Is your vehicle roadworthy?

This can become complicated when a deceased person is involved or the vehicle has been exported to another country.

The process of getting your vehicle licenced is as follows:

• Complete the blue form, at the licencing department, and hand it in together with your ID document and proof of address.
• After the registration, the licencing department will send your vehicle for a roadworthy certificate at a testing station. This is to prove your vehicle is in a good condition to be driven on public roads.
• Once you have your roadworthy certificate, you can return to the licencing department where you registered.

In the case of moving from one province to another, you will also have to get new number plates made.

If one of your parents has passed away and you inherit their vehicle, you will need to get a letter from the estate attorney declaring that the vehicle now belongs to you.

You will need to submit this letter together with the deceased’s ID document and all the documents mentioned above.

If the vehicle was scrapped and taken off the E-natis system, it is a bit more complicated to re-register the vehicle.

First you need a form from the licencing department to re-introduce the vehicle onto the system; this can take up to six months.

You then need to get a weight bridge certificate and police clearance, as well as microdots on the vehicle.

Only then can you begin the process of registering your vehicle. If your vehicle was stolen and recovered, almost the same process needs to be followed.

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