Govt may soon allow you to choose legal heir of your vehicle

The ministry of road transport has proposed amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, to facilitate the owner of the vehicle for nominating a person at the time of registration of the vehicles

Hyderabad: In order to ease the process of transferring vehicle ownership after the death of the owner, the government may soon let people nominate a person who will inherit their four- or two-wheelers at the time of purchase of the vehicle itself.

Usually, vehicle ownership is passed on to the first legal heir of the deceased person or to the rightful owner as named in the will, if any. However, the process is extremely cumbersome and non-uniform across the country and involves a lot of paperwork.

Now, the ministry of road transport and highways has invited suggestions and comments from the public and all stakeholders on the proposed amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to facilitate the owner of the vehicle for nominating a person at the time of registration of the vehicles.

At the time of nomination, the vehicle owner will also need to submit the nominee’s proof of identification.

The proposed nomination facility would help the motor vehicle to be registered/transferred in the name of the nominee in case of the death of the owner of the vehicle.

According to the draft rules, the vehicle can be transferred after the nominee uploads the death certificate on the concerned portal to inform the registering authority about the death of the owner and apply for a new certificate of registration in his name through the portal, which will be faceless if Aadhaar authentication is chosen by him/her.

The government has also kept the provision to change the nominee later in case of any contingency arising out of special circumstances like divorce, division of property, transfer of assets without sale etc.