Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for Modification in your address particulars in person, the person who wants to do so should visit the nearest Registering authority in his/her province.
2. The contact links for each province in South Africa are listed in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page. Please click the link of your province and look for a nearest Municipality in your location.
3. Contact the Municipality and get contact details about nearest Registering authority according to your location.
4. Visit the nearest Registering authority and obtain the Application for notification of change of address or particulars of person or organisation (NCP) form, from the concerned department. Or click on the following link to download: Link
5. Make sure all the documents listed in the “Required documents” section of this page when you visit the Registering authority.
6. Now, complete the application form with appropriate information and mention the change of address details in the relevant field.
7. Submit it to the concerned authority at the Registering authority, along with all the required documents. Also, pay the prompted fees in the office.
8. After submission, the authority will check for legibility of the application and the validity of the attached documents.
9. And if the application information and all the documents are found in order, the requested modification in the address will be done.

• Certified copy of applicant’s ID
• Completed NCP form
• Proof of postal and residential address (Utility bill)
• Receipt of booking fee
• Affidavit confirming the applicant’s residence (in case of lack of utility account)
• Confirmation letter from ward councillor (in case of informal settlements)

Contact links for all the provinces in which you can find the Office addresses and Contact details of all the municipalities under the provinces are listed below:

• City of Johannesburg: Link
  
• City of Tshwane: Link
  
• City of Cape Town: Link
  
• Nelson Mandela Bay: Link
  
• Eastern Cape: Link
  
• Free State: Link
  
• Gauteng: Link
  
• KwaZulu-Natal: Link
  
• Limpopo: Link
  
• Mpumalanga: Link
  
• North West: Link
  
• Northern Cape: Link
  
• Western Cape: Link
  

• Any person or organisation, who wants to do any modification in their Registration document, can apply.
• The person applying must possess a valid South African Identity document and appropriate proof of address.

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NCP form: Link

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• An application can also be lodged on behalf of an organisation as a proxy or representative. And the application should hold full information about the vehicle.
• The application should also hold the declaration and attestation of the applicant with name and date.

• Particulars of the applicant
• Address details
• Contact details
• ID number
• Traffic register number

This process is essential when a license holder or a person who have done a registration for any aspect in the Registering authority is in need of modifying the address details in the respective registration format since he/she has moved to a place of new address.

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