Free Australian Capital Territory Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale
The ACT requires a Vehicle Safety Check on every private sale, which means — unlike most of Australia — an inspector has looked at this car and recorded it before the buyer drove away. Your odometer disclosure sits beside that VSC, and the two documents will be read together. There is a second Canberra wrinkle: many buyers register the car in NSW the following week, so the disclosure crosses a border and lands in a different system that will read it just as carefully.
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Australian Capital Territory Odometer Disclosure Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Stamp Duty / Tax Details
The ACT Revenue Office's Redbook-benchmarked valuation — duty at $3 per $100 of market value — leans on mileage, so the disclosed reading and the duty assessment should tell one consistent story.
Inspection / Roadworthy Requirements
Canberra's mandatory Vehicle Safety Check puts independent eyes on the car before transfer — the VSC record gives the buyer a reference point the odometer disclosure should align with.
Registration
Registration for this vehicle type is handled by Access Canberra — separate from the transfer agency.
Australian Capital Territory Odometer Disclosure Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Note the reading captured at the Vehicle Safety Check — the ACT requires a VSC on every private sale.
- Record the exact kilometre figure at handover, with the date, consistent with the VSC.
- Certify in writing that the odometer has not been wound back, altered, or replaced.
- Disclose any cluster replacement with the true accumulated distance.
- Enter the VIN — especially important if the buyer will register in NSW.
- Attach the disclosure to the VSC and the sale receipt: they travel together, sometimes across a border.
- Both parties sign and date it on the day of the sale.
Common Pitfalls
- A handover figure that does not reconcile with the Vehicle Safety Check.
- Forgetting that a Queanbeyan buyer will present your documents to a NSW system that has never seen this car.
- Rounding the reading.
- Omitting the VIN on a document about to cross a border.
Pro Tip
The ACT puts an inspector on every private sale. Make your odometer statement agree with the VSC — and remember it may be read in NSW next week.