Driving & Vehicles
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Bought a NSW-registered car? Transfer the registration into your name within 14 days. Check online eligibility, documents, transfer fees and motor vehicle duty.
Renew an existing NSW vehicle registration online through Service NSW. Check CTP insurance, pink slip requirements, renewal timing, payment options and short-term registration rules.
NSW sellers must notify Transport for NSW after selling or disposing of a registered vehicle. Check the 14-day deadline, details required and when to use a paper form.
Cancel NSW vehicle registration by lodging the required form and surrendering the number plates. Check the cancellation fee, unused vehicle tax refund and different interstate process.
Search the Australian Personal Property Securities Register using a used car’s VIN or chassis number before buying. The $2 online search provides a certificate showing registered security interests and, where available, written-off and stolen vehicle information.
Search Australia's public Register of Approved Vehicles using a VIN, read the vehicle entry and understand common reasons for a missing result.
Report a potential systemic vehicle safety defect, recall problem or Road Vehicle Standards non-compliance to Australia's federal vehicle safety regulator.
Apply through ROVER for a non-RAV entry import approval before bringing an eligible race, rally, support or exhibition vehicle into Australia.
Apply through ROVER before importing a road vehicle for temporary use or a specific purpose when it will not normally be used on Australian public roads.
Apply through ROVER for a reimportation import approval before bringing a previously exported Australian road vehicle back into Australia.
Use the personal effects concessional RAV pathway to bring an eligible vehicle to Australia when settling permanently, including the ROVER application, evidence, fee and deadlines.