Registration offices

• Registering inspection sites
• Insurance providers
• Car dealerships and leasing companies

Registering inspection sites

Registering inspection sites receive and process all registration notifications except for diplomatic registrations which are handled by Trafi.

When visiting an inspection site, the customer will be immediately given a registration certificate (Part I, Part II) if the notification in question has been completely processed by the inspection site.

The final deregistration of a vehicle is usually processed by a reception point of Suomen Autokierrätys Oy (Finnish Car Recycling Ltd).

Insurance providers

A registration notification can be submitted through the insurance provider which covers or will cover the vehicle in question.

Insurance companies can receive and process mainly registration notifications including no attachments.

As attachments, insurance companies can handle the following:

• certificates of transfer
• deeds of sale
• powers of attorney
• extracts from the Trade Register
• extracts from the parish/civil register
• letters of appointment issued by courts, or
• reports on the non-use of a moped when submitting a decommissioning notification.

If any other document than one of those mentioned above is included as an attachment to the registration certificate, the registration notification must be submitted at an inspection site. Furthermore, insurance companies cannot process the following:

• final vehicle deregistration
• commissioning of a vehicle which no longer has registration plates
• first-time registration of a vehicle if the vehicle does not have a plate number
• registration of a vehicle whose current or future owner is an estate of an individual who is now deceased, or
• registration of a vehicle that has been bought from a party that is not the vehicle’s latest registered owner (an intermediate owner).

When submitting a registration through an insurance provider, you will receive the new registration certificate (Part I, Part II) by post to your home address. The technical part (Part I) including the markings made by the insurance company remains valid for a maximum of 30 days. If you do not receive the new registration certificate by post within 30 days, you must submit a notification of the registration certificate having been lost in the post within seven days at an inspection station, and you will get a new certificate free of charge from the inspection station.

Car dealerships and leasing companies

A car dealership can accept registration notifications without attachments and update the information in the register if the vehicle to be registered is owned or managed by the car dealership, will be owned or managed by the car dealership, or is about to be transferred from the ownership or management of the car dealership.

The customer will receive a new registration certificate in connection with the registration if the car dealership or leasing company has the right to print certificates. If not, the registration certificate will be posted to the customer’s home address. If you do not receive the registration certificate in the post within 30 days, you can pick up a new certificate free of charge at an inspection station within seven days.