The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Sunday warned agents and car and motorcycle dealers of “stern consequences” should they fail to release license plates and Official Receipt/Certificate of Registration (OR/CR) on time.
“We already have an initial list of the agents and their dealerships that were recommended for sanctions, including fines and suspension of accreditation,” LTO chief Vigor Mendoza II said.
The LTO’s decisive action to punish errant agents and car and motorcycle dealers is fully backed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. when he ordered the agency and the Department of Transportation to address backlog on license plates and other LTO documents on time.
In a DOTR memorandum, Malacañang cited that all vehicle dealers must comply with the LTO’s prescribed processing timelines for the release of motor vehicles plates.
Incuded in the memorandum is the imposition of “the necessary penalties, such as termination of dealership, on dealers who fail to comply.”
Based on the LTO data, at least 28 agents from various motorcycle and car dealerships were already identified.
The penalties against them are already submitted for resolution by the agency.
Mendoza urrged owners of newly-bought motor vehicles to immediately report to the LTO errant agents and car and motorcycle dealerships that would fail to release their license plates and OR/CR on time.
All the complaints could be sent to the LTO’s social media accounts, and preferably to AksyON THE SPOT 0929 292 0865.
Based on the LTO’s guideline, all LTO offices must release the license plates and OR/CR to the motor vehicle dealerships within five days after all the documentary requirements are submitted.
On the other hand, motor vehicle dealerships has six days to release them to their respective clients, for a maximum total of 11 days.
The LTO reiterated that the license plate backlog for all four-wheel motor vehicles was already addressed early this year—since the LTO produced one million license plates per month under the leadership of Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista and Assec Mendoza.
On the part of the motorcycles, all newly-bought motorcycles are the priority in the distribution of license plates—the decision was made in order to ensure that new motorcycles will not be added to the backlog.