Number plate upgrade mandatory from July
Motorists with Dubai codes A, B and C have to replace them with new plates first
Following the introduction of a new number plate design last year, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has now kicked off a campaign urging all motorists to upgrade to the new plates, ahead of mandatory upgrades from July for select codes.
The upgrade is currently available for all types of distinguished and special number plates across all codes, and from May it will also be available optionally for unowned (allotted randomly through vehicle registration) plates.
As the RTA presses ahead with its new plates regime, unowned car plates with codes A, B and C will be among the first to be up for mandatory replacement from July.
The new number plate design that includes a black and white or colour Dubai logo, depending on the amount you pay, was launched last year after the introduction of double codes necessitated a redesign.
According to RTA, over the next couple of years, all categories of vehicle number plates will have to be replaced in phases. In the next phase, beginning January next year, plates with codes D, E, F, G, H and I will have to be replaced, while in January 2020 replacement for codes J, K, L, M, N and O will start and from January 2021, all unowned plates with codes P to Z as well as other types of plates have to be replaced. The prices vary depending on the size of the plate and logo colour.
A regular short number plate with a black and white logo will cost Dh35, while a long plate will cost Dh50. For those who already own number plates with colour logo, replacement with long and short plates will cost Dh35 and Dh50, respectively.