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When registering a motor vehicle from outside Namibia, you need proof of customs compliance, the vehicle's registration documents from its home country, and a police clearance or SARPCCO certificate.

21. (1) An application for the registration of a motor vehicle referred to in regulation 15(1)(a)(v) or (vi) must, in addition to the requirements and documents referred to in regulation 16, be accompanied by -

(a) proof of compliance with the provisions of customs and excise legislation;

(b) if the motor vehicle is registered outside the border of Namibia, the documents relating to the registration and licensing or the motor vehicle concerned issued in the country where that motor vehicle is registered; and

(c) a Police clearance in respect of the motor vehicle issued in the country or origin and which, in the case of a SARPCCO country, must be in the form of a SARPCCO clearance certificate or if a Police clearance is not available, an Interpol police clearance.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subregulation (1) -

(a) “SARPCCO country” means any of the countries which, together with Namibia, are represented at the Southern African Regional Police Chief’s Cooperation Organisation, being Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe: and

(b) “SARPCCO clearance certificate” means the “SARPCCO EXPORT/IMPORT EXPORTACAO/IMPORTACAO - MOTOR VEHICLE CLEARANCE” as accepted by the said Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization.