Safety Certificates Gold Coast

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Unregistered second hand and registered interstate vehicles must have a safety certificate as part of the Queensland pre-registration process.

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Unregistered second hand and registered interstate vehicles must have a safety certificate as part of the Queensland pre-registration process (unless exempt). This includes:

Cars
Motorbikes
Trailers (including caravans) with an aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of 0.751–3.50 tonnes (t)
Any other vehicles up to 4.50t gross vehicle mass (GVM).



In Queensland you must display a safety certificate on any registered light vehicle from the moment you offer a vehicle for sale, including when you:

List the vehicle for sale online
Place the vehicle in public - offering it for sale
Drive the vehicle with a sign on the window, such as ’Interested or ’Buy Me'.


Note: You are required to obtain and display a safety certificate on a registered vehicle when it is being offered for sale, even when you plan on cancelling the registration when the vehicle is sold.
You may get a $550 fine if you do not display a safety certificate on the vehicle from the moment you offer it for sale.