Registration card in San José

Register a new vehicle

The registration page, updated on 21/08/2023, asks for:

• ID card, original and copy.
• The purchase invoice, original and photocopy, and the registration letter (carta de empadronamiento).
• The SOA (compulsory motor insurance), original and photocopy.
• Proof of address.
• The vehicle, which is inspected before the procedure.
• If you don’t go yourself, a third party with a power of attorney.
• In a company’s name, the BPS common certificate, the DGI one and, if it’s a corporation, the bylaws, the partnership agreement or the certificate of good standing, or a power from the company.

Special plates (professional transport, tourism, public transport, doctor, trailer, taxi and disability) have their own requirements on that page.

A vehicle coming from another department

Re-registration, according to the page updated on 22/08/2023, asks for:

• A valid ID card, original and photocopy.
• The registration card, original and photocopy.
• The SOA, original and photocopy.
• Proof of address: UTE, OSE, Antel, a police certificate signed by the superintendent or a pay slip from a company in San José.
• The registered title, original and photocopy, a power of attorney or the signature of both parties.
• The vehicle, which is inspected against the registration card.
• The plates and the registration card from the other department, which you hand in.

If the vehicle owes anything, a payment plan is made on the spot. The page says it’s free from 02/05/2022 for 120 days; we didn’t find the current cost: ask at 4342 9000, extension 1176.

Duplicate

We didn’t find the duplicate of the registration card in San José on an official page. Ask the Dirección General de Tránsito, at 4342 9000, extension 1176, or at [email protected].

Registration costs

According to the page updated on 21/08/2023. Given the date, confirm them at 4342 9000.

How and where

Without an appointment, by ticket in order of arrival, or by sending the request to [email protected], as the Dirección General de Tránsito’s page says. At the Dirección General de Tránsito (José Pedro Varela and Ruta 3, Parque Rodó, San José de Mayo, phone 4342 9000, extension 1176) or at the offices in Libertad, Ciudad del Plata, Villa Rodríguez and Ecilda Paullier, Monday to Friday, 9:15 to 14:45.