Renewing your car registration

Criteria
You need to renew your car registration once every year. If you have purchased a new vehicle, the dealer will handle all formalities for the first year. From the second year onwards, you will have have to renew your car registration.

Documents Required:
1. Insurance policy
2. Old registration card
3. “Passed” car test certificate
Procedure:
1. Settle the payment of fines (if found); you can check and pay any fine at Dubai Police website.
2. Go to Dubai Traffic Department or to ( Tasjeel Eppco, Emarat Shamil or Belhasa's Wasel  to have the car tested
3. Pay the fees
4. Wait for your registration card (valid for one year)
5. Take a sticker with the new registration expiry date and place it over the old one (on the rear number plate)
Fees
• Car test        Dhs 50
• Registration  Dhs 370
Dubai.ae tips:
• New vehicles are exempted from test for 2 consecutive years.
• If you have been involved in an accident in another emirate and got a ticket, you have to pay the fine at that emirate.
• Some companies will do all procedures for an additional fee, including collecting and returning the vehicle to you. You can also check with your insurance company, since many have introduced a free/paid service.
EPPCO Tasjeel 800 4258
Shamil             8004559
AAA                  04-2858989
Midland Cars    04-3967521
For more information, visit RTA website. Or call RTA's toll free number on 8009090.

Register a used car in Dubai
These procedures are related to registering a used car. If you have purchased a new vehicle, you do not have to worry about registration, as the dealer will handle all the formalities.
Criteria
For registration of used car, buyer (must be resident of Dubai) & seller must be present. In case, the seller is not present, a sale deed letter from an authorized showroom or dealer is required. If the vehicle is from another emirate, the vehicle registration should have been cancelled there.
Dubai.ae tip: You can also check online at the Dubai Police website for any outstanding fines, which the seller should pay, before you register the car in your name.
Documents Required
1. Passport (original + copy) or Dubai driving license (original).
2. Insurance Policy (you may be able to transfer the old policy; if not, get a new one)
3. If the car is financed through a bank, take the proper documents, including ‘No Objection Letter’, if applicable.
4. Old registration card (if the registration is expired, the car should be tested at the Traffic Department or at Tasjeel Eppco or Emarat Shamil)
5. Original license plates
Procedure:
1. Go to Dubai Traffic Department or to Tasjeel Eppco.
2. Fill in the form & pay the fees.
3. Settle the payment of fines, if any, by the seller; the officer will check & confirm this.
4. Wait for your name to be called out and in a few minutes, collect your new registration card , valid for one year.
5. Get new plates affixed to vehicle.
6. Send copies of registration card to your finance & insurance company.
Fees:
Car test Dhs 50
Registration    Dhs 420 (short number plates)
                    Dhs 470 (long number plates)