Sell or donate your vehicle

Verified 23 January 2026 - Public Service / Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

When you sell or give your vehicle, you must hand over certain documents at new owner. You must also notify the administration the transfer or donation of your vehicle. You can do this on the website of theANTS: titleContent, using the smartphone application Simplimmat.gouv or at a authorized automotive professional. We present you the steps to follow which vary according to your choice to carry out the procedure.

Warning  

If you sell a vehicle as part of a succession, the procedure is different.

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Step-by-step approach

You must have the certificate of registration (previously called ₪) in your possession.

It must be on behalf of the person selling the vehicle. Only the owner of vehicle can sell it. If there are several co-holders, the signature of all the persons mentioned on the certificate of registration is mandatory.

If you have moved since obtaining the certificate of registration, you must have changed your address before the sale (or donation). The registration certificate must indicate your address at the time of sale (or donation).

Warning  

If the vehicle is leased with an option to purchase (LOA), also called car leasing, you can't sell it. Only the lender, the owner of the vehicle, can do so.

If you sell or give to an individual a passenger car (VP), a pickup, a camper van of up to 3,5 tons over 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle of more than 5 years, you must deliver to buyer one minutes of roadworthiness test.

The check shall be carried out in a approved center.

If the passenger car (PV), van, camper of 3.5 tons maximum is more than 4 years old: the check must be less than 6 months old at the date of filing the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If a motor vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle is more than 5 years old: the inspection must be less than 6 months old at the date of submission of the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If the deadline is exceeded, you will need to carry out a new check, at your expense.

Please note

A PNV, a pickup truck, a motorhome of up to 3.5 tons under 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle under 5 years of age may be sold without a roadworthiness test to an individual. A vehicle may be sold without a roadworthiness test to a automotive professional. Some vehicles are also technical inspection waivers.

If the result of the roadworthiness test is favorable, the testing center will immediately issue you the test report. You have to give it to the buyer.

Alternatively, a counter-visit may be imposed within a maximum of 2 months after the initial visit. Only the defects that justified the counter-visit will be checked again. This is to verify that the prescribed repairs have been carried out. You then have 2 possibilities:

  • Either you have your car repaired at your expense, then pass the counter-visit, so that you can give the buyer the initial inspection report accompanied by that of the counter-visit
  • Either you sell your car as it is, which means it has to be sold less than 2 months after the initial visit. It will be the buyer who will take care of the counter-visit. But, if you exceed the deadline of 2 months, you will have to do a complete check again.

Warning  

In the event of one or more critical failures, you must perform the counter-visit and repair(s) before selling your vehicle to an individual. A non-rolling vehicle may not be offered for sale to an individual. You can only sell the non-rolling vehicle to a automotive professionals having a number of Siret.

You must mandatory provide the buyer with a certificate of administrative situation. It must be from less than 15 days.

This document refers to theexistence or not of a pledge on the vehicle or a opposition to the transfer of the certificate of registration.

You must use a online service :

Apply for a Used Vehicle Administrative Status Certificate (HistoVec)

FYI  

To inform and reassure your buyer before the signing of the sale, you can transmit a link to report on the history of your vehicle, which you generated on the HistoVec site. This service is free of charge and allows sellers and future buyers to share information about the roadworthiness test and the administrative situation of the vehicle.

You must make the declaration of the transfer of the vehicle yourself on the ANTS website. If you donate your vehicle, you must also do this.

You must make your declaration of assignment (even in the case of a gift) within 15 days of signing the certificate of assignment.

Please note

If you ask someone else to do this on the ANTS website, you must provide them with a mandate signed and your ID.

A video explaining the procedure is available:

Vidéo - Understand the process of declaring the transfer of the vehicle
Credits : ANTS

Would you like to give away or sell your vehicle?

Log in first at www.ants.gouv.fr

To initiate your approach:

  • Click on the “Sign in” button and then log in to your FranceConnect account by clicking on “Sign in with FranceConnect” or via your ANTS account by entering your username and password.
  • If you do not have an account, you must create one by clicking on “I create an account”.

From the My Account area, click on the “New request” button, then on the “Registration” button, and finally “Sell or give away your vehicle”.

Click on “The request”. The transfer declaration page will then appear on your screen.

Download the CERFA form if you have not yet completed it with the buyer, as well as the certificate of administrative situation that is to be given to the buyer.

Choose the person concerned by this process, for you (for myself) or for someone else.

Fill in:

  • The vehicle registration plate,
  • The cell phone number,
  • And the confidential code received in the mail accompanying your certificate of registration.

If you do something for yourself (for myself), identification by FranceConnect avoids entering the confidential code.

If you do not have this code, you can request it by clicking on “Request a new code”.

If you make the request for yourself, your new PIN will be sent by email within a maximum of 24 hours and by post to the address entered on the registration certificate.

If you apply for someone else, you will only receive the PIN by mail to the address on the certificate of registration.

Click on “Next step”.

Fill in the requested information about the future buyer:

  • The vehicle is transferred for destruction: select yes or no
  • Date and time of transfer
  • Mileage
  • It is a person: physical / moral
  • Birth name
  • Usage Name
  • First name
  • Gender: male / female
  • Email address
  • Date of birth
  • City of birth
  • Place of birth: France / other country
  • Department of birth
  • Enter the address of the person to whom you sold / gave your vehicle (car, motorcycle…)
  • France / other country
  • Floor / Stairs / Apartment / Accommodation (at)…
  • Building / Residence / Building
  • Number / Supplement / Type of track / Label
  • Location-dit / BP / Locality (if different from the city)
  • Postal code / city

Then click on “Next step”.

You then get the summary of the request.

If everything is compliant, validate the legal conditions by ticking all the boxes and clicking on “Validate”.

The last screen indicates the next steps of your application.

Your file number and the transfer code.

You must give this code to the future purchaser so that he can carry out the steps on his side.

It is therefore important to keep this code as long as the sale is not finalized.

Your transfer declaration is now complete.

You must log in to the ANTS website by logging in either via France Connect, or via the application France identity, or by using the username and password of your ANTS user account. If you do not have an ANTS user account, you can create one.

Declare the sale or donation of your vehicle

Please note

You can start the sale declaration before the day of the transaction and finalize it on the day of the sale.

You will find this request in the “My current steps” section of your ANTS space.

You enter the information of the future owner (birth name, first name, date of birth, ...).

This information is necessary even if you sell or sell your vehicle abroad.

You must then download and print the 2 documents that appear on the screen:

On the day of sale of your vehicle, you must complete and sign form cerfa n°15776 with the buyer.

This is the mandatory sales document for your vehicle. It is made in 2 copies, of which 1 will be given to the buyer.

You, as well as the buyer, must complete and sign the box corresponding to each.

You must also complete the box for the vehicle. Finally, you must give copy 2 of the form to the buyer and you keep copy 1.

You have an obligation to inform the buyer about the condition and essential characteristics of the car. You must mention its general maintenance condition and the existence of any defective or replacement elements (wear of brake disks, shock absorbers, oil leak etc.). You must also tell the buyer if the car has been damaged and the severity of the accident(s).

Warning  

Defects of the vehicle and their consequences discovered after the sale, can be the subject of a recourse by the buyer. This recourse is possible even if he has accepted an additional clause aimed at limiting your liability.

To finalize your transfer declaration on the internet on the ANTS website, you will need to fill in the following information:

  • Date and time of transfer
  • Vehicle Mileage
  • Full address of the new owner.

On the online service finalization screen, you can download an acknowledgement of registration of your vehicle transfer declaration.

You must retrieve the assignment code which appears on the screen: write down this code. It is valid for 15 days. It is to be given to the buyer. It will secure and facilitate its administrative procedures on the ANTS website. It will allow him to apply for a new certificate of registration in his name.

Some numeric points (with computers, printers and scanners) are available in every prefecture and most sub-prefectures. You can complete the process there. You can be helped by digital mediators if you encounter difficulties with the use of the internet.

You can also be accompanied in your approach by a house France Services.

Who shall I contact

You must give the buyer the certificate of registration and other documents.

Certificate of Registration

Upon conclusion of the sale, you must give the buyer the vehicle registration certificate.

You must cross it out and mention it, in a legible and unalterable way, "sold on" with the date (day/month/year) and time of the assignment, followed by your signature.

The detachable coupon is to be filled, except in case of sale to a automotive professional.

You must fill out the back of the detachable coupon by entering the name of the purchaser. You must sign at the indicated place, without cutting the detachable coupon. If there is one or more joint holders, the signature of each of them is mandatory.

You have to put back the whole the certificate of registration to the purchaser of the vehicle.

The detachable coupon allows the buyer to travel in France for 1 month with the vehicle, the time to receive the new registration certificate in his name.

Warning  

If you sell your vehicle abroad, the detachable coupon does not allow you to travel abroad. The foreigner purchaser must register the vehicle in his country of residence. Customs procedures may also be necessary.

The sale of a vehicle registered in the old system (FNI), type "123 AB 45", will result in the issuance of a new registration certificate. A new registration number will be assigned to the format "AB-123-CD" in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS).

Other documents

You must give the buyer the following documents:

  • Copy No. 2 of the certificate of assignment
  • Assignment code obtained on the internet during your declaration of assignment on the ANTS website
  • Certificate of administrative situation, dated less than 15 days, obtained on the HistoVec website
  • A roadworthiness test report that is less than 6 months old if your vehicle is subject to it.

It is also advisable to present to the future buyer certain documents, not mandatory but useful:

  • Car maintenance log
  • Maintenance and repair invoices
  • In case of sale of your vehicle abroad: European certificate of conformity and approval of the vehicle (available from the dealer) + export certificate (to be requested from the geographically competent customs office)
  • Histovec Report of your vehicle, which traces its complete history.

Don't forget to inform your insurer of the transfer of your vehicle so that terminates your insurance contract.

App

Warning  

This approach is not feasible only if the seller and the buyer reside in France. In addition, the vehicle must be registered at AA-123-AA format and the seller and the buyer must use the application to make the declaration together, in the presence of each other.

Step-by-step approach

You must have the certificate of registration (previously called ₪) in your possession.

It must be on behalf of the person selling the vehicle. Only the owner of vehicle can sell it. If there are several co-holders, the signature of all the persons mentioned on the certificate of registration is mandatory.

If you have moved since obtaining the certificate of registration, you must have changed your address before the sale (or donation). The registration certificate must indicate your address at the time of sale (or donation).

Warning  

If the vehicle is leased with an option to purchase (LOA), also called car leasing, you can't sell it. Only the lender, the owner of the vehicle, can do so.

If you sell or give to an individual a passenger car (VP), a pickup, a camper van of up to 3,5 tons over 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle of more than 5 years, you must deliver to buyer one minutes of roadworthiness test.

The check shall be carried out in a approved center.

If the passenger car (PV), van, camper of 3.5 tons maximum is more than 4 years old: the check must be less than 6 months old at the date of filing the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If a motor vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle is more than 5 years old: the inspection must be less than 6 months old at the date of submission of the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If the deadline is exceeded, you will need to carry out a new check, at your expense.

Please note

A PNV, a pickup truck, a motorhome of up to 3.5 tons under 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle under 5 years of age may be sold without a roadworthiness test to an individual. A vehicle may be sold without a roadworthiness test to a automotive professional. Some vehicles are also technical inspection waivers.

If the result of the roadworthiness test is favorable, the testing center will immediately issue you the test report. You have to give it to the buyer.

Alternatively, a counter-visit may be imposed within a maximum of 2 months after the initial visit. Only the defects that justified the counter-visit will be checked again. This is to verify that the prescribed repairs have been carried out. You then have 2 possibilities:

  • Either you have your car repaired at your own expense, then pass the counter-visit, so that you can give the buyer the initial inspection report accompanied by that of the counter-visit
  • Either you sell your car as it is, which means it has to be sold less than 2 months after the initial visit. It will be the buyer who will take care of the counter-visit. But, if you exceed the deadline of 2 months, you will have to do a complete check again.

Warning  

In the event of one or more critical failures, you must perform the counter-visit and repair(s) before selling your vehicle to an individual. A non-rolling vehicle may not be offered for sale to an individual. You can only sell the non-rolling vehicle to a automotive professionals having a number of Siret.

You must mandatory provide the buyer with a certificate of administrative situation. It must be from less than 15 days.

This document refers to theexistence or not of a pledge on the vehicle or a opposition to the transfer of the certificate of registration.

You must use a online service :

Apply for a Used Vehicle Administrative Status Certificate (HistoVec)

FYI  

To inform and reassure your buyer before the signing of the sale, you can transmit a link to report on the history of your vehicle, which you generated on the HistoVec site. This service is free of charge and allows sellers and future buyers to share information about the roadworthiness test and the administrative situation of the vehicle.

You must have downloaded the Simplimmat application to your smartphone. It is accessible to all individuals residing in France.

With this application, you can declare the transfer of your car and the buyer can apply for his new registration certificate without filling out a paper form..

Warning  

The seller and the buyer must use the Simplimmat application to make the declaration together, in the presence of each other.

The vehicle must be registered in the new format (AA-123-AA).

A video explaining the procedure is available:

Steps in the process:

  1. You download the application Simplify and create a account on your smartphone. You then identify yourself with the service FranceConnect and you save your personal code that will be used to safeguard your access to the application.
  2. The day of sale, in the presence of the buyer, you enter in the application the vehicle data that you sell and you sell them share with the buyer on his smartphone.
  3. One sms is then sent to buyer to offer him validate the purchase of the vehicle in the application. For this, the buyer scans the QR code, which appears on the seller's phone;
  4. You sign then each on your smartphone la declaration of disposal. The official transfer declaration document is obtained with one click and registers automatically in the application.
  5. The buyer can then apply for a new certificate of registration. After payment of taxes, one Provisional Certificate of Registration (CPI) is available for download pending receipt of the final certificate of registration within a period that may vary, usually between 7 and 8 days.
  6. You and the buyer can find the transfer certificate in the “ List of my vehicles ». The buyer will also be able to find his CPI valid to circulate a month in France.
Simplimmat.gouv: application for smartphone to declare the transfer of a car and request your new one

National Secured Securities Agency (ANTS)

Pour en savoir plus

You must give the buyer the certificate of registration and other documents.

Surrender of the Certificate of Registration

Upon conclusion of the sale, you must give the buyer the vehicle registration certificate.

You must cross it out and mention it, in a legible and unalterable way, "sold on" with the date (day/month/year) and time of the assignment, followed by your signature.

You must fill out the back of the detachable coupon by entering the name of the purchaser. You must sign at the indicated place, without cutting the detachable coupon. If there is one or more joint holders, the signature of each of them is mandatory.

You have to put back the whole the certificate of registration to the purchaser of the vehicle.

The detachable coupon allows the buyer to travel in France for 1 month with the vehicle, the time to receive the new registration certificate in his name.

The sale of a vehicle registered in the old system (FNI), type "123 AB 45", will result in the issuance of a new registration certificate. A new registration number will be assigned to the format "AB-123-CD" in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS).

Submission of other documents

You must give the buyer the following documents:

  • Certificate of administrative situation, dated less than 15 days, obtained on the HistoVec website
  • A roadworthiness test report that is less than 6 months old if your vehicle is subject to it.

It is also advisable to present to the future buyer certain documents, not mandatory but useful:

  • Car maintenance log
  • Maintenance and repair invoices
  • In case of sale of your vehicle abroad: European certificate of conformity and approval of the vehicle (available from the dealer) + export certificate (to be requested from the geographically competent customs office)
  • Histovec Report of your vehicle, which traces its complete history.

Don't forget to inform your insurer of the transfer of your vehicle so that terminates your insurance contract.

Qualified Professional

Step-by-step approach

You must have the certificate of registration (previously called ₪) in your possession.

It must be on behalf of the person selling the vehicle. Only the owner of vehicle can sell it. If there are several co-holders, the signature of all the persons mentioned on the certificate of registration is mandatory.

If you have moved since obtaining the certificate of registration, you must have changed your address before the sale (or donation). The registration certificate must indicate your address at the time of sale (or donation).

Warning  

If the vehicle is leased with an option to purchase (LOA), also called car leasing, you can't sell it. Only the lender, the owner of the vehicle, can do so.

If you sell or give to an individual a passenger car (VP), a pickup, a camper van of up to 3,5 tons over 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle of more than 5 years, you must deliver to buyer one minutes of roadworthiness test.

The check shall be carried out in a approved center.

If the passenger car (PV), van, camper of 3.5 tons maximum is more than 4 years old: the check must be less than 6 months old at the date of filing the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If a motor vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle is more than 5 years old: the inspection must be less than 6 months old at the date of submission of the application for the new registration certificate (when a counter-visit has been prescribed, the period of 2 months granted to carry it out must not be exceeded).

If the deadline is exceeded, you will need to carry out a new check, at your expense.

Please note

A PNV, a pickup truck, a motorhome of up to 3.5 tons under 4 years of age or a motorized vehicle with 2 or 3 wheels or a motor quadricycle under 5 years of age may be sold without a roadworthiness test to an individual. A vehicle may be sold without a roadworthiness test to a automotive professional. Some vehicles are also technical inspection waivers.

If the result of the roadworthiness test is favorable, the testing center will immediately issue you the test report. You have to give it to the buyer.

Alternatively, a counter-visit may be imposed within a maximum of 2 months after the initial visit. Only the defects that justified the counter-visit will be checked again. This is to verify that the prescribed repairs have been carried out. You then have 2 possibilities:

  • Either you have your car repaired at your own expense, then pass the counter-visit, so that you can give the buyer the initial inspection report accompanied by that of the counter-visit
  • Either you sell your car as it is, which means it has to be sold less than 2 months after the initial visit. It will be the buyer who will take care of the counter-visit. But, if you exceed the deadline of 2 months, you will have to do a complete check again.

Warning  

In the event of one or more critical failures, you must perform the counter-visit and repair(s) before selling your vehicle to an individual. A non-rolling vehicle may not be offered for sale to an individual. You can only sell the non-rolling vehicle to a automotive professionals having a number of Siret.

You must mandatory provide the buyer with a certificate of administrative situation. It must be from less than 15 days.

This document refers to theexistence or not of a pledge on the vehicle or a opposition to the transfer of the certificate of registration.

You must use a online service :

Apply for a Used Vehicle Administrative Status Certificate (HistoVec)

FYI  

To inform and reassure your buyer before the signing of the sale, you can transmit a link to report on the history of your vehicle, which you generated on the HistoVec site. This service is free of charge and allows sellers and future buyers to share information about the roadworthiness test and the administrative situation of the vehicle.

You wish to make your declaration of assignment through a professional authorized by the ministry of the interior.

You must provide the supporting documents required for the registration of the assignment on the ANTS website.

You must mandate the professional with the form cerfa no. 13757.

For security reasons, you will need to provide the 5-digit PIN code mentioned on the letter you received with your Certificate of Registration.

Please note

The professional will charge you an amount corresponding to the service he performs in your place. This amount is freely fixed by the professional.

You must give the buyer the certificate of registration and other documents.

Surrender of the Certificate of Registration

Upon conclusion of the sale, you must give the buyer the vehicle registration certificate.

You must cross it out and mention it, in a legible and unalterable way, "sold on" with the date (day/month/year) and time of the assignment, followed by your signature.

The detachable coupon is to be filled, except in case of sale to a automotive professional.

You must fill out the back of the detachable coupon by entering the name of the purchaser. You must sign at the indicated place, without cutting the detachable coupon. If there is one or more joint holders, the signature of each of them is mandatory.

You have to put back the whole the certificate of registration to the purchaser of the vehicle.

The detachable coupon allows the buyer to travel in France for 1 month with the vehicle, the time to receive the new registration certificate in his name.

Warning  

If you sell your vehicle abroad, the detachable coupon does not allow you to travel abroad. The foreigner purchaser must register the vehicle in his country of residence.

Customs procedures may also be necessary.

The sale of a vehicle registered in the old system (FNI), type "123 AB 45", will result in the issuance of a new registration certificate. A new registration number will be assigned to the format "AB-123-CD" in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS).

Submission of other documents

You must give the buyer the following documents:

  • Copy No. 2 of the certificate of assignment
  • Assignment code obtained on the internet during your declaration of assignment on the ANTS website by the automotive professional
  • Certificate of administrative situation, dated less than 15 days, obtained on the HistoVec website
  • A roadworthiness test report that is less than 6 months old if your vehicle is subject to it.

It is also advisable to present to the future buyer certain documents, not mandatory but useful:

  • Car maintenance log
  • Maintenance and repair invoices
  • In case of sale of your vehicle abroad: European certificate of conformity and approval of the vehicle (available from the dealer) + export certificate (to be requested from the geographically competent customs office)
  • Histovec Report of your vehicle, which traces its complete history.

Don't forget to inform your insurer of the transfer of your vehicle so that terminates your insurance contract.

Declare the sale or donation of your vehicle

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