Transfers help

• buying a vehicle from a private operator
• selling a vehicle to a private operator
• buying from or selling to another dealership.

Explore user based scenarios (External link) that take you through each of the above transfer processes. Get step by step help in your own time at your own pace.

What transfers can’t I process through myVicRoads?

You can’t process a transfer online if:

1. the buyer or seller isn’t a confirmed VicRoads client
2. the seller has custom plates they want to keep
3. the vehicle has a Fines Victoria vehicle sanction applied on it
4. the vehicle is a motorcycle with recreation registration
5. The vehicle is a low emission vehicle and has a dutiable value above the luxury vehicle threshold
6. The vehicle is being transferred to a primary producer and has a dutiable value above the luxury vehicle threshold.
   
    

In the first two cases:

If you’re a used car dealer, send completed transfer paperwork to VicRoads in the white envelope supplied. You should include the:

• dealer application for transfer of registration form*
• original roadworthy certificate
• manual transfer summary form including payment of fees by cheque or credit card.
• If you're a new car dealer, follow the below processes instead: 
• change of number process

*If the signature of a private seller is unable to be provided (e.g. family member selling vehicle on behalf of relative), a contract of sale signed by the seller or a witnessed statutory declaration must be attached to the transfer.

If there's a Fines Victoria sanction:

• The vehicle can't be transferred until the current registered operator pays their unpaid fines and the sanction is removed. The registered operator should be advised to contact Fines Victoria (External link).

If the vehicle is a motorcycle with recreation registration, send completed transfer paperwork to VicRoads in the white envelope supplied. You should include the:

• dealer application for transfer of registration form
• manual transfer summary form, including payment of fees by cheque or credit card.

If the vehicle is a low emission vehicle and has a dutiable value above the luxury vehicle threshold, send completed transfer paperwork to VicRoads in the white envelope supplied. You should include the: 

• dealer application for transfer of registration form
• manual transfer summary form, including payment of fees by cheque or credit card.

If the vehicle is being transferred to a primary producer and has a dutiable value above the luxury vehicle threshold, send completed transfer paperwork to VicRoads in the white envelope supplied. You should include the:

• dealer application for transfer of registration form
• registration concessions form with sections 1, 3, and 4 completed
• manual transfer summary form, including payment of fees by cheque or credit card.

Transfers and Roadworthy Certificates

• You only need to get a roadworthy certificate if you’re selling a car to a private operator. 
• The roadworthy certificate must have been issued no more than 30 days prior to the date of delivery on the dealer application for transfer of registration form. A roadworthy certificate cannot be issued after the date of delivery.
• If the car is bought or sold more than once within 30 days from the date of issue, you can use the same roadworthy certificate. 
• You’ll need the roadworthy certificate number and issue date, as well as the Licence Vehicle Tester number, when you process a transfer through myVicRoads. 

Transfers to auction houses

Vehicles should not be transferred into an auction house name, unless the vehicle is intended to be operated by the auction house. 

Dealer transfer errors

In the event of a registration error, there is a process you need to follow.

• Call the Dealer Help Desk on 1300 555 153 (select myVicRoads option)

If there is an error in the registered operator of a vehicle, letters attesting to the error must be provided to VicRoads from all parties (i.e. 3 letters – from the LMCT, currently recorded acquirer and proposed acquirer). Changes advised more than 3 months after the transfer date of sale, or after registration renewal payment whichever occurs first, will require full transfer fees and a Certificate of Roadworthiness.