Thread: trade in a car and get speeding fines after

Originally Posted by goingbush

I sold a Landy 30 years ago without RWC & still had some rego left.

5 years later I was stopped at a Police / Sherrif roadblock in my Telstra car & I found I had a warrant against my name to the effect about $5000 in unpaid speeding & parking fines .

The ARSEHOLE who may or may not be on here , Fraudulently kept the vehicle in my name but changed the garaged address to his mates house so he could then receive & pay the rego notices. Don't know why he would bother keeping on paying the rego, if he's would pull a low act like that.

So since I was still the legal registered owner I gave the Sherriff permission to seize the vehicle & it came up at Auction, I was there to 'buy it back, but the ***** paid the warrants & the item was withdrawn. Then I went to Vicroads and cancelled the Rego.

This photo of vehicle in question was taken some time after I sold it .

Outstanding game of chess! Check mate!

Would have been satisfying to know if he got done for driving unregistered. Some people really are just arseholes.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

I think car dealers will leave the car registered in your name untill they move it on , other wise they would need a RWC to change it into there name then change it again when it sells.

Dealers in Qld. don't need a Safety Certificate to acquire a car. They do need one to sell it at retail. Just too much trouble and paper to transfer it into their name. Lazy buggers.

I have had 3 run -ins .
I bought a Jackeroo from a dealer in Queensland then moved to NSW.
handed in plates and went to register. No Way , encumbering in Qld.
Got onto Qld government and complained. Told was sold in Auction to dealer then by dealer to me. Title should be guaranteed TWICE. I was able to find it was a lawyer in Gold Coast who had encumbrance. Rang her and asked to lift encumbrance and was basically told to **** off.
Got onto Qld govt and eventually cleared title but took about 2 weeks.

Had black Honda Jazz written off in nose to tailer. Insurance company asked if I wanted to remove plates or they could do it. I said OK you do it. Couple of weeks later get bill from M5 operator , no tag. Huh? Cleared the bill by sending write off documents, but still it must have been billed while on the back of a tow truck. If a next time I will definitely take the plates.

Third time bought current Jazz. Dealer advertised including Govt charges but negotiated down and I understood that I was to pay charges. Went to RTA to pay stamp duty and told already paid. Great. Rego ran out a couple of weeks later and went to pay. No way. you have to pay stamp duty. Huh? Dealer clerk had made a mistake but get this. The dealer was able to reverse the transaction in the RTA computer! I was amazed. Imaging what a crooked dealer could do if able to change the RTA computer.

Friend of wife recently pulled over by cops for unregistered vehicle. Fine is BIG in NSW about $800. She had bought the car from a dealer on understanding rego to be paid. Dealer didn't do it. It took her a while to clear it up but eventually didn't have to pay.

Regards Philip A

HI Don,

When you cancelled the registration were you then able to get the plates back and hold onto them?

Richard

Originally Posted by SBD4

Outstanding game of chess! Check mate!

Would have been satisfying to know if he got done for driving unregistered. Some people really are just arseholes.

As I said before, whether buying or selling, ALWAYS tell the motor department in your state. If you tell them, you should be covered even if the other party does the wrong thing.

Sorry not quite following this.

In the ACT and I think NSW and I thought in all states there is a section on the registration document that when you sell the vehicle you fill it out and rip that section off and send it into registration authorities and you give the rest of the rego document to the buyer.

Looking at the back of my rego document it says:

"NOTICE OF DISPOSAL

Complete this form and email to .......... or Post to .......... (Registration Authority) when the vehicle is sold. Do not give to the Acquirer. If you do not provide all information, we may not be able to process this notice and you will remain responsible for the vehicle including any infringement notices received"


So is this not also the case in Victoria - seems to me the seller just handed over the entire rego document rather than removing the seller section and sending it in.

Sorry no sympathy if that is the case.

Garry

I have a similar issue right now. So I wanted to see what you needed to do to transfer it online. In Queensland the seller can transfer the rego if you have an electronic safety certificate. If you have a paper one, you need to go into a TMR office with the paper one to get an electronic one issued.
Anyone else see the flaw in this online process?

Originally Posted by garrycol

Sorry not quite following this.

In the ACT and I think NSW and I thought in all states there is a section on the registration document that when you sell the vehicle you fill it out and rip that section off and send it into registration authorities and you give the rest of the rego document to the buyer.

Looking at the back of my rego document it says:

"NOTICE OF DISPOSAL

Complete this form and email to .......... or Post to .......... (Registration Authority) when the vehicle is sold. Do not give to the Acquirer. If you do not provide all information, we may not be able to process this notice and you will remain responsible for the vehicle including any infringement notices received"


So is this not also the case in Victoria - seems to me the seller just handed over the entire rego document rather than removing the seller section and sending it in.

Sorry no sympathy if that is the case.

Garry

Not in Queensland.