If you have a personal motorbike or a scooter and
want to sell it, then you are at the right place. This article gives you a
clear-cut guide to sell a bike and transfer its ownership to the buyer.
In summary, you can sell your old motorcycle in the
following four steps:
1) Find
the potential buyer
2) Prepare
the documents and fix the date to go to Gurjudhara Transport Office
3) Technical
testing of your vehicle (scooter or motorbike)
4) Payment,
official validation and handing over the vehicle to the buyer
Now we are covering each topic in detail.
STEP 1: Find the buyers
First of all, find the
current market price of the new motorbike in your model and take your bike to
the workshop where you usually go for repair, servicing and maintenance. Tell
them to estimate the selling price of your bike. You have to cross-check with
other workshops and some expert riders from your friend's circle if the price
is right. Once you finalize the price then to find the buyers you have to start
the conversation about selling your bike to your friends, relatives, colleagues
and workshops. Don't sell your bike in a recondition house because they will
severely reduce the price. However, if there are some exchange offers from any
motorbike company, then you can try there. Since they are in a mission to sell
more and more bikes, there is a chance they can give you a good monetary offer
provided you buy the new bike from them.
If you don't find
anyone then there is always Hamrobazar.com; don't put the price too high.
Otherwise no one will be calling you. You should to a market study and demand
of your model in order to finalize the selling price. Someone should call you
in a few days or weeks (I sold my motorbike in three days after putting it in
Hamrobazar). They might want to see the condition of your bike physically. So have
an arrangement to meet and show your bike. Sometimes, the buyer won't entertain
on seeing the bike, they just will buy. In that case, finalize the deal price
over phone. Anyway, whether the buyer wants to see or not, the deal price
should be fixed beforehand because there is always some bargain point on your
price and the price of the buyer. Once the deal is fixed, ask the buyer about
the payment mode and again finalize the date to officially pass the bike. The
expenses that incur during the official process of ownership transfer is
generally borne by the buyer so don't forget to mention this thing on your
conversation while fixing the deal and avoid unnecessary confusion.
The buyer and seller both will have to go to
Gurjudhara ( Satungal) for passing the bike but they should have prepared the
essential documents and stuffs beforehand and go there with those prepared
documents.
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| This is the way to transport office Gurjudhara (to the left when you come from Kalanki) |
STEP 2: Prepare
the documents
A. The
seller should have the following documents beforehand:
I.
Blue book of your motorcycle - with a
tax clearance up to coming Asar (current fiscal year)
II.
Documents of ownership you got from the
previous buyer or from the showroom (ownership transfer documents in Nepali
gagaz)
III.
original citizenship certificate
IV.
Proof of third party insurance (valid
insurance documents)
With the above documents, the seller also should
have the motorbike, keys and helmet with him/her.
B. The
buyer should have the following documents beforehand:
I. Citizenship certificate with one
photocopy
II. Three passport size photos
III. The voucher of ownership transfer fees.
You can make that voucher in the premises of Yatayat office by paying Rs. 500.
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| People are in queue to pay the money for ownership transfer. You can also see the price list of ownership transfer (Rs. 500) |
IV. There are many agents along the way. You
can purchase a form in Nepali Kagaz for the ownership transfer with a postal
ticket for a total of Rs. 25. You have to fill that form by putting your
personal details and the details from the buyer as well. Sit together to fill
that form. It needs citizenship certificate of both, bill book and insurance
documents.
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| This is a new ownership certificate, buy it from any agent with a ticket in it. It will cost you around Rs. 25 |
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| The information from blue book should be filled in |
With above documents,
the buyer should have already arranged method of payment (cash, cheque, bank
transfer, eSewa or online pay). Since s/he is buying the motorbike, he should
have a license to drive the vehicle to home. Or else, h/she might ask some
friends or relatives who has the license to drive the vehicle to the
destination if h/she does not have the license. The driving license is not an
official requirement till date.
STEP 3: Technical Testing of the Vehicle
Since engine number and chassis number of any
motorbike should be tested before selling, you should go on the ground where
motorbikes are kept in a queue for the official checking. Submit the filled
form and blue book and they will test your vehicle and verify it.
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| The two wheelers are in queue waiting for their turns for technical tests |
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| They are checking the engine number and chassis number. You should clean the area where number is engraved before hand and facilitate their checking by tilting the vehicle. |
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| You have to give blue book and just filled-in form in this cottage. They will verify the documents and give you back. Just wait to listen your vehicle number here. |
STEP 4: Official Validation
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| First identify the building and then room for your vehicle lot number |
There are building with
the vehicles lot number. For example, the lot number of my vehicle was 52. So,
I went to the building where the processes for motorbikes with lot number 40 to
65 are done. So, you should identify the building and go to the room where the
old books (dhadda) are kept. Though there are many oldbooks arranged in racks,
you have to identify the area and search for your bike according to the
registration number of your vehicle. Take out the old book where there is your
information.
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| You can see very old registers arranged according to the registration number of the vehicles |
Fill the information,
in the dhadda, paste the buyers photo, do the signatures and fingerprints
where required. After that, you have to
go to the inside room to verify the buyer, seller and their documents.
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| Take out the one where your vehicle has been registered and fill in the information for the new buyer |
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| Office in the first floor to validate the documents |
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| Officer in the second floor to officially validate the sales of a vehicle |
Now, you have to go
upstairs where the transaction is officially validated. But before that you should
take the payment. The officer on that room will ask you to confirm your
identification and ask at what price you are selling the bike and if you got
your payment. You both should agree with the transaction and the officer will
validate the selling/buying of the vehicle.
Process is finished.
Government process of buying and selling vehicle in Nepal
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