Road worthy certificate needed when selling privately?

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Hi,

I'm getting all in order for the sale of my car, and managed to finally find the certificate of ownership which is in my name as the car has been paid for a number of years. I could not find the RWC but is this needed when doing a sale privately? Can I hand him the papers as well as do all the transfer of ownership docs etc, and then the new owner will do the whole RWC? Is a RWC needed to transfer the car into his name?

I saw the thread here with details of how to sell privately, but it didn't mention if the RWC can be done after the transfer? Real noob at this...not sure as the to be new owner hasn't asked for the RWC?

Can someone shed some light here please? :confused:

Thanks
 
Roadworthy needs to be done for change of ownership in Gauteng. And as far as i understand it gets done by the buyer, but not 100% sure
 
It should be, but last year I sold my car and the change of ownership was done without a RWC.
 
You can hand the Change of Ownership papers in and he will be able to register and licence pending CRW. He just doesn't get a licence disc until it's done.

Unless the RWC was part of your sale agreement.
 
Peder said:
Roadworthy needs to be done for change of ownership in Gauteng. And as far as i understand it gets done by the buyer, but not 100% sure
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It can be done anytime and depends on what agreement was reached between the seller and buyer.

The Registering Authority will still register and license it without one. They just won't issue a license disc.
 
I don't think they are asking for the RWC any more. I recently paid off my car and and was not asked for a RWC when I changed it to my name.
 
RWC is only required if the car isn't currently registered I believe.

Also it's not required for the sale itself it's just a cost/effort the buyer normally wants to dodge so that they won't have trouble registering the car.

If it's already registered it's just a transfer.
 
oober said:
I don't think they are asking for the RWC any more. I recently paid off my car and and was not asked for a RWC when I changed it to my name.
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That's because the car did not change ownership. You just became the Title Holder.

SauRoNZA said:
RWC is only required if the car isn't currently registered I believe.

Also it's not required for the sale itself it's just a cost/effort the buyer normally wants to dodge so that they won't have trouble registering the car.

If it's already registered it's just a transfer.
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RWC is required if a vehicle changes ownership. Else you don't get a license disc when you register and licence.

Unless the vehicle still has a valid CRW going.
 
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ShaunSA said:
That's because the car did not change ownership. You just became the Title Holder.



RWC is required in the event of a change of ownership unless the vehicle still has a valid RWC.
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just to add, a RWC is valid for 6 months. So if you, for some bizarre reason, took it for roadworthy within the preceding 6 months you should be good
 
ShaunSA said:
That's because the car did not change ownership. You just became the Title Holder.



RWC is required if a vehicle changes ownership. Else you don't get a license disc when you register and licence.

Unless the vehicle still has a valid CRW going.
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Hello, what is a CRW and how do u check if u have a valid one?
 
ShaunSA said:
That's because the car did not change ownership. You just became the Title Holder.



RWC is required if a vehicle changes ownership. Else you don't get a license disc when you register and licence.

Unless the vehicle still has a valid CRW going.
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I realise you are actually quite right because come to think of it I had to get the RWC when I sold my last bike.

I just forgot all about it since it was part of the Dekra 70-point check or whatever I did for peace of mind of the new owner.
 
I didnt know about all of that a few years ago with a car I bought. It came with RWC etc but the license disk was still valid for another 11 months.
I wish I knew that I had to change it to my name because I ended up having to get a new RWC and back back licensing fees to when I bought the car.
School fees are never fun :(
 
Rocket-Boy said:
I didnt know about all of that a few years ago with a car I bought. It came with RWC etc but the license disk was still valid for another 11 months.
I wish I knew that I had to change it to my name because I ended up having to get a new RWC and back back licensing fees to when I bought the car.
School fees are never fun :(
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That's because the disc becomes invalid the moment the previous owner does the Change of Ownership.

A lot of people assume that they don't need to do anything because the vehicle still has a "valid disc" on it.

The vehicle still needs to be registered, licensed and a new disc obtained and displayed.
 
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