How to Apply for Transferring Vehicle Ownership in Kuwait
Procedure
- Visit the section concerned at the General Traffic Department in the governorate the seller refers to and submit the required documents.
- Fill the service application form.
- Pay the fees due.
Required Documents
- Civil ID and a copy for the seller and buyer
- General power of attorney, in case the seller did not attend in person
- Mandatory insurance document
- Determination of heirs, in case the owner is deceased
- Power of attorney from the heirs (or Letter from Public Authority for Minors Affairs on the guardianship of minor inheritors), in case the owner is deceased
- Signature authorization, if the seller is a company
- Vehicle original record
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Office Locations & Contacts
Phone Numbers
From Kuwait: (+965) 1800164 – 164
Out Side Kuwait:(+965) 1800164
Fax:(+965) 22929789
Address:
The Central Agency for Information Technology
Audit Bureau Building – Next to Sharq Police Station
Ahmed Al Jabir Street
P.O Box 900 Safat – ZIPCODE 13009
State of Kuwait
Tel :(+965) 22426077 – 22423039
Fax :(+965) 22400222
Eligibility
- The vehicle insurance must be valid.
- Both the seller and the buyer must attend the procedures.
- In case of transferring the vehicle ownership, the owner must present a notification to the section concerned at the General Traffic Department with a copy of ownership transfer documents attached.
- The owner of the vehicle must attend in person or his/her representative with a power of attorney. If the owner is a juridical person (a company or an organization), the representative must have a signature authorization from the General Traffic Department and an implementation of judgment.
Fees
Variable fees – 0 KD
Fixed fees – 5 KD
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