4: The Motor Vehicle Transportation System (Pt. 2) Flashcards
Vehicles exceeding the permissible dimension without special permit are not allowed to be operated on public highways.
SECTION 10: Special Permit
Any changes on Certificate of Registration or Driver’s License requires additional fees otherwise known as miscellaneous transaction.
SECTION 11. Additional Fees
Computation of registration fee for the first year of registration.
1st Quarter of the Year - Full Registration Fee
2nd Quarter - 3/4 of Registration Fee
3rd Quarter - 1/2 Registration Fee
4th Quarter - 1/4 Registration Fee
SECTION 12. Fee for the Original Registration for Part of Year
No proof of payment of taxes – No Registration.
SECTION 13. Payment of Taxes upon Registration
Numbered certificate of registration (MV File No.)
SECTION 14. Issuance of Certificates of Registration
A photocopy or the original CR are required to be preserved and carried in the car by the owner or driver of a motor vehicle.
SECTION 15. Use and Authority of Certificates of Registration
A photocopy or the original CR are required to be preserved and carried in the car by the owner or driver of a motor vehicle.
- Evidence of registration
- Must always be in the vehicle
SECTION 15. Use and Authority of Certificates of Registration
(7) Registration of MV (Motor Vehicle) may be suspended if found:
- Unsightly
- Unsafe
- Overloaded
- Improperly marked or quipped
- Unfit to be operated
- Capable of causing excessive damage to the highways
- Not conforming to minimum standards and specifications
PLATE NO. MAY BE CONFISCATED/SUSPENDED
ISSUES MUST BE FIXED WITHIN 72 H O U R S
SECTION 16. Suspension of Registration Certificate
MV Private - all numbers and letters are green with white background for the old plates while black with white background for the new plates. Old plates have 3 letters and 3 numbers. New plates have 3 letters and 4 numbers.
MV For Hire- all numbers and letters are black with yellow background. Rainbow plates are for tourist MV.
Trailer Plates- all numbers and letters are green with white background for the old plates while black with white background for the new plates.
Trailer Plates For Hire- all numbers and letters black with yellow background.
MV Government - all numbers and letters are red with white background.
MV Diplomatic – all numbers and letters are blue with white background and with four or five numbers.
MC/TC Private - all numbers and letters are green with white background for the old plates while black with white background for new.
MC/TC Government - all numbers and letters are red with white background.
TC For Hire - all numbers and letters are black with yellow background.
SECTION 17. Number Plates, Preparation and Issuances
Validation Stickers –are stickers that are attached on the windshield.
Plate Year Tags – are stickers that are attached on the plates of vehicles indicating the year of registration.
Validation Stickers and Plate Year Tags
Assignment and distribution of Motor Vehicle License Plates from July 1, 2016 onwards based on Memorandum Circular No. 2018-2143 (Annex I). The starting letter of the plate number indicates the region where the vehicle was first registered
Region I – I
Region II – B
Region III – C
Region IV-A – D
Region IV-B – V
Region V – E
Region VI – F
Region VII – G
Region VIII – H
Region IX – J
Region X – K
Region XI – L
Region XII – M
NCR – N
CAR – Y
CARAGA – Z
Regional Assignments of Letters in Plate Number Issuance
1 – President of the Republic of the Philippines
2 – Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines
3 – Senate President
4 – Speaker of the House Representative
5 – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
6 – Cabinet Secretary
7 – Senator
8 – Congressman / Member – House of Representative
9 – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
10 – Solicitor General, Presiding Justice and Other Justices of the Court Appeals
11 – Chairman of the Commission on Elections
12 – Cabinet Undersecretary
14 – Chief of Staff, AFP and Chief, PNP
16 – Regional Trial Court Judges (RTC)
17 – Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Metropolitan Trial Court in the Cities (MTCC), Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) and Sha’ra Court
PROTOCOL PLATES as per DOTr D.O 2015-013
The issuance of these Plates are at any LTO Registration Offices where the MV, TRL, MC & TC are first registered.
MV Plates Issuance
- At all times, number plates must be displayed in conspicuous places, one in front and one in the rear.
- The number plates must be kept clean and cared for, and firmly affixed to the motor vehicle in such a manner as will make it entirely visible and always legible.
SECTION 18. Use of Number Plates
- Road rollers, trolley cars, street-sweepers, sprinklers, lawn mowers, bulldozers, graders, fork-lifts, amphibian trucks, at cranes if not used on public highways, vehicles which run only on rails or tracks, and tractors, trailers and traction engines of all kinds used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
- Construction or agricultural equipment or machineries are not allowed in public road, hence, not subject for registration
Exemption to MV Registration
