Log in to My e-Services
After identification, select your service role: personal services, acting on behalf of another person or acting on behalf of a company/an organisation.
Once the seller has given you a digital certificate, you can register a change of vehicle ownership in My e-Services. A digital certificate is a six-character code which gives you the right to make changes to the ownership or holder information of a vehicle.
Before you submit a notification of a change of ownership, remember to obtain motor vehicle liability insurance for a vehicle in traffic use. Notify the change of vehicle ownership within 7 days of the date of vehicle purchase.
When can you make a change of ownership using a digital certificate?
You are the new owner or holder of the vehicle, and you are at least 15 years old.
The new owner or holder of the vehicle has a Finnish personal identity code or a valid business ID.
Read more about service-specific restrictions at the end of the page under Additional conditions and restrictions on changing ownership using a digital certificate.
Do the following
Perform the change of vehicle ownership using a digital certificate in the Vehicles and taxation section
Select Buyer: Change vehicle ownership using a digital certificate.
Pay for the change of vehicle ownership using a digital certificate
You can save the receipt if you want. You can also later check that the change of vehicle ownership succeeded on the My Activities page.
The service uses an automated decision-making procedure.
Automated decisions at Traficom (External link)
If you cannot use the e-services, you can make a change of vehicle ownership at an inspection station that offers registration services or at your insurance company.
Inspection stations on the map (External link)
If necessary, you can also use the e-service provided by your own insurance company.
Additional conditions and restrictions on changing ownership using a digital certificate
If the owner is a minor who does not have the right to drive the vehicle in question, the information of the holder who is using the vehicle must be provided. The holder must be of an age that entitles them to drive the vehicle in question.
The registration service cannot be used in the following situations:
- Registration number missing: The vehicle does not have a valid registration number.
- The right to change registration details has been restricted: The vehicle is subject to a registration alteration prohibition issued by an authority, or it contains registration pendency data.
- The vehicle has been issued with a transfer restriction. The transfer restriction is marked for a vehicle that has been imported as removal goods and has been granted a car tax reduction.
- The vehicle is in special use, i.e. a rescue vehicle, a hearse or a veterinary vehicle.
- The vehicle has been deregistered or finally deregistered, decommissioned for registration in the military vehicle register or decommissioned for registration abroad or on the Åland Islands.
- The vehicle has been stolen: The police have marked the vehicle as stolen.
- The vehicle is registered for diplomatic use.
See the general instructions on how to use My e-Services (External link)
Frequently asked questions about changing vehicle ownership using a digital certificate
See also
If the seller has not given you a digital certificate but they have submitted a notification of transfer for you using a personal identity code or business ID, you can make the change of ownership in My e-Services.
How to make a change of vehicle ownership based on a notification of transfer (External link)
If, instead of a digital certificate, the seller has given you the notification part of the registration certificate (Part II) and they have not submitted a notification of transfer, you can make a change of ownership at an inspection station that offers registration services.