Purchase and sale of a motor vehicle

If you buy a used vehicle with number plates, you as the new owner must change the owner of the vehicle in the Register of Motor Vehicles within three weeks from the time of purchase.

If you buy a used vehicle that has been deregistered in the Register of Motor Vehicles, you must register it again within three weeks.

If you sell a used vehicle, you should note that the new owner is required to change the owner of the vehicle in the Register of Motor Vehicles within three weeks. If this is not done, you can ask the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency to deregister the vehicle.

• Re-registration of vehicles - skat.dk (new window) 

If you buy a used car, you should check whether debt is owed on the car. This is because the debt is transferred with the car to the new owner.

You can check on any debt in the Motor Vehicles Securities Register (Bilbogen).

You can call write to the Motor Vehicles Securities Register:

• Court of Land Registration - contact (in Danish - new window) 

If the car is more than four years old, it must have been inspected within the last two years. Otherwise, you cannot change the vehicle owner until the vehicle has been inspected.

• Find a vehicle inspection centre (in Danish - new window) 

If you disagree with a decision by the Danish Motor Vehicle Agency or the way the case was processed, you can make an appeal:

• How to appeal - skat.dk (new window)
• Appeals against a decision on vehicle valuation - skat.dk (new window) 

• The Danish Consolidation Act on Vehicle Registration (in Danish - new window)
• The Danish Executive Order on Vehicle Registration (in Danish - new window)

• Motor vehicles - skat.dk (new window)