If a car was purchased abroad and only now will be imported to Lithuania, before importing the car to the territory of the country, the car owner must apply to "Regitra" and obtain the SDK. This can be done online or at "Regitra" branch, for example, through an authorized person.

At this stage, a purchase-sale contract is entered into. It is very important to make sure that the SDK has already been assigned to the car because it will not be possible to perform the other steps specified below without this code. This code is also recommended to be entered in the purchase-sale contract.

At this stage, the process takes place in the following order:

• First, the car buyer must apply to "Regitra" and complete the declaration of acquisition online or at the division by indicating the data of the sales-purchase contract, the SDK and other required information.
• Then, the car seller must confirm the data provided by the buyer. This can be done online or in the division.
• After both parties have performed the above-mentioned actions (after the buyer has provided and the seller has confirmed the data), the new owner is given a new SDK and he becomes in the system the declared owner of the car. The old SDK is deleted.

IMPORTANT. Both parties must confirm the acquisition and transfer. The buyer must do this within 5 days of the transaction and the seller within 5 days of the buyer providing his details.

At this stage, the new car owner must apply to "Regitra" with the newly generated SDK for its registration in order for a new car registration certificate and, if the applicant desires so, of vehicle registration plates to be issued.

The car registration procedure itself remains unchanged. In other words, since the car has not been previously registered in Lithuania, it must be taken to "Regitra" branch for verification of identity.

IMPORTANT. If the vehicle is not planned to be used in public traffic, then it does not necessarily have to be registered.

A Lithuanian company engaged in car trade bought 10 cars in Germany and plans to import them to Lithuania by car carrier. Thus, before importing the cars to Lithuania, the company must apply to "Regitra" and obtain a unique SDK for each car.

Lina bought one of the cars already after they were imported to Lithuania. After concluding the transaction, on the next day Lina submitted an acquisition declaration in "Regitra" electronic system. Thereafter, the woman waited for her data to be confirmed by the representative of the company. Both parties must do this jointly within 5 working days of concluding the transaction. In other words, if Lina declared the transaction concluded within 1 working day, then the representative of the company had 4 working days to perform the actions on his part. After the company has confirmed the data, a new SDK was generated for Lina and she became the declared owner of the car and was able to apply to "Regitra" for its registration.