![]() Greaves said you will require a valid insurance certificate and the Certified Copy of ownership to have your vehicle inspected at any one of the Inspection Stations or licensing offices. The cost to have your T vehicle (or P vehicle over 2270Kg) inspected at Licensing Office is TT$300. It was previously TT$165 when VAT was set at 15%.Īll P registered vehicles must be inspected at one of these stations unless your P vehicle is over 2270 kilograms.Īll P vehicles over 2270Kg must instead be inspected at licensing office San Fernando or at the new Motor Vehicle Authority building in Frederick Settlement, Caroni or Licensing Office Scarborough, Tobago.Īll T vehicles must be inspected at licensing office San Fernando or at the new Motor Vehicle Authority building in Frederick Settlement, Caroni or Licensing Office Scarborough, Tobago. The cost to have your P vehicle inspected at any one of the registered Vehicle Inspection Stations around the country is TT$162.50 VAT inclusive. ![]() T vehicles are to be inspected one year after the date of licensing (where it would have been inspected anyway) and annually after that i.e. The 5 years are checked from the date of manufacture and not the date of license. If your vehicle was manufactured 5 years ago but was only purchased and registered 3 years ago, you will still need to have it inspected and carry a valid inspection sticker and certificate. P vehicles older than 5 years from the date of manufacture must be inspected and carry a valid inspection sticker and certificate. The PDF can be downloaded from the Ministry of Legal Affairs website at the following link: Therefore the fine is set at exactly TT$5,000. Not $1000 nor $7500 as suggested on social media. Omnibus or trailer who fails to produce the vehicle for inspection orĭrives the vehicle without obtaining an inspection sticker andĬertificate in accordance with these Regulations commits an offenceĪnd is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars. ![]() Motorcycle, public service motor vehicle, rental car, goods vehicle, ![]() Greaves went on to share the following information:Īccording to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act chapter 48:50, Part V, section 27 (11).Ī registered owner of a private motor vehicle or So you cannot claim you did not know they were checking or not. Greaves, “first and foremost it is the law of Trinidad & Tobago to have your vehicle inspection valid regardless if Police are enforcing it or not”. Phillip Greaves, Interim President of the Association of Vehicle Inspection Stations in Trinidad & Tobago to shed some light on this.Īccording to Mr. The messages go on to state that the fine for not having this sticker up-to-date is TT$5000 while others quote TT$1000 and TT$7500. Recently there have been messages being shared stating that come Monday 20th February 2017, Police and Licensing Officers will be out in force checking vehicle inspection stickers and certificates. ![]()
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