What is the process of registering a vehicle after you purchase it. It would be a used vehicle from a dealer. Thanks
The process for purchasing a vehicle is:
1. Negotiate a price
2. Lawyer makes a contract seller and the buyer has to sign the contract, and sign the back of the matricula. Also when the buyer pays for the vehicle.
3. Lawyer takes the contract to be notarized and authorized by the Procuraderia
4 Seller takes the vehicle to Plan Piloto for inspection and receives a certified doc authorizing the sale. VIP service is available.
5. Seller and buyer take the authorized contract, the Plan Piloto certification to DGII to pay the tax and issue a new "matricula"
I (Meaning my lawyer) have done this process in as little as a day, never more than two. It depends on the lines at the different offices.
As others have indicated, If you're buying from a dealer they should complete the process for you. They usually take longer to deliver the matricula because they don't send a messenger to DGII every time they sell a vehicle- they usually accumulate them until they have a batch of them.