Buying a car & Parking place certificate & Car Tax
Automobile Related Top

　 *1 The real seal “Jitsu-in” is registered at your municipal office and is only used for serious contractual
　　　matters things such as the purchase of the car, etc. This is often the largest (about the diameter of
　　　your thumb: 12mm to 18mm) seal.
　　　It is an important Inkan.

　 *2 Compulsory automobile liability insurance  is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and
　　　other road vehicles. 
　　　Its primary use is to provide financial protection against physical damage and/or bodily injury
　　　resulting from traffic collisions and against liability that could also arise there from the specific
　　　terms of vehicle insurance vary with legal regulations in each region. To a lesser degree vehicle
　　　insurance may additionally offer financial protection against theft of the vehicle and possibly
　　　damage to the vehicle, sustained from things other than traffic collisions.

　　　The right in the insurance contract and the duty do not move to a concessioner even if they hand
　　　over a car to another person on the way during the insurance period of the compulsory automobile
　　　liability insurance.
　　　When you transfer a car, please change the contractor by all means. Necessary documents are
　　　"Jibaiseki-hoken-shonin-seikyu-sho"(Insurance company has it) and contract of car.

　 Kei-car (compact car)：

　 He/She receives the parking place certificate at a police station of the jurisdiction(70yen) or download
　 it from the web site.

　 　How to get a parking certificate (Kanagawa Pref.Police web site)

　 Necessary documents

　　1．Application form for the Automobile Parking Space Certification (pdf)（print on 2 forms）
　　2．Drawings of location/layout drawing(pdf) 
　　3．Document explaining the right of use for a parking space 
　　　　（You must submit only one of the following documents.)  (pdf) 　
　　4. Residence Card or Special permanent resident certificate.　
　　5. Inkan (Seal) and Automobile inspection certificate

　　< How to fill out the forms (pdf)/(web site)>

　 Buying a car requires quite a bit of paperwork.

　(a) 'Sha-ko-sho-mei' certificate: You have to get a certificate that you do have a parking space for the
　car from a local police station. This involves an affidavit from the owner of the parking space (unless you
　own the space), map to find the parking space so that a police officer can go and check if you do have
　the parking space. It will take approximately a week to get the certificate.

　(b) Paperwork at the local land transport office, 'rick-uhn-kyock', for the transaction of the ownership.
　When you buy a car, either used or new, from an automobile dealer, they would do almost all the
　paperwork for you. However, if you would like to do all the paperwork yourself, which you have to do
　yourself in any case if you buy a car through a private deal, expect that you would be spending a lot of
　time running around to get all sorts of certificates, including a certificate of your residency, affidavit of
　your signature to be the real one from an embassy of your country. The latter can be substituted by
　your 'han-ko' (a personal stamp) certified by the local authority. You must get the 'han-ko' made for you
　since a mass produced 'han-ko, can not be used for it.

　Do not expect that the office people for all these deal can understand you unless you speak Japanese
　well (which may not be even sufficient).

　 Flows from application to get a parking certificate

	1. Go to the police station of the jurisdiction. (Mon - Fri, 8:30am-17:15) 　KEK district is Tsukuba North police station.（Address: 5262-3 Hojyo 　Tsukuba, Tel: 029-867-1191) 2. Purchase certificate stamps for Parking certificate (2100 yen) and Parking 　place sticker(*3)（500 yen).	<Parking place sticker>
	3. Complete certificate stamps on the Application form for the Automobile Parking Space Certification, 　 etc 4. Submit documents to the reception counter and get the paper which a receiving day is sometimes 　 filled in with.　 5. Go to the police station to receive it. At the time, please bring a Inkan and a certificate stamp of 500 　yen (*3)for Parking place sticker.　Stick on it on the rear window. It's a duty.

　 When you bought a used car, you must pay an Autmobile acquistion tax. However, it is up to an
　 acquistion cost.
　 Location: Car Tax Office in the Tsuchiura Jidosha-kensa-touroku Jimusho

　 1. Submit a report of Automobile tax・car income tax.
　 2. Pay the Tax.

　An automobile tax is levied on a new owner from year, the following day.

　Standard-size car：
　 　A car with less than 500,000 yen of acquistion cost does not cost the tax. So,The used car which
　 　you purchased 600,000yen, but they calculate at the price in the new car.

　 　For example, The price when it was new car is 3,000,000 yen which it passed for three years:
　　　　 3,000,000×0.316=948,000円(acquistion cost) 
　　　　 948,000yen×3%=28,440円（Automobile acquisition tax）