Rego expired?
Pink slip or blue slip.
Under 3 months, renew. Over 3 months, a blue slip.
Quick answer
- Expired less than 3 months ago? You can still renew. If your renewal notice asks for a safety check, that is a pink slip, $52 here.
- Not renewed within 3 months of the expiry date? The registration is cancelled, and the number plates are handed in at a service centre.
- To register it again you need a design, identity and safety check from an authorised inspection station: a blue slip, $82 here, valid for 42 days.
- Either way you also need CTP insurance (a green slip).
- Once it expires the car is unregistered. You may drive it to the nearest convenient inspection station for the inspection, by the most direct or convenient route.
Checked on against Early or late registration renewal (nsw.gov.au), How to renew vehicle registration (nsw.gov.au), Safety checks and vehicle inspections (nsw.gov.au), Get a blue slip (Service NSW) and When you can drive an unregistered vehicle (nsw.gov.au).
My rego expired less than 3 months ago. What do I do?
- You can still renew
- NSW lets you renew within 3 months of the expiry date.
- A pink slip, if the notice asks
- Your renewal notice tells you whether the car needs a safety check. If it does, a pink slip here is $52, sent to Transport for NSW electronically. Pink slips
- And CTP insurance
- You renew after you get CTP insurance (a green slip) and the safety inspection.
- Unregistered until you renew
- Once registration expires the vehicle is unregistered, so drive it only where the rules allow (below).
Expired more than 3 months ago? You need a blue slip
- The registration is cancelled
- Registration not renewed within 3 months of the expiry date is cancelled, and you hand the number plates in at a service centre.
- A blue slip
- A design, identity and safety check at an authorised inspection station: the blue slip (AUVIS), $82 here, valid for 42 days. Blue slips
- Then CTP and Service NSW
- Get CTP insurance, then register at a Service NSW centre with the original paper blue slip and pay the registration costs.
Can I drive it to the inspection?
- Yes, for the inspection
- Transport for NSW allows an unregistered vehicle to be driven by the most direct or convenient route to the nearest convenient authorised inspection station.
- Ring or book first
- Transport for NSW recommends an appointment the examiner can verify, so ring or send the card before you set out.
- Not your nearest station?
- If we are not your nearest convenient station, use an unregistered vehicle permit or bring it on a trailer or tow truck.
- Anywhere else
- Driving an unregistered vehicle is illegal, carries heavy penalties and can mean it is not covered by CTP insurance.
What will it cost?
Both are the most Transport for NSW allows. CTP insurance and the registration costs are separate, paid to your insurer and Service NSW.
Questions
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My rego expired. Do I need a pink slip or a blue slip?
Within 3 months of the expiry date you can still renew, with a pink slip if your renewal notice asks for one. After 3 months the registration is cancelled, and you need a blue slip to register the car again.
Can I get a pink slip after my rego expires?
Yes, while you can still renew: within 3 months of the expiry date. The car is unregistered meanwhile, so drive it only to the nearest convenient inspection station, by the most direct or convenient route.
Can I drive an unregistered car to get a pink slip or blue slip?
Transport for NSW allows an unregistered vehicle to be driven by the most direct or convenient route to the nearest convenient authorised inspection station. Transport for NSW recommends an appointment the examiner can verify, so ring or send the card before you set out.
Do I need a green slip first?
You need both before you renew: the NSW Government says you renew after you get CTP insurance (the green slip) and a safety inspection. To register a car again after 3 months, you get the blue slip and CTP insurance before you go to Service NSW.
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