{"id":3407,"date":"2026-03-04T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/register-car-mallorca\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:57:34","slug":"register-car-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/register-car-mallorca\/","title":{"rendered":"Register a Car in Mallorca \u2013 Import and Transfer Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are <strong>importing a car<\/strong> or buying one in Mallorca, it must be registered with Spanish plates. The process is bureaucratic but manageable.<\/p>\n<h2>Importing a car<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: ITV inspection<\/h3>\n<p>The vehicle must pass a Spanish <strong>ITV<\/strong> (equivalent to MOT). You need your vehicle documents and COC (Certificate of Conformity).<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2: Taxes and fees<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Registration tax:<\/strong> Based on CO2 emissions (0-14.75%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>IVTM:<\/strong> Annual vehicle tax, depends on HP and municipality (100-300 euros\/year)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITV fee:<\/strong> approx. 40 euros<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gestor fee:<\/strong> 200-400 euros (recommended)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Step 3: Registration at DGT<\/h3>\n<p>Submit all documents. You receive Spanish plates and the <em>Permiso de Circulaci\u00f3n<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Buying a car in Mallorca<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Purchase contract<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DGT report<\/strong> check (no debts, not stolen)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer tax (ITP):<\/strong> 4-8% of vehicle value<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer at DGT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Use a Gestor?<\/h2>\n<p>Highly recommended. A Gestor handles all paperwork for 200-400 euros.<\/p>\n<h2>Deadlines<\/h2>\n<p>As a resident, you have <strong>30 days<\/strong> to re-register your vehicle after obtaining residency.<\/p>\n<p>Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/driving-licence-exchange-mallorca\/\">Exchanging your driving licence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/moving-to-mallorca\/\">moving to Mallorca guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are importing a car or buying one in Mallorca, it must be registered with Spanish plates. The process is bureaucratic but manageable. Importing a car Step 1: ITV inspection The vehicle must pass a Spanish ITV (equivalent to MOT). You need your vehicle documents and COC (Certificate of Conformity). Step 2: Taxes and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buerokratie-behoerden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mallorca-portal.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}