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[alljokingaside]

Hey all,

So I bought a bike and some papers, but am not sure if these are (all) the papers I need to register the bike (obtaining a license plate)

-translated: "2-wheel vehicle use report paper" (?!?!?)
On it, it lists bike specification, the previous owner under "report (alteration) matters", and 2 red stamps.

as well as the insurance papers for the owner 2 owners back.


what else will i need to get the bike registered?
can i circumvent havin to contact the previous owner? I seemed to have lost his contact info, so.

[deizio]

If the bike was signed over correctly during the sale and is all yours, you take the title / registration to whichever govt. office in your area deals with this (can be a dong or gu office, depends), show that and proof of insurance, pay the fee and they hand you the plates. Screw 'em on tight.

That's the edited version based on my experience 5 yrs ago. Try the motorbike sticky for more.

If it wasn't signed over correctly... well that's not always good.

[alljokingaside]

Well, apparently this isn't good.

So I bought the bike off of a guy last year, accidentally deleted the e-mail (unrecoverable, apparently), and can't locate the guy, atm. Suppose I'll send a feeler through the local classifieds (where I bought the bike from initially)

The guy handed me a folder of documents. I handed them to the localdistrict office. Apparently, the papers are no good. I need the old license plate (which the bike never came with) or a document certifying it's destruction, a transfer via sales paper, and insurance.

So no papers, essentially.

This is obnoxious.

No way to circumvent this, I suppose (the papers)

[deizio]

Yeah the transfer can be tricky. I know it's zero consolation but for casual readers, I brought a korean guy from school (bottle of duty free whisky next time I jetted back in) and kicked in an extra 100k on the sale price for the seller (fellow foreigner) to come out of his way and meet me at the dong office to make the sale, transfer title, arrange insurance and register at the same time with the interpreter and officer watching over us. Slight PITA to organize but definitely worth it. Still riding the same bike 5 yrs on.

Again, check the main thread. I know this has come up, although i don't remember any happy endings. Hope things work out, sorry if they don't.

[nora]

Just my two cents -

I had a scooter, papers, and the other persons stamp. I went to the office to register and they said I was missing the paper that said that the stamp was officially the guys. I asked them what I could do. They told me to bring the guy in. I said he had left the country. They said if I got a copy of the ARC card, they could help me.

Now, I called them first and they said it was hopeless. Going in and talking with a friend who spoke Korean better than I got me a step up.

But don't think that you'll get anything more than I did. They wouldn't accept passport, only arc, and this guy had left the country. Luckily his old job had a copy and he emailed them and they sent it to me, but it was a long shot.

Long story short, you're probably hosed.

[byrddogs]

[aphase]

THis happened to me with my first motorcycle. I had papers, but the motorcycle wasn't de-registered, which I'm guessing your problem is since they are asking for the old license plate.

Anyway, after some heated discussions with the people at the gu office, and logic like "what am I supposed to do? throw it away? " etc etc, they gave me the phone number of some guy who takes care of registering bikes and setting up insurance for people too lazy to do it themselves. For a fee the guy was able to sort everything out for me, but apparently its illegal. You could ask around bike shops or at the gu office, the one i went to was sung-buk-gu. you MIGHT be able to find someone to do it for you. Chances are probably low tho.

[nora]

On the subject of the last poster, when do you exchange plates?

I got mine all registered and squared away and assumed i'd be trading plates, but they said no and I still have the old plate on the bike.

So when does someone get new plates? do they change yearly? ever? if you ask? thoughts?