Registration and number plates

This page has information on registration and numbers plates in the Northern Territory.

Check, renew or transfer your registration

Check your vehicle registration
How to check your vehicle registration status online using Rego Check Online, or by phone or email.
Renew your vehicle registration
How to renew your vehicle registration in the Northern Territory, including online, using the NT rego app, by mail, phone or in person.
Apply for your vehicle registration history
How to apply to the MVR for a search of your registration history.
Buying and selling a used vehicle: registration
Checks you should carry out before you buy a second-hand vehicle, when you should transfer the ownership and lodging a notice of disposal form if you are selling a vehicle.
Change contact details: vehicle registration
Change your contact details on your vehicle registration, including your address, email and phone number.
Change your name on registration
How to change your surname and what documents you will need at the MVR.
Cancel or refund your vehicle registration
Information on getting a refunding or cancelling your vehicle registration in the Northern Territory.
NT Rego app
How to get the NT Rego app to check the registration of any vehicle in the NT, change your contact details and find MVR offices.
Transfer your interstate registration
Information on when you should transfer your interstate registration in the Northern Territory.

Register vehicle in joint names
How to register a vehicle in a joint names at the MVR.
Register your vehicle for the first time
How to register your vehicle in the NT for the first time, including information about roadworthy inspections.
Temporary licence for unregistered vehicle
You can apply for a temporary licence to drive an unregistered vehicle if you and your vehicle can meet all of the requirements to register a vehicle in the Northern Territory.
Licensed vehicle dealers and registration
How to submit a notice of disposal form with the MVR to properly dispose of vehicles or register a vehicle for an interstate or overseas resident.
Register an imported vehicle
What you need to register an imported vehicle in the Northern Territory (NT).
Visiting interstate and overseas vehicles
Information about requirements for driving interstate and overseas vehicles in the Northern Territory.
Compulsory third party insurance
Information on the types of third party insurance you must have to drive a vehicle.
NT residents: apply for long term traveller registration
Information on applying for a long term traveller status for NT residents intending to travel in Australia for more than 12 months.

Golf buggy exemption
When you should register your golf buggy in the NT, including insurance and driver licence requirements for driving your golf buggy.
Motor club vehicles
The NT Club Registration Scheme gives you a reduced rate of registration and compulsory third party insurance.
Primary producer discount and pastoral vehicle permits
Guide to the registration discount and stamp duty exemption for primary producers who want to drive on public roads, including pastoral vehicle permits.
Quad bikes and ATVs: conditional registration
How to apply for conditional registration for a quad bike or all-terrain vehicles (ATV) for work related purposes.
Scooters
Information about motorised scooters and what licence you need to have to ride one in the Northern Territory.
Non standard vehicle types
This page has information on segways, power assisted bicycles or bikes, and glider trailers.

Authorised vehicle inspectors
Find an authorised vehicle inspector to carry out your roadworthy inspection to register your vehicle or renew your registration.
Book a vehicle inspection
You can get a vehicle inspection by booking the MVR test shed in Darwin online, or by booking an authorised inspector.
Check if your vehicle needs an inspection
Find out when your type of vehicle needs a roadworthy inspection for registration, including information on older cars.
Vehicle inspectors who want to join online system
Information for vehicle inspectors who want to join the Northern Territory Government online system.
When your vehicle does not pass inspection
Information on being granted conditional registration if your vehicle does not pass a roadworthy inspection.
Become an authorised inspector
Find out how to become an authorised inspector for motor vehicles.

Number plates: apply or transfer plates
Guide to approved number plates and the right to display number plates in the Northern Territory.
Number plates: damaged, lost or stolen
You can apply to have your plates replaced or you can get a new set of general issue plates if they are damaged, defaced, lost or stolen.
Apply for a trader's plate
How to get trader's plates for demo vehicles in the northern territory.

Vehicle modifications
Information on the approval processes for registration of modified or individually constructed vehicles in the Northern Territory.
Vehicle accessories
Information on requirements for fitting vehicle accessories, including antennas, bonnet scoops, bull bars, roof racks and bicycle racks.
Vehicle standards for registration
Registration standards for your vehicle, including lights and window tinting.
Driver training vehicle: apply to fit dual control
How to apply to the MVR to fit dual control to a vehicle if you are conducting driver training.
Light bus seat removal
Rules you must follow to modify the number of seats in a light bus so a person with a C class driver licence can drive the vehicle.
Pastoral vehicles: registration standards
Information on special vehicle standards for certain types of pastoral vehicles to meet registration requirements in the NT.
Towing and A-frames
Northern Territory regulations and guidelines for towing, including using A-frames.

Abandoned vehicles
Guide to vehicles abandoned on public roads, including how to report an abandoned vehicle.
NT written off vehicle register
How to notify the MVR that your vehicle has been written-off.