Abstract: The research subject is statutory instruments, regulating the relations in the sphere of administrative regulation of motor vehicles management in Russia. The authors consider the following problems: the presence and the level of legal support of organization and activities of motor vehicles in Russia; the objectives of motor vehicles management system; the necessity to plan and coordinate the activity of transport organizations. Special attention is paid to the study of legal gaps and collisions, to bringing the proposals about their elimination on the base of the analysis of scientific works of the leading specialists in the sphere of legal regulation of motor vehicles. The research methodology is based on the modern achievements of epistemology. The authors apply general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation and modeling), traditional legal methods (formal logical) and the methods of sociological studies (statistical, expert assessments, etc.). The authors conclude that in order to achieve the high level of effectiveness of motor vehicles management in Russia, it is necessary to develop the set of statutory instruments, taking into account the specific peculiarities of this mode of transport. This process can be concluded with the development of the Code of motor transport of the Russian Federation. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the complex study of administrative aspects of motor vehicles state management.