The Hague (Den Haag) has one of the largest international communities in the country, built around the ministries, the embassies and the international courts. People arrive on a posting and leave on one, and the car usually has to be dealt with before the flight.
Postings in The Hague run to a calendar. When a posting ends, there is a fixed date by which the house must be empty and the car out of your name. Once that date is set, there is little room to move it.
Start earlier than feels necessary. Arranging a handover while you still live here is simple. Arranging one from abroad, after you have left, is much harder.
Many cars here are well looked after: a complete service history, a second car used for school runs and weekends, or a car bought new a few years ago and driven little since.
Local rules change, so check the municipality's website for anything official. Each note links to its source.
The Hague has an environmental zone (milieuzone) in the city centre for diesel cars of older emission classes, and a separate zone around the Scheveningen harbour. Petrol cars are not affected. Check your plate if you drive an older diesel.
Low emission zones in The Hague (Municipality of The Hague)A residents' parking permit is linked to your number plate. After the sale, you can switch it to another car through the municipality, or end it. The Hague limits how often per year you can change the plate.
Change the number plate on your parking permit (Municipality of The Hague)Cars on diplomatic (CD) plates are registered through a separate procedure. Tell us at the start and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
We arrange the collection with you across The Hague, from Benoordenhout and the Statenkwartier to Scheveningen, Ypenburg and the towns in between. Street parking in the older neighbourhoods is tight, so tell us where the car is usually parked.
If your street or town is not on these lists, you can still ask for an offer. We buy cars in every province.
Usually, yes. Ask for an offer now, and choose a handover day before you deregister from the municipality. Keep your registration card and both parts of the registration code (tenaamstellingscode) somewhere you can find them during the move.
Cars on CD plates follow a separate registration procedure. Tell us when you ask, and we will tell you whether we can help with that car.
Yes. The zone only limits where the car may drive. It can still be sold and transferred, and we arrange the collection with you.
The vrijwaringsbewijs is the proof of transfer you receive when the car is moved out of your name in the RDW register. Keep it safe. From the date and time on it, you are no longer responsible for the car, including road tax and any fines. The road tax stops by itself and the Belastingdienst (the Dutch tax authority) refunds what you paid in advance. Let your insurer know the car has been sold so the policy ends too.
Enter your number plate and mileage. Asking is free and you are not committing to anything.