vehicle licence

[123Eish]

Hi Guys

Forgive me if this is a noob question, I am a new driver and this is my first car. My car licence disk expires on the 31st of this month and I have not received the renewel letter in the post. What must I do to renew the vehicle licence?Where do I go to do it? If there is a grace period, How long is it?

 

[HapticSimian]

You have 21 days' grace into the following month. You can renew the license at any post office in the province, but you'll need to complete a form and present your ID because you don't have a renewal notice.

 

[Dom1n8tr1x]

To renew the the license, go to your nearest Traffic Department. You will be required to fill in a form (sorry I can't remember the name) and take your ID with you since you did not receive a renewal notice.

There is a grace period, where I live it's the 22nd of the following month, remember however that you will be fined if stopped by traffic officers if you opt to drive with a expired licence.

 

[supersunbird]

You have 21 days' grace into the following month. You can renew the license at any post office in the province, but you'll need to complete a form and present your ID because you don't have a renewal notice.

+1, and better take a photocopy of your ID along too.

 

[ShaunSA]

To renew the the license, go to your nearest Traffic Department. You will be required to fill in a form (sorry I can't remember the name) and take your ID with you since you did not receive a renewal notice.

There is a grace period, where I live it's the 22nd of the following month, remember however that you will be fined if stopped by traffic officers if you opt to drive with a expired licence.

We have a name for those TO's. Idiots. It's called a grace period for a reason.

 

[AnibugZA]

If you didn't receive the renewal notice, you're never going to get it. That means every year when you renew you will have to go through the ID/certified copy of ID/fill in form schlep.

Do yourself a favour NOW and go to your nearest traffic department to do the renewal. While you're there, you tell them that you didn't receive the renewal notice and make them check all your details on their system to ensure that they have it correct. They love to claim that you filled in your information wrong and that's why the posted renewal never reached you. You make sure they set the system to send you the posted renewal notices. Those things make your life SO MUCH easier.

 

[SauRoNZA]

And once you have the renewal thing fixed...do it online.

 

[mouks]

I'm also in the same boat, I have to do renewel before Thursday aswell, Can I send someone on my behalf?

EDIT: Nevermind found this on http://www.westerncape.gov.za

If someone else renews your licence on your behalf, you need to ensure that they have:

a letter authorising them to renew your licence
a certified copy of your ID and their own ID
the licence disc or the vehicle's registration papers
the appropriate fees

 

[atomcrusher]

And once you have the renewal thing fixed...do it online.

Where? Link please?

 

[mouks]

Who's details do I fill in in section Organization's Representative?

www.westerncape.gov.za/other/2006/3/alv_app_licencing_of_motor_vehicle.pdf

 

[123Eish]

Thanks guys, renewed my licence today and updated details on their system, though my details were all correct initially