1. Reason for Revision

As the Motor Vehicle Management Act has been revised (Act No. 19980; promulgated on January 9, 2024; implemented from January 10, 2025) to require the Mayor/Do Governor to confirm that the buyer has been notified by the motor vehicle manufacturer/seller in the case of a vehicle that has been returned and deregistered or has a defect, this revision specifies the matters delegated by law, including the scope of defects that motor vehicle manufacturers/seller must notify, and the matters necessary for their implementation, and to improve and supplement some of the deficiencies in the operation of the current system, such as by mandating the attachment of the transferor's certificate of seal impression when an motor vehicle seller mediates a transfer registration to prevent the transfer of motor vehicle registration without the consent of the transferor.

2. Main Contents

A. Establishment of scope for defects subject to notification and procedures for confirming whether defects have been notified (Article 27-2 of the draft).

◦ Defects subject to notification are limited to cases where the cost of repairs exceeds 3% of the motor vehicle’s sales price, and whether or not to notify returns and defective repairs is confirmed through the computer information processing organization and the documents attached to the new registration application.

B. Establishment of form for confirming the fact of notification of returns and defective repairs (Attached Form 10-2 of the draft).

◦ It establishes a form for ‘Confirmation of notification of returns and defective repairs’ as a document to be attached* when applying for new motor vehicle registration.

* Limited to cases falling under Article 8, Paragraph 1 of the Motor Vehicle Management Act (motor vehicles subject to return and deregistration, motor vehicles subject to defective repairs).

C. It stipulates the attachment of the transferor's certificate of seal impression when the motor vehicle seller mediates and applies for transfer registration (Article 33 of the draft).

D. Revision of format, including changes to specification marking on the motor vehicle registration certificates (Attached Form 1 and Attached Form 1-2 of the draft).

◦ It stipulates that the specification marking on the motor vehicle registration certificate for internal combustion engine vehicles, electric vehicles, and hydrogen vehicles is changed, the owner's address is removed, and the resident registration number is replaced with the date of birth.

D. Revision of format, including parallel notation of Korean and English for items of motor vehicle deregistration certificates (Attached Form 20 of the draft).

◦ It stipulates that the items on the motor vehicle deregistration certificates is marked in both Korean and English, the owner's address is removed, and the resident registration number is replaced with the date of birth.

F. A simple name (abbreviation) is assigned to the title of the copy/abstract form of motor vehicle registration ledger (Attached Form 3 and Attached Form 4 of the draft).