You may need to transfer vehicle registration when buying or selling a vehicle, transferring registration to your partner or when settling a deceased estate.
Transferring registration when buying or selling a vehicle
When selling a vehicle you need to complete the disposal notice on the current registration certificate and lodge it with the Registrar of Motor Vehicles at any Service SA customer service centre within 14 days of the sale. Both the buyer and seller should complete the form.
When buying a vehicle you also need to transfer the vehicle's registration within 14 days of purchasing the vehicle.
Both the buyer and seller must sign the current registration certificate and the form must be lodged at any Service SA customer service centre.
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If the seller of the vehicle does not have the current registration certificate, a
replacement will need to be purchased from any
Service SA customer service centre.Transferring a registration between married or de facto partners
In certain circumstances, registration of a vehicle may be transferred between husband and wife or de facto couples without payment of stamp duty on the value of the vehicle being required. This only applies to vehicles that are currently registered.
You can transfer from either:
- one name to joint names
- joint names to one name
- one name to the other.
Step 1: Both partners must complete a statutory declaration.
The statutory declaration must be signed and witnessed by a Justice of the Peace.
Step 2: Return the witnessed statutory declaration to a Service SA customer service centre with the following:
- the completed application for transfer of registration (on the reverse side of the current certificate of registration)
- the appropriate transfer fee (the statutory declaration does not exempt you from paying the transfer fee).
Settling a deceased estate
The requirement for transferring vehicle registration as part of settling a deceased estate will depend on whether the vehicle is in single or joint ownership and whether there is a will or executor.
For advice on what's required in your circumstances phone 13 10 84 or visit a Service SA customer service centre.
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