Form 12 – Police Vehicle Verification

No one can deny that owning a car is a state of ups and downs. You have the comfort of your privacy and autonomy (everyone knows how hateful it is to have to take the bus at least once in your life), but in big cities it is a real nuisance accompanied by traffic and the constant worry that it will fail us somewhere. moment.

Even so, it cannot be denied that each owner adores their vehicle as if it were a son, and that if something happens to it, you could die instantly. So, like a son, we must be aware of the documents that you need to have up to date and confirm their status from time to time It is not like this?

No one can deny that this can cause headaches and we refuse to allow that.

At this time we present the necessary information so that you know how to manage your police check of a car through your form 12.

Form 12 for police verification of the vehicle

More than talking about form 12which only works as a tool for the transfer of information between the owner of the vehicle and the State institution, it seems to us that it is better that you fully understand the entire process that is carried out and under what regulations it is carried out.

Said process must follow some very important guidelines so that confusion is not generated about who or what should be done in the first place.

The police car check is one of those mandatory requirements for:

This form, as a verification document, is valid for 150 business days so that you can deliver it to an automotive registry.

This process must be carried out by all the people who need to request these procedures to the National Directorate of Automotive Registration and Pledge Credits:

How to fill out the form

He form 12 It is filled out when attending a plant authorized by the National Directorate of the National Registries of Automotive Property and Pledge Credits. This is the only way to process the form.

These same plants have small selective registration centers where the procedure can be done, also under the permission of the DNRPA.

There you can request the document, which they usually give you to fill out right there, but in other cases it is sent to you by email of your preference, so that you can present yourself at the plant again.

In the same, You must write the following vehicle data:

Since each province has different verification plants, we will give you a look at those that are awarded to the Buenos aires city:

What is it for?

He form 12 meets the purpose of keep your data in an orderly and practical way so that the State can easily register it, thus avoiding errors due to not having complete information.

On the other hand, the process it accompanies, police verification, is the recognition process of the numbering and type of the engines and chassis of all vehicles belonging to an Argentine citizen.

This information, provided by the owner of the automobile or motor vehicleallows these records to be used by the federal and provincial police, always authorized by each plant and more importantly by the National Directorate of Automotive Registration and Pledge Credits.

The judicial system, in this way, can investigate from kidnappings to robberies through this process. Thus, police processes can be streamlined and greater efficiency in the recovery of stolen goods can be ensured.

It also has use when a foreigner requests a DNI for his residence in the territory.

And finally, it is a mandatory document for any Argentine or resident who wishes to make a transfer of a vehicle to another individual.

Form Cost

The purchase and filling of the form 12 has a cost of approx. 400 Argentine pesos, depending on the locality where the process is carried out.

This added to the fees corresponding to the police verification process of the vehicle, in general, can be somewhat expensive.

The fee for the procedure varies greatly from province to province, but the most general, the one used in Buenos Aires has an amount, each depending on the type of vehicle.

If the vehicle is a car, truck, among others, the payment of tariffs corresponds to 1,202 Argentine pesos.

If, on the other hand, the vehicle is a motorcycle or similar, the amount becomes 514 Argentine pesos.

How is the verification process?

As complicated as it may seem, the appropriate procedure to get your police car check It is a process that only takes one or two trips to one of the plants designated for the process and having your corresponding documents up to date.

Here we show you a short series of steps through which you will get your verification:

1. You must approach an automotive sectional registry or one of the plants mentioned above or that correspond to you so that the process can be supervised. Arrive early as they are usually served on a first-come, first-served basis.
2. Fill out and submit the forms and requirements. All these together prove to the institution the veracity of the vehicle data and yours as applicant, so that you can register the vehicle correctly.
3. This includes above all form 12delivered in the same place by the National Registry of Automotive Propertyyour identity document, and the rest that we mentioned above.
4. Once the section of Property Registry anddeliver the form 12you must return to the floor where you are treated to have the document signed and sealed.
5. At that time it is available so that it can be seen in the Sectional Records of the National Directorate of Automotive Registration and Pledge Credits.
6. As long as no error or observation occurs in the process, your police car check and you form 12 within 24 to 48 hours in person or by email.

You can also carry out the process by entering the web page dedicated to this by clicking here.

1. press «New» to start the process.
2. choose your case of the following six options:
3. Select the province in which you carry out the procedure, the vehicle license plate and press the small box that confirms everything.
4. Depending on the case data may varysuch as requesting the chassis number or the type and number of the certificate.
5. Enter your personal data and a contact email.
6. Ready! It only remains for you to present yourself with your requirements at the plant that corresponds to you.

With all of the above established, we sincerely hope that we have saved you a headache by explaining this whole (easier than you might think) procedure.

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