Guide to Vehicle Ownership Transfer in Bogotá: Fees, Requirements, and How to Navigate the Process

At Portal Bogotá we offer service information to all our readers. The process to register the transfer of ownership of a vehicle can be carried out in Bogotá at the Single Window of Services. If you want to expedite this procedure, here’s what you need to know.  

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Fees for this procedure in 2024  

• Car + (1% on appraisal as withholding tax): $199,950
• Motorcycle + Withholding (1% on appraisal as withholding tax): $114,650

Conditions and requirements

• Be registered on the National Traffic Single Registry (RUNT), as a natural or legal person (both seller and buyer). If a third party carries out the procedure, they must also be registered.
• The vehicle must be registered in Bogotá and recorded in the RUNT.
• The SOAT must be valid in the RUNT
• Technical Mechanical Review when applicable uploaded in RUNT.
• Both the buyer and the seller must be up to date on fines for traffic violations at the national level.
• Certificate of tax payment on the vehicle, which will be validated on the Finance Secretary’s page. It is suggested to provide the physical payment receipt to expedite validation.
• In the case of legal entities, the Certificate of Existence and Legal Representation is verified in the RUES system.

Present

• Citizen ID or password. 
• Form for the application of the National Automotive Registry procedure, duly filled out.
• Sale contract, document, or declaration attesting to the transfer of ownership rights, made in accordance with civil and/or commercial laws, attaching the impressions; or certification issued by the manufacturer, assembler, or importer of the vehicle, recording identifying numbers such as the engine number, series or chassis or VIN; or the image of the QR code, as appropriate.
• Present the payment receipt for the Withholding Tax.
• Payment of the processing fee (at the authorized bank, which is located at the service points of the Single Window).
• If the owner is a legal entity, validation is done through RUES.

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• Special power of attorney issued by private document, general power given by public deed or mandate contract, granted by the owner where they delegate to a third party the management of the procedures required.