Notify Transport for NSW that a customer has died

Introduction

If a person with licences and/or vehicle or vessel registrations has died, you can advise Transport for NSW (TfNSW) by visiting a Service NSW Centre with an appropriate document confirming the death.

The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages does inform TfNSW of a death, but it can take some time.

What you need

• one of the following documents:
  • death certificate (original or copy)
  • newspaper death notice
  • letter from a solicitor or the NSW Trustee and Guardian advising that the person has died
  • a completed Advice of Death – PDF form together with proof of identity documentation for the person who died
  • in the case of a missing person presumed deceased, a 'Presumption of Death Order' issued by the Supreme Court (original or copy).
    Note: In this instance the Advice of Death form cannot be used.

How to notify

1. Choose the document you wish to provide.
2. Visit a service centre and convey the information.

More information

To transfer a registered vehicle or vessel to one of the following:

• administrator of the estate
• surviving joint registered operator, or
• next of kin,

visit:

• Transfer a vehicle registration due to the death of the registered operator
• Transfer a vessel registration due to the death of the registered operator.