Registration Help

[Juzzpc]

so i purchased my car near the start of the year and i had to fix multiple things, now the rego just ran out, i am yet to transfer it to my name, but i was wondering, when your rego runs out they give you 3 months or something to pay it then you need to get a roadworthy with Vic roads or whichever state, but would they still give me 3 months to register and transfer it? or since the rego ran out last week will i need to pass pits?

[Idle]

so i purchased my car near the start of the year and i had to fix multiple things, now the rego just ran out, i am yet to transfer it to my name, but i was wondering, when your rego runs out they give you 3 months or something to pay it then you need to get a roadworthy with Vic roads or whichever state, but would they still give me 3 months to register and transfer it? or since the rego ran out last week will i need to pass pits?

You might need to pass more than pits — I quote from the Vic Roads regulations on sale and transfer of used cars:-

"If neither party is a motor car trader

The seller must: immediately after the disposal, do the following: complete and sign a transfer of registration application form and give it to you; and give you a current roadworthiness certificate (unless you are the seller’s spouse or domestic partner).

Penalty 5 pu (reg 71 RSV Regulations

Note: the seller’s obligations above do not apply to a car disposed of in accordance with a court order or other legal process.

You must: as soon as possible after acquiring the car, complete and sign the transfer of registration application form obtained from the seller; and lodge with VicRoads within 14 days: the form; evidence that a current roadworthiness certificate has been obtained; and the stamp duty and transfer fee payable.

Penalty 5 pu (reg 75 RSV Regulations)

Section 42A of the MCT Act provides that a person must not sell a registered car (this includes a car with suspended registration) without a current roadworthiness certificate unless either the buyer is a licensed motor car trader or a special trader or the car is sold at a public auction by a licensed auctioneer acting on behalf of the owner (penalty 50 pu). A roadworthiness certificate is current if it has been issued within the past 30 days (s 42A(4)).

In order to be sold without a roadworthiness certificate, a car’s registration must be cancelled before the sale (unless the sale falls within one of the exceptions above).

You should think carefully before buying a used car that is being sold without a roadworthiness certificate. Subject to certain exceptions (see reg 12 RSV Regulations), it is an offence to drive an unregistered car (s 7 RSA). Before registering a car, VicRoads may request evidence verifying that the car complies with the standards for registration (reg 15 RSV Regulations). In the case of a used car, this is usually a roadworthiness certificate (reg 15(b)).

Insurance companies also generally require proof of roadworthiness before they will insure a car. If the car has significant problems that need to be fixed in order to get a roadworthiness certificate (such as rust), the cost of these repairs may well exceed the car’s purchase price!"

[Snail Style]

Cars don't go over pits anymore, Vicroads is basically just paperwork. You will need to get a roadworthy certificate and the transfer form as well. Issue you might run into is that you are supposed to transfer vehicles within 2 weeks of purchase, that might be avoidable if the original owner gives you a stat dec/proof of sale slip instead.

[Juzzpc]

You might need to pass more than pits — I quote from the Vic Roads regulations on sale and transfer of used cars:-

"If neither party is a motor car trader

The seller must: immediately after the disposal, do the following: complete and sign a transfer of registration application form and give it to you; and give you a current roadworthiness certificate (unless you are the seller’s spouse or domestic partner).

Penalty 5 pu (reg 71 RSV Regulations

Note: the seller’s obligations above do not apply to a car disposed of in accordance with a court order or other legal process.

You must: as soon as possible after acquiring the car, complete and sign the transfer of registration application form obtained from the seller; and lodge with VicRoads within 14 days: the form; evidence that a current roadworthiness certificate has been obtained; and the stamp duty and transfer fee payable.

Penalty 5 pu (reg 75 RSV Regulations)

Section 42A of the MCT Act provides that a person must not sell a registered car (this includes a car with suspended registration) without a current roadworthiness certificate unless either the buyer is a licensed motor car trader or a special trader or the car is sold at a public auction by a licensed auctioneer acting on behalf of the owner (penalty 50 pu). A roadworthiness certificate is current if it has been issued within the past 30 days (s 42A(4)).

In order to be sold without a roadworthiness certificate, a car’s registration must be cancelled before the sale (unless the sale falls within one of the exceptions above).

You should think carefully before buying a used car that is being sold without a roadworthiness certificate. Subject to certain exceptions (see reg 12 RSV Regulations), it is an offence to drive an unregistered car (s 7 RSA). Before registering a car, VicRoads may request evidence verifying that the car complies with the standards for registration (reg 15 RSV Regulations). In the case of a used car, this is usually a roadworthiness certificate (reg 15(b)).

Insurance companies also generally require proof of roadworthiness before they will insure a car. If the car has significant problems that need to be fixed in order to get a roadworthiness certificate (such as rust), the cost of these repairs may well exceed the car’s purchase price!"

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