Vehicle transfer in Río Negro

If seller and buyer both attend

The Tránsito page asks for:

• A photocopy of both people’s valid ID cards.
• The registration card (libreta de propiedad), or the police station’s loss or theft certificate.
• The patente (vehicle tax) up to date.
• The vehicle for the technical inspection, or an inspection by any municipality or junta local or by an inspection centre authorised by the Intendencia, valid for 5 days.
• The compulsory insurance.
• Proof of address: UTE, OSE, Antel, a residence certificate or similar.

If only the buyer attends

The same, with their ID card, and also one of these two:

• The previous municipal owner’s power of attorney, certified by a notary, stating article 2070 of the Civil Code, valid for 1 year.
• The certified copy of the bill of sale registered at the Dirección General de Registros, Sección Automotores, showing that the previous municipal owner is the seller.

Cost

$ 1,621, according to the Tránsito page’s values updated on 25/01/2024. Given the date, confirm it at 1935, extension 1519.

Offices

• Departamento de Tránsito: Treinta y Tres Orientales, between Haedo and España, Fray Bentos. Phone 1935, extension 1519. [email protected].
• [Oficina Montevideo](https://www.rionegro.gub.uy/gabinete-2025-2030/oficina-montevideo/): Río Branco 1534, Montevideo, Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 14:00. Phone 1935, extension 8410, and WhatsApp 092 577 088. It takes every vehicle procedure.

To do it in Montevideo, the Tránsito page accepts a technical inspection from any intendencia, from a court expert or from an authorised centre; the Oficina Montevideo page says only by a court expert. Ask at 1935, extension 8410, before getting the inspection.