Land Transportation Workplace (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II speaks to members of the media throughout a press convention on the New MMDA Constructing in Pasig Metropolis on Thursday, February 15, 2024. —Arnel Tacson/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines — A complete of three,940 present trigger orders to motorcar sellers nationwide have been issued by the Land Transportation Workplace.
These are the motorcar sellers who didn’t launch license plates, together with the Official Receipt (OR) and Certificates of Registration (CR), for newly purchased automobiles throughout the 11-day deadline.
This was a part of their efforts to forestall the stockpiling of license plates in motorcar dealerships, mentioned LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza II in a press release on Monday.
“This ought to be a lesson to dealerships that their tasks don’t cease after [they] promote their automobiles and bikes. They need to additionally be capable of present after-sales providers, most particularly distributing to the shoppers their license plates and OR/CR as a result of these are crucial paperwork below our legal guidelines,” he mentioned.
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Based mostly on LTO tips, its workplaces should launch the license plates and OR/CR to motorcar dealerships inside 5 days after the submission of all documentary necessities.
Stiff penalties
For his or her half, motorcar dealerships have six days to ahead the plates and paperwork to shoppers.
Those that fail to take action face a high-quality of as much as P1 million and the termination of their license to function, relying on the seriousness of the offense.
In June, Mendoza warned motorcar sellers that they have to launch license plates and OR/CR on time because the LTO was eyeing the strict implementation of the “no plate, no journey” coverage. This was after it worn out its backlog on the distribution of license plates protecting four-wheel autos.
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In a latest dialogue with the LTO, some car sellers mentioned their shoppers had repeatedly ignored their messages to assert their license plates, which prompted Mendoza to order all native LTO officers to help of their distribution.
To additional velocity up the claiming of the license plates, the LTO earlier issued a memorandum round informing the house owners of latest autos that non permanent and improvised license plates may very well be used solely till the top of the 12 months.
Thus far, quite a few LTO workplaces have initiated packages that embrace door-to-door supply of license plates to car house owners.
Mendoza, in the meantime, additionally urged house owners of newly purchased motor autos to instantly report back to the LTO automotive and bike dealerships that didn’t launch their plates and OR/CR on time.
They’ll ship their complaints to the LTO’s social media accounts or the AksyON the Spot hotline at 0929-2920865.
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