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Transfers help

Transfers you can process through your myVicRoads partner account.

Getting started

Watch this 4-minute video on how to complete a transfer in your myVicRoads partner account.

You can process a transfer online if you’re:

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

Explore simple, user-friendly scenarios that walk you through each transfer process. Get step-by-step guidance anytime, at a pace that works for you.

You can’t process a transfer online if:

  • the buyer or seller isn’t a confirmed myVicRoads client
  • the seller has custom plates they want to keep
  • the vehicle has a Fines Victoria vehicle sanction applied on it
  • the vehicle is a motorcycle with recreation registration
  • the vehicle is a low emission vehicle and has a dutiable value above the luxury vehicle threshold
  • 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:

If you’re a new car dealer, follow the below processes instead:

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

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

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:

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:

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 the delivery on the Dealer application for transfer of registration form (PDF). A roadworthy certificate cannot be issued after the date of delivery.
  • If the car is being 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

Vehicle 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.

If there is an error in the registered operator of the vehicle, letters attesting to the error must be provided to VicRoads from all parties (for example, from the LMCT, currently recorded acquirer and the 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 roadworthy certificate.