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General Information: The vehicle plates allow the identification of the vehicle the
plates are attached to. In Ontario Licence plates are issued to individuals
or Corporations and they cannot be transferred to anyone else except in
special circumstances. More about transfer of plates by clicking here.
Types
of Licence Plates issued in Ontario: Passenger, Commercial, Trailer,
Bus, School Bus, Motorcycle, Dealer, Diplomatic, Farm, Off Road Vehicle and
Snowmobile.
Ontario
regulations require that Licence plates must be used in pairs, and
displayed at the front and back of the vehicle except for the following:
Trailers, Dealers, Farms, Off Road and Motorcycles.
Vehicle Licensing - Validation Stickers
The Licence to use the roads in Ontario by Motor Vehicles must be
paid once a year by the STAGGER DATE, which in the case of individuals is the birthday. In the case of non-individuals
(Corporations or Operating As) the stagger date may be selected at will by
the registrant. Corporations for example may choose their stagger date to
match their year-end.
On
payment of the fee, the registrant receives a validation sticker,
which must be
affixed to the top right corner of the plate. On
passenger vehicles (automobiles, mini vans) (Blue letters on white
background) the
sticker must be placed on the rear plate while on all
commercial vehicles (Black letters on white background) the sticker
must be placed on the front plate.
The
registrant also receives an additional paper sticker, which must be affixed
to the back of the Plate Portion of the registration, in order to
validate such registration.
The
validation
sticker expires
at mid-night on the staggered date and not at the end of the month
indicated on the sticker.
Validation Sticker Renewal
Licence Plates of
vehicles using the roads in Ontario must be validated BEFORE they expire. The Ministry may send
an Invitation to renew but even if you don't receive the invitation it
is your responsibility to renew before or on the expiration date.
Passenger
vehicles plates always must be renewed until the next or second next
birthday of the registrant, whereas commercial vehicles may be renewed
for a period between 3 and 24 months.
Six
to eight weeks before your licence expires the Ministry will mail
to you an application for renewal. To renew your vehicle
licence you must fill the following information:
-
Name of the Insurance Company and the Policy Number,
- Odometer reading
(mileage of the vehicle), Compulsory
after December 8, 2003
- Sign and date the form.
You must present your registration at the moment of the renewal
if the same is available.
- The vehicle may need a Drive Clean
Certificate
valid on the expiry date. The odd model years need a certificate on the
even years and vice verse. i.e. in
2005 the following vehicles need the Emissions or Drive Clean certificate:
2002,2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986. Even if you know you
had a Drive Clean test done during the previous year, please make sure you
have it ready to present it on demand at the licence office.
If
you did not receive the application for renewal or you lost it, the form
will be re-printed for you at the licence office. Bring the above
information and enough funds for your renewal.
Remember
that your sticker expires at midnight on your birthday, and not at the end
of the month.
The court will not accept as excuse for not renewing on
time, your declaration that you did not receive the application in the
mail.
More
information about renewals at Vehicle
Fees
PLATE OWNER: Normally the owner of the
vehicle is also the owner of the licence plates, there are situations,
however, as the case of the leasing contracts, where the vehicle is own
by the Lessor,
usually a finance company, while the plate is own by the Lessee.
In Ontario, licence plates are issued for life to the recipient and
cannot be transferred. More on transfer of plates under Plate Transfer .
PLATE TRANSFER: Licence plate in Ontario are not
transferable except in certain cases as follows:
- Between spouses any type of
plate.
- Own Choice Plates ( also
known as personalized or vanity plates) may be transferred between
parents and children.
Transfer of Passenger plates between individuals may be
authorized under special circumstances by the legal department of the
Ministry Of Transportation. The Donor and Recipient must agree en
writing to the transfer, and the Recipient must sign an
agreement that he/she will be responsible for any fines and
denials that may be posted against the plate in the future because of
past infractions.
Plate
Replacement
A
lost or stolen licence plate or a plate which number you don't like,
may be replaced at any time at your local Licence
Office
Documents Required:
- Application
- Requires the identification (R.I.N.) of owner
- Registration (Ownership)
of both: The vehicle and the plates to be replaced.
The plates must be returned to the Ministry of
Transportation.
If
one plate is missing plate and it is not the validated plate, In
order to obtain credit for the validation sticker it is necessary to return
the validated plate.
OR
If
the missing plate is the validated plate, In order to obtain credit
for the validation sticker it is necessary to return the no validated
plate along with a police report filled out with and signed by the
constable on duty at any police station.
Fees:
Replacement of Licence
Plates
$ 20.00 Plus validation (if required)
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