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Have RTA stopped the 1 month grace period on re registering your car

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 15:53

Hi,
Im confused as my insurance does not expire until July however my car reg is up in June , in past years you always had 1 months grace period to re register your car , has this now changed?

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EW MASTER
Latest post on 27 May 2011 - 15:42
if you go to register your car at traffic u will be fined 10 dhs for each month over. As mentioned previously, they said they weren't fined anything when they re-registered. you are lucky then in abu you are fined 10 dhs every month, and what they actually mean is for eg if your registration runs out on the 8th july you have to go and register the day before ie 7th july otherwise you will be fined
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EW GURU
Latest post on 27 May 2011 - 11:54
if you go to register your car at traffic u will be fined 10 dhs for each month over. As mentioned previously, they said they weren't fined anything when they re-registered.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 17:50
Just to add, keeping your insurance up to date is always the most important thing. Having an expired registration does [b'>not[/b'> affect your insurance. However, you can be pulled for expired registration and the standard penalty is a fine of about 600-800 dhs and having the vehicle impounded for 7 days. After that you have a further 7 days to get it registered or you face a bigger fine. This has just happened to some friends of ours. Their registration had been expired for 6 months. They said the policeman who pulled them pulled about 6 other cars for the same reason (including the likes of Porsche Cayennes and Mercs) and made them all drive in convoy to the Bur Dubai traffic department! in dubai they are looking out for non registered vehicles but thats where you may well get a bigger fine (traffic fine etc). if you go to register your car at traffic u will be fined 10 dhs for each month over.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 17:45
at renewal there is a fine of AED10 per day over the grace period. They weren't fined anything when they renewed. Just the standard amount.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 17:42
Just to add, keeping your insurance up to date is always the most important thing. Having an expired registration does [b'>not[/b'> affect your insurance. However, you can be pulled for expired registration and the standard penalty is a fine of about 600-800 dhs and having the vehicle impounded for 7 days. After that you have a further 7 days to get it registered or you face a bigger fine. This has just happened to some friends of ours. Their registration had been expired for 6 months. They said the policeman who pulled them pulled about 6 other cars for the same reason (including the likes of Porsche Cayennes and Mercs) and made them all drive in convoy to the Bur Dubai traffic department! The guys in the convoy should have expected that! The grace period is one month, not six months. The fine you mention is the fine for driving the car with an expired registration + at renewal there is a fine of AED10 per day over the grace period.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 17:39
Just to add, keeping your insurance up to date is always the most important thing. Having an expired registration does [b'>not[/b'> affect your insurance. However, you can be pulled for expired registration and the standard penalty is a fine of about 600-800 dhs and having the vehicle impounded for 7 days. After that you have a further 7 days to get it registered or you face a bigger fine. This has just happened to some friends of ours. Their registration had been expired for 6 months. They said the policeman who pulled them pulled about 6 other cars for the same reason (including the likes of Porsche Cayennes and Mercs) and made them all drive in convoy to the Bur Dubai traffic department!
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 26 May 2011 - 16:29
That's correct BB, earlier on there were quite a few people not covered by insurance in the grace period. Hence was introduced the rule of 13 months insuranace. The grace period is still applicable, the insurance keeps you covered, if you decide to wait out till towards the end of the grace period. <em>edited by summerdream on 26/05/2011</em>
 
 

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