Car Unregistered for six years

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runtimDLL

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Hi

I have a situation.
I have a 14year old car that was last registered in 2009.
I went through a patch where I was a student and had zero cash to maintain the car and as a result the engine seized and and everything became too expensive to fix. So it just sat in my yard, covered for 6years.

I have now been able to fix the car.. 15k job.

What are the implications of it being unlicensed for so long. And what's the procedure for getting it back on the road?

Thanks
 
I have a nasty feeling that they will make you pay all the arrears licensing fees, and then obviously it would have to go through a roadworthy test.

I presume you have papers and it's in your name, and you didn't scrap it.
 
Well technically it was never unregistered...which is why this is going to cost you more money as you'll now need to pay the arrears licensing fees.
 
OK so having looked at the website, it says that the vehicle will be automatically deregistered if it hasn't been renewed for more than 4 years.

I wonder what the arrears are going to cost
 
The arrears will be the licencing amount for each year with a late penalty fee/ interest. For 6 years, it's going to be a little eina.
 
runtimDLL said:
Its a tazz 2001
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OK - so lets look at it this way - you've spent 15 000 repairing it, you are still in for another 2000 to 3000 or so in arrears, so you are getting in to a 2001 Tazz for 17/18k which is acceptable.

If there is still work to be done on the car, however, cut your losses and de-register and sell as a donor car.
 
The car was given to me by my dad, and transferred onto my name, but being young at the time I had no knowledge about all this logbook stuff. Now he doesn't know where it is. An affidavit?/would that help?
 
There's absolutely no work left to be done one the car now. It's a beaut. And purrrrs.
 
Assuming it's registered in your name, you'll need to pitch up at the local registering authority with your ID and
1. Apply and pay for a duplicate registration certificate. Stand in the queue, get the form, fill in the form (take your own pen as the one at licensing department never works), stand in the queue, pay, then stand in another queue and
2. Activate the dornant registration by paying the unpaid annual licence fees for six years (it's really just a tax, so unavoidable) and penalties.
3. The chance are >99.999% you will need to present the car for a roadworthy test and obtain a roadworthy certificate before the licence disk for the current year is issued. How do you legally drive on the road without a current disk? Gotcha. You'll have to obtain a temporary registration.

The time, effort and money you'll expend getting all this sorted out will be ten tines greater than the accumulated deficit of your six-year neglect - this is an iron law of government. However, if the registration clerk is benign and you show great deference and respect for his elevated office, he can override that third requirement. Remember to call him Sir if he [-]is[/-] has a dick, or Ma'am if not. Discretionary power in a civil servant is their only weapon and it's inversely proportional to their station, so bow and scrape as needed.

Good luck! And enjoy the revived car. You can name it Tazzarus - back from the dead.
 
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