Legal documents
 

When not travelling on a Carnet, what legal documents on the vehicle is required? Is any original owners document in any odd language good enough, or do you need a special custom/export document from country of origin?

I'm shipping a vehicle into Africa on a Carnet, but will be crossing borders without using it....

I've never carried any sort of export document as you describe. I don't even know if one exists. Countries don't care if your vehicle left home legally--they care about whether you're the owner and whether it's going to leave their country (or be imported legally, with attendant taxes paid).

Caveat: I may be missing something, either about your question or about some special situation which I've never encountered.

Mark

You're not exporting your vehicle. You have no (prior) intention of leaving it in another country. You are traveling with the implied intention to return to your original country. So no, no export documents. Just the same stuff you would need to carry while riding around in your own country - originals of ownership documents, tax, etc. - plus insurance for the country you're in.

Ok. So no extra proof of ownership. Got it.
Ta!