When you buy an SA registered vehicle — such as a car, trailer, caravan or motorbike — you must transfer the registration within 14 days, or you may have to pay a late transfer fee of $102.
There's a different process to notify Service SA you've sold a vehicle.
Transfer online
You can transfer registration online if the vehicle is currently registered.
Log in to your mySAGOV account using your web browser (not the mySAGOV app). Select 'Start now' below to begin.
You'll need:
- the plate number
- the seller’s SA driver’s licence or client number
- the seller’s name.
If you cannot transfer online, for example the vehicle is unregistered, you'll need to submit a paper transfer form to Service SA instead — see other ways to transfer
Cost
You will need to pay:
- a transfer fee of $31
- stamp duty — use the stamp duty calculator.
Stamp duty doesn't apply for trailers or caravans with a GTM of 4.5 tonnes or less.
Reasons you can't transfer online
Online transfer isn't available if:
- the vehicle is unregistered
- the vehicle is from interstate
- the vehicle is conditionally registered
- the registration is being transferred between partners
- the registration is being settled as part of a deceased estate
- you're eligible for a registration concession and would like to apply it to the vehicle
- new number plates are required — eg the previous owner had special number plates on the vehicle
- a change of ownership inspection is required because it's a heavy vehicle or trailer which is 3 years or older from the date of manufacture.
