Motor Registration

Required documents for different transactions

1. Registration of a new vehicle:

Acceptable identification of the titleholder
Acceptable identification of the owner
Certificate issued by the manufacture, builder or importer with all the necessary information of the vehicle
In case the owner or the titleholder cannot come personally, a written authorization can be given to the person who will do the transaction on behalf of them/him/her.

2. Registration of a second hand vehicle:

Acceptable identification of the titleholder
Acceptable identification of the owner
The original registration certificate
The roadworthy certificate of 6 months or younger
In case the owner or the titleholder cannot come personally, a written authorization can be given to the person who will do the transaction on behalf of him/her.

3. Registration of custom built vehicles:

Acceptable identification of the owner
SAPD clearance
Deregistration certificate/Scrapping identification
Roadworthy certificate
In case the owner or the titleholder cannot come personally, a written authorization can be given to the person who will do the transaction on behalf of him/her.

4. Renewal of a motor vehicles license

Renewal notice if you are in possession of it (before expiry date or during grace period)
Any person can do the renewal

The R30.00 levy on renewal is not for the council, but for the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), a body established for effective and sustainable road traffic strategy.

If you are not in possession of the renewal notice after the expiring date:

Only the registered owner can do the renewal
In his/her absence, a person with a written permission to do the renewal on his/her behalf
Both instances a positive identification of the owner and if someone is been send on the owners behalf the party must also produce his positive identification on renewal

5. Application for duplicate registration or deregistration certificate.
Please note: This can only be done by the titleholder.

6. Registration of a vehicle received from a will of a deceased person

Original registration certificate
Acceptable identification of titleholder
No clearance certificate if the relationship is man to wife and vice versa
For any other relationship eg. father to daughter, son to mother, etc., a clearance certific must be produced
Copy of the will that shows that this person have the right to register the vehicle
Letter from the executor of the will

Please note: Only the executor have the right to make the renewal of a license in case the vehicle is in the will.