Within what period of time are you obliged to notify the starost office of a change of circumstances requiring an amendment to the vehicle registration card?
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Correct answer
C. Within 30 days.
Explanation
In the photo, a vehicle registration certificate is placed over a picture of a motorcycle seen from behind. You notify the starost (head of the district authority) of a change in circumstances that requires a change of the data in the vehicle registration certificate within 30 days - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act states that the owner of a vehicle registered in Poland is obliged to notify the starost, within a period not exceeding 30 days, of the sale of the vehicle and of a change in circumstances that requires a change of the data in the vehicle registration certificate. Such a change is, for example, moving to a different address, a change of surname or a modification of the motorcycle that changes the data in the certificate. The periods of 7 and 14 days (answers A and B) are simply distractors - in the rules on vehicle registration the number of 30 days is repeated consistently: 30 days for the registration application after a purchase, 30 days to notify of a sale, 30 days to report a change of data. Up-to-date data in the certificate matter in practice: the police use them to identify the owner, and the insurer and the authorities send letters based on them. The law provides for a financial penalty of 250 PLN for failing to notify of the sale of a vehicle; keeping the other data up to date is in your own interest.
Legal basis: Art. 78 para. 2 point 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)