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Annals your vehicle or motorcycle

Motor vehicles and motorcycles (including mopeds and tricycles) used on Queensland roads must be registered.

Register a vehicle

  • New registration
  • Brand changes to your registration
  • Apply for a mutual due date

New registration

You need to employ for a new registration in Queensland when:

  • buying a new vehicle that has never been registered
  • buying a used unregistered vehicle
  • moving from another state or territory
  • if your registration has expired more iii months agone.

Sentinel the following video or employ our registration aid tool for a quick look at how to register a used light motor vehicle or motorcycle.

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Video transcript

Do you have a used car that is unregistered or registered interstate? Proceed watching and I'll tell y'all how to annals information technology in Queensland.

Stride i: Brand sure you lot accept evidence of identity for all of the registered operators and testify of where the car volition be garaged in Queensland.

If you don't have a Queensland driver licence or some other card issued by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, you will need to bring other forms of ID, similar an Australian birth certificate, credit carte and Medicare carte.

Step 2: If your machine is unregistered, you need to contact a compulsory third party insurance provider and go a CTP insurance certificate. You need to keep the certificate in the motorcar when you lot drive to become your inspections and certificates and when you come up to annals information technology.

If you need to drive the car for any other reason, similar repairs, you will need to buy an unregistered vehicle permit. Use our online service to buy one.

Step 3: Get a Queensland safety certificate, formerly known as a roadworthy, from an canonical inspection station. Get to our website to observe one.

If your motorcar has been written-off, it needs to be inspected by the Queensland Inspection Service.

And if it has a gas fuel system or has gas appliances y'all'll also demand a certificate from a gas installer.

Finally, if your car has been modified you'll need to go a modification plate from an approved person.

Step 4: Once you lot take everything you need, bring your documents and automobile into see one of our friendly staff at a customer service centre and nosotros will get you on the road. If y'all would like more data on any of the steps in this video go to the Queensland Government website and utilise our registration help tool or phone call xiii 23 80. And remember, drive safely.

Registering a new or used motor vehicle

When you buy a new or used vehicle from a motor dealer, generally they will accommodate registration and compulsory tertiary party (CTP) insurance for you. You will need to provide evidence of identity such equally your electric current driver licence. If yous are eligible for a registration concession make certain y'all let the dealer know and provide proof to enable the dealer to include the concession. Yous can't accept a concession on 2 vehicles at the same time for some concession types.

If a motor dealer has not arranged registration of your vehicle, or if you purchase a vehicle privately, the new registration must be done at a transport and motoring service centre. If you lot live in a rural surface area you can visit a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local law station that provides vehicle registration services—please call to confirm before visiting. If you accept not already done and so, check that the vehicle is unencumbered (i.east. does non accept an existing loan or finance fastened to it) by searching the Personal Property Securities Annals (PPSR).

You lot tin't apply for a new registration via Transport and Main Roads online services.

To register a vehicle in Queensland, refer to the registration checklist and have these items with you when registering your vehicle.

Pre-registration inspection

You must take the vehicle with you because it may demand to be inspected earlier it tin be registered.

Calorie-free motor vehicles with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) of 4.5t or less and motorcycles may require a pre-registration inspection to confirm the vehicle'south identity.

A pre-registration inspection must be conducted on all heavy motor vehicles with a GVM over 4.5t to ensure the vehicle complies with Australian Pattern Rules.

Pre-registration inspection services for heavy motor vehicles can exist done by an accredited person nether the Heavy Vehicle Registration Assessment Scheme.

Pre-registration inspection services for motor vehicles are only offered at some ship and motoring service centres. If you live in a rural area you tin can visit a QGAP part, Magistrates Court or local police force station that provides these services—please phone call to confirm earlier visiting.

Heavy Vehicle Registration Assessment Scheme accredited persons cannot perform inspections for imported motor vehicles that have never been registered in Australia before. This must be done past the Department of Ship and Chief Roads.

Driving your motor vehicle to be registered

If your vehicle is currently registered in another state or territory and the number plate/south are attached, yous have fourteen days to register your vehicle in Queensland and may exist fined if you don't. This will let you fourth dimension to become a safety certificate or certificate of inspection and so annals your vehicle at a transport and motoring service middle. If you alive in a rural area you can visit a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local police station that provides vehicle registration services—delight phone call to confirm before visiting.

If your vehicle is unregistered and y'all need to drive on the route to register information technology, you lot cannot legally drive the vehicle unless you lot are conveying a CTP insurance document. In addition, any number plate/s on the vehicle must be removed or you may be fined. This will allow y'all to drive your vehicle to get a safety certificate or document of inspection and then to a transport and motoring service centre. If you alive in a rural area y'all can visit a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local police station that provides vehicle registration services—delight telephone call to confirm earlier visiting.

It is acceptable for you lot to bulldoze the vehicle dorsum to its garaging accost if information technology is not possible to register the vehicle on that day due to insufficient time or to get other registration requirements that were non able to be obtained.

Towing your motor vehicle on a trailer to be registered

If you lot are towing your vehicle on a trailer to be registered, yous can pay for your CTP insurance when you annals your vehicle.

Registration checklist

If you are registering a vehicle at a ship and motoring service heart, you no longer need to complete a vehicle registration application (F3518).

However, if yous are attention a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local constabulary station that provides registration services, y'all will however demand to complete a vehicle registration awarding (F3518). If it's your first time doing business organisation with us, yous will likewise demand to complete a new customer awarding (F3503).

You lot volition need to:

  • provide an original copy of your current Queensland safety certificate or document of inspection:
    • handwritten certificates—bring the original blue copy (safe certificate) or pink (document of inspection) copy
    • electronic certificates—bring a printed copy or write the certificate number on the vehicle registration application
  • provide prove of the vehicle's garage accost (F4362)—such equally electric current driver licence, rates notice, gas, electricity or phone bills, or a bank statement issued within the last six months
    • if you are unable to provide a garage address, you can complete the Queensland garage address statement form (F4408)
  • provide testify of your identity—such as your current driver licence
  • pay the vehicle registration fees
  • pay vehicle registration duty unless exempt.

You may also demand the following:

  • If you lot are driving your vehicle to become information technology registered—the original CTP insurance certificate (vi or 12 calendar month registration flow) from a licensed insurer. Your vehicle must have CTP insurance cover before yous can legally drive it on the road.

Annotation: if your vehicle will be used for more than 1 purpose, the CTP insurance grade with the college premium is applicative. If you are considering renting your vehicle, it is advisable to contact your CTP insurer.

  • If your vehicle is a heavy vehicle with a GVM over 4.5t and your vehicle has had a pre-registration inspection completed by an accredited person—you will need the applicable pre-registration vehicle inspection sheet.
  • If your vehicle is a repairable write-off—you will need a written-off vehicle inspection.
  • If your vehicle uses gas or is fitted with gas fittings or systems—y'all volition need a gas inspection certificate that is less than 3 months old issued by an authorised installer:
    • you may exist granted an exemption if y'all are unable to obtain a gas certificateif there is no 1 authorised to result gas inspection certificates inside a reasonable distance of your residence
    • new vehicles that have manufacturer-installed gas fittings or systems do not need a gas inspection certificate.
  • If your vehicle has a gross vehicle mass over 4.5t—a weighbridge certificate or other adequate testify of the vehicle's tare (unladen) weight is needed. View a current list of Queensland public weighbridge stations.

Make changes to your registration

Registration address

If y'all need to modify your registration address, and your registration is due for renewal, you must change the address before paying for the renewal.

To change your registration address, you tin:

  • apply our online service
  • phone 13 23 80
  • write to Department of Transport and Main Roads
    PO Box 2211
    BRISBANE QLD 4001
  • visit a transport and motoring service middle. If you live in a rural area you tin visit a QGAP office, or local police force station that provides vehicle registration services—please call to confirm earlier visiting.

    Note: if a vehicle is registered to an organisation instead of a person, you lot tin't use our online service to change its registration accost.

Compulsory 3rd party insurance or input taxation credit entitlement

To change your CTP insurer or input tax credit entitlement you can:

  • apply our online service
  • call 13 23 80
  • write to Department of Ship and Main Roads
    PO Box 2211
    BRISBANE QLD 4001
  • visit a send and motoring service centre. If you lot live in a rural area you can visit a QGAP role, or local police force station that provides registration services—please call to ostend before visiting.
  • contact your preferred CTP insurer before your side by side registration renewal who will notify usa on your behalf.

Alter of vehicle details/vehicle modifications

If you have inverse your vehicle's details or y'all've had a modification made to your vehicle you must complete a change of vehicle particulars notification (F3524) and lodge it at a transport and motoring service centre. If you live in a rural area you can visit a QGAP office, or local police station that provides registration services—delight phone call to confirm before visiting. You must bring your modified vehicle with you to be inspected and also bring show of your identity.

The details y'all are changing or the modifications you make may affect the cost of your registration fee and/or CTP insurance—if they do, you volition need to pay the difference before the changes volition come up into effect.

Get more information nigh calorie-free vehicle modifications.

Changes to purpose of use

The purpose of utilise listed on a vehicle's registration describes how information technology is allowed to exist used. Common purposes of use include:

  • individual
  • commercial
  • dealer
  • licensed tow truck
  • not-profit utilise
  • taxi
  • driver trainer and tuition
  • booked rent
  • booked hire rental.

To change from i purpose of use to another, you must bring evidence of your identity and complete a change of vehicle particulars notification (F3524) and lodge information technology at a send and motoring service eye. If you alive in a rural area you tin visit a QGAP function, or local police station that provides vehicle registration services—please call to confirm before visiting.

Changing your vehicle'due south purpose of use may affect the cost of your CTP insurance—if it does, you will need to pay the difference before the changes volition come into issue.

Other changes

To brand other vehicle changes non listed hither, or to change your name, y'all volition need to visit a transport and motoring service centre. If you live in a rural area you can visit a QGAP office, or local police station that provides vehicle registration services—delight phone call to ostend before visiting.

Apply for a common due date

If yous have 5 or more vehicle registrations or 2 or more heavy vehicle registrations with the same Ship and Main Roads Client Reference Number (CRN) you can apply to have a mutual due date then all your registrations elapse on the same day. You can't accept a mutual due date with a 1, three or 6-month pay term, or if your registrations are renewed through straight debit. Common due dates can't be practical to boats.

Y'all tin can take more than 1 common due engagement but you must have at least 5 or more vehicle registrations or 2 or more than heavy vehicle registrations for each common due appointment at all times, otherwise the common due date will automatically elapse on your CRN.

How to employ

To apply for a common due date, an organisation or individual can:

  • visit a transport and motoring service heart. If you live in a rural expanse, you can visit a QGAP office, Magistrates Court or local constabulary station that provides vehicle registration services—please call to confirm before visiting.
  • write to Send and Main Roads
    Central Operations and Support
    Common Due Date Officer
    GPO Box 2211
    Brisbane Qld 4001
  • email CDD@tmr.qld.gov.au

You will demand to provide:

  • the proper noun of the organization, visitor/business proper name, or individual name/south
  • your CRN, Australian Company Number (ACN) or Australian Business Number (ABN) if known
  • the preference for your common due engagement (please provide more than 1 engagement as your first choice may be unavailable), or boosted dates if yous require more than one common due date. The near suitable common due date will be chosen from the dates provided

    Note: the following dates cannot exist used:

    • 28 and 29 February
    • ane July
    • 31 December
    • All dates in June and October
  • a list of the registrations to exist fastened to each common due date
  • the proper noun of the individual or articulation registered operators—the request must exist signed by all parties to ensure they all agree to having their registrations on a common due date
  • a signed request if a visitor/business requires a common due date—signed either by the arrangement'southward proprietor, armada manager or someone in authorization on visitor letterhead.

Notation: a mutual due date cannot be removed or added to a registration via Ship and Main Roads online services.

Contact Transport and Main Roads to detect out more than nigh a mutual due date via email CDD@tmr.qld.gov.au or 13 23 80.

Last updated:
29 November 2021