Renew your registration
A registration renewal notice is sent 6 weeks before your registration expires. The notice will show your vehicle details and cost to renew your registration.
You should receive your renewal notice:
- in the post about 4 weeks before the due date
or - by email 6 weeks before the due date if you have signed up for e-notices (or 4 weeks before the due date if you are enrolled in direct debit for a 1 month term).
You are required to renew your registration on time, even if you don’t receive the renewal notice. If you don’t renew on or before the due date, the vehicle cannot legally be driven and a fee will be charged for late payments.
Find ways to pay your registration.
You can renew your registration online
Driving an unregistered vehicle
Driving an unregistered vehicle is an offence and you may be fined. It is your responsibility to make sure the vehicle you are driving is registered and has Compulsory Third Party (CTP) insurance. If you don’t have CTP insurance you may not be covered if there is an accident or injury to yourself or others.
Transport inspectors and police officers can check that your car is registered through your number plate. This can be done through in car checks using hand held devices, or through the use of mobile and fixed cameras—which have the ability to quickly check the registration status of your vehicle.
Tips for keeping your registration current
To make sure that you pay your registration on time, you can:
Sign up for e-reminders
You can sign up for e-reminders to receive free email reminders about your registration.
If you sign up for e-reminders, you’ll get an email:
- 3 days before your registration expires, if we haven’t yet received payment
- on the day your registration expires, if we haven’t yet received payment
- 7 days after your registration expires, if you haven’t renewed.
Please note: reminders can only be sent by email.
Find out how to see a list of emails we've sent you.
Not receiving our emails?
Find out reasons why an email may not reach you and the steps you can take to resolve them.
Check your registration status
You can use our online service to check registration status or download the free QLD Rego Check app from the App Store or Google Play to find the expiry date of your registration.
The Rego Check app allows you to set a calendar reminder for your registration expiry date.
You can also message us or call 13 23 80 to check the due date of your registration, or check the due date on your registration documentation for when you paid last time.
Pay your registration by direct debit
Direct debit is a payment option for registration renewal fees. This service enables customers to make regular direct debit payments towards their vehicle registration renewal and provides a convenient set and forget direct debit payment option.
You can enrol in direct debit to set up scheduled and recurring registration renewal payments from your bank account or card.
Changes to rego labels
Registration labels were discontinued in 2014. You no longer receive a registration label when you register your vehicle.
You will not be fined if you leave an expired registration label on your vehicle.
You may attach a label, you have made or purchased, to remind you of the vehicles due date, as long as it is attached in a way that it does not obstruct a drivers vision. For example, it is recommended that it be attached to the lower left corner of the wind screen, or to the lower part of the left side window.
Registration certificate
In most cases you will no longer be posted a registration certificate.
You can get your registration certificate online.
If the vehicle is registered in the name of a private individual/s or an organisation with an ACN recorded with TMR, your registration certificate will not be posted.
If you are an organisation and don't have an ACN recorded with TMR, you will be posted a registration certificate when:
- a vehicle is registered for the first time
- a vehicle's registration is transferred
- a vehicle's registration period is varied at renewal (due to over or under payment)
- common due date vehicles are renewed
- changes to your registration, insurance provider, number plates or vehicle details are made.
Selling or buying a used vehicle—what happens with registration
When a vehicle gets registered in your name, you will receive a registration certificate. You don't need to provide a buyer with a current registration certificate or replacement registration certificate.
You should retain your registration certificate or vehicle registration notice in case a potential buyer wants to confirm the vehicle or registered operator's details.