Unofficial translation for learning purposes. Only the Polish text published in Dziennik Ustaw is legally binding — open the Polish original. Source: Act of 20 June 1997 – Prawo o ruchu drogowym (Road Traffic Act), consolidated text published by the Chancellery of the Sejm.
Art. 71.
1. The document certifying that an automotive vehicle, an agricultural tractor, a slow-moving vehicle forming part of a tourist train, a moped or a trailer is admitted to traffic is the registration certificate or the temporary permit. This provision does not apply to the vehicles referred to in para. 3.
2. The vehicles specified in para. 1 are admitted to traffic if they meet the conditions laid down in Art. 66 and are registered and fitted with legalised registration plates (plate).
2a. An electric vehicle and a hydrogen-powered vehicle have registration plates indicating the type of fuel used to power them.
3. A vehicle not listed in para. 1, a motorcycle trailer and a special trailer intended to be towed by an agricultural tractor or a slow-moving vehicle are admitted to traffic if they meet the conditions laid down in Art. 66.
4. A combination of vehicles consisting of an automotive vehicle with a maximum authorised mass not exceeding 3.5 t and a trailer, or of a bus and a trailer, may be admitted to traffic after an appropriate endorsement has been obtained in the registration certificate of the motor vehicle, made on the basis of the information contained in one of the documents referred to in Art. 72(1)(3) or on the basis of a technical inspection carried out. This provision does not apply to motorcycles.
4a. Para. 4 also applies to an agricultural tractor and to a slow-moving vehicle forming part of a tourist train. An agricultural tractor may be admitted to traffic after an appropriate endorsement has been obtained in the registration certificate on the limitation of its design speed to 25 km/h.
5. A vehicle registered abroad is admitted to traffic if it meets the required technical conditions and is fitted with registration plates bearing a registration number consisting of letters of the Latin alphabet and Arabic numerals, subject to Art. 59(2) and (3), and the driver of the vehicle carries a document certifying that the registration has been effected.
6. A vehicle imported from the territory of a State that is not a member State of the European Union is admitted to traffic for a period of 30 days after the vehicle has been released by the head of the customs and revenue office for the release for free circulation procedure.
Art. 72.
1. Registration is effected on the basis of:
1) proof of ownership of the vehicle or a document confirming that the vehicle has been entrusted, referred to in Art. 73(5);
2) (repealed)
3) one of the following documents:
a) an EC certificate of conformity together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle,
b) a certificate of conformity together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle,
c) a certificate of conformity referred to in Art. 27(1)(2) of the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle type-approval systems and their equipment, together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle,
d) an individual vehicle approval together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle,
e) a national individual vehicle approval certificate referred to in Art. 2(1)(33) of the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle type-approval systems and their equipment, together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle,
f) recognition of an individual vehicle approval,
g) recognition of a national individual vehicle approval certificate referred to in Art. 64(1) of the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle type-approval systems and their equipment,
h) an EC individual vehicle approval certificate,
i) an EU individual vehicle approval certificate referred to in Art. 2(1)(32) of the Act of 14 April 2023 on vehicle type-approval systems and their equipment, together with a statement containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle - if they are required; EC certificates of conformity, certificates of conformity and statements containing the data and information about the vehicle necessary for the registration and record-keeping of the vehicle may bear a signature reproduced by mechanical means;
4) a certificate of a positive result of the technical inspection of the vehicle, if it is required, or the registration certificate of the vehicle or another document issued by the competent authority of a member State confirming that the technical inspection has been carried out and its date of expiry;
5) the registration certificate, if the vehicle was registered;
6) proof of import customs clearance, if the vehicle was imported from the territory of a State that is not a member State of the European Union and is being registered for the first time;
6a) a document confirming payment of excise duty in the territory of the country, or a document confirming that there is no obligation to pay excise duty in the territory of the country, or a certificate confirming exemption from excise duty within the meaning of the excise duty legislation, if a passenger car, a vehicle of the type "other automotive vehicle", subtype "quadricycle" (type-approval category L7e) or subtype "light quadricycle" (type-approval category L6e), a goods vehicle (type-approval category N1), subtype "box van", "box van/platform", "goods-and-passenger", "off-road", "multi-purpose" or "van", or a special purpose vehicle (type-approval categories M1 and N1), was imported from the territory of a member State of the European Union and is being registered for the first time.
7) (repealed)
8) (repealed)
9) (repealed)
1b. Where a passenger car or a vehicle referred to in para. 1(6a) is purchased from a specialised sales showroom within the meaning of the excise duty legislation, the document confirming payment of excise duty in the territory of the country, the document confirming that there is no obligation to pay excise duty in the territory of the country, or the certificate confirming exemption of the passenger car from excise duty may be replaced by a statement of the specialised sales showroom that it holds, as the case may be, the original or a copy of the document confirming payment of excise duty in the territory of the country, the original or a copy of the document confirming that there is no obligation to pay excise duty in the territory of the country in respect of that passenger car or vehicle, or the original or a copy of the certificate confirming exemption of the passenger car from excise duty.
2. The requirements of para. 1 do not apply to:
1) a vehicle that has already been registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland - as regards para. 1(3);
1a) a vehicle that has already been registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland and in respect of which there has been no change of owner since the last registration, where the vehicle is re-registered at the request of its owner in connection with a change of his place of residence (registered office) - as regards proof of ownership of the vehicle referred to in para. 1(1);
2) a vehicle purchased after its forfeiture to the State Treasury or to a local government unit - as regards para. 1(5);
2a) a vehicle the ownership of which has passed to the municipality under Art. 50a(2), second sentence - as regards para. 1(5);
2b) a vehicle in respect of which the court has ordered forfeiture to the district (powiat) in connection with the application referred to in Art. 130a(10), first sentence - as regards para. 1(5);
3) a vehicle purchased from the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Border Guard, the National Revenue Administration or the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland - as regards para. 1(5);
4) (repealed)
5) a vehicle temporarily withdrawn from traffic - as regards para. 1(5); in that case, instead of the registration certificate, the decision on the temporary withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic must be presented;
6) (repealed)
7) a deregistered vehicle referred to in Art. 79(4)(3) - in the case of re-registration - as regards para. 1(5);
8) a vehicle referred to in Art. 81(4)(1) - as regards para. 1(4);
9) a vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland - as regards para. 1(4), if information on the current positive result of the technical inspection of the vehicle is entered in the central register of vehicles.
2a. In the case of a vehicle imported from the territory of a State that is not a member State, instead of the registration certificate referred to in para. 1(5), another document certifying the registration of the vehicle, issued by the authority competent for the registration of vehicles in that State, may be presented.
2b. In the case of a historic vehicle, instead of the registration certificate, a statement of the owner of the vehicle, made subject to criminal liability for false testimony, that he does not hold a registration certificate, may be presented.
3. In addition, in respect of historic vehicles, a document confirming compliance with the requirements referred to in Art. 2(39) is required.
4. In the event of loss of the registration certificate or of the temporary permit of a vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland, the registration authority verifies the data contained in the lost document in the central register of vehicles and retrieves from that register the data necessary for the registration of the vehicle.
5. In the event of loss of the registration certificate of a vehicle registered abroad, instead of that document its duplicate must be presented, or a document issued by the registration authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle, confirming the data contained in the lost document that are necessary for the registration of the vehicle. If the registration authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle abroad has refused to issue a duplicate of the registration certificate or a document confirming the data contained in the lost document, the district governor (starosta) may request that authority to confirm those data. The confirmation of those data so obtained, in paper or electronic form, replaces the document confirming the data contained in the lost document that are necessary for the registration of the vehicle.
6. In the event of loss of the registration certificate of a vehicle exported from the country and previously registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland, the registration authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle in the territory of the Republic of Poland shall, at the request of the owner of the vehicle, issue a certificate confirming the data contained in the lost registration certificate.
Art. 73.
1. A vehicle is registered, at the request of the owner of the vehicle, by the district governor (starosta) competent for the owner's place of permanent residence (registered office) or temporary residence, who issues a decision on the registration of the vehicle, a registration certificate and legalised registration plates (plate).
1a. A person submitting an application for registration of a vehicle may request retention of the existing registration number, including the registration plates (plate), if the vehicle has already been registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland and has registration plates (plate) compliant with the provisions issued under Art. 76(1)(1)(a). The owner of the vehicle shall attach to the application for registration of the vehicle a statement that he holds registration plates (plate) kept in proper condition and legible, and that the legalisation mark placed on them is not damaged. When registering the vehicle, the district governor (starosta) issues a decision on the registration of the vehicle and a registration certificate. If no statement has been attached to the application for registration of the vehicle, or if the registration plates (plate) held are not compliant with the provisions issued under Art. 76(1)(1)(a), para. 1 shall apply. 1aa. The statement referred to in para. 1a, second sentence, is made subject to criminal liability for making false statements. The person making the statement is obliged to include in it a clause of the following wording: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false statement arising from Art. 233 § 6 of the Act of 6 June 1997 - the Criminal Code.". This clause replaces the authority's instruction on criminal liability for making false statements.
1b. The owner or the entity referred to in paras. 2 and 5, being holders of an automotive vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland, excluding a motorcycle, may apply to the registration authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle for the issue of an additional legalised registration plate to mark a carrier covering the rear registration plate. The additional registration plate bears the same registration number as the registration number of the automotive vehicle. Where the automotive vehicle does not have registration plates compliant with the provisions issued under Art. 76(1)(1)(a), the registration authority shall issue a new decision on the registration of the vehicle together with a complete set of legalised registration plates with a new registration number for the automotive vehicle and a new registration certificate, as well as an additional legalised registration plate.
1c. The registration authority issues the additional legalised registration plate referred to in para. 1b after:
1) the temporary registration of the vehicle has been effected ex officio, or upon issue of the registration certificate, if the automotive vehicle is registered by that authority, or
2) the automotive vehicle has been registered by that authority.
1d. The registration number on the registration plates (plate) consists of letters and digits (a digit). That number consists, as the case may be, of the distinguishing mark of the voivodship or district and the distinguishing mark of the vehicle, or the individual distinguishing mark of the vehicle, specified in the provisions issued under Art. 76(1)(1)(a) and (c).
1e. The registration authority shall issue a decision refusing to register the vehicle:
1) where the documents referred to in Art. 72(1) have not been positively verified, taking into account in that verification Art. 72(1b-3), (4) and (5);
2) if, under the provisions of the Act of 24 August 2007 on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System (Dz. U. of 2023, item 1355), it has obtained information that the vehicle presented for registration has been stolen, misappropriated or lost, or is sought as evidence in criminal proceedings or in fiscal criminal proceedings;
3) if, in reply to its enquiry addressed to the registration authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle abroad, or to the contact point designated by a member State of the European Union or of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it has obtained confirmation that the legal status of the vehicle previously registered in that State constitutes an obstacle to the registration of the vehicle in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
2. A vehicle owned by a multi-establishment undertaking or another entity comprising separate organisational units may be registered by the district governor (starosta) competent for the registered office of the establishment or unit, at the request of the head of the establishment or of the separate organisational unit authorised by the owner.
2a. Vehicles belonging to members of foreign armed forces, civilian personnel and family members, and vehicles of their contractors, staying in the territory of the Republic of Poland under international agreements, are registered, at the request of the military authorities of those armed forces, by the district governor (starosta) competent for the place of stay of those persons in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
2b. Vehicles belonging to foreign armed forces staying in the territory of the Republic of Poland under international agreements are registered by the competent authority of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland. That authority issues a registration certificate and legalised registration plates (plate), unless registration plates (plate) are not required for the vehicle concerned and the registration number is placed directly on the vehicle.
3. Vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, the State Protection Service, the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Border Guard and the National Revenue Administration used by the Customs and Fiscal Service are registered by the competent authorities of those units. Those authorities issue a registration certificate and legalised registration plates (plate), unless registration plates (plate) are not required for the vehicle concerned and the registration number is placed directly on the vehicle.
3a. The producer of blank registration certificates, temporary permits and other documents required for the registration of vehicles, and the district governors (starostowie), shall transfer to the Mazovian voivode, for consideration, respectively: blank registration certificates, temporary permits and other documents required for the registration of vehicles, and the legalised registration plates necessary for the registration referred to in Art. 76(4). Information concerning the transferred blank registration certificates, temporary permits and other documents required for registration, and registration plates, is protected in accordance with the provisions on the protection of classified information marked "secret" or "top secret".
4. A vehicle belonging to a diplomatic mission, a consular post or a special mission of foreign States or of an international organisation, and to their personnel enjoying diplomatic or consular privileges and immunities under statutes, agreements or generally recognised international customs, or on the basis of reciprocity, is registered by the Mazovian voivode at the request of the minister responsible for foreign affairs.
5. Where a vehicle is entrusted by a foreign natural or legal person to a Polish entity, that vehicle is registered by the authority specified in para. 1 competent for the place of residence (registered office) of the Polish entity.
Art. 73a.
1. The mayor of a city with district status having territorial competence for the seat of the voivodship assembly:
1) keeps a register of the individual registration plates issued in the voivodship;
2) determines, within the voivodship, for each registration authority the registration capacity for registration plates:
a) temporary plates, and
b) reduced-size single-row car plates and temporary plates, for a vehicle having reduced dimensions of the place structurally intended for mounting a registration plate.
2. The register of individual registration plates is kept in electronic or paper form.
3. The registration capacities for registration plates referred to in para. 1(2), determined within the voivodship for each registration authority, and the registration numbers of the individual registration plates entered in the register of those plates, contain information on the distinguishing mark of the voivodship and the distinguishing marks of vehicles or the individual distinguishing marks of vehicles.
4. An individual distinguishing mark of a vehicle is entered in the register of individual registration plates at the request of the registration authority, provided that an identical individual distinguishing mark of a vehicle has not been assigned in the voivodship to another vehicle.
5. The mayor of a city with district status having territorial competence for the seat of the voivodship assembly makes available to the registration authorities information from the register of individual registration plates and the registration capacities referred to in para. 1(2).
6. The register of individual registration plates is kept in a manner protecting it against destruction and against access by unauthorised persons. The registration capacities referred to in para. 1(2) are determined and made available in a manner protecting them against access by unauthorised persons.
Art. 73aa.
1. The owner of a vehicle is obliged to submit an application for its registration within 30 days of the date of:
1) acquisition of the vehicle in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
2) release for free circulation, by an authority of the National Revenue Administration, of a vehicle imported from the territory of a State that is not a member State of the European Union;
3) importation of the vehicle into the territory of the Republic of Poland from the territory of a member State of the European Union.
2. Where a vehicle referred to in para. 1(1) is acquired by inheritance, the time limit for submitting the application for registration of the vehicle referred to in para. 1 is 60 days from the date on which the court's decision declaring the acquisition of the inheritance became final, or from the date on which the deed certifying succession was drawn up.
2a. Where a vehicle referred to in para. 1(1) that has been temporarily withdrawn from traffic is acquired, the time limit referred to in para. 1 runs from the date on which the period of temporary withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic specified in the decision on the temporary withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic expired.
3. Where the owner of a vehicle referred to in para. 1 is an entrepreneur conducting business activity in the territory of the Republic of Poland in the field of vehicle trading, he is obliged to submit the application for registration of the vehicle referred to in para. 1 within 90 days.
4. Para. 1 does not apply to an authorised entity referred to in Art. 80s(2) in respect of vehicles for which that authorised entity holds a valid decision on the professional registration of vehicles.
5. Paras. 1, 2 and 3 do not apply where the owner of a new vehicle is an entrepreneur conducting business activity in the territory of the Republic of Poland in the field of vehicle trading or vehicle production.
5a. Para. 1 does not apply where the owner of a vehicle:
1) taken over under Art. 50a(2), second sentence, is the municipality;
2) taken over under a court decision issued in connection with the application referred to in Art. 130a(10), first sentence, is the district (powiat);
3) acquired by inheritance is the municipality or the State Treasury;
4) taken over after the liquidation of an undertaking is the municipality or the State Treasury;
5) taken over under Art. 44b of the Act of 6 June 1997 - the Criminal Code (Dz. U. of 2025, item 383) is the State Treasury.
6. Para. 1(1) does not apply where, before the expiry of the time limits referred to in para. 1, 2 or 3, the owner of the vehicle was issued with:
1) a certificate of dismantling of the vehicle referred to in:
a) Art. 79(2),
b) Art. 24(1)(2) or Art. 33(3) of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles (Dz. U. of 2020, item 2056);
2) a certificate of acceptance of an incomplete vehicle referred to in Art. 25(1) or Art. 33(3) of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles;
3) a certificate confirming that the theft of the vehicle has been reported;
4) a decision discontinuing the preparatory proceedings in the case of the theft of the vehicle.
6a. Para. 1(1) does not apply where, before the expiry of the time limits referred to in para. 1, 2 or 3, there occurred a documented permanent and complete loss of possession of the vehicle without a change in the ownership title, as referred to in Art. 79(1)(5).
7. Para. 1 does not apply where the owner of the vehicle disposes of that vehicle before the expiry of the time limits referred to in para. 1, 2 or 3.
Art. 73b.
1. The minister responsible for computerisation and the minister responsible for transport designate and operate contact points enabling the exchange of information on registered vehicles with member States of the European Union or of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
2. The office serving the minister responsible for computerisation and the office serving the minister responsible for transport shall inform the administrations of the member States referred to in para. 1 that are competent in matters of vehicle registration or vehicle records about the designated contact points referred to in para. 1, stating:
1) the name of the office serving the minister operating the contact point and the address of that office's seat;
2) the scope of the tasks performed by the contact point;
3) the data of the person operating the contact point: forename, surname and the position held by that person, and that person's e-mail address;
4) the e-mail address of the contact point.
3. The contact point operated by the minister responsible for computerisation shall inform the authority competent in matters of vehicle registration or vehicle records of the member State referred to in para. 1, or the competent designated contact point of that State, about the registration in the territory of the Republic of Poland of a vehicle imported from the member State referred to in para. 1, providing the following vehicle data:
1) the identification mark;
2) the registration number assigned in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
3) the previous registration number from the member State referred to in para. 1 from which the vehicle originates;
4) the date of registration in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
5) other data, if the need to transmit them has been agreed with the authorities competent in matters of vehicle registration or vehicle records of the member States referred to in para. 1.
4. The data referred to in para. 3 are transmitted no later than by the 20th day of the month following the month to which the data relate.
5. The contact point operated by the minister responsible for transport is designated to receive, from the authorities competent in matters of vehicle registration or vehicle records of the member States referred to in para. 1, or from the designated contact points of those States, information on the registration abroad of a vehicle originating from the territory of the Republic of Poland. The contact point operated by the minister responsible for transport transmits the information received to the contact point operated by the minister responsible for computerisation, which, on the basis of the data collected in the central register of vehicles, establishes the national registration authority that previously registered the vehicle indicated in that information, and transmits the information to that authority.
6. The acts referred to in paras. 3 and 5 may be performed by means of electronic communication or of the ICT system supporting the central register of vehicles.
7. The registration authority, when performing acts related to the registration of a vehicle, cooperates with the authorities competent in registration matters of the member States referred to in para. 1, or with the competent designated contact points of those States, in order to check, in justified cases, the legal status of the vehicle before its registration in the territory of the Republic of Poland, if the vehicle was previously registered in the territory of a member State of the European Union or of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
8. If, in connection with the registration of a vehicle in the territory of the Republic of Poland, the member State referred to in para. 1 requires the return of the registration certificate it issued, the return is made by the registration authority. The registration certificate is returned to the authority competent in registration matters of the member State referred to in para. 1, or to the competent designated contact point of that State.
Art. 73c.
1. The owner of a new automotive vehicle, trailer or moped purchased in a showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds may authorise that showroom or an authorised representative of that showroom to:
1) submit an application for registration of the vehicle, or
2) collect the decision on the temporary registration of the vehicle, the temporary permit and the legalised registration plates (plate).
2. The authorisation referred to in para. 1 bears, as the case may be, a handwritten signature, a qualified electronic signature, a trusted signature or a personal signature.
3. The showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds, or an authorised representative of that showroom, shall immediately submit the application for registration of the vehicle using the electronic form made available in the ICT system indicated on the subject page of the Public Information Bulletin of the minister responsible for computerisation.
4. The application for registration of a vehicle contains:
1) the forename and surname or the name of the owner of the vehicle;
2) the address of the place of residence or of the registered office of the owner of the vehicle;
3) the address for delivery;
4) the PESEL number or the REGON identification number of the owner of the vehicle, and in the case of a foreigner who has not been assigned a PESEL number - the series, number and name of the document confirming his identity and the name of the State that issued that document;
5) the date and place of birth of the owner of the vehicle;
6) the type of the vehicle and its intended use;
7) the make, type and model of the vehicle;
8) the year of production of the vehicle;
9) the VIN number or the number of the body, chassis or frame of the vehicle;
10) information on the manner in which the owner of the vehicle is to collect the decision on the registration of the vehicle and the registration certificate - at the office serving the registration authority or through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law (Dz. U. of 2023, item 1640, and of 2024, item 467) at the recipient's expense, and information on the manner of collecting the decision on the temporary registration of the vehicle, the temporary permit and the legalised registration plates (plate) - at the office serving the registration authority, by the showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds or its authorised representative, or by the owner of the vehicle, or through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law at the recipient's expense, after they have been sent by the registration authority to the address of the showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds or of its authorised representative, or to the address for delivery, indicated in the application for registration of the vehicle;
11) the e-mail address, telephone number and address of the showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds, or of the authorised representative of that showroom.
5. The application for registration of a vehicle may include an indication that the owner of the vehicle applies for the issue of:
1) individual registration plates;
2) reduced-size car plates;
3) an additional registration plate to mark a carrier covering the rear registration plate.
6. The following are attached to the application for registration of a vehicle, in electronic form, in the original or in a copy:
1) the authorisation referred to in para. 1;
2) proof of acquisition of the vehicle;
3) the documents referred to in Art. 72(1)(3), (6) or (6a), or para. 1b thereof;
4) confirmation of payment of the fees for the issue of the temporary permit, the legalised registration plates (plate) and the registration certificate;
5) (repealed)
6) confirmation of payment of the stamp duty for the power of attorney granted.
7. Submission of the electronic form referred to in para. 3 constitutes confirmation that the copies of the documents attached to the application for registration of the vehicle are consistent with their originals.
8. The fees referred to in para. 6(4) and (6) are borne by the owner of the vehicle.
9. The decision on the temporary registration of the vehicle, the temporary permit and the legalised registration plates (plate) shall be by the registration authority:
1) handed over to the showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds, or to its authorised representative, or
2) sent to the address of the showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds, or of its authorised representative, indicated in the application for registration of the vehicle, through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law at the recipient's expense, or
3) handed over to the owner of the vehicle, or
4) sent to the owner of the vehicle to the address for delivery indicated in the application for registration of the vehicle, through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law at the recipient's expense.
10. The owner of the vehicle collects the decision on the registration of the vehicle and the registration certificate at the office serving the registration authority, or the registration authority sends those documents to the address for delivery indicated in the application for registration of the vehicle through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law at the recipient's expense.
11. The minister responsible for computerisation shall, after obtaining the opinion of the minister responsible for transport, determine the model of the application for registration of a vehicle in the form of an electronic document within the meaning of the Act of 17 February 2005 on the computerisation of the activities of entities performing public tasks (Dz. U. of 2024, item 307).
Art. 73d.
1. The representative of a vehicle manufacturer in the territory of the Republic of Poland shall transmit the data of its contact point to the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision, stating: the name and address of the representative of the vehicle manufacturer, its e-mail address and its telephone number, and the forename and surname of the person representing the manufacturer's representative. These data are transmitted immediately after the appointment of the manufacturer's representative, but no later than within 30 days of the date of that appointment.
2. The Director of the Transport Technical Supervision maintains a database of the contact points of the representatives of vehicle manufacturers in the territory of the Republic of Poland. That database contains the data of the contact point of the representative of the vehicle manufacturer referred to in para. 1 and the date on which the data were entered into that database.
3. The representative of a vehicle manufacturer in the territory of the Republic of Poland is obliged to notify the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision of any change in the data of its contact point referred to in para. 1, and of the cessation of activity by the representative of the vehicle manufacturer, immediately, but no later than within 30 days of the date on which those circumstances arose. On the basis of that notification, the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision updates the database of the contact points of the representatives of vehicle manufacturers in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
4. In order to facilitate the conduct by registration authorities of proceedings in matters of vehicle registration, the Director of the Transport Technical Supervision makes available to the registration authorities:
1) the database of the contact points of the representatives of vehicle manufacturers in the territory of the Republic of Poland,
2) specimens of the signatures required on the documents issued that are referred to in Art. 72(1)(3) - through the ICT system referred to in Art. 75e(1).
Art. 74.
1. The temporary registration of a vehicle is effected, in the cases specified in para. 2, by the registration authority competent for the place of permanent residence (registered office) or temporary residence of the owner of the vehicle, which issues a decision on the temporary registration of the vehicle, a temporary permit and legalised registration plates (plate).
1a. In the case referred to in para. 2(2)(b), the temporary registration may also be effected by the registration authority competent for the place of purchase of the vehicle or of its collection in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
1b. In the case referred to in para. 2(2)(a) or (c), where the owner of the vehicle has no place of permanent residence (registered office) or temporary residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland, the temporary registration is effected by the registration authority competent for the place of purchase of the vehicle or of its collection in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
2. The temporary registration is effected:
1) ex officio - after an application for registration of the vehicle has been submitted;
2) at the request of the owner of the vehicle - in order to enable:
a) the vehicle to be taken abroad,
b) the vehicle to be driven from the place of its purchase or collection in the territory of the Republic of Poland,
c) the vehicle to be driven in connection with the need to have its technical inspection or repair carried out.
3) (repealed)
2a. The temporary registration referred to in para. 2(1) may be effected even though the documents referred to in Art. 72(1)(6) and (6a) have not been attached to the application for registration. Those documents should be submitted before the registration certificate is issued.
2b. The temporary registration of a vehicle is effected conditionally, if the owner of the vehicle makes a statement that in the period from that registration until the issue of the registration certificate there will be no change in the ownership of the vehicle.
2c. Paras. 2a and 2b do not apply to an application for registration of a vehicle submitted by a showroom selling automotive vehicles, trailers or mopeds, or by an authorised representative of that showroom, referred to in Art. 73c(1)(1). 2ca. The temporary registration of a passenger car intended for sporting competitions is effected at the request of the owner of the vehicle, in order to admit it to road traffic for the duration of events organised by a Polish sports association within the meaning of the Act of 25 June 2010 on sport, on the designated access roads referred to in Art. 65a(3)(3)(j).
2d. The registration authority shall, subject to para. 2g, not effect the temporary registration referred to in para. 2(1) where the following conditions are met jointly:
1) the vehicle was last registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland and the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), when submitting the application for registration of the vehicle, applies for retention of the existing registration number;
2) the registration authority has, on the day of submission of the application for registration of the vehicle, positively verified the data contained in the existing registration certificate in the central register of vehicles;
3) there is space in the existing registration certificate for the registration authority to make an endorsement reading: "On ... an application for registration of the vehicle was submitted at ..." and to enter the date and the name of the office serving the authority making the endorsement.
2e. In the case referred to in para. 2d, the registration authority:
1) (repealed)
2) issues a decision on the registration of the vehicle and a registration certificate.
2f. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged to collect the decision on the registration of the vehicle and the registration certificate within 30 days of the date of submission of the application for registration of the vehicle.
2g. Where the conditions referred to in para. 2d are met, the registration authority shall, at the request of the owner of the vehicle or of the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), issue a decision on the temporary registration of the vehicle and a temporary permit.
3. The temporary registration is effected for a period not exceeding 30 days. That period may be extended once by 14 days in order to clarify matters related to the registration of the vehicle.
3a. The temporary registration referred to in para. 2ca is effected for the period resulting from the date of the technical inspection referred to in Art. 81(11b).
5. After the expiry of the period of temporary registration, the registration plates are returned to the authority that issued them or to the authority that registers the vehicle, except in the case referred to in para. 2(2)(a).
6. Where the owner of the vehicle intends to make use of the ex officio deregistration of the vehicle referred to in Art. 79(3b), he shall, when submitting the application for temporary registration of the vehicle referred to in para. 2(2)(a), make a statement that the vehicle will be taken abroad. That statement is made subject to criminal liability for making false statements. The person making the statement is obliged to include in it a clause of the following wording: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false statement.". This clause replaces the authority's instruction on criminal liability for making false statements.
Art. 74a.
1. The registration authority shall, at the request of the owner of the vehicle or of the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), issue a duplicate of the registration certificate, a new registration certificate, a duplicate of the temporary permit, a duplicate of the registration plates (plate) or new registration plates (plate), after positive verification, on the day of submission of the application, in the central register of vehicles, of the data contained, as the case may be, in the existing registration certificate or in the existing temporary permit.
2. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged, immediately, but no later than within 30 days of the date on which the loss of the registration certificate or its destruction to a degree causing its illegibility was established, to submit to the registration authority an application for the issue of a duplicate of the registration certificate and to:
1) make a statement on the loss of the registration certificate - in the case of its loss;
2) hand in the existing registration certificate - in the case of its destruction to a degree causing its illegibility.
3. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) may submit to the registration authority an application for the issue of a duplicate of the temporary permit in the case of its loss or its destruction to a degree causing its illegibility, whereby, when submitting that application, the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged to:
1) make a statement on the loss of the temporary permit - in the case of its loss;
2) hand in the existing temporary permit - in the case of its destruction to a degree causing its illegibility.
4. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged to submit to the registration authority an application for the issue of a new registration certificate in the case of:
1) structural changes being made to the vehicle, or components being replaced, resulting in a change in the actual state as regards the data contained in the existing registration certificate, or
2) a change in the actual state as regards the data of the current owner or holder of the vehicle contained in the existing registration certificate - within 30 days of the date on which that state changed.
5. The registration authority shall also issue a new registration certificate in the case of an application by the owner of the vehicle or by the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5):
1) for the issue of registration plates (plate) or duplicates thereof with a new registration number for the vehicle;
2) if there is no space left in the existing registration certificate for the endorsement referred to in Art. 75(1);
3) where the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) have expressed the wish to have the registration certificate replaced, if the vehicle inspector has filled in all the boxes in the registration certificate intended for entering the date of the next technical inspection of the vehicle.
6. In the case of an application referred to in paras. 4 and 5, the registration authority shall, on the day of submission of the application, make in the existing registration certificate, if there is space for it, an endorsement reading: "On ... an application for a new registration certificate was submitted at ..." and enter the date and the name of the office serving the authority making the endorsement. The existing registration certificate is valid until a new registration certificate is issued.
7. The registration authority shall, after the duplicate of the registration certificate or the new registration certificate has been produced, issue it, and the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged to collect the duplicate of the registration certificate or the new registration certificate within 30 days of the date of submission of the application for its issue. At the request of the owner of the vehicle or of the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), the registration authority sends the duplicate of the registration certificate or the new registration certificate through a postal operator within the meaning of the Act of 23 November 2012 - the Postal Law at the recipient's expense.
8. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) are obliged, immediately, but no later than within 30 days of the date on which the loss or destruction of the registration plates (plate) was established, to submit to the registration authority an application for the issue of a duplicate of the registration plates (plate) and to:
1) make a statement on the loss of the registration plates (plate) - in the case of their loss;
2) hand in the destroyed registration plates (plate) - in the case of their destruction.
9. In the case of an application referred to in paras. 2, 4, 5 and 8, the registration authority shall, on the day of submission of that application, issue, at the request of the owner of the vehicle or of the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), a temporary permit and legalised registration plates (plate). The temporary permit and the legalised registration plates (plate) are valid until the issue, as the case may be, of the duplicate of the registration certificate, the new registration certificate, the duplicate of the registration plates (plate) or the new registration plates (plate).
10. The statements referred to in para. 2(1), para. 3(1) and para. 8(1) are made subject to criminal liability for making false statements. The person making the statement is obliged to include in it a clause of the following wording: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false statement.". This clause replaces the authority's instruction on criminal liability for making false statements.
11. In the cases referred to in para. 8, the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) may submit to the registration authority an application for the issue of legalised registration plates (plate) with a new registration number for the vehicle. In such a case, the registration authority issues a new decision on the registration of the vehicle, legalised registration plates (plate) with a new registration number for the vehicle and a new registration certificate.
12. Para. 8 applies to an application for the issue of a duplicate of the additional legalised registration plate referred to in Art. 73(1b).
13. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) may return to the registration authority the additional legalised registration plate referred to in Art. 73(1b), or a duplicate thereof, upon presentation of the registration certificate.
Art. 74b.
1. Registration plates handed over to the registering authority as a result of their replacement or return and of the deregistration or re-registration of a vehicle, being plates withdrawn from use, shall be transferred by the registering authority to the entrepreneur referred to in Art. 75a(2) who produces registration plates to the order of that registering authority.
2. Registration plates withdrawn from use, referred to in para. 1, shall be collected at their own expense by the entrepreneur referred to in Art. 75a(2) at the seat of the office serving the registering authority, who shall destroy them and manage them in accordance with the provisions on waste.
Art. 75.
1. Where the use of a vehicle depends on particular conditions laid down by law, the registering authority shall enter an appropriate reservation in the registration certificate or in the temporary permit.
2. The registration certificate, the temporary permit, legalised registration plates (plate) and their duplicates shall be issued against a fee. The fee shall be collected by the authority carrying out the registration.
3. It is prohibited to register a vehicle assembled outside a manufacturing plant, with the exception of a vehicle of the make "SAM" and of a vintage vehicle.
Art. 75a.
1. The production of registration plates, including professional registration plates, and of duplicates of registration plates is a regulated activity within the meaning of the Act of 6 March 2018 - Entrepreneurs' Law (Dz. U. z 2024 r. poz. 236) and requires entry in the register of entrepreneurs producing registration plates, hereinafter referred to as the "register". Wherever this provision and Art. 75aa-75c refer to registration plates, this shall also be understood to cover their duplicates, save that this does not apply to professional registration plates.
2. The activity referred to in para. 1 may be pursued by an entrepreneur who satisfies the following conditions:
1) has the technical capability guaranteeing that registration plates, or the materials used for their production, are made in accordance with the technical conditions; this condition does not apply to entrepreneurs importing from abroad materials used for making registration plates;
2) holds a certificate of conformity of the registration plates, or of the materials used for their production, with the technical conditions;
3) is not an entity against which bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings have been instituted;
4) is not in arrears with the payment of taxes, charges or social insurance contributions;
5) has not been finally convicted of an offence committed for the purpose of obtaining financial gain or of an offence against documents - this concerns a natural person or the members of the governing bodies of a legal person.
3. An entrepreneur producing registration plates, referred to in para. 2, means an establishment:
1) producing registration plates with embossed registration numbers;
2) producing registration plates without embossed registration numbers;
3) embossing registration numbers;
4) producing or importing from abroad materials of particular importance for the production of registration plates;
5) processing materials of particular importance for the production of registration plates.
4. Registration plates are produced exclusively to the order of:
1) the authority competent in matters of vehicle registration - with embossed registration numbers;
2) the entrepreneur referred to in para. 3, point 3 - without embossed registration numbers.
5. The materials referred to in para. 3, points 4 and 5, are processed, produced or imported from abroad to the order of the entrepreneur referred to in para. 2.
6. The entrepreneur referred to in para. 2 shall keep records of:
1) the materials for the production of registration plates referred to in para. 3, points 4 and 5;
2) the registration plates produced;
3) the registration plates sold.
Art. 75aa.
1. The authority competent to keep the register is the voivodeship marshal (marszałek województwa) competent for the entrepreneur's seat.
2. The register may be kept in an ICT system.
3. The competent voivodeship marshal shall correct of his own motion an entry in the register that contains obvious errors or discrepancies with the facts.
4. Where the data entered in the register change, the entrepreneur is obliged to submit an application for amendment of the entry in the register within 14 days from the day on which those data changed.
Art. 75ab.
1. Entry in the register is made on the basis of an application by the entrepreneur containing the following data:
1) the entrepreneur's business name and his seat and address or address of residence;
2) the number in the register of entrepreneurs in the National Court Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy), if the entrepreneur has such a number;
3) the tax identification number (NIP);
4) the address of the seat and the addresses of the establishments in which the activity referred to in Art. 75a(1) is to be pursued;
5) the entrepreneur's signature and an indication of the date and place of submission of the application.
2. Together with the application the entrepreneur shall submit:
1) a declaration that he holds the certificate referred to in Art. 75a(2), point 2, together with the data enabling it to be identified;
2) a certificate or a declaration of no criminal record in respect of an offence committed for the purpose of obtaining financial gain or an offence against documents, concerning:
a) the entrepreneur, if he is a natural person,
b) persons who are members of the governing bodies of a legal person or of an organisational unit without legal personality, and
3) a declaration in the following wording: "I declare that: 1) the data contained in the application for entry in the register are complete and true; 2) I am aware of and satisfy the particular conditions for pursuing the activity referred to in Art. 75a(1) and (2) of the Act of 20 June 1997 - Road Traffic Law; 3) I hold a current document specifying the status of the establishment being a legal person or an organisational unit without legal personality, or a document confirming identity in the case of a natural person.".
3. The declaration referred to in para. 2, point 2, is submitted subject to criminal liability for giving false testimony. The person making the declaration is obliged to include in it a clause in the following wording: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false declaration.". That clause replaces the authority's instruction on criminal liability for giving false testimony.
4. The declaration referred to in para. 2, point 3, should also contain:
1) the entrepreneur's business name and his seat and address or address of residence;
2) an indication of the place and the date of submission of the declaration;
3) the signature of the person authorised to represent the entrepreneur, with an indication of the given name and surname and of the function held.
5. The minister responsible for transport shall determine the model of the application referred to in para. 1, containing the declaration that the certificate referred to in Art. 75a(2), point 2, is held, together with the data enabling it to be identified, in the form of an electronic document within the meaning of the Act of 17 February 2005 on the computerisation of the activity of entities performing public tasks.
Art. 75ac.
1. The register shall contain the data specified in Art. 75ab(1), points 1-4, and information on the certificate referred to in Art. 75a(2), point 2.
2. Removal or amendment of an entry also constitutes an entry in the register.
3. When issuing of its own motion a certificate confirming entry in the register, the competent voivodeship marshal shall specify in it the scope of the activity pursued by the entrepreneur in the field of the production of registration plates, in accordance with Art. 75a(3).
Art. 75ad.
A gross breach of the conditions for pursuing the activity in the field of the production of registration plates consists in a breach of the conditions referred to in Art. 75a(2), points 2, 3 and 5, and (4) and (5), and of the conditions laid down in the provisions concerning the conditions and manner of production and distribution of registration plates.
Art. 75ae.
1. The competent voivodeship marshal is obliged to enter the entrepreneur in the register within 7 days from the day on which the application for entry, together with the documents referred to in Art. 75ab(2), is received by him.
2. Where the competent voivodeship marshal does not make the entry within the time limit referred to in para. 1 and 14 days have elapsed since the day on which the application was received by him, the entrepreneur may commence the activity. This does not apply where the voivodeship marshal called on the entrepreneur to supplement the application for entry not later than before the expiry of 7 days from the day of its receipt. In such a situation the time limit referred to in the first sentence runs, accordingly, from the day on which the supplement to the application for entry is received.
Art. 75af.
1. The competent voivodeship marshal shall issue a decision prohibiting the entrepreneur from pursuing the activity covered by the entry where:
1) the entrepreneur submitted the declaration referred to in Art. 75ab(2), point 3, which is not consistent with the facts;
2) the entrepreneur has not remedied breaches of the conditions required by law for pursuing the regulated activity within the time limit set by the marshal;
3) he establishes a gross breach by the entrepreneur of the conditions required by law for pursuing the regulated activity.
2. The decision referred to in para. 1 is immediately enforceable.
3. Before issuing a decision on the basis of para. 1, point 2, the voivodeship marshal shall set a time limit for remedying the breaches established.
4. Where the decision referred to in para. 1 is issued, the voivodeship marshal shall remove the entrepreneur from the register of his own motion.
5. Where the decision referred to in para. 1 is issued and the entrepreneur pursues the economic activity covered by the entry also on the basis of entries in other registers of regulated activity within the same scope of economic activity, the entrepreneur shall also be removed of the authority's own motion from those registers of regulated activity.
Art. 75ag.
1. An entrepreneur who has been removed from the register may obtain a fresh entry in the register within the same scope of economic activity not earlier than after the expiry of 3 years from the day on which the decision referred to in Art. 75af(1) was issued.
2. The provision of para. 1 applies to an entrepreneur who pursued economic activity without entry in the register. This does not apply to the situation specified in Art. 75ae(2).
Art. 75ah.
The competent voivodeship marshal shall remove the entrepreneur from the register upon his application, and also after obtaining information from the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity or from the National Court Register that the entrepreneur has been struck off.
Art. 75b.
The authority competent in matters of registration shall legalise registration plates, including professional registration plates, by placing a legalisation mark on them.
Art. 75ba.
The technical conditions and the model of the legalisation mark used for the legalisation of professional registration plates (plate) are consistent with the technical conditions and the model of the legalisation sticker laid down in the provisions issued on the basis of Art. 75c, point 2.
Art. 75c.
The minister responsible for transport, taking into account the need to properly safeguard trade in registration plates and in materials of particular importance for the production of registration plates, shall determine, by way of a regulation:
1) the conditions of production and the detailed manner of distribution of registration plates and legalisation marks, and of keeping the records referred to in Art. 75a(6);
2) the procedure for legalising registration plates, the technical conditions and the model of the legalisation mark referred to in Art. 75b;
3) the materials of particular importance for the production of registration plates.
Art. 75ca.
The minister responsible for transport, taking into account the need to properly safeguard trade in professional registration plates and in materials of particular importance for the production of those plates, shall determine, by way of a regulation:
1) the conditions of production and the detailed manner of distribution of professional registration plates and legalisation marks, the materials of particular importance for the production of those plates, and the conditions for keeping the records referred to in Art. 75a(6) as regards professional registration plates;
2) the procedure for legalising professional registration plates.
Art. 75e.
1. The producer of registration certificates shall provide an ICT system enabling the registering authorities to perform their tasks as regards the registration, temporary registration, temporary withdrawal from traffic, deregistration and professional registration of vehicles, including as regards the process of producing, personalising and distributing the documents connected with the performance of those tasks.
2. The ICT system referred to in para. 1 shall ensure the integrity of the link between the process of producing the documents connected with the performance of the tasks referred to in para. 1 and the data collected in the central register of vehicles, taking into account the reference character of those data in the performance of those tasks.
3. The ICT system referred to in para. 1 shall provide at least functionalities consistent with the ICT system supporting the central register of vehicles.
4. The minister responsible for computerisation shall supervise the interoperability of the ICT system referred to in para. 1 with the ICT system supporting the central register of vehicles.
5. The minister responsible for computerisation shall conclude with the producer of registration certificates an agreement governing:
1) the principles of cooperation as regards:
a) determining the nature and scope of the changes adapting the ICT system referred to in para. 1 to changes in the ICT system supporting the central register of vehicles,
b) making available to the minister responsible for computerisation information and technical experience, including documentation, concerning the ICT system referred to in para. 1 and necessary for the minister to exercise the supervision referred to in para. 4;
2) the remuneration for carrying out the changes and for making available the information and technical experience referred to in point 1.
6. The costs connected with the conclusion and performance of the agreement referred to in para. 5 are financed from the resources of the Fund - Central Register of Vehicles and Drivers.
7. The producer of the registration certificate shall enable the data encoded in the registration certificate to be read by the entities referred to in Art. 80c(1) and (2a), in so far as they are necessary for the performance of their statutory tasks, upon the application of the entity concerned, or by other entities through the entities referred to in Art. 80c(1) and (2a). The application shall contain the name of the applicant and his address and the purpose of reading the data encoded in the registration certificate.
8. The producer of the registration certificate shall present to the applicant the conditions for enabling the data encoded in the registration certificate to be read, including the costs connected therewith.
9. Once the conditions referred to in para. 8 have been agreed, the producer of the registration certificate shall grant the applicant, for a specified period and within specified fields of exploitation, a licence to use the library enabling the data encoded in the registration certificate to be read.
Art. 76.
1. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by way of a regulation:
1) in agreement with the minister responsible for computerisation, the minister responsible for internal affairs and the Minister of National Defence:
a) the conditions and procedure for the registration, temporary registration and deregistration of vehicles, subject to paras. 2-3, and the models of: - the registration certificate and the temporary permit, together with their description, - registration plates and other plates, identification features and markings with which a vehicle is provided, together with their description and the manner of affixing them,
b) the conditions for the distribution of blank forms of registration certificates and temporary permits,
c) the detailed technical requirements for registration plates and the scope and manner of testing them,
d) the models of other documents connected with the registration of vehicles: - the application for registration, temporary registration or deregistration of a vehicle or the notification of disposal of a vehicle, - the decision on the registration, temporary registration or deregistration of a vehicle, - the application for the issue of a duplicate of the registration certificate, a duplicate of the temporary permit, a duplicate of the registration plates (plate), a new registration certificate or registration plates (plate) with a new registration number for a vehicle, - the certificate confirming the data contained in a lost registration certificate, - the application for the issue of an additional legalised registration plate for marking a luggage carrier covering the rear registration plate of a vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
2) the amount of the fees for the issue of the registration certificate, the temporary permit and legalised registration plates (plate) and their duplicates;
3) in agreement with the minister responsible for computerisation, the detailed acts of the authorities in matters connected with the admission of a vehicle to traffic and the models of documents in those matters.
2. The Minister of National Defence, in agreement with the minister responsible for computerisation, the minister responsible for transport and the minister responsible for internal affairs, shall determine, by way of a regulation, the conditions and procedure for registration and the models of the registration certificate and registration plates of vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland and of vehicles belonging to foreign armed forces staying in the territory of the Republic of Poland on the basis of the international agreements referred to in Art. 73(2b), and also the organisational units competent in those matters.
2a. The Minister of National Defence, in agreement with the minister responsible for computerisation, the minister responsible for transport and the minister responsible for internal affairs, shall determine, by way of a regulation, the conditions and procedure for registration and the models of the registration certificate and registration plates of vehicles of the Military Counterintelligence Service and the Military Intelligence Service, and also the organisational units competent in those matters.
3. The minister responsible for internal affairs, in agreement with the minister responsible for transport, the minister responsible for public finance, the minister responsible for computerisation and the Minister of National Defence, and after obtaining the opinion of the Head of the Internal Security Agency, the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Agency and the Head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, shall determine, by way of a regulation, the conditions and procedure for registration and the models of the registration certificate and registration plates of vehicles of the State Protection Service, the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Border Guard and the National Revenue Administration used by the Customs and Fiscal Service, and also the organisational units competent in those matters.
4. The Prime Minister, taking into account the requirements arising from the obligation to protect classified information, shall determine, by way of an order not subject to publication:
1) the conditions and procedure for the registration of vehicles of the internal affairs and national defence departments, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau and the National Revenue Administration used by the Customs and Fiscal Service, which are used for carrying out operational and reconnaissance activities;
2) the particular procedure for and conditions of handing over blank forms of registration certificates, temporary permits and other documents required for registration, and the registration plates referred to in Art. 73(3a);
3) the particular requirements as regards the personalisation of those blank forms.
5. The regulations referred to in paras. 1-3 shall take into account in particular:
1) the need to prevent stolen vehicles from being admitted to traffic;
2) the proper safeguarding of the documents connected with registration, of registration plates and of other markings;
2a) the need to standardise the documents connected with the registration of vehicles and the manner of marking vehicles;
3) the costs of the operation of public administration in matters of the registration of vehicles;
4) the manner in which the vehicles referred to in paras. 2-3 are used in the performance of the tasks laid down in the provisions concerning the State Protection Service, the Police, the Internal Security Agency, the Foreign Intelligence Agency, the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Military Intelligence Service, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Border Guard and the National Revenue Administration.
Art. 78.
1. Where ownership of a registered vehicle is transferred to another person, the previous owner shall hand over to the new owner the registration certificate and the certificate of the technical inspection carried out on the vehicle, if the registration certificate does not state a current expiry date of the technical inspection.
1a. Where ownership of a vehicle temporarily withdrawn from traffic is transferred to another person, the previous owner shall hand over to the new owner the decision on the temporary withdrawal of the vehicle.
2. The owner of a vehicle registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland is obliged to notify the district governor (starosta), within a period not exceeding 30 days, of:
1) the disposal of the vehicle;
2) a change in the facts requiring an amendment of the data entered in the registration certificate.
2a. The owner of the vehicle shall make the notification referred to in para. 2, point 1, to the district governor competent for the place of residence (seat) or of temporary residence, and where the owner is a multi-establishment undertaking or another entity comprising separate organisational units - to the district governor competent for the place of registration of the vehicle.
2b. Where a vehicle is jointly owned, notification by one of the co-owners of the vehicle is sufficient for the notification of disposal of the vehicle to be effective.
4. The owner or holder of a vehicle is obliged to indicate, at the request of an authorised authority, to whom he entrusted the vehicle for driving or use at a specified time, unless the vehicle was used against his will and knowledge by an unknown person and he could not prevent this.
5. Where the owner or holder of the vehicle is:
1) a legal person,
2) an organisational unit without legal personality to which separate provisions grant legal capacity,
3) a local government unit,
4) a company limited by shares in the course of formation,
5) an entity in liquidation,
6) an entrepreneur who is not a natural person,
7) a foreign organisational unit - the person designated by the body authorised to represent that entity externally is obliged to provide the information referred to in para. 4, and where no such person has been designated - the persons who are members of that body, in accordance with the request of the authority referred to in para. 4 and with the manner of representation of the entity.
Art. 78a.
1. The temporary withdrawal of a vehicle from traffic is carried out, upon the application of the owner of the vehicle or of an entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), by the registering authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle, which issues a decision on the temporary withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic.
2. Upon the application of the entities referred to in para. 1, temporary withdrawal applies to the following registered vehicles:
1) goods vehicles and trailers with a permissible gross weight of 3.5 t or more;
2) road tractors;
3) special-purpose vehicles;
4) buses;
5) passenger cars, in connection with the need to carry out a repair of the vehicle resulting from damage to the principal load-bearing structural components:
a) in the cases referred to in Art. 81(11), point 1, letter b, and point 6,
b) where significant damage has occurred.
3. The decision on the temporary withdrawal of a vehicle from traffic is issued, against a fee, by the authority referred to in para. 1 after the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) has deposited with that authority the registration certificate and the registration plates.
4. A vehicle referred to in para. 2, points 1-4, may be temporarily withdrawn from traffic for a period of 2 to 24 months. That period may be extended, but the total period of withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic may not exceed 48 months, counting from the day on which the decision on its temporary withdrawal from traffic was issued.
4a. A passenger car may be temporarily withdrawn from traffic for a period of 3 to 12 months without the possibility of extending that period and not earlier than after the expiry of 3 years from the day on which the period of temporary withdrawal specified in the last decision on its temporary withdrawal from traffic expired.
4b. In the case of a passenger car, the owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5), when submitting the application for temporary withdrawal of the vehicle from traffic, shall submit a declaration that the vehicle requires a repair in connection with damage to the principal load-bearing structural components in the cases referred to in Art. 81(11), point 1, letter b, and point 6, or where significant damage has occurred. That declaration is submitted subject to criminal liability for making false declarations. The person making the declaration is obliged to include in it a clause in the following wording: "I am aware of the criminal liability for making a false declaration.". That clause replaces the authority's instruction on criminal liability for making false declarations.
4c. A condition for admitting a passenger car to traffic after its temporary withdrawal is that an additional technical inspection of the vehicle be carried out and confirmed in the central register of vehicles. Where the central register of vehicles contains no information on the additional technical inspection, admission to traffic takes place on the basis of a submitted certificate of the additional technical inspection carried out on the vehicle.
5. The owner of the vehicle or the entity referred to in Art. 73(2) and (5) is obliged to provide for a vehicle withdrawn from traffic a parking place outside a public road, a residential zone and a traffic zone. The provision of Art. 46(5) applies accordingly.
6. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by way of a regulation, the procedure for and conditions of the temporary withdrawal of vehicles from traffic, the amount of the fees depending on the period of withdrawal from traffic, not exceeding 150 zł, and the models of the documents used in this respect, having regard to the need to prevent the use of vehicles temporarily withdrawn from traffic and to the costs borne by public administration authorities.
Art. 78b.
The fee for the issue of:
1) the registration certificate, the temporary permit, legalised registration plates (plate) and their duplicates, referred to in Art. 75(2),
2) (repealed)
3) the decision on the temporary withdrawal of a vehicle from traffic, referred to in Art. 78a(3),
4) the decision on the professional registration of vehicles, blank forms of professional registration certificates and legalised professional registration plates (plate), referred to in Art. 80t(2) - constitutes revenue of the district.
Art. 79.
1. A vehicle is subject to deregistration by the authority competent for the place of the last registration of the vehicle, upon the application of its owner, where:
1) the vehicle is handed over to an entrepreneur operating a dismantling station or to an entrepreneur operating a vehicle collection point, on the basis of the certificate of dismantling of the vehicle referred to in para. 2 or in Art. 24(1), point 2, or Art. 33(3) of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles, or of an equivalent document issued in another state;
2) the vehicle has been stolen, if its owner has submitted an appropriate declaration subject to criminal liability for false testimony;
3) the vehicle is exported from the country, if the vehicle has been registered abroad or disposed of abroad;
4) the vehicle has been destroyed (scrapped) abroad;
5) there has been a documented permanent and complete loss of possession of the vehicle without a change as regards the right of ownership;
6) an incomplete vehicle is handed over to an entrepreneur operating a dismantling station or to an entrepreneur operating a vehicle collection point, on the basis of the certificate of acceptance of an incomplete vehicle referred to in Art. 25(1) or Art. 33(3) of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles, or of an equivalent document issued in another state;
7) the vehicle is withdrawn from the market, as referred to respectively in Art. 41 of Regulation 167/2013, Art. 46 of Regulation 168/2013 or Art. 51 of Regulation 2018/858.
1a. In the case referred to in para. 1, point 3, the vehicle is deregistered upon the application of the owner of the vehicle being the transferor or the acquirer of the vehicle exported abroad.
2. Where a vehicle other than that specified in Art. 3, point 4, of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles is handed over to an entrepreneur operating a dismantling station or to an entrepreneur operating a vehicle collection point for the purpose of its deregistration, the entrepreneur shall issue a certificate of dismantling of that vehicle meeting the requirements laid down for the certificate referred to in Art. 24(1), point 2, or Art. 33(3) of that Act.
3. Where the owner of the vehicle does not submit the certificate of dismantling of the vehicle referred to in para. 2 or in Art. 24(1), point 2, or Art. 33(3) of the Act of 20 January 2005 on the recycling of end-of-life vehicles, or the certificate of acceptance of an incomplete vehicle referred to in Art. 25(1) or Art. 33(3) of that Act, or an equivalent document issued in another state, the registering authority shall, after the expiry of 30 days from the day of receipt of information from the controller of the data and information collected in the register that the dismantling station or the vehicle collection point has transmitted the data referred to in Art. 80b(1), point 16, deregister the vehicle of its own motion.
3a. Where information is received from the authority competent for the registration of vehicles of a Member State other than the Republic of Poland that the vehicle has been registered, the registering authority shall deregister the vehicle of its own motion.
3b. The registering authority shall deregister the vehicle of its own motion where a temporary permit has been issued on the basis of Art. 74(2), point 2, letter a, and the owner of the vehicle has submitted the declaration referred to in Art. 74(6).
4. A deregistered vehicle is not subject to repeat registration, with the exception of a vehicle:
1) recovered after theft;
2) which is a vintage vehicle;
3) which is at least 25 years old and has been recognised by a motor vehicle expert as unique or as being of particular importance for documenting the history of motoring;
4) which is an agricultural tractor or trailer;
5) exported from the country or disposed of abroad, referred to in para. 1, point 3.
5. In the case referred to in para. 1, point 5, a condition for deregistration of the vehicle is the payment by the owner of the vehicle of a fee to the municipality for the performance of tasks connected with maintaining cleanliness and order in municipalities. This provision does not apply to vehicles of the Police and of fire protection units.
6. The minister responsible for public administration, taking into account in particular the costs borne by municipalities in connection with removing the negative effects of the loss of a vehicle and the costs connected with removing wrecks, shall determine, by way of a regulation, the amount of the fee referred to in para. 5.
Art. 79a.
1. A motor vehicle expert is a person who:
1) (repealed)
2) has at least secondary or secondary vocational education;
3) has 2 years' professional practice in a field connected with motoring;
4) holds a driving licence of categories A, B and C1 or C;
5) has not been sentenced by a court judgment for an intentional offence;
6) holds a certificate in the field of motor vehicle expertise issued by a body accredited in the Polish accreditation system;
7) has been entered on the list of motor vehicle experts.
1a. The requirement referred to in para. 1, point 3, does not apply to persons who hold a diploma of completion of higher education studies in a field of study within the area of technical sciences with a specialisation in motor vehicles.
2. The minister responsible for transport shall enter on the list of motor vehicle experts a person who satisfies the requirements specified in para. 1, points 2-6, and shall confirm the entry by issuing a certificate.
3. The entry is made against a fee, for the period resulting from the validity date of the certificate referred to in para. 1, point 6.
4. The list of motor vehicle experts contains the expert's given name and surname and his identification number.
5. The list of experts is generally available.
6. The minister responsible for transport keeps the records and the list of motor vehicle experts.
7. The minister responsible for transport shall strike an expert off the list of motor vehicle experts:
1) after the expiry of the period referred to in para. 3;
2) where the expert does not satisfy the requirements referred to in para. 1, points 2-6;
3) in the event of the expert's death.
8. The minister responsible for transport shall determine, by way of a regulation, the amount of the fee for entry on the list of motor vehicle experts and the models of the documents connected therewith, in particular of the certificate confirming the entry.
Art. 79b.
Where a change in the facts as regards the address of the owner or holder of a vehicle, requiring the issue of a new registration certificate for the vehicle or of new blank forms of professional registration certificates, has been caused by administrative changes, the district council may, by way of a resolution, reduce the fee or exempt from its payment the persons obliged to apply for the issue of those documents.
Art. 79c.
Where districts are created, merged, divided or abolished, or where the name of a district or of a locality is changed, registration certificates, blank forms of professional registration certificates, temporary permits, registration plates, professional registration plates and legalisation marks issued before the day of entry into force of the provisions creating, merging, dividing or abolishing districts or changing the name of a district or of a locality remain valid.