Change of owner

Change of ownership on the basis of a document certifying this fact

Ownership of the craft or its outboard engine may be changed on the basis of one of the following documents certifying the change of ownership:

• a contract certified by a sworn notary or another person specified in Section 1474 of the Civil Law by which property rights are established or amended;
• a document certifying the right of inheritance (for example, inheritance certificate, court judgment on inheritance). Until the receipt of the document certifying the right of inheritance, the vessel or its engine may be registered in his possession by the potential heir (see the detailed description below);
• an auction deed drawn up by a sworn bailiff, an insolvency administrator or a state or local government institution;
• a copy of the court judgment which has entered into force, by which the ownership rights to the vessel or its engine are established or amended.
• in case of reorganization of the enterprise - a document certifying the ownership of the vehicle after the reorganization of the enterprise (for example, articles of association, certificate from the Register of Enterprises).
• the change of the owner of the outboard engine may also be certified by a deed regarding the transfer of ownership of the outboard engine of the vessel, if the last registered owner of the engine is a legal person. The deed must contain the name, address and technical records of the transferor and transferee to the extent necessary to identify the engine in question. The document must be certified by the signature of the transferor (his responsible person) (sample). The document does not have to be submitted if the certificate of ownership of the vessel's engine issued by the Road Traffic Safety Directorate has been issued by 31.03.2008, and the expropriation of the engine has indicated in the statement as the acquirer of the engine as a person who wishes to register this engine.

In order to participate in traffic, the registration of the change of ownership of the vessel must be made within 5 days after the change of owner.

Registration with client service centre

The registration of the change of ownership is performed by the obtainer or his authorized representative (for details, see the section “ Persons who may register ”) in the following order:

• present the vessel for the unit number verification if the craft does not have an identification number, as well as all jet-skis, cutters and motor boats last registered in Latvia till February 1st 2004. (for details see "Unit number verification"); A vessel need not be presented for unit number verification if the registered possessor is approved by inheritance law and the vehicle is registered in his ownership;
• submit a vessel registration certificate, but for an out-board engine - a statement issued by the CSDD regarding the ownership of the vessel engine;
• submit a document certifying the change of property rights or a copy or copy of this document certified by a sworn notary or another person specified in Section 1474 of the Civil Law;
• if the vessel has been acquired as an inheritance and there are several heirs - written consent of the co-owners as to which co-owner to indicate in the registration document and which is signed in the presence of all co-owners or their authorized persons or certified by a sworn notary or other person specified in Section 1474 of the Civil Law;
• present the personal passport or ID card of the submitter of documents. Driving license issued by the CSDD may be presented if the Population Register contains information regarding the valid passport or ID card
• if the acquirer is a legal person which is not registered in the Register of Enterprises and whose legal status is not determined by law, a document certifying the status of the legal person must be presented. A foreign legal person must submit a document certifying the status of a legal person notarized not earlier than one year ago (unless information is available to the CSDD in the register of foreign enterprises).

Registration of the vehicle to the possessor until the inheritance is approved

If the owner of the vessel is dead, the change of owner (possessor) must be registered within 5 days. Until the approval of the heir in the law of succession, the vessel may be registered in the possession of the possible heir. When registering a vehicle in possession, a note “Prohibited to alienate until approval in the right of inheritance” is made in the registration certificate of the vehicle, as well as information regarding the testator.

It s prohibited for the registered possessor to remove the vessel from the register for alienation in Latvia or for export from Latvia, as well as to alienate the vehicle to another person until the receipt of a document certifying the right of inheritance.

The vessel must be registered in possession in accordance with the above-mentioned procedure, but instead of the document certifying the change of ownership, documents certifying the fact of the discovery of the inheritance must be submitted (for example, death certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, will).

If there are several possible heirs, the written consent of the possible heirs as to which of the possible heirs will be indicated in the registration certificate of the vessel must be submitted for registration. Consent may be certified by the CSDD in the presence of all possible heirs or their authorized persons, or it may be certified by a sworn notary or another person specified in Section 1474 of the Civil Law.

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