Change of ownership

sb88

Hi,

I bought a car recently and am waiting for ownership to be transferred. Need to tax it and sort out insurance - do I have to wait for the transfer to be completed before doing this?

biko

"You cannot tax your vehicle until the registration of the change of ownership has gone through.
You then renew the motor tax on the vehicle using Form RF100A as described below."
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/motor_tax_and_insurance/motor_tax_rates.html

Form.
Once you have the VLC back, insure the car then tax it.

MrDerp

Insure right away. You can self-certify that you are the registered owner over the phone. I transferred my insurance, to the next available time on the guys computer (I believe it was 16.45), from the drivers seat of my last purchase, then waited 6 minutes until I was insured

Don't worry about the tax. The cert will come and that will work itself out. In both my last purchases I managed to hit a checkpoint and on both occasions I politely said "Sorry Guard, you see I just purchased the vehicle and I'm waiting for my registration cert so I can tax it".

sb88

Thanks for the replies biko and MrDerp! I had heard that tax wasn't a major issue immediately after getting a car, insurance I wasn't sure about though. Got some quotes online last week but one site wouldn't give one since the car was still registered in the previous owners name. Will check it out with my current insurer tomorrow - the cert may even have been processed by then..