If you no longer want to drive or are no longer fit to drive, you can surrender your licence.
You can also surrender a licence on behalf of a person who is deceased.
- Step 1
Complete the form
Download and print the form, or get one from a Service SA centre.
Application to surrender a licence (72.8 KB PDF)
If you're completing this form on behalf of someone who is deceased, you'll also need one of these:
- a death certificate
- newspaper death notice
- letter from a solicitor.
- Step 2
Submit the form
In person
Submit the form with your photo licence in person to a Service SA centre.
Post
Post the form with your photo licence to:
Service SA
GPO Box 1533
Adelaide SA 5001
What happens next
The surrender takes effect from the date it's processed.
If a refund applies, you can choose to get your refund by either:
- bank account - takes 1 to 3 days
- cheque by post - takes up to 14 days.
If the form was submitted on behalf of someone who is deceased, the refund will be sent as a cheque by post within 14 days and will be issued to the estate of the deceased.
Bank account refund
When you surrender in person or by post
If you choose the bank account refund option, make sure you have a refund bank account set up in mySAGOV.
If you don't set up a refund bank account within 2 days of surrendering, your refund will be sent as a cheque by post within 14 days instead.
Learn how to set up, update or remove your refund bank account
