Legal basis: Regulations on Motor Vehicle Registration
Article 5 A motor vehicle owner who applies for a motor vehicle number plate and driving license for the first time shall apply for registration with the motor vehicle management office at his domicile.
Article 6 The owner of a motor vehicle shall go to the motor vehicle safety technical inspection institution to conduct safety technical inspection on the motor vehicle, and apply for registration after obtaining the certificate of motor vehicle safety technical inspection. Motor vehicles exempted from safety technical inspection shall be subject to safety technical inspection under any of the following circumstances: (1) domestic motor vehicles have not applied for registration within two years after leaving the factory; (two) the motor vehicle imported by the customs has not applied for registration within two years after import; (3) A traffic accident occurred before registration. Before the registration of special school buses, safety technical inspection shall be conducted in accordance with the national safety technical standards for special school buses.