Free Queensland As-Is Bill of Sale
Queensland's Safety Certificate regime collides with as-is selling head-on: private sales of REGISTERED light vehicles require the certificate before advertising, so a true "as-is, no certificate" sale generally means selling the vehicle unregistered — a legitimate path for project cars and farm utes, with its own paperwork rhythm. That split decides everything: registered as-is sales still carry the certificate's safety floor; unregistered ones shift every risk to the buyer, who tows the car away. Either way the ACL baseline holds — consumer guarantees bind dealers, not private sellers — and the as-is receipt earns its keep by documenting which path the deal took and which faults were disclosed.
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Queensland As-Is Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Stamp Duty / Tax Details
Duty is indifferent to as-is pricing — $3 per $100 to $100,000, $3.50 beyond, assessed on the higher of the agreed price or the vehicle's market value. The discount changes the cheque, not the duty base.
Exemption: Concession rules (spouse, domestic partner, family — via qro.qld.gov.au) apply the same whether the car is sold as-is or warranted.
Inspection / Roadworthy Requirements
Here as-is meets a hard limit: Queensland requires the seller to provide a Safety Certificate on EVERY private sale — an as-is car that cannot pass one cannot be sold privately in the normal way (2-month/2,000 km validity applies).
Queensland As-Is Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Decide the path: registered sale (Safety Certificate required before advertising) or unregistered as-is sale (no certificate, buyer transports).
- For unregistered sales: state "sold unregistered, as-is, with all faults" and hand over an unregistered-vehicle receipt.
- Disclose known faults in writing regardless of path.
- Buyer of an unregistered as-is car: budget the certificate repairs plus TMR registration from scratch.
- Seller: lodge the notice of disposal (registered sales) so post-sale liability moves.
Common Pitfalls
- Advertising a registered car as-is without a Safety Certificate — Queensland requires the certificate BEFORE the ad, condition notwithstanding.
- A buyer paying registered-car money for an unregistered as-is vehicle — the certificate repairs plus rego costs are theirs.
- Hiding known faults behind the as-is clause — misleading conduct remains actionable.
- Driving an unregistered as-is purchase home — it needs transport or a permit, not optimism.
Pro Tip
Queensland as-is: pick the lane — certificated and registered, or unregistered with the risk priced in — and paper whichever lane you picked.