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Notification of change of ownership or sale of a motor vehicle
    

Description | Steps to follow | Legal framework | Service standard | Cost | Forms to complete | Contact details

Description

This is to give notice to the traffic registering authority that ownership or the titleholder of a motor vehicle has changed. The notice must be submitted at any registering authority within 21 days from the date on which the changes were made.

The titleholder (usually commercial banks or financial institutions) or owner must sign off the current registration certificate and hand it over to the new titleholder or owner.

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Steps to follow

  • The current owner of the motor vehicle must contact the nearest traffic office.
  • Bring the following documents:
    • the vehicle’s registration certificate
    • valid licence disk
    • identity document.

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Legal framework

(Documents are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996)

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Service standard

The application is processed on the same day.

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Cost 

The service is free.

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Forms to complete

Notification of change of ownership or sale of a motor vehicle form is available at your nearest traffic office.

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Contact details

Last reviewed:12 May 2008
   
 

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