Carte grise to: register a second-hand vehicle - App

Verified 27 septembre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your situation

  • You bought (or were given) a vehicle (car, motorcycle, scooter, trailer...) and you will register it in your name
  • This is another type of vehicle (car, truck, trailer...)
  • The vehicle was purchased used
  • He's in good shape
  • This is a vehicle registered in France
  • The vehicle is more than 4 years old and is not exempt from roadworthiness tests
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You can simultaneously carry out with the seller, each on your smartphone, the declaration of assignment, using the application Simplimat.gouv.

The procedure is completely secure and dematerialized (it is not necessary to fill in a paper cerfa).

You can also apply for your new Certificate of Registration through this same application.

Warning  

The application only supports vehicles registered in the new format (AA-123-AA) and vehicles of type VP, TM, QM, QLEM, CL, CYCL, CTTE, MTL, MTT1 or MTT2.

These include passenger cars, tricycles and quadricycles, 2- or 3-wheel mopeds and motorcycles.

One video explains how this application works:

Vidéo - Video Simplimat: Declaring a Vehicle Transfer

Do you sell or buy a used vehicle?

Welcome to the Simplimat app.

Create your Simplimat account on your smartphone by clicking on the “discover” button, then enter your phone number: A text message with a confirmation code appears to validate your number.

Sign in now with the France Connect service by entering the identifier and password of the digital identity you use on one of your digital accounts such as for example impots.gouv.fr or your AMELI health insurance account.

Then save the personal code that will be used to protect your access to the application.

On the day of the sale, the first step is for the seller of the vehicle, to click on “sell or give away my vehicle”. The seller enters the data relating to the seller.

The next step is for the seller to forward their vehicle file to the buyer. It checks the information in the file and enters the buyer's phone number in order to transmit it to him.

A text message is sent to the buyer inviting him to validate the purchase of the vehicle in the application.

For this, the buyer, with Simplimat, simply scans the QR code that appears on the seller's phone.

It remains to validate the sales record with the buyer.

The folder is displayed and everyone checks all the information before signing the assignment declaration on their screen.

The official transfer declaration document is obtained with one click and is registered in the application.

If you have an iPhone, it will appear on the screen automatically.

If you have an Android phone, you will find it in the “download” folder of your device.

Carte grise Once the assignment is signed and registered by the Simplimat application, the buyer can request its new assignment. Carte grise It selects the “ask for my information” button.

Carte grise All that remains for the purchaser is to pay the registration taxes to finalize his request for the publication of an assembly in his name.

Once the payment has been made, the printing request is transmitted. Carte grise An Interim Certificate of Registration is available for download pending receipt of the final certificate within 3 or 4 days.

The seller and the buyer can each find the transfer certificate in the application under the heading “consult the list of my vehicles”.

The purchaser will also be able to find his provisional circulation document. The latter is valid for one month.

Simplify your life with Simplimat.

You must perform the following actions.

Step-by-step approach

You can add one or more co-owners.

You must make the payment by credit card.

You can download an Interim Certificate of Registration (IPR). It allows you to move around in France for 1 month.

Carte grise You will receive your secure fold, within 7 to 8 days.

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • To be helped in the accomplishment of the process if you have difficulties with the internet

    France Services / Maison de services au public

  • To be helped in the accomplishment of the process if you have difficulties with the internet

    Digital Welcome Point

  • For more information about the process

    carte grise 34 00 - Information on the

    Carte grise National interactive voice server providing automated answers regarding the following:

    Carte grise If the user does not get the answer to his question about the taking of the vehicle or the driving license, he will be put in contact with an advisor of the National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS).

    By telephone

    From the metropolis:

    34,00 (cost of a local call)

    From overseas:

    09 70 83 07 07

    From the foreigner:

    +33 9 70 83 07 07

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