Change of Ownership

Vehicles Registered before 1993

• Notification of Transfer of Vehicle Ownership RF200 Form
• Brown Registration Book (Logbook)
• Where the logbook cannot be produced, a Statutory Declaration Form must be completed and returned to Leitrim Motor Tax Office.

Vehicles registered after 1993

Post-1993 registered vehicles are dealt with by Department of Transport, Shannon, Co. Clare.

Leitrim Motor Tax Office can only register a change of ownership if the vehicle is being taxed.

• Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC) – Change of Ownership Section on the reverse completed by both the seller and the buyer.

This document must be forwarded by the seller to the Department of Transport, Shannon, Co. Clare and a new Registration Certificate will be issued to the new owner of the vehicle.

Change of Ownership where new owner wishes to tax the vehicle

• Vehicle Registration Certificate or Logbook
• Tax Renewal RF100A Tax Renewal Form

Change of Ownership where previous owner is deceased

• Letter from executor of the deceased’s will or solicitor dealing with the will, indicating new owner’s right to the vehicle
• Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC)
• Where the VRC cannot be produced, a Statutory Declaration Form must be completed and sent to the Department of Transport, Shannon, Co. Clare along with the letter mentioned above.

Change of Ownership where vehicle has never been taxed and no VRC exists

• RF200 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF VEHICLE OWNERSHIP form sent to Department of Transport, Shannon, Co. Clare
• If new owner wishes to tax the vehicle, bring RF200 Form, mentioned above, and First Time Tax Form RF100 to Leitrim Motor Tax Office. If previous owner is unknown, a Statutory Declaration Form must be completed and sent to Department of Transport, Shannon.