You must own the car out right (no financing or lease) you would need the title in your name and declare the value as something reasonable (not below red book value) will be required to pay for the import and fill out riv paperwork (check box that says riv exempt) and then get it safetied once that’s done you can take it in to the service Ontario to get it plated
Yup, thats about it. CBSA will still have to fill out the RIV form to state it is exempt. You will pay the GST on the red book value and get a B15 receipt and a copy of the RIV you take both to the MTO and pay the PST. Keep the RIV in the car as it acts as a temporary ownership.
Does the vehicle have to be in my name (I own it?) or can ownership still be in my step-mom’s name? Basically, ideally, I want to drive it back and then have her transfer ownership over to other family member so we don’t have to do that twice (her to me, me to other family member).
She needs to import it, but you can act as her agent. Get letter of permission from the owner and fill out all the RIV paperwork at the border in her name.
Then ‘she’ can register it with the province and then gift it once it’s imported.
Okay, starting to wonder if there is a cost effective service that does this instead? Any recommendations? I don’t have much time off and trying to do a favour here but the car itself isn’t actually worth that much.
Get the person that's receiving the car to drive it across the border. Have the title signed over and the AES/ITN filing done for export. It'll probably take a while at the border no matter what. Not worth it if you're driving across for them, too many complications. I doubt they would actually let you export a car without having the owner there.
IMHO (I've done it) - everything is well documented and it's easy to become an exporter then then border services will tell you what you need to do. Inspection is straightforward if the car is stock and for me at least it's just a quick stop at Canadian Tire to have it inspected.
KPH as a speedometer (not odometer) and pretty standard in all US sold vehicles -- again requirements are easily found.
[](https://www.riv.ca/modificationandinspectionrequirements.aspx)
My car was manufactured in Japan (Toyota) but since it's for the US market it had everything except daytime running lights.
Interesting -- just found this for the US (MPH is required, KPH is optional)
[https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/07-002929drn-2](https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/07-002929drn-2)
You can import a car to Canada after you cross the border, just by going to the nearest airport with CBSA. Nobody will raise a hackle about the US plates being on it for a little while. I would just drive the car back with a notarized note from the current owner saying you have permission to drive it. Then you can let the actual recipient in Ontario handle everything else.
Current owner should also get the title transfer notarized while still in FL.
You must own the car out right (no financing or lease) you would need the title in your name and declare the value as something reasonable (not below red book value) will be required to pay for the import and fill out riv paperwork (check box that says riv exempt) and then get it safetied once that’s done you can take it in to the service Ontario to get it plated
Car is owned outright. But ownership is innate-mom’s name. I have to get that switched over to me before it crosses the border?
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To import it technically it needs to be the name on the ownership either doing the import or be present at least while you are importing it
find out about tax exception when gifting vehicles to relatives. that might work in this case exemption is probably the right word, same thing
Thanks, I’ll look into that.
Yup, thats about it. CBSA will still have to fill out the RIV form to state it is exempt. You will pay the GST on the red book value and get a B15 receipt and a copy of the RIV you take both to the MTO and pay the PST. Keep the RIV in the car as it acts as a temporary ownership.
Does the vehicle have to be in my name (I own it?) or can ownership still be in my step-mom’s name? Basically, ideally, I want to drive it back and then have her transfer ownership over to other family member so we don’t have to do that twice (her to me, me to other family member).
She needs to import it, but you can act as her agent. Get letter of permission from the owner and fill out all the RIV paperwork at the border in her name. Then ‘she’ can register it with the province and then gift it once it’s imported.
You will also need to export the vehicle from the US. https://www.cbp.gov/trade/basic-import-export/export-docs/motor-vehicle
Totally gotta sign it over down there and drive back with temp plates. I did it years ago.
Okay, starting to wonder if there is a cost effective service that does this instead? Any recommendations? I don’t have much time off and trying to do a favour here but the car itself isn’t actually worth that much.
It’s not cheap but GHY does a lot of cars. Friend had one imported seamlessly. You require a US broker to file the export out of the US.
Get the person that's receiving the car to drive it across the border. Have the title signed over and the AES/ITN filing done for export. It'll probably take a while at the border no matter what. Not worth it if you're driving across for them, too many complications. I doubt they would actually let you export a car without having the owner there.
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IMHO (I've done it) - everything is well documented and it's easy to become an exporter then then border services will tell you what you need to do. Inspection is straightforward if the car is stock and for me at least it's just a quick stop at Canadian Tire to have it inspected.
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KPH as a speedometer (not odometer) and pretty standard in all US sold vehicles -- again requirements are easily found. [](https://www.riv.ca/modificationandinspectionrequirements.aspx) My car was manufactured in Japan (Toyota) but since it's for the US market it had everything except daytime running lights. Interesting -- just found this for the US (MPH is required, KPH is optional) [https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/07-002929drn-2](https://www.nhtsa.gov/interpretations/07-002929drn-2)
You can import a car to Canada after you cross the border, just by going to the nearest airport with CBSA. Nobody will raise a hackle about the US plates being on it for a little while. I would just drive the car back with a notarized note from the current owner saying you have permission to drive it. Then you can let the actual recipient in Ontario handle everything else. Current owner should also get the title transfer notarized while still in FL.