Vehicle rigistration in a "non Home state"

With reguards to vehicles registered in other states for vehicles garaged in Queensland they must be changed to Queensland registartion after a period of time I think 1month but check with the Queensland Department of transport to make sure.

Yep...Most in States you have to change your rego over within 3 months of living there permanently. But if you were travelling alot, it would be hard for anyone to police it effectively. In SA it is easy. You call the RTA from anywhere and give them your Credit Card number and a forwarding address and within days you have your new rego. No sweat.....lol

Cheers

I have heard rumours that you might have to do some serious tap dancing to convince an insurance company in the event of a claim ....

I had my car registered in WA at a mates address whilst I lived in ACT/NSW as it was a bucket load cheaper - then I was informed from 2 different sources that if I had an insurance claim I wouldn't have a leg to stand on so I bit the bullet and did the righty....

Cheers ... Taz

Hi Taz & Milka,

See my response to Mite Tan lower down the post.

Best learn tap dancing in the event of in MHO.

Regards

SKI'er

Hi Mike Tan,

I am monitoroing for advice and so picked up your reply/concern.

Allow me to tell a TRUE story.

Prior to my retirement from teaching I taught in a Liverpool/west Sydney school.. great school. On a particular day a member of staff "had" to go into the city for a gev school approved course. It was convenient for him to drive past the school gates for about another 3 minutes to park at the transit rail station and be in the city 25 minutes later.

After the return trip he found his $14,000 agreed valued car was gone (legitimately stolen). The PROBLM was that he was using his bothers address in Qland to register and insure his vehicle from. BET YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE THAT DO THIS type of thing !!!

On day of theft he reported it to to NSW local police and got an incident #. and was advised to leave it for a few hours in case it was recovered from "joy riders"

No good news so...Next day he reported it to his insurer NRM..

I heard half of the conversation (the rest was filled in later) before the chair kicking began.

"We note that you vehicle was stoeln from Sydeny met but it was insured in Q. Can you explain why the vehicle was in *.* Sydney Nsw.

Yes I was down here on business.

Thats fine ... but we will not do a telephone claim loss registration - rather we will send you a snail mail claim forthe loss with this ID number. Please complete it and ATTACH a telehone bill in your name from that address or an electricity bill in your name from that address.

My collegue came clean and told the NR... person that he had been registering the vehicle at his brothers address and doing the same for insurance.

The NR... lady told him "good Morning" we will note be acting on your claim "because you have made fraudulent claims of regitration address in order to gain an advantage ( of premium) and told the collegue that they would include a form advising of his rights at appeal if he so sought fit."

Then the chair kicking began and the loss of a $14,000 vehicle was borne by my coolegue/friend.

BEWARE... the big insuruers know that the non host state registration goes on and that they will take you money until the crunch comes.... then ... as above.

Thats why I say LEGAL. I have got to a stage of my life ( I know) when wealth allows me to aviod the traps...... I was simply seeking "nuts and bolts 'WITHIN LEGAL" ADVICE"".

Regards

SKI'er
SKI'er

I relation to SkI-er's post. I used to live in Sydney had a car registered in WA as it was cheaper however the car was insured in Sydney and had no problems making a claim in a car accident. As long as your honest as to the location of your vechicle to the insuracne company they won't care what state the regiration is in.

I reckon as long as you tell the onsurance co what u r doing and where then u should be OK, check with your NZ insurance co and see who their aussie affiliate is?

Good idea Bonz, simple when you think outside the square eh. Never thought of working with my own insurance Co.

Just be aware that you can only do a rego over the internet in NSW IF the pink slip issuer offers online pink slips. (Green slips are always on line from an hour or so after you pay them.)

If you get the pink slip interstate, you may have to allow yourself time to post in the forms, pink slip and payment, then for the papers to get back to you.

We have always planned our trips to be near the NSW border and headed to Broken Hill, Tweed Heads etc to do it all directly.

Max

Max.
Yep forgot to mention that!!

We are setting up our mail to go to a relo's place, who will forward it to where ever we are currently at, & pay all fees over the internet!

Don't have a lot of other options as we will be spending the next year interstate.

Also have trailer (2), motorcycle (1) & ute rego to worry about while we are away!!

I don't suppose that they accept fax's of pink slips??

Dunno - maybe a phone call to the RTA would be worth while. Their telephone staff seem pretty - all you have to do is hang on till you get to them!

Max

and whle you are at it get a WA license - yu can hold that as wellas interstate license but elwhere you have to hand it in to get a local license

To get an AUS address, can you open a bank account in your name with a relatives address? If so, bingo, your first statement will give you an address you can use for registration purposes. then you will have an address to allow you to get a QLD licence. No yearly inspection etc. If you own the vehicle more than a year and the rego comes due, just pay it on line and get the relos to forward the label on to you where ever you are in oz.

One thing for everyone who plays "the I'll register it interstate at a mates or relo's house" game to consider. If you have an accident where some one is injured and your CTP mob find out that your car is garaged in another state becuse you are trying to beat the system then you may find out you are not CTP insured and in deep bleep as well as all the legal dramas that go with it.

I've moved between SA and QLD a number of times in the last 6 years and played the game. Not anymore. the extra rego is worth it.

If you are travelling around as I did in a troopy on SA plates, spent the better part of 18 months in QLD, CGU insurance had no problem with accident theft etc as ithe vehicle was covered all over oz. Explained that to them and they were ok with it.

If you can beat them, do it but it may bite you on the ass. Is the saving worth it?

I can actually open a bank a/c in NZ thru my NZ bank (which is of course Oz owned) - I guess I can get them to send a statement immediately when we pick up the cashcards etc on arrival - and that should work ! Thanks its been bugging me!

Hmm no edit function - what I meant to say I can open a bank a/c in Oz from NZ thru my NZ bank....