On October 26, 2026, NARSA announced that a buyer may now submit a used-vehicle ownership-transfer file through the registration service corresponding either to the buyer’s own place of residence or to the seller’s place of residence. This second possibility expands the geographical choice available at the filing stage without removing the option that buyers already had near their own residence.
The practical change is specifically the addition of the seller’s residence area. Before this adjustment, the stated filing option was limited to the jurisdiction corresponding to the buyer’s residence. Buyers retain that route and may now choose the other area when it is more suitable, particularly when the two parties live in different localities and travel would otherwise be less convenient.
Which vehicles and address are covered
This option applies to vehicles that are already registered in Morocco’s normal registration series. The verified information therefore does not support automatically extending the rule to every other vehicle category or administrative situation. Before selecting a filing location, the buyer should consider the announced scope and establish that the used vehicle involved falls within this stated eligibility condition.
When the buyer selects the seller’s area, the relevant residence is not an address chosen freely for the transaction. It is the seller’s address appearing on the vehicle registration certificate, commonly called the carte grise. That recorded address determines the residence area that can be used under the additional seller-side option for submitting the ownership-transfer file.
Where the file may be submitted
Eligible files may be submitted at authorized Al Barid Bank or Barid Cash agencies serving either the buyer’s or the seller’s residence area. The measure does not mean that every branch in these two networks necessarily accepts the files. The important requirement is to select an authorized agency that corresponds to one of the two permitted residence areas.
The list of authorized agencies is available through the Khadamat NARSA services portal. Consulting that list allows a buyer to identify an appropriate filing point before travelling, rather than assuming that any Al Barid Bank or Barid Cash agency is eligible. The choice therefore remains governed both by the agency’s authorization and by the selected residence area.
What remains unchanged
The announcement concerns the place where an ownership-transfer file may be submitted. The verified information identifies no alteration to the other conditions required to complete the transfer. The geographical choice should therefore be understood as a targeted adjustment to the filing step, rather than a broad redesign of the ownership-transfer procedure that applies to used vehicles.
In particular, this development does not establish that other requirements have been removed or modified. Nor does it demonstrate any change in processing times or final approval conditions. The verified consequence for a buyer is narrower: there is now a second permitted residence area for submitting a file that remains subject to the other applicable ownership-transfer conditions.
A measure intended to reduce travel constraints
NARSA presented the expanded choice of filing location as a way to reduce travel constraints when the buyer and seller reside in different localities. It also associated the measure with easier access to administrative services. Those aims explain the measure’s rationale, but they do not amount to a guarantee concerning the processing time of any individual ownership-transfer file.
For an eligible transaction, the buyer can therefore compare two practical possibilities: an authorized agency serving the buyer’s own residence area, or an authorized agency serving the area tied to the seller’s address on the registration certificate. This additional choice avoids making the buyer’s area the only option while keeping submission within the authorized channels identified by NARSA.
The regulatory chronology behind the announcement
The procedural adjustment is linked to Article 106 of Decree No. 2.24.393, which amended Decree No. 2.10.421 implementing Law No. 52.05, Morocco’s Road Traffic Code, in relation to vehicles. The Government Council examined and approved draft Decree No. 2.24.393 on June 19, 2025, subject to the observations raised during its consideration.
Decree No. 2.24.393 is dated October 3, 2025, and was published in Official Bulletin No. 7537 dated August 24, 2026. The October 26, 2026 announcement should therefore be read as NARSA’s operational communication about the filing option, not as the decree’s adoption date. The available sources give no separate effective date beyond reporting the option as currently available at that time.
