{"id":1862,"date":"2026-04-19T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/?page_id=1862"},"modified":"2026-11-03T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:35:08","slug":"buying-a-car-in-thailand-legal-practical-guide-for-expats-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/buying-a-car-in-thailand-legal-practical-guide-for-expats-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Achat d'une voiture en Tha\u00eflande : Guide juridique et pratique pour les expatri\u00e9s (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last reviewed: 5 September 2026.<\/strong> The registration, ownership, licence and compulsory-insurance rules on this page were read against the primary instruments themselves, not against summaries of them. Specifically: the Motor Vehicle Act B.E. 2522<\/strong> as consolidated to the Motor Vehicle Act (No. 18) B.E. 2562, sections 5(17), 17, 17\/1, 43, 44, 60, 64 and 65 and the schedule of fees annexed to the Act, with sections 60 and 65 re-read on 25 September 2026 in the national law register’s consolidation that carries their conversion to administrative fines under the Act on Administrative Fines B.E. 2565<\/strong> (Schedule 1, section 39); the Ministerial Regulation prescribing fees under the law on motor vehicles B.E. 2546<\/strong> as amended to No. 7 B.E. 2562, which is where the fees you actually pay are set, the Act’s own schedule being only a ceiling; sections 453 and 458 of the Civil and Commercial Code<\/a><\/strong>; the Protection for Motor Vehicle Accident Victims Act B.E. 2535<\/strong> with the Ministerial Regulation on preliminary damages<\/a> B.E. 2552<\/strong> as amended by No. 2 B.E. 2557; and the standard compulsory motor insurance policy and its schedule<\/strong>, clauses 3 and 4. What was not verified, said plainly rather than implied:<\/strong> the prices, running costs, insurance premiums, loan terms and processing times are market figures, not law, and are indicative. The seven-year car and five-year motorcycle safety-inspection ages, the 0.5 per cent stamp duty<\/a> on a transfer, and the statement that compulsory motor policies move to electronic issue from 1 January 2026 are stated here as the Department of Land Transport and the Office of the Insurance Commission apply them, but we could not produce the ministerial regulation or registrar’s order behind each of those three, so confirm them with the department concerned before relying on them. Re-read on 4 October 2026 for consistency: the statement that only the registered keeper may drive the car, a stray reference to a 20-day gap under a 15-day rule, and a frequently asked question that gave the transfer time in days rather than hours were corrected; nothing else changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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