Debtors will have to make it more difficult to sell cars and real estate: the Verkhovna Rada adopted new rules

Ukraine is tightening control over transactions with property of persons entered into the Unified Register of Debtors. The Verkhovna Rada has adopted a law that should make it impossible to quickly re-register cars or real estate in order to avoid the execution of court decisions.

On April 7, 2026, the parliament adopted the Law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Improving the Procedure for the Execution of Court Decisions, Decisions of Other Bodies and the Digitalization of Certain Stages of Enforcement Proceedings”.

The document amends the Civil Procedure Code, the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine and a number of other legislative acts.

It will become more difficult to sell or re-register a car

One of the key changes concerns registration operations with vehicles.

When re-registering or deregistering a car, authorized bodies will check whether the owner’s data is contained in the Unified Register of Debtors.

If a person is entered into the register, the relevant registration action will be refused. In addition, the state or private bailiff conducting the enforcement proceedings must be notified of such an appeal no later than the next business day.

Thus, legislators are trying to close the possibility of immediate alienation of a vehicle after the debt has arisen and the procedure for forced execution of the decision has begun.

What are the exceptions?

At the same time, the law establishes cases when registration actions with a car will still be permitted.

In particular, restrictions will not apply if:

re-registration of a vehicle is not related to its alienation;
the car is purchased to repay the debt;
a vehicle confiscated by a court decision is transferred to another person free of charge;
the property is alienated by the Deposit Guarantee Fund for Individuals.

In such cases, the presence of information about the owner in the Unified Register of Debtors will not be an automatic basis for refusing to carry out a registration action.

New restrictions will also apply to real estate

A similar mechanism is being introduced for real estate transactions.

The state registrar will refuse to state register the transfer of ownership if an apartment, residential building, land plot or unfinished construction object is being attempted to be alienated by a person entered in the Unified Register of Debtors.

Restrictions will also apply to the registration of a mortgage. It will be impossible to transfer a real estate object whose owner is in the Register of Debtors as a mortgage in cases provided for by law.

The new rules are intended to prevent situations where a debtor re-registers property to relatives or other persons before the executor has time to impose an arrest on it.

The rules for filing claims for the collection of funds are changing

The law also provides for changes to the procedural legislation regarding claims for the collection of funds.

Legal entities will be required to indicate in procedural documents the details of a bank account for receiving funds.

Individuals and individual entrepreneurs must indicate bank details or report the absence of an account and indicate another method of receiving the collected funds.

It is expected that this will simplify and accelerate the actual execution of court decisions.

Executors will receive more information about debtors

The document expands the list of information that can be indicated in enforcement documents.

In particular, it is proposed to include:

a unique entry number in the Unified State Demographic Register;
information about the debtor’s place of work;
details of the parties’ bank accounts;
data on electronic wallets;
telephone numbers;
email addresses.

Expanding the list of information should help state and private executors to more quickly establish the assets and contacts of debtors and, accordingly, to more quickly execute court decisions.

How to check yourself in the Unified Register of Debtors

You can check whether an individual or legal entity is included in the Unified Register of Debtors for free through the official electronic services of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

If the debt has already been repaid, but information about the person continues to be contained in the register, you must contact the state or private bailiff who carried out the relevant enforcement proceedings to resolve the issue of excluding the entry.

The adopted changes should increase the effectiveness of forced execution of court decisions and minimize the possibilities for debtors to hide property. In fact, the presence of a person in the Unified Register of Debtors will have a direct impact on the ability to sell a car, apartment, house or other real estate.