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CHAPTERS
Chapter one – Your ID requirements and how to get them
Chapter two – Certificate of Conformity
Chapter three – Log book & Bill of sale
Chapter four – Changing headlights and booking ITV inspection
Chapter five - Getting paperwork processed
Chapter six - Obtaining number plates and getting insurance
Chapter seven – Changing your driving license to Spanish
Chapter eight – Working out 12% matriculation tax
ILLUSTRATIONS
NIE |
BILL OF SALE |
CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY |
PADRON |
CAR LOG BOOK |
SPANISH DRIVING
LICENCE |
WHERE IS THE VIN NUMBER? |
VIN NUMBER |
OVERVIEW
There are various reasons
for wanting to legally import your non Spanish car, van, motorcycle. The
most common is that the MOT has run out and it’s an expensive business
to take the vehicle home get a new MOT then bring it back to Spain.
Your UK insurance is not valid unless the vehicle has a current MOT.
Another reason is you have
taken Spanish residency and the law states that as a Spanish resident
you are not allowed to drive a ‘foreign’ (non Spanish) registered
vehicle. Or you are moving permanently to Spain and you want everything
to be legal and correct.
Firstly you have to be registered in Spain with a Spanish address and
in possession of Spanish ID.
The
process is simple and straightforward but somewhat time consuming. You
have to obtain several original documents and whether you follow the
simple steps in this book or employ a ‘specialists’ to do it for you,
there is no other way of getting some of the documents except by doing
it yourself.
Having access to a printer is useful as most documents need a photo
copy.
The
costs involved are unavoidable as they are the payments to the Spanish
authority’s tax departments.
Matriculation tax is probably going to be the biggest.
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