Thread: Can yellow NSW plates be swapped for black/white off unregistered vehicle?

I don't think so! But ask them anyway. I would not identify yourself - they will almost certainly demand you hand them in and identify yourself when you do so.

Unless things have been changed, the B&W NSW plates were the property of the registered owner. Six digit Yellow plates are the property of the government. Can you prove you own them? If B&W plates have been surrendered then they can (or could) be re-issued to a new owner. If you can prove ownership then you can have them on a registered vehicle.

The number may have been re-assigned, so you might have copies of someone else plates. Put the number into the 'Check rego' webpage and see what happens.

Check a vehicle registration | Service NSW

Don

I once asked the RTA (pre-RMS) about using some black/yellow plates off my old (unregistered) Hillman. Yes, I could, but they would be classed as personalised plates with the attendant bloody high annual fee.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I once asked the RTA (pre-RMS) about using some black/yellow plates off my old (unregistered) Hillman. Yes, I could, but they would be classed as personalised plates with the attendant bloody high annual fee.

Around 1971 a mate had an EH Holden done as a much modified street machine in the fashion of the time. He had a nose to tail collision and the front plate was mangled. He went into Rosebery to get new plates. He told me there was a large container of surrendered plates behind the counter that were apparently reissued at random. He was handed EEH-179. He was absolutely over the moon. Talk about lucky.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Unless things have been changed, the B&W NSW plates were the property of the registered owner. Six digit Yellow plates are the property of the government. Can you prove you own them? If B&W plates have been surrendered then they can (or could) be re-issued to a new owner. If you can prove ownership then you can have them on a registered vehicle.

Thanks to all for advice. I do have the old rego papers so I can prove ownership of the black/white plates so it is worth a try, With luck the number has not be issued to someone else. However, if the bastards can find any way of making me pay,I'm sure they will do do.

Originally Posted by aussiebushman

.... However, if the bastards can find any way of making me pay,I'm sure they will do do.

That would be right!

In Qld once the plates are dead they stay dead . Qld Gov passed law on that when they found they could found they could make money selling Q plates. I had a Q plate off a P3 Rover wanted to fit it to my P3 I restored the answer was NO that number is dead . If you want to keep the number alive you have to buy it as a PPQ plate before you deregister the vehicle then you own it to fit to what ever vehicle you wish. Dose not come cheap though.