Car Insurance: The Gray Card

Formalities for the sale of the vehicle

When selling your vehicle, you must give the buyer of your car the following papers:

1. a certificate of administrative status (non-pledge and not opposed by a fine) valid for 1 month,
2. the gray and signed card marked "sold on .... (date of the transaction)",
3. the certificate of transfer duly completed and bearing the same signature as the gray card,
4. the strain of the certificate (the other part remains affixed to the windscreen),
5. if the car is more than 4 years old, the technical inspection certificate of less than 6 months and the report of the control center must be glued to the windscreen.

You must also send to the Prefecture, within 15 days of the transaction, the certificate of transfer bearing the name and address of the purchaser.


Warning ! If you sell your vehicle, you should proceed as if you were selling your car (except point 5.)

Formalities for the sale of the vehicle in spare parts

When selling your vehicle in spare parts, you must send a request to the Prefecture for the destruction of the vehicle registration card. You have one month.



Times of modification of the registration card in case of removal

You must go to the Prefecture in the month following your move with a proof of the new residence and the current gray card.
This formality is free.

In the case of a move of less than one year, you must also change the vehicle registration number. Indeed, any change of domicile must be reported, within the following month, to the Prefecture of the department.

Modification of the registration card in case of marriage

To change your registration card in the event of a wedding, you must go to the Prefecture with your registration card and an ID.
This formality is free.

Modification of the gray card in case of change of department

To obtain your registration card, you must go to the Prefecture within 15 days of the change of department with the following documents:

- a certificate of non-pledge valid for 1 month,
- a certificate of assignment given by the seller,
- the gray card, dated and signed by the seller,
- an ID,
- two proof of residence (electricity and telephone bill for example),
- if the car is more than four years old, a certificate of transition to technical control dating from less than 6 months.

Gray card damaged

If your car is damaged, you must go to the Prefecture equipped with this card and, if your car is more than 4 years old, a receipt passing through a center of technical control (valid ... ).
A duplicate will be given to you. This formality pays off.

Steps in the event of theft of the license or the registration card

If your car registration is damaged, you must go to the Prefecture with this one and, if your car is more than 4 years old, a receipt passing through a technical control center. .).
A duplicate will be given to you. This formality pays off.