Selling your vehicle

To sell a vehicle, you must be the vehicle’s registered operator and/or be authorised to sell the vehicle.

You may wish to obtain legal advice regarding authority to sell property.

1. Check if you need to return or transfer any number plates.
   • Do you have any bike rack plates for this vehicle?
   • Do you have TasPlates attached to the vehicle?
2. Submit a disposal notice by:
   • The online disposal portal, you will need:
     • Vehicle Registration number
     • VIN/Chassis number
     • surname of both buyer and seller or organisation's name
     • date of disposal (sold)
     • selling price or market price (whichever is higher) of the vehicle
     • if either the seller or the buyer is an individual person they must have a Tasmanian driver licence
     • for Motor Dealers and Organisations they must have a Motor Registry Customer Identification Number (CIN)
     • link to Online disposal portal

Or

• submitting a Notice of Disposal/Application for Transfer of Vehicle Registration form (PDF 2.8 MB):
  • at any Service Tasmania
  • by mail to The Registrar Motor Vehicles at GPO Box 1002, Hobart 7001.
  • email a copy of the completed Notice of Disposal form to tes@stategrowth.tas.gov.au (emails received without a copy of the completed Notice of Disposal form will not be accepted)

Please note

If you, or the buyer, choose to complete part of the process online, the other party can still complete the paper form and submit at Service Tasmania.

The disposal must be submitted within seven days of the sale.

You will not receive any automatic confirmation that it has been processed.

If you would like to make sure the vehicle is no longer listed under your name you can contact Service Tasmania allowing a week since the submission.

Your name is taken off the registration and you will no longer be responsible for the vehicle for the purpose of registration.

• Visit Service Tasmania.
• Call Service Tasmania on 1300 135 513.