Thread: Sale without RWC in Vic. Legal?

Originally Posted by land864

Can anyone tell me definitavely , if it is legal to sell a car in Victoria without a RWC , without taking the plates off and returning them to Vicroads.

I know people ( sellers and buyers ) often do it , but is it legal?

Pete G

You sure can as long as transfer papers are filled in and you send yours off to Vic Roads , Dont rely on the buyer sending them off ,

Once vic roads receive the papers they give the buyer maybe 4 + weeks to get a road worthy

My son just bought a Ford Typhoon from a dealer in Melbourne.
The plates were taken off and a permit to transit to NSW attached to the screen.
My son had to get a green slip (CTP) and blue slip ( full ID check and roadworthy check) in NSW prior to rego.
So it is certainly legal for interstate sales.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

My son just bought a Ford Typhoon from a dealer in Melbourne.
The plates were taken off and a permit to transit to NSW attached to the screen.
My son had to get a green slip (CTP) and blue slip ( full ID check and roadworthy check) in NSW prior to rego.
So it is certainly legal for interstate sales.
Regards Philip A

Yes, but the plates were taken off.

The procedure here is either remove the plates and return to Vic Roads, sell the car with no RWC or registration... OR sell the car with the plates still on, with a current valid RWC and the appropriate transfer papers.

As it is more difficult to take out a new registration than transfer, most buyers are reasonable enough to sell the car with the plates but leave it up to you to get the RWC, as rangieman has said.

That is exactly what happened when I bought my RRS in Vic. Because I was interstate the dealer would not sell me the vehicle registered (as I did not have a Vic address) so the plates were taken off it - however getting a Vic permit to drive was very easy and I did it before I left Canberra to pick up the car.

Interestingly if I lived in Vic the car would have been registered and roadworthy - but it failed ACT rego on tyres.

Garry

A common practice is to remove the plates and hold on to them till the buyer presents the RWC to you so you can hand the plates back.

The most common practice is to sell the vehicle UNREGISTERED. Get permit simply by going to vicroads.vic.gov.au or telephoning them.

Originally Posted by rangieman

You sure can as long as transfer papers are filled in and you send yours off to Vic Roads , Dont rely on the buyer sending them off ,

Once vic roads receive the papers they give the buyer maybe 4 + weeks to get a road worthy

X2

Ive sold a few cars over the years, all with the plates on.
As Rangieman said, seller fills in the transfer papers, buyer & seller get a copy each.
Seller takes his/her copy into Vicroads, they will change the ownership details & send the buyer a letter stating they have 28 days to supply a RWC.
Vicroads do prefer you to hand in the plates to them but it's not law.
Handing in the plates makes it hard, because if the plates are handed in at your local vicroads, thats where the RWC has to be produced to get the plates back, makes it real hard for the buyer if they live any distance from you

Originally Posted by garrycol

That is exactly what happened when I bought my RRS in Vic. Because I was interstate the dealer would not sell me the vehicle registered (as I did not have a Vic address) so the plates were taken off it - however getting a Vic permit to drive was very easy and I did it before I left Canberra to pick up the car.

Interestingly if I lived in Vic the car would have been registered and roadworthy - but it failed ACT rego on tyres.

Garry

We are in Vic, with Vic address's
My father bought a Ford Ranger from the auctions in Sydney, it came with 12mths NSW rego & roadworthy slip.
The plates were left on, and he was told he had 28 days to transfer to his name, But NSW RTA would not put it into his name as he had no address in NSW.
Back in Victoria he had to get a Victorian RWC, and had to pay full 12 months rego plus a vic plate fee.
Vicroads gave him some sort of reciept as evidence the rego had been changed to Victoria
He was then able to return the NSW plates to the NSW RTA and recieved a refund by mail.