doc we have.

Agreed and with many things here if it can be f...up it will. So doing the book transfer at time of payment is the best and least risky proposition.

Yes, you're right.

So why not stay overnight and leave for home after breakfast the next morning.

Several Hotels/Guest houses around the 108 on which LTOffice and Inspection Depot are located.