Selling a car without RWC what are my obligations?

[MyGU8]

I am planning to sell my old Camry without RWC (Victoria).

Is there anything I need to be aware of?

Thanks

[Cuppa]

Cancel the rego if still registered & just remove the plates & provide the buyer with a receipt for payment which has the VIN number on it, so they have proof of ownership for when they go to register it.

[Bush Ranger]

You reminded me of some thing I heard about a few years back in WA, Cuppa. Apparently you need a transfer paper, even though the vehicle is unregistered. There was a reason behind it, some thing like proof of purchase and to help make sure the vehicle wasn`t stolen etc etc. No idea if it applies any where else in Australia.

[the evil twin]

You reminded me of some thing I heard about a few years back in WA, Cuppa. Apparently you need a transfer paper, even though the vehicle is unregistered. There was a reason behind it, some thing like proof of purchase and to help make sure the vehicle wasn`t stolen etc etc. No idea if it applies any where else in Australia.

In WA it gets complicated. generally if you want to transfer ownership rather than scrap/part out or wreck then the vehicle must be registered prior to the transfer.
If you want to sell it for parts or scrap or whatever then no problem

In Vic you don't need to do that, only a receipt etc showing details but make sure you have handed in teh plates etc.
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/regi...stered-vehicle

[MyGU8]

After a bit of googling, the recommended process is to keep one plate and let the buyer know of the timelines (say 10 days) to produce a RWC for registration transfer, if not then I can go to VicRoads with the other number plate and cancel the rego.

Is one plate enough to cancel the rego?

Cheers,

[the evil twin]

After a bit of googling, the recommended process is to keep one plate and let the buyer know of the timelines (say 10 days) to produce a RWC for registration transfer, if not then I can go to VicRoads with the other number plate and cancel the rego.

Is one plate enough to cancel the rego?

Cheers,

Why would you want to do that... that is a HUGE risk to you and none to him
Just do it the way Cuppa and Vic Roads suggest, hand in the plates and sell it unregistered.
Selling on the presumption that he will get RWC, complete the transfer etc is fraught with danger.
The car is still registered to you if something goes pear shaped

[dom14]

Why would you want to do that... that is a HUGE risk to you and none to him
Just do it the way Cuppa and Vic Roads suggest, hand in the plates and sell it unregistered.
Selling on the presumption that he will get RWC, complete the transfer etc is fraught with danger.
The car is still registered to you if something goes pear shaped

Even if the car's registration is cancelled, it will still have your details at vicroads as the last registered owner.

[dom14]

Why would you want to do that... that is a HUGE risk to you and none to him
Just do it the way Cuppa and Vic Roads suggest, hand in the plates and sell it unregistered.
Selling on the presumption that he will get RWC, complete the transfer etc is fraught with danger.
The car is still registered to you if something goes pear shaped

What safety guarantee does it give you even if you sell the car with the RWC?
RWC is valid for good thirty days.
Buyer driving off your car(now his car) with the RWC and transfer papers can still keep it driving under your name for thirty days.
Lot can happen in thirty days, or at least the day the car was sold.
Only safety I can think of is to put the date and time of the sale on the transfer papers and a receipt and make sure the buyers signature and details are in those papers. If the buyer commit some criminal activity, etc with the car still registered under your name can still get you into trouble, but you can at least produce the paper to prove your innocence.
The best safeguard I can think of is to go to the Vicroads with the buyer and complete the transfer process there, which non of us paranoid enough to go through.
That is the only way I can think of guaranteeing the seller's safety, though it's a fair bit of an overkill.

[Winnie]

Why would you want to do that... that is a HUGE risk to you and none to him
Just do it the way Cuppa and Vic Roads suggest, hand in the plates and sell it unregistered.
Selling on the presumption that he will get RWC, complete the transfer etc is fraught with danger.
The car is still registered to you if something goes pear shaped

I sold a car with no RWC and it still had registration. The buyer filled out and signed the transfer forms. He said he would get it transferred asap and I didn't think about it again.
The next year I got the registration renewal in the mail. Took the transfer forms in and straight away they put it in his name and sent him the bill for the rego. They gave him something like 14 days to come up with a RWC too.

[Cuppa]

I sold a car with no RWC and it still had registration. The buyer filled out and signed the transfer forms. He said he would get it transferred asap and I didn't think about it again.
The next year I got the registration renewal in the mail. Took the transfer forms in and straight away they put it in his name and sent him the bill for the rego. They gave him something like 14 days to come up with a RWC too.

You were lucky. If during that time the buyer had scored any fines they could well have come to you & then you have the hassle of convincing the authorities (not VicRoads) that you were not responsible.

A number of years ago I drove our bus up to Melbourne & camped the night outside a factory ready to get a 6 metre awning fitted the following morning. Unknown to me, whilst I slept, some scumbag stole my rego plates. I managed to drive home to Gippsland none the wiser & parked the bus in the shed. First I knew of the plates having been stolen was when I received an infringement notice for parking somewhere I had never been. It was then I realised the plates were missing. I jumped through all the hoops & eventually after 2 or 3 months of letters back & forth the case was dropped. What really peed me off was that I was never told ‘found innocent’, only that I had been let off with a warning!