Cancel a vehicle registration within NSW

You'll need to take the vehicle's number plates, a completed form and other documents to a Service NSW Centre to cancel the vehicle registration.

Introduction

If you're the registered operator of a vehicle, you can cancel your registration and hand in the vehicle's number plates, at a service centre.

There's a cancellation fee, but you're able to apply for a refund of any unused portion of the motor vehicle tax.

What you need

• the vehicle's registration certificate (if available)
• the vehicle's number plates (or a Police Event Number if the plates have been lost, stolen or destroyed)
• your proof of identity
• your payment
• the PDF forms:
  • 'Number Plates and/or Cancellation of Registration'
  • 'Request for refund of NSW registration' (if applicable)
  • 'Application for Transfer/Refund of NSW Registrations for Motor Dealers' (motor dealers only).

  How to cancel

  1. Download and complete:
     • Number Plates and/or Cancellation of Registration – PDF.
     • Request for refund of NSW registration – PDF (if applicable).
     • Application for Transfer/Refund of NSW Registrations for Motor Dealers – PDF (if applicable).
  2. Ensure you have all the required documentation.
  3. Visit a service centre, lodge your application, and return the vehicle's number plates.

  If you don't live in NSW, you can cancel your registration from interstate by post.

  More information

  • If you want to keep the plates after you cancel your vehicle's registration, you'll need to put them in reserve at a service centre. Additional fees may apply.
  • If your vehicle is registered in joint names, you only need the signature of the primary operator.

  Payment methods

  You can review transaction payment options on our payment methods page.