Latest regulations on vehicle registration and license plate fees from October 22, 2023

On September 7, the Ministry of Finance issued Circular 60/2023/TT-BTC regulating the collection rates, collection, payment, exemption, and management of fees for registration and license plate issuance for road motor vehicles.

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Latest regulations on vehicle registration and license plate fees from October 22.

New regulations on vehicle registration and license plate fees from October 22, 2023

Accordingly, the regulations on vehicle registration and license plate fees are as follows:

TT number	Fee collection content	Area I	Region II	Region III
I	First issuance of registration certificate with license plate
1	Automobiles, except for automobiles specified in Point 2 and Point 3 of this Section	500,000	150,000	150,000
2	Passenger cars with 9 seats or less (including pickup trucks)	20,000,000	1,000,000	200,000
3	Trailers and semi-trailers registered separately	200,000	150,000	150,000
4	Motorcycle
a	Value up to 15,000,000 VND	1,000,000	200,000	150,000
b	Value from 15,000,000 VND to 40,000,000 VND	2,000,000	400,000	150,000
c	Value over 40,000,000 VND	4,000,000	800,000	150,000
II	Issuance and exchange of registration certificates and license plates
1	Issuance and exchange of registration certificate with license plate
a	Car	150,000
b	Motorcycle	100,000
2	Issuance and exchange of registration certificate without license plate	50,000
3	License plate issuance and change
a	Car	100,000
b	Motorcycle	50,000
III	Issuance of registration certificate, temporary license plate
1	Issuance of temporary registration certificates and temporary paper license plates	50,000
2	Issuance of temporary registration certificates and temporary metal license plates	150,000

Organizations and individuals with headquarters or residence in any area must pay fees for vehicle registration certificates and license plates according to the prescribed fee rates corresponding to that area.

In the case of granting registration certificates and license plates for new vehicles that win auctions, the winning organization or individual must pay the fee for granting registration certificates and license plates for vehicles as follows: Registration for granting certificates and license plates in area I applies the fee rate in area I; registration for granting certificates and license plates in areas II and III applies the fee rate in area II.

For police cars and motorbikes used for security purposes registered in area I or registered at the Traffic Police Department, Ministry of Public Security , the fee rate in area I will apply.

The value of a motorbike used as the basis for applying the fee for vehicle registration certificate and license plate is the price for calculating the registration fee at the time of registration.

Note: Fees for issuing vehicle registration certificates and license plates prescribed in Circular 60/2023/TT-BTC are applied uniformly nationwide.

In provinces and centrally run cities that have issued legal documents stipulating the fee collection level for granting vehicle registration certificates and license plates different from the regulations in Circular 60/2023/TT-BTC on the basis of specific mechanisms and policies permitted by the National Assembly to be applied locally, the collection level prescribed in that legal document shall apply.

Circular 60/2023/TT-BTC takes effect from October 22, 2023 and replaces Circular 229/2016/TT-BTC.

Documents, procedures for registration and issuance of first-time license plates

(1) Application for registration and issuance of first-time vehicle license plate

The first vehicle registration and license plate issuance application includes:

- Vehicle registration certificate.

- Vehicle owner's papers.

- Vehicle documents.

(2) Procedures for first-time vehicle registration and license plate issuance

- Organizations and individuals registering vehicles log in to the public service portal and are responsible for fully declaring the contents specified in the vehicle registration declaration, signing or signing, clearly stating their full name, and stamping (if they are agencies or organizations).

After successfully declaring, the vehicle owner receives the online vehicle registration file code and the appointment schedule to process the file notified by the public service portal via text message or email address to carry out vehicle registration procedures; provide the vehicle registration file code to the vehicle registration agency to carry out vehicle registration procedures according to regulations; in case it cannot be done on the public service portal, the vehicle owner shall declare the vehicle registration directly at the vehicle registration agency.

- Then, take the vehicle to the vehicle registration office and submit the vehicle owner's documents and vehicle documents as required.

- After the vehicle registration officer checks the vehicle's documents and finds the vehicle to be valid, the license plate will be issued according to the following regulations:

+ Issue a new license plate for the case where the vehicle owner has not been issued a license plate or has a license plate but is registering another vehicle;

+ Re-issue according to the identification number in case the identification number has been revoked.

In case the vehicle or vehicle documents do not comply with regulations, supplement and complete the documents according to the instructions of the vehicle registration officer on the document instruction form.

- Receive appointment paper for results, pay vehicle registration fee and receive license plate (in case the vehicle owner has not been issued a license plate or has a license plate but is registering another vehicle); in case the vehicle owner wants to receive vehicle registration results via public postal service, register with the public postal service unit.

- Receive vehicle registration certificate and license plate (in case of being issued an identification license plate in case the identification license plate has been revoked) at the vehicle registration agency or from a public postal service unit.

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