Thread: Selling a car in Thailand

My wife is selling her car.
A prospective buyer (Russian) from Phuket wants to buy but has raised the following issue.
The car was bought new in Chonburi and wifey has never seen the need to register the car in Phichit province.
The buyer reckons that wife'sThai ID card, blue book, House book, sale agreement and Power of Attorney from my wife to her sister are not enough,and short of driving to Chonburi province from Phichit to change the registration it is not possible.

He wants my wife to supply a power of attorney to him to allow him to register and move the car to Phuket. She is not going to do this!

Do any of our members know if the Ruski is being factual?

As we are in Oz her sister would have to meet the prospective buyer in Phitsanulok- driving to Chonburi would be way beyond her capabilities.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

The car was bought new in Chonburi and wifey has never seen the need to register the car in Phichit province.

I believe you can register a motor anywhere you want. Some people around me have their cars registered in Bangkok and Korat.

seller need to provide power of attorney to transfer ownership if owner does not want to deal with going to DLT.

Sister cannot sell the vehicle as she is not the owner.

As in my original post the sister does have power of attorney. My wife will not be present, however surely the POA allows my SIL to transact the sale.

The buyers problem is that he states he cannot re-register the vehicle in Phuket as
A)it cannot be done in Phitsanulok as the vehicle is registered in Chonburi.
B) the POA given to sister does not allow the transfer without a separate POA to the new owner allowing him to re-register.

Thanks for the link, I am thinking the info therein may be a bit simplified and does not address re -registering in different regions

Cheers Fondles and Pragmatic. Much clearer now.

Thailand manages to complicate even simple transactions.