First MoHo Purchase in France - What Do I Do?

[HKF]

Hi everyone!

We're in France and about to purchase our first MoHo. Can anyone tell me what paperwork I need to make sure I get, please, and is there anything else I should do to register it as mine? Or anything else I need to do, please? I want to make sure everything is legal but I don't speak French and the seller doesn't speak much English Thank you for any help

 

[Wizz]

Just found this, but no experience myself.

The buyer of a used car in France has certain obligations; make sure you know what you need to do to register your secondhand car...​

Before agreeing to buy a used car in France:

• Make sure that the series number stamped on the car matches that in the registration document (Certificate d’Immatriculation – commonly known as the Carte Grise) of the seller
• Make sure that the seller is the legally registered owner of the car by checking on the Certificat d'Immatriculation and ensure that the seller provides a Certificat de Situation Administrative (commonly known by its old name of certificat de non-gage), which certifies that the car is not acting as security against a loan. This must be no more than 15 days old.

And this website refers to buying motorhomes specifically-

Expert Guide Buying A Motorhome In France for non-residents

Don't get scammed. How to legally buy, register, insure, sell a motorhome, campervan or RV in France Europe as a non-EU resident. Aus, NZ, US, Can, Sth Africa

www.beerandcroissants.com

 

[HKF]

Just found this, but no experience myself.

The buyer of a used car in France has certain obligations; make sure you know what you need to do to register your secondhand car...​

Before agreeing to buy a used car in France:

• Make sure that the series number stamped on the car matches that in the registration document (Certificate d’Immatriculation – commonly known as the Carte Grise) of the seller
• Make sure that the seller is the legally registered owner of the car by checking on the Certificat d'Immatriculation and ensure that the seller provides a Certificat de Situation Administrative (commonly known by its old name of certificat de non-gage), which certifies that the car is not acting as security against a loan. This must be no more than 15 days old.

And this website refers to buying motorhomes specifically-

Expert Guide Buying A Motorhome In France for non-residents

Don't get scammed. How to legally buy, register, insure, sell a motorhome, campervan or RV in France Europe as a non-EU resident. Aus, NZ, US, Can, Sth Africa

www.beerandcroissants.com

Thank you for this. For the website, though, I am a resident of the EU as I live in France

 

[elamessa]

Polly Buttons are you purchasing from dealer or privately? If from a dealer they will deal with the transfer of ownership and you should get a temporary carte gris ( certificate d’immatriculation)(log book) from them on the day of collection and the official carte gris should through the post in a couple of days which you need to sign for.

If however it's a private sale then things are a bit more complicated. The seller should give you the original carte gris crossed through with time and date of transfer and signed he should also give you the 'certificat de cession d'un véhicule d'occasion' and also required to provide the buyer with a certificat de situation administrative (previously called a certificat de non-gage) dated less than 15 days, confirming they have unencumbered ownership of the vehicle and that they can freely dispose of it.
Registration in your name can only be done online at https://ants.gouv.fr/ or via France Connect and you will need the following.

• the existing registration certificate,
• proof of identity,
• proof of address.
• payment of the registration taxes.

If you have problems using the ANTS system then there are professionals that can do the registration for you.

Bon courage.

 

[HKF]

elamessa Thank you so much for this! We're buying privately, so your reply is extremely helpful. We have used someone prior to register our truck that we brought over from the UK, so we'll use the same person as he was very helpful and cheap Thank you again for your help!

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[elamessa]

Polly Buttons you are welcome.
If you use ANTS it is free except for emissions charges which are different in every department.

 

[WJACC]

As noted above I thought there was a website where you can check the certificate on line. We're away from home at the moment so can't check. Bon courage

 

[spitfire]

Polly Buttons are you purchasing from dealer or privately? If from a dealer they will deal with the transfer of ownership and you should get a temporary carte gris ( certificate d’immatriculation)(log book) from them on the day of collection and the official carte gris should through the post in a couple of days which you need to sign for.

If however it's a private sale then things are a bit more complicated. The seller should give you the original carte gris crossed through with time and date of transfer and signed he should also give you the 'certificat de cession d'un véhicule d'occasion' and also required to provide the buyer with a certificat de situation administrative (previously called a certificat de non-gage) dated less than 15 days, confirming they have unencumbered ownership of the vehicle and that they can freely dispose of it.
Registration in your name can only be done online at https://ants.gouv.fr/ or via France Connect and you will need the following.

• the existing registration certificate,
• proof of identity,
• proof of address.
• payment of the registration taxes.

If you have problems using the ANTS system then there are professionals that can do the registration for you.

Bon courage.

Perfect and very clear instructions