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Originally Posted by Nardini
Firstly, I must say that the comune has nothing whatsoever to do with you buying a car here in Italy. Secondly, you do not have to have "residenza" in Italy in order to buy a car here - although, as the law was only changed a couple of years ago, there may still be people that are not aware of the current legal situation.
To buy a car here, you need to have your Codice Fiscale - which is simple and easy to get. The car dealer from whom you buy your car should be aware that you can self-certify your address - a "autocertificazione". You do, of course, need an address here in order for the car to be registered - like anywhere else, in fact. If your intention is to buy a car for export to another country, you do not need the autocertificazione - but you will not have an Italian registered car then either.
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Hi Nardini,
We are moving to Calabria soon and everything we have read elsewhere indicates the need for residency to buy/register vehicles. Do you have a link to the recent Italian regulations you mention. The other question is whether this new rule applies only to EU citizens. We keep running into different rules for Yanks. Perhaps you had a good experience because you are from Ireland? On a related issue, I did just read on another forum about a new law that mandates that questure in certain cities are required to respond to applications for permesso di soggiorno quickly and give applicants a date to come for interviews. 6 weeks vs. 6 months to receive PdS (a story of other Americans we have heard many times) would be good news and enable us to buy a car much sooner.
Saluti,
Doug
Oregon, USA/Santa Domenica Talao, IT