Purchasing A Secondhand Car

[Spoonman]

Will be buying a secondhand car shortly, whats involved in changing the rego and insurance over to my name ??

[katabeachbum]

you need car, book and owner to go with you to LTD.

you need to bring passport and "Certificate of Residence" usually issued by Immigration. some LTD accept workpermit as proof of residence

Seller needs if thai, id card, if farang same docs as you. Cars id should be inspected by LTD before you pay. If car is from another province, LTD will usually not inspect before all docs have been transfered, 7-10 days.

1st class insurance is usually not transferable but sometimes some refund for previous owner can be expected

Edited March 31, 2010 by katabeachbum

[Spoonman]

Sounds easy, what sort of time frame is needed at LTD to do this, does it take minutes/hours or days ??

[katabeachbum]

Sounds easy, what sort of time frame is needed at LTD to do this, does it take minutes/hours or days ??

if car is reg in same province as your adress, wait in line (5 minutes or 5 hours) and 1-4 hours to process. then 3-5 days later pick up book with your name. done it in 30 minutes, done it in 7 hours, just like back home

[Spoonman]

Does the seller need to come to LTD as well, am looking at a car buy the owner is not in Thailand, can get the book and copies of his passport etc etc.

[katabeachbum]

Does the seller need to come to LTD as well, am looking at a car buy the owner is not in Thailand, can get the book and copies of his passport etc etc.

most LTD requires the farang seller to be in LOS when transferring. sometimes they can be made to believe the farang seller is in LOS as long as his permit to stay is valid. without valid permit to stay, I believe most LTD will refuse transfer.

some LTD requires original passport to be presented, to verify copy of passport.

in addition to passport and book, you need signed transferforms and proxy

an agent can smooth things out with LTD