• A duly completed application form (form MVR1A or RLV).

• Your RSA identity document (if you are a local resident) or an identity document issued by a foreign country (if you are a person not permanently resident in the Republic) or a traffic register number certificate.

• A certificate of incorporation or name change as issued in terms of the Companies Act if the vehicle is to be registered to a company.

• A founding statement or a certificate of name change issued in terms of the Close Corporations Act if the vehicle is to be registered to a close corporation.

• An affidavit on form SOA (which can be downloaded from this website) stating the parts used and the person from whom such parts were acquired. You must attach the receipts of the purchase or donation of such parts to this form.

• If such motor vehicle has been built up from a motor vehicle which has become permanently unfit for use as a motor vehicle and has been deregistered, the deregistration certificate in respect of such motor vehicle, or an affidavit containing evidence of the fact that the motor vehicle was previously permanently unfit for use.

• A South African Police Service clearance of the motor vehicle.

• A mass measuring certificate. Please note the following:

In order to obtain a mass measuring certificate it is advised that you contact your local registering authority for the contact details of a facility that offers this service.

A South African Police Service clearance will only be issued after your registering authority has issued you with a referral. After the referral has been issued the registration certificate of the vehicle has to be presented to the SAPS in order for the process to be initiated.

Should you be submitting an affidavit you are advised to contact your local registering authority regarding the level of detail expected,.

The registering authority will perform an assessment on you application and you will pay the fees as prescribed by your province