the certificate of registration

You cannot sell a car that is under finance, unless the balance gets settled with the bank. The concept of "taking over" someone else's payments is illegal and both parties expose themselves to legal repercussion if they do that. Once a vehicle is settled the Certificate of Registration can be requested from the bank. If it gets paid up in the normal course of events - the bank should, but do not always send the Certificate of Registration (Natis Doc, or RC1) back to the Client. So if your vehicle is paid up long ago and you can't find the COR, it is probably still with the bank, and we will request it from them if we buy your car. Please comment if you have questions. Dirk

I want to renew expired disc of late brother' car.How go about to change ownership? Doma, you are confusing two problems, rather take one problem at a time. Unless you submit an avidavit supporting why it should be you to renew the license, it will be required of the Executor of the Will to do this on behalf of the Estate. Same goes for Change of Ownership and or Registration, although you could simply take the papers and go and register and you may well be successful, the Estate may well get a Court Order to Repossess the Car from you if you have done this outside of the will of the Estate. Dirk

I'm experiencing a problem here whereby I de-registered my car on the 30 of July 2012 and yet I still receive traffic fines on my mail (under my name) approximately about three months later (October 2012) after the process of de-registration has been completed. How is that possible??? Nhlanhla Ngwenya, this is probably because the process whereby you de-regitered your car is not the right proccess. Have you received such an invoice or proof of that transaction having taken effect? You see - suppose that documentation was not completed properly - they may not have been able to contact you to notify you that it was unsuccessful. So go to your closest Roadworthy Center and explain to them what has happened - they charge a fee - but they are much more efficient at helping you than the Licensing Department.

Name Anelle E-Mail anelle@vauditech.co.za Comment We bought a vehicle cash and the owner gave us the original registration document. We subsequently lost the original document (I only have a photocopy). The previous owner does not have time and cannot take off from work to apply for a duplicate registration doc and is quite angry because the change of ownership can't be done without the registration doc. We have a certified copy of the previous owners ID. How do we get hold of o duplicate document? Anelle Unfortunately, this is probably one of the most daunting challenges you could possibly face as far as Motor-vehicle Licensing Problems are concerned. Only the Title Holder of a vehicle may apply in person for his own Duplicate Certificate of Registration. Exceptions are where the Title Holder is an Organisation or a Business, then the Roadworthy Center can do it on your behalf provided you supply adequate documentation. If the person who is Title-Holder is an old person or in Hospital or so, then if you have a Statement by a Doctor that the person is not fit, and not Mobile, and thus not in a position to apply for duplicate, t

I discovered on Monday that an unscrupulous private car dealer has changed the ownership of my ford bantam into her name without my ID and the original certificate of registration. i bought the bantam from her and it was registered in my name, I then took it back a month later so she can fix a problem in the engine. She has been having my bantam for the past four months and is not responding to my calls when I demand it back. She is nowhere to be found at her residence(which is also her place of business). the police say i must go to the courts but can you give me advice on who i can contact in the traffic department to report this internal corruption and fraud because it is evident she used one of the staff to change the ownership papers. should i go to the nearest traffic department to report this matter?

Hi Sabelo Sabelo I believe you could perhaps be making a mistake on the one hand, or on the other hand perhaps not. If she is registered as a dealer then all she needs to "Dealer-Stock" a vehicle is the Original Certificate of Registration, or - if you failed to register the vehicle in the required period and she remained Title-Holder, then she could have obtained a Duplicate Document fairly easily and legally, and then there-after registered it in any other entity. If you registered the vehicle in your own name, and she thereafter changed it, then that is highly suspicious, and I would lay a former charge of fraud against her. However it may be wise to get a lawyer to assist and draw up the wording for you as that may be an issue. Do you have questions or comments, you are welcome? Dirk