Find a Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) office

The Motor Vehicle Registry (MVR) provides registration and driver licensing services across the Northern Territory (NT).

Before you visit

Before you visit an MVR office, you should check if you can complete your transaction:

  • online
  • at a participating Australia Post office
  • by phone.

Read about other ways to access MVR services.

Locations and opening times

Find the address and opening hours of your local service centre below.

MVR Darwin

18 Goyder Road
Parap NT 0820

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to 4pm

Saturday (excludes long weekends)
9am to noon

Theory test

Monday to Friday
8am to 3pm

Saturday (excludes long weekends)
9am to 11am

Phone: 1300 654 628

Casuarina Post Shop service counter

1/4 Rowling Street
Casuarina NT 0810

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
9am to noon and 1pm to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday
9am to noon and 1pm to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Palmerston

Palm Plaza
University Avenue
Palmerston City NT 0830

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday
8am to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Alice Springs

337 Stuart Highway
Alice Springs NT 0870

Temporary closure

This office will be closed 12:30pm to 1:30pm, Tuesday 19 March.

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday
8am to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Katherine

Big Rivers Government Centre
(formerly Katherine Government Centre)
7 First Street
Katherine NT 0850

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday
8am to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Tennant Creek

33 Leichardt Street
Tennant Creek NT 0860

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday 
9am to 11am and 1:30pm to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Nhulunbuy

Industrial Estate
Lot 5 John Flynn Drive
Nhulunbuy NT 0880

Temporary closures

This office will be closed from 1pm on Monday 25 March, reopening Tuesday 26 March.

Standard hours

Monday to Friday
8am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm

Theory test

Monday to Friday
8am to 1pm and 2pm to 3pm

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Jabiru

Jabiru Police Station
10 Tasman Crescent
Jabiru NT 0886

Standard hours

The office opens every first Thursday of the month from 8am to 3pm.

To pay your licence or registration renewal:

Theory test

By appointment only.

Phone: 1300 654 628

MVR Yulara

Yulara Police Station
Yulara Drive
Yulara NT 0872

Temporary closure

This office will be closed from Monday 25 March to Friday 5 April, reopening Tuesday 9 April 2024.

Standard hours

Tuesday to Thursday
9am to noon and 12:30pm to 4pm

Friday
8am to noon

Theory test

By appointment only.

Phone: 1300 654 628

Contact

You can contact the MVR by:


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