Re-registering a car online through Diia in 2026: 1,306 UAH, documents, taxes

Re-registering a car through Diia in 2026 costs about 1,306 UAH with new plates (350 UAH administrative service + 606 UAH for the certificate form + 350 UAH for the plate) or roughly 956 UAH if you keep the old plates. A seller may use the online service only once per calendar year. It is unavailable where the car is attached, pledged, on a wanted list or being sold under a power of attorney.

Buying and selling a car no longer means queues at the interior ministry’s service centres and piles of paper: since 27 January 2025 the Diia app has offered a “Sell a vehicle” service that moves a transaction between private individuals entirely online. The contract is signed with Diia.Signature, the data goes automatically into the Unified State Register of Vehicles, and the new registration document and plates are delivered by the postal service.

The ministry’s guidance of 24 June 2026 confirmed the indicative cost: around 1,306 UAH for a vehicle with a registration certificate and a plate issued. Below: what makes up that sum, who cannot use the service, what restrictions appeared in 2026, and when the sale of a car attracts tax.

What re-registering a car through Diia costs in 2026

The tariffs are set by the interior ministry’s Main Service Centre and are the same whether you do the deal online through Diia or in person at a service centre. The final sum is made up of several payments.

For a motorcycle the cost is around 1,109 UAH, for a trailer 1,095 UAH and for a moped 1,049 UAH: the only difference is the price of the plate. Add the bank’s commission and, if you order delivery, the postal operator’s charge.

Who can use the service, and how often

The digital service is designed for standard sales between two private individuals. A car can be re-registered in Diia where all of the following hold:

• both parties are adult citizens of Ukraine;
• both have an ID card or a biometric passport in the app;
• both have a tax number and an activated Diia.Signature;
• the vehicle is a car, a motorcycle or a moped;
• the registration certificate is valid and the vehicle’s construction has not been altered without the change being registered.

One restriction catches people out more than any other. A seller may use online re-registration only once per calendar year: if you have already sold a vehicle through Diia this year, the system will refuse and you will have to go to a service centre. The restriction does not apply to buyers.

When online re-registration is not possible

The service checks the vehicle automatically against several state registers and stops the transaction as soon as it finds an obstacle. Online processing is unavailable where:

• the car is being bought under a general power of attorney (only the owner can deregister it);
• the car is under attachment or enforcement proceedings are open against it;
• the vehicle is on a wanted list;
• the car is pledged to a bank or held under a finance lease;
• the VIN does not match the register’s data or the markings are damaged;
• ownership passes by inheritance or gift;
• a company or sole trader is a party to the transaction.

From 1 January 2026 the Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution No. 1727 of 24 December 2025 applies, amending paragraph 15 of the Vehicle Registration Procedure: it spells out the exceptions to the ban on re-registration where the lessor appears in the Unified Register of Debtors. For cars on finance leases that has cleared some deadlocks, but the transaction is still processed at a service centre rather than in the app.

If you run into an attachment, a disputed title or a problem with the seller’s documents, it is worth consulting a lawyer about the car sale contract before any money changes hands.

What documents you will need

Most of the data is pulled in automatically, but keep to hand:

• your Ukrainian passport in ID-card form;
• your taxpayer registration number;
• the vehicle registration certificate;
• the Diia app with an activated Diia.Signature;
• a bank card to make the payments.

Step by step: re-registering a car through Diia

1. The seller creates the request. Under “Services” they choose “Sell a vehicle”, pick the car from the list and enter the price and the buyer’s tax number. The buyer receives a notification.
2. The buyer confirms the deal. They check the details, choose how to receive the registration document and decide about the plates — keep the existing ones or take new. A mistake in the data at this step is the commonest reason for refusal.
3. Both parties sign the electronic contract. It takes legal effect once both have applied Diia.Signature or another qualified electronic signature.
4. Payment. The system issues the invoice: 350 UAH administrative service, 606 UAH certificate form, and where needed 350 UAH for the plate plus delivery. Payment is made by card in the app.
5. Receiving the documents. The data goes to the Unified State Register of Vehicles, the electronic registration certificate appears in the app immediately, and the plastic document and plates are delivered by post or collected at a service centre.

The seller’s taxes: when a sale is taxable

The app gives no warning about this part, and it costs real money. Tax on income from the sale of movable property is governed by Article 173 of the Tax Code, and the rule depends on which sale of the calendar year it is.

The tax base is the price stated in the contract, but not below the average market value of the vehicle concerned or its appraised value. The Ministry of Economy publishes average market values quarterly, so understating the price in the contract achieves nothing: the tax authority will work from the schedule.

The pension levy is a separate thing, often confused with income tax. The buyer pays it, and only on the first state registration of a car in Ukraine — that is, where the car is new or has just been imported. The rate is tied to the subsistence minimum for working-age people (3,328 UAH in 2026): 3 % where the car is worth no more than 165 subsistence minimums (549,120 UAH), 4 % from 165 to 290 (up to 965,120 UAH), and 5 % above that. On a resale of a used car between private individuals no pension levy is charged.

Typical mistakes that derail re-registration

• The wrong tax number for the buyer. One wrong digit and the system will not find the other party; the request has to be created again.
• The seller has used up the yearly allowance. The system will not let a second online re-registration through in the same calendar year, and the deal has to be done at a service centre.
• Out-of-date documents. A registration document with a former surname after a change of name stops the procedure at the automatic-check stage.
• An expired electronic signature. Diia.Signature has a limited term and must be renewed before the transaction starts.
• Unnoticed restrictions on the car. Check for an attachment or a ban on disposal in the movable property encumbrances register before handing over money, rather than discovering it during the process.
• Handing over money before the contract is signed. The transaction takes legal effect only once both parties have signed electronically.

When you do not need a lawyer, and when it is worth involving one

For an ordinary deal between two honest owners, no lawyer is needed: Diia takes you through it in 15–20 minutes and the system runs every check itself. Paying for help with that is money wasted.

A specialist’s check pays for itself in other situations: buying a car from abroad with customs clearance unfinished, doubts about who the real owner is, buying from someone subject to enforcement proceedings, a third sale in a year with its tax consequences, or a dispute that arises after the deal — a hidden attachment, cancellation of the registration, a demand for the car back. In those cases checking the car and the seller before paying is cheaper than recovering the money through the courts. Indicative prices are on the page of our service prices.

Questions and answers

What does re-registering a car through Diia cost in 2026?

For a car, about 1,306 UAH with new plates or roughly 956 UAH keeping the old ones. The sum comprises the 350 UAH administrative service, the 606 UAH certificate form and, where needed, the 350 UAH plate.

How many times a year can a car be sold through Diia?

A seller may use the online service once per calendar year. A second transaction has to go through an interior ministry service centre. The restriction does not apply to buyers.

Can a car be re-registered without visiting a service centre?

Yes, in most standard cases the whole procedure runs online. A visit is needed only where there are legal or technical grounds, for example an expert examination of the VIN.

Do the seller and buyer have to be together?

No. Each confirms their steps from their own phone, and the contract is signed electronically.

Is tax payable on the sale of a car?

The first sale of a car, motorcycle or moped in a year is not taxed. The second attracts 5 % income tax plus a 5 % military levy; the third and subsequent, 18 % plus 5 % (Art. 173 of the Tax Code).

Is the pension levy payable when re-registering a used car?

No. The 3–5 % pension levy is charged only on the first state registration of a car in Ukraine, where the car is new or imported.

Can a car under attachment be re-registered?

No. Where there is an attachment, a ban on disposal or other encumbrances, the system will not let the process complete until they are lifted.

Can a car be re-registered through Diia under a general power of attorney?

No. Only the owner may deregister a vehicle, so transactions under a power of attorney cannot be done online.

Do the plates have to be changed?

No. On an ordinary re-registration the plates can stay with the car, which reduces the total by 350 UAH.

Can a car be registered to a company through Diia?

No, the vehicle sale service is designed for transactions between private individuals. Where a company or sole trader is a party, re-registration goes through an interior ministry service centre.

Sources

• Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 1388 of 07.09.1998 approving the procedure for state registration (re-registration) and deregistration of vehicles — zakon.rada.gov.ua
• Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 1727 of 24.12.2025 amending paragraph 15 of the procedure (in force from 01.01.2026) — zakon.rada.gov.ua
• Tax Code of Ukraine, Art. 173 — taxation of income from the sale of movable property — zakon.rada.gov.ua
• Law of Ukraine “On the Levy for Compulsory State Pension Insurance” No. 400/97-VR — zakon.rada.gov.ua
• Main Service Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: guidance on the cost of re-registration, June 2026 — hsc.gov.ua
• The “Sell a vehicle” service in the Diia app — diia.gov.ua

Legal help with car transactions

If your situation is more than a straightforward sale — a car from abroad, doubts about the owner, an attachment or a dispute after the deal — Svarog’s lawyers will check the vehicle and the paperwork, handle the contract and, if needed, defend your interests in court. More on the page of our road accident and vehicle lawyer and in the civil law section.

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