Thread: NSW Rego with no proof of ownership

Had to recently re-register a vehicle in NSW that both the rego had expired and the plates handed in.
To complicate the matter even further we had been given the vehicle and had a receipt stating same!
The RMS or whatever they are trading under now stated that the vehicle would be valued for stamp duty at either market value or what we had paid whichever was the greater!
So we had to obtain another receipt with an acceptable price from the previous owner which was duly done.
It only needs to be a written note and doesn't even need to be signed just have the appropriate dollars of value listed along with the names of both buyer and seller.
Nobody capable of writing nearby?
Of course there is then the blue slip for checking the appropriate numbers and roadworthy, green slip and then of course the rego itself and then they also charge a minimum of $40 for yellow plates!

Originally Posted by oka374

and then they also charge a minimum of $40 for yellow plates!

That all?? Some moons ago I reregistered a car here in Mehico. Ok, it was mine already, previously regoed in my name, RWC, all present and correct. It had the old plates still on it, and they started to take them off. For silly reasons I wanted to keep them. Sure, they said. $90 please! To keep the plates that the car had had for around ten years to my knowledge.

About a year or so ago I had to replace the plates on my 2a - they were only a bit over thirty years old, but the paint was peeling off them. I got charged for the plates, despite the fact that the only reason they needed to be replaced was because of faulty manufacture - the paint does not withstand this country's sunlight.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

About a year or so ago I had to replace the plates on my 2a - they were only a bit over thirty years old, but the paint was peeling off them. I got charged for the plates, despite the fact that the only reason they needed to be replaced was because of faulty manufacture - the paint does not withstand this country's sunlight.

Same here,lots of plates in Qld have some rubbish paint that fades.

The last van i sold, the paint on the plates were badly faded,i cut and polished them and they came up pretty good and passed the roadworthy.

The Series 1 has 1966 plates,still going,paint is fine.
Even the original UK, '56 plates are still good,but they havent been in the weather for over 50yrs.

Originally Posted by scarry

Same here,lots of plates in Qld have some rubbish paint that fades.

Down here that's a fine, for plates that are clearly not fit for purpose. The old Garden State ones are famous for it.

When I bought my last Goldwing it came with personal plates. The alfa numeric combination was of no relevance to me or the bike, but the gold and black was attractive on the gold bike.
Apart from the normal transfer and stamp duty fees, QT also wanted a fee to cancel the ownership of the plate from the OP, an equivalent fee to put the ownership into my name and further a $70 removal fee and another $70 attachment fee, even though nobody needed to remove or attach the plate.
Needless to say, I removed the plate and presented the bike as unregistered new business.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Have you spoken the the RTA ?

Quite a discussion today.

You need to have a receipt of sale from the previous owner of the vehicle to get it registered, you cant even do a stat dec anymore unless its a repo. I haven't been able to make contact with the previous owner - I showed Service NSW my efforts. I asked if to get a receipt do I need to sell the car and buy it back again. She said, unregistered cars can be passed through many owners before being registered again but I need a receipt with the details for a new registration. I said I understand and she smiled. She then gave me a Service NSW proforma receipt of sale and a pack which formed the "establish registration requirements for 2nd hand vehicles".

You guys are on the money as always!

Thanks for eveybodys help and input, greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Quite a discussion today.

You need to have a receipt of sale from the previous owner of the vehicle to get it registered, you cant even do a stat dec anymore unless its a repo. I haven't been able to make contact with the previous owner - I showed Service NSW my efforts. I asked if to get a receipt do I need to sell the car and buy it back again. She said, unregistered cars can be passed through many owners before being registered again but I need a receipt with the details for a new registration. I said I understand and she smiled. She then gave me a Service NSW proforma receipt of sale and a pack which formed the "establish registration requirements for 2nd hand vehicles".

You guys are on the money as always!

Thanks for eveybodys help and input, greatly appreciated!

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