CRDI321 REVIEWER PRELIMS General

What is an official vanity plate? Spanish style urban development: a church and
a Plaza Mayor
The officially issued OMVSPs are available for
private vehicles like sedans, hatchbacks, Construction of a castle city called Intramuros as
wagons, SUVs, AUVs, pickups, and more. Your residential district of the spaniards. Total land
car doesn’t even need to be brand new in order area is 0.6 km2.
to secure an official vanity plate, either. Here’s a
list according to the LTO: Public Transport

• Cars  Before 1850: Most Manileno travels

on foot, perhaps hitched ride in
• Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) private owned horse or carabao
drawn cart.
• Asian Utility Vehicles (AUV)
 1850: four types of horse drawn
• Sports Pick-up vehicles for hire: the carromata, the
quiles, the calesa and the carruaje.
• Commuter Vans
 1880: The Campania de los Tranvias
Meanwhile, public utility vehicles as well as any
de Filipinas launched a ttranvia - a
vehicle above the four-wheel category will be
single horse drawn tramcar, 12-
excluded from being allowed a vanity plate.
seater permanent ways.
• Public utility Vehicles
 1892: four horse drawn lines plied
• Cargo Trucks (private/for hire) Intramuros and the extramuros
routes to Malate, Sampaloc and
• Service vehicle (hotel, limousines, Tondo: one steam-powered line ran
tourist vehicles, rent-a-car, ambulance, from Binondo to Malabon.
and funeral hearse)
 1898: Ten tranvias were operating in
• Vintage Vehicle the network; Philippine Revolution

• Government Vehicle b.American Period (1898-1946)

• Diplomatic/OE Vehicle General

• Used Imported/Surplus MV  Urban development supported by

development of roads by the colonizing
• MV with more than 4-wheel category government.
History of Philippine Land Transportation  Development of transport network and
housing by the private sector
DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE
 Basic form of road First master Plan of
PHILIPPINES. Metro-manila made by Chicago-based
urban planners Daniel Burnham and
a. Spanish Period (1570-1898)
Pierre Anderson.
1933: the transfer of capital city from Manila to into operation were barely adequate to serve
Quezon city was decided and planning was done the cities growing
but plan did not materialize due to the outbreak
of World War II. Lack of public transport made regulatory
efforts by the authority not so important.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
 1943: A disastrous flood struck
 1903: Manila Electric Railroad and Light Manila inflicting irreparable damage
Company purchased the streetcar to the tranvia system.
franchise. Converted the system into  1945: before the liberation, about
electric rail. Class fare at 6 centavos 16 cars of the tranvia system were
left operational.
 1950 April 11: Full commercialization of
a fully electric tranvia system. Total of Heavy bombing and shelling during the
30 km length of track between Sta Ana liberation effort further damaged the tranvia
and Port of Manila. Introduction of first
and second class (12 and 10 cents System ending the forty years of an efficient
respectively), based on sitting urban transportation system for Manila
arrangement. Carried 10.5 million
C. Post-World war II (1946)
passenger.
General:
 Succeeding years: MERALCO expanded
operations to cover 90 kilometers of  Reconstruction of Metro Manila
track with over 170 cars. begun in 1946, Quiapo: established
as the business and commercial
 1926: 35 million passengers carried.
center. The birth of jeepney.
1927: MERALCO introduced urban passenger  1950” s to 1960” s significant
buses - the autobus increase due to “baby boom”.
 Significant growth continued to till
 Pacific War: MERALCO is 109 1970’s further aggravated by rural
streetcars, 190 autobuses. Carried to urban migration.
59 million passengers (28 million by  1975: Metro Manila was
tranvia and 31 million by autobuses) established, consisting of 4 cities
 Network is supplemented by auto- and 13 municipalities, aimed to
calesas; smaller Fieras of today of 5 promote an orderly urban
to 6 squeezed passengers. development and solve urban
 1941: American military forces took problems such as slums, traffic,
Meralco’s operations of the congestion and garbage among
autobuses and even auto calesas for others.
military transport. None were put
back into service. Public Transportation:
 1942: Fragmented efforts by the
1946: MERALCO try to rebuild its bus fleet out
private sector attempts to provide
of the few trucks obtained from the U.S. U>S.
public urban transportation. The
Army. Out of the ruin was born the jeepney
caretelas and dokars (occupation
classified as either AC’s or PUJ’s. AC’s acronym
era carriages) were resurrected.
for auto calesa, are strike anywhere vehicle
As well as buses each of which was operated by
one franchise holder. The tranvias placed back
  functioning like that of tricycles today – Michael LaBarbera, Professor of Biology and
while PUJ’s operate in a fixed route. Anatomy

 1947: ACs were phased out and all Several significant inventions predated the
franchised jeepneys are converted to wheel by thousands of years: sewing needles,
PUJ’s Together with the independent woven cloth, rope, basket weaving, boats and
bus line that emerged, jeepneys serve even the flute.
the short but high demand routes.
The first wheels were invented to serve as a
 1948: the uncontrolled growth and the potter’s wheel, around 3500 B.C. in
fierce and destructive competition of Mesopotamia – 300 years before they were
transport forced MERALCO to sell out its used for chariots
bus fleet to major competitor.
Wheelbarrow – believed to be invented in China
 1973: A transport study conducted by around 100 AD, but could also have existed in
Oversea Technical Cooperation Agency ancient Greece
of Japan proposed a Metro Manila wide
transport system which includes subway Carts and Wagons – began to appear in the
system from UP Diliman to Manila Tigris -Euphrates valley about 3500 BC when the
International Airport area wheel was perfected, and later appeared in
Egypt and China.
 1974: Government was considering
putting into service a mass transit Wheeled vehicles could not use the narrow
system for Metro Manila. paths used by pack animals, and early roads
were soon being built.
Transportation – is the movement or conveying
of persons and goods from one location to Romans – major builder of roads in the ancient
another world, their well-constructed roads led from
Rome to most parts of the expanding empire
Domesticated Animals – are the very first
transporter of goods to primitive human beings. Railways were invented long before steam
power
• They are trained to bear loads
and pull sleds The Diolkos – was a 6 km long railway that
transported boats across the Corinth isthmus in
• Horses, dogs, donkeys, camels Greece in the 6th century BC.
and other suited animals are
examples Crude railways – horse-drawn wagons with
wooden wheels and rails – had been used in
Invention of the wheel English and European mines during the 17th
century.
Cited as the “hallmark of man’s innovation”
Steam Locomotives – inventors like Richard
Most inventions were inspired by the natural Trevithick adapted it to the mine railways
world, but no wheel exist in nature – it is a between 1797 and 1813
hundred percent homo sapiens invention.
Motorized Transportation
Bacterial flagella, dung beetles and
tumbleweeds come close, but even they are Steam Engine – perfected by James Watts in
“wheeled organism” in the loosest use of term. 1760’s and provided power for many factories in
England
French, Scottish and American inventors tried to BICYCLES
apply the steam engine to navigation
• Draisienne – the first bicycle in 1818 of
19th Century – Steam navigation replaced the Baron de Drais. The rider scooted his
sailing vessel feet on the ground to move.

Horse-drawn coaches were the first regular • Kirkpatrick Macmillan – a Scot

public coach services between two point or blacksmith invented the first bicycle in
more points or ‘stages. They were first used in 1839 with pedals and brakes.
London in the 1630’s
• 1861 – French father and son Pierre and
Leonardo Da Vinci – invented the first self- Ernest Michaux stuck the pedals directly
propelled cart in history in the 15th century on the front wheel to make the first
successful bicycle, nicknamed
Nicholas Joseph-Cugnot – is a French military ‘boneshaker’
engineer who designed and built the world’s
first true automobile—a huge, heavy, steam- • Ordinary – made by James Starley in
powered tricycle 1870, which has a huge front wheel
which gave high speed with little
William Murdock – ran a model steam carriage pedaling
on the roads of Cornwall in 1784
• H.J. Lawson – made the first chain
Richard Trevithick – British mechanical engineer driven bicycle in 1874
and inventor who successfully harnessed high-
pressure steam and constructed the world’s first • 1885 – John Starley, James Starley’s
steam railway locomotive (1803) nephew, made the Rover Safety bicycle.
Air-filled tyres were added in 1890, and
Goldsworthy Gurney – put a steam engine in a the modern bicycle was born
coach in 1830 to make the first powered bus, he
first commercially successful steam carriage MOTORCYCLE
builder
• Motorcycle, any two-wheeled or, less
Bus – is short for “omnibus” which means “for commonly, three-wheeled motor
all” vehicle, usually propelled by an internal-
combustion engine.
Rudolf Diesel – invented the diesel engine in
1892, and experiments with diesel locomotives • The first commercial design was a three-
started soon after wheeler built by Edward Butler in Great
Britain in 1884
• The first great success was the
Flying Hamburger which ran Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach– built
from Berlin to Hamburg in the the first petrol engine motorbike in Germany in
1930’s. 1885 called the “Daimler Reitwagen

• Diesel took over from steam in Water transportation

the 1950’s and 1960’s.
• Raft and Canoe – the first watercraft,
Henry T. Ford – introduced the Model T in 1908, both evolved from floating logs.
which proved so popular that by 1914, had
adopted mass production to meet demands • Hide-covered wicker baskets or
dugout canoes were the first
 boats along the Tigris and Autobahn – Germany
Euphrates River
Autostrada – Italy
• Cretans and Phoenicians – built
wooden ships: oar propelled galleys HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
with a single sail which dominated trade
• Way stems from the Middle English wey,
on the Mediterranean
which in turn branches from the Latin
Age of exploration veho (“I carry”), Derived from the
Sanskrit vah (“carry,” “go,” or “move”).
• 1300 – invention of the compass and
rudder in Europe, and later the square • As early as 3000 BC, the civilizations of
sail improved ocean transportation Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus
Valley developed roads, first for pack
• England, France, Portugal, and Spain in animals, and then for wheeled vehicles
the 15th century – were beginning to
build three-mast ships, and these • Persians linked up existing highways
countries were soon the leaders in the beginning from the 6th century BC
Age of Exploration
• Qin Dynasty in China established a
• Canals – important form of water countrywide network of roads in the 3rd
transportation, which was in used in century BC
Europe
• The greatest road builders of the
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ancient world were the Romans.

• Road or Highway – is an overland route • They are very conscious of the

between two points. military, economic, and
administrative advantages of a
• Road – a generally narrow route good road system
in a rural area
• France – generally credited with the
• Street – an urban route first successful laying of pavement of
asphalt mastic in the early 19th century
• Highway – a wide road that can
carry more traffic at higher • In the middle of the century, both
speeds France and England used compressed
rock asphalt for city streets, and in the
• In the United States, a major highway – United States, bitumen (a natural
a multilane divided roadway with asphalt) was used
limited entrances and exits – is called
an expressway • Asphalt is greatly used because
it produced a dustproof surface
• Freeway – has no tolls
TRANSPORTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
• Turnpike – has tolls
Before 1850, people traveled on foot, and may
• Other names are used hitch a ride in private owned horse or carabao-
elsewhere: drawn cart
• Motorway – Great
Britain (UK)
  1850 – Horse-drawn vehicles were for 1975 – Metro Manilas was established,
hire. The four types are: consisting of 4 cities and 13 municipalities

• Carromata Aimed to promote orderly urban development

and solve urban problems such as slums, traffic
• Quiles congestion and garbage among others
• Calesa ROAD CLASSIFICATION IN The Philippines
• Carruaje National Primary
• 1880 - The Campania de los Tranvias de a. Directly connects Major Cities (at least
Filipinas launched a tranvia – a single around 100,000 people)
horse drawn tramcar, 12 seater Cities within Metropolitan Areas are not
covered by the criteria
• 1898 – Ten tranvias were operating in
the network – during the Philippine National Secondary
Revolution
a. Directly connects Cities to National Primary
• 1903-1906 – Manila Electric Road and Roads, except in Metropolitan Area
Light Company purchased the streetcar
franchise and was converted into an b. Directly connects Major Ports and Ferry
electric rail. The first fare was at 6 Terminals to National Primary Road
centavos.
c. Directly connects Major Airports to National
• 1927 – MERALCO introduced urban Primary Road
passenger buses – the autobus
d. Directly connects Tourist Service Centers to
• 1941 – Americans took over the National Primary Roads or other-
autobuses and auto-calesas for military
transport. None were put back to e. Directly connects Cities (not included in the
service category of Major Cities)

• 1945 – About 16 cars of the tranvia f. Directly connects Provincial Capitals within the
system were left operational before the same Region
liberation. However, due to heavy
g. Directly connects to Major National
bombing and shelling that followed
Government Infrastructure to National Primary
after furthered the damage on the
tranvia system, ending the forty years h. Roads or Other National Secondary Roads
efficient urban transportation for
Manila National Tertiary

Post World War II a. Other existing roads under DPWH which

perform a local function
Reconstruction of Metro Manila began in 1946 –
and gave birth to the jeepney Provincial Roads (Local Roads)

Significant growth continued till 1970’s which • a. Connect Cities and

further aggravated rural to urban migration Municipalities without
traversing National Roads
b. Connect National Roads to Barangays through What is the right of way?
rural areas
• It’s basically who has the right to go first
c. Connect to Major Provincial Government at an intersection, when merging lanes,
Infrastructure or when coming across a pedestrian
lane as defined by the law. More
Municipal and City Roads (Local Roads) importantly, it’s about giving way to the
other party as a sense of courtesy and a
a. Roads within the Poblacion
practice of road safety.
b. Roads that connect to Provincial and National
Article III Sec. 42 of R.A. 4136
Roads
Right of Way and Signals
c. Roads that provide Inter-Barangay
When two vehicles approach or enter an
connections to Major Municipal and
intersection at approximately the same time,
e. City Infrastructure without traversing the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield
Provincial Roads the right of way to the vehicle on the right

Barangay Roads (Local Roads) The driver of a vehicle approaching but not
Other Public Roads (officially turned having entered an intersection, shall yield the
over) within the Barangay and not covered in right of way to a vehicle within such intersection
the above definitions. or turning therein to the left across the line of
travel of such first-mentioned vehicle, provided
Expressways the driver of the vehicle turning left has given a
Highways with limited access, normally plainly visible signal of intention to turn
with interchanges; may include facilities for
levying tolls for passage in an open or closed The driver of any vehicle upon a highway within
system. a business or residential district shall yield the
right of way to a pedestrian crossing such
Bypasses highway within a crosswalk, except at
Are roads or highways that avoid a built- intersections where the movement of traffic is
up area, town or city proper to let through being regulated by a peace officer or by traffic
traffic flow without interference from local signal. Every pedestrian crossing a highway
traffic reduce congestion and improve road within a business or residential district, at any
safety where a toll for passage is levied in an point other than a crosswalk shall yield the right
open or closed system. of way to vehicles upon the highway.

LAST CLEAR CHANCE DOCTRINE Aside from knowing how to drive properly and
acquiring your driver’s license, there’s one more
The doctrine of last clear chance provides that thing you need to pay attention to if you want to
where both parties are negligent but the be a responsible motorist on Philippine roads:
negligent act of one is appreciably later in point your vehicle’s registration with the Land
of time than that of the other, or where it is Transportation Office (LTO).
impossible to determine whose fault or
negligence brought about the occurrence of the The official receipt (OR) of payment and
incident, the one who had the last clear certificate of registration (CR) that are acquired
opportunity to avoid the impending harm but through the LTO are two of the most basic
failed to do so, documents that every motorist needs.
Documentary requirements for the renewal of • Duly accomplished and approved MVIR
registration of all vehicle classifications
• CEC
1) Private vehicles
• TIN
• Photocopy of CR and OR
• Endorsement from the DFA Office of
• Appropriate COC Protocol (for diplomatic or tax-exempt
vehicles)
• Duly accomplished and approved MVIR
Other exempt motor vehicles (OEV)
• Certificate of Emission Compliance
(CEC) -Vehicles from Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
(SBMA), Clark Development Corporation (CDC),
Taxpayer’s Identification Number (TIN) and Cagayan Export Zone Authority (CEZA)
Vehicles for hire • Photocopy of CR and OR
• Photocopy of CR and OR • Appropriate COC
• Appropriate COC • Duly accomplished and approved MVIR
• Duly accomplished and approved MVIR • CEC
• CEC • TIN
• TIN • Certificate from SBMA/CDC/CEZA that
assures the MV is still classified as OEV
• Confirmation of Franchise from the
Land Transportation Franchising and Stolen and recovered motor vehicle
Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
• Photocopy of CR and OR
• Valid Motorized Tricycle Operator’s
Permit (MTOP) for TC • Appropriate COC

Government vehicles • Duly accomplished and approved MVIR

• Photocopy of CR and OR • CEC

• Appropriate COC • TIN

• Duly accomplished and approved MVIR • Confirmation of Franchise from the

LTFRB (vehicles for hire) or MTOP (for
• CEC TCs)
• TIN • Endorsement from the DFA Office of
Protocol (for diplomatic or tax-exempt
vehicles)
Diplomatic vehicles
• Certificate from SBMA/CDC that the MV
• Photocopy of CR and OR is still classified as OEV

• Appropriate COC
MV registration schedule • 9, 0 – Fourth week, or any working day
from the 22nd to the 31st day of the
The last digit of a vehicle’s license plate registration month
determines the scheduled month for the
renewal of registration. You can check out the Late registration penalties
list below for more details.
• Beyond the registration week – P200
Scheduled month of registration according to
the last digit of plate number: • Beyond the registration month but not
more than 12 months – 50% of the
• 1 – January MVUC rate

• 2 – February • More than 12 months but without

apprehension for violation of the LTO
• 3 – March laws, rules, and regulations during the
period of delinquency – 50% of MVUC
• 4 – April
rate plus renewal
• 5 – May
• More than 12 months but with
• 6 – June apprehension for violation of the LTO
laws, rules and regulations during the
• 7 – July period of delinquency – 50% of MVUC
rate plus renewal for every year of
• 8 – August delinquency
• 9 – September Other charges and fees
• 0 – October • Annotation of mortgage, attachment
and other encumbrances or cancellation
The middle number for three-digit license plates
– P30
or the second-to-the-last number for four- and
five-digit plates will then determine the week • Change classification – P30
when the motor vehicle registration must be
renewed. • Change chassis – P30

Scheduled week of registration according to • Change denomination – P30

the middle or second-to-the-last digit of plate
number: • Change color – P30

• 1, 2, 3 –First week, or any working day • Change denomination – P30

from the first to the seventh day of the
• Change engine – P30
registration month
• Change tire size – P30
• 4, 5, 6 – Second week, or any working
day from the eighth to the 14th day of • Change of venue of MV registration –
the registration month P100
• 7,8 – Third week, or any working day • Confirmation/certification/verification/
from the 15th to the 21st day of the clearance fee – P30
registration month
• Deed of assignment fee – P100
 • Duplicate or replacement of OR/CR – during the validity of their licenses2. This
P30 ensures that the licensee will remain medically
qualified to operate a motor vehicle throughout
• Penalty for late transfer – P150 per the validity of the driver’s license.
transfer
However, LTO chief Art Jay Tugade amended the
• Change body design – P100 LTO Memorandum 2021-2285 (i.e., the
supplemental Implementing Rules and
• Revision of gross vehicle weight – P30
Regulations of Republic Act 10930) to remove
• Revision of record – P30 the Periodic Medical Examination as a
requirement for holders of licenses with five to
• Storage fee – P45 ten years validity3.

• Transfer of MV ownership – P50 per As a result of this amendment, drivers with five-
transfer to ten-year valid licenses will only be required to
undergo a medical exam 60 days before or on
• Costs of plates for new vehicles (same the specified renewal date.
costs for duplication or replacement)
Returning Filipinos from abroad, on the other
• Regular MV plate – P450 hand, must undergo a medical examination 30
days after their arrival in the Philippines before
• MC/TC plate (per piece) – P120
they can drive with their licenses.
• Trailer plate – P225
The scrapping of the Periodic Medical
What Is a Driver’s License? Examination was implemented because no
empirical data supports that medical
A driver’s license is a government-issued examinations could prevent road crashes.
document that can give you the proper
authority to drive a motor vehicle in the Is There an Age Limit for Driver’s License
Philippines. Application in the Philippines?

How Long Is the Validity of the Philippine The minimum age for a Student Permit
Driver’s License? application is 16 years old (if foreigner, 18 years
old). Meanwhile, the minimum age for a Non-
It has a validity of five (5) years, while the Professional or Professional Driver’s License
student permit is only valid for one (1) year. application is 17 (if foreigner, 18 years old).
Upon renewal, however, the driver’s license
validity period can be extended to 10 On the other hand, there is no specific
years1 provided that the driver didn’t incur any maximum age limit for a driver’s license
record of a road traffic violation. application. As long as you are still physically
and mentally able to drive a motor vehicle and
The 10-year license incentive will be granted to meet other qualifications, you can apply for a
responsible drivers with clean records beginning license regardless of your age.
in October 2021. On the other hand, drivers
with at least one recorded traffic violation are What is a vehicle conduction sticker?
only eligible for a 5-year valid license.
Since the Land Transportation Office (LTO)
Both the holders of 10-year and 5-year valid cannot supply registration plates and stickers
driver’s licenses used to be required to immediately for a new vehicle, it has devised a
undergo Periodic Medical Examinations (PME) way for car owners to legally use their vehicles
in the meantime. This is done via a conduction it's 14. For Region 13, it’s 30 or 15. For Region I,
sticker. For the same reason, a conduction it’s 1, Region II is 2, and so on and so forth.
sticker's number can also be used as a
temporary plate number. What is an official vanity plate?

hat said, a conduction sticker is a proof that a The officially issued OMVSPs are available for
vehicle was legally and properly procured in the private vehicles like sedans, hatchbacks,
Philippines from a recognized assembler, wagons, SUVs, AUVs, pickups, and more. Your
importer, or distributor. car doesn’t even need to be brand new in order
to secure an official vanity plate, either. Here’s a
2. Where and how can I get a conduction list according to the LTO:
sticker in the Philippines?
• Cars
Conduction stickers are only issued to
accredited and legally recognized vehicle • Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV)
importers, assemblers, dealers, etc.
• Asian Utility Vehicles (AUV)
As we’ve said, a conduction sticker of a car is
• Sports Pick-up
crucial for the legal use of acquiring a plate
number. As such, a car that already has plates Meanwhile, public utility vehicles as well as any
no longer needs the use of a conduction sticker. vehicle above the four-wheel category will be
excluded from being allowed a vanity plate.
3. How to check LTO plate availability if a car is
still using a conduction sticker? • Public utility Vehicles
For car users still using their car’s conduction • Cargo Trucks (private/for hire)
number as temporary plates, they can check the
availability of their proper registration plates • Service vehicle (hotel, limousines,
online. For this, visit the Land Transportation tourist vehicles, rent-a-car, ambulance,
Management System Portal (LTMS Portal). and funeral hearse)

Is a car’s conduction sticker subject to the • Vintage Vehicle

Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program
(Coding)? • Government Vehicle

According to the Metropolitan Manila • Diplomatic/OE Vehicle

Development Authority (MMDA), a car using its
• Used Imported/Surplus MV
conduction number is still subject to the Unified
Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) • MV with more than 4-wheel category
or number coding. That said, the last digit on
your car’s conduction will still determine the How do I get a vanity plates?
day where it is subject to the UVVRP.
First of all, your car needs to be registered with
What is an MV file number? the office. So that means that you have to go
through the gauntlet of tasks in order to get
An MV file number is a 15-digit number based your vehicle registered for use on Philippine
on where the car was initially registered. The roads. Once that is done, you may proceed to
first two digits determine this. For the National the MID-Computer Section, at the LTO Central
Capital Region, the first two numbers are either Office in East Avenue, Quezon City, or at any
13 or 18. For the Cordillera Autonomous Region Regional (RO) or District Office (DO).
Remember to bring these documents along • PhP 25,000.00 for Three (3) Alpha and
with you if you’re applying: Two (2) Numeric characters: Any Three
(3)
• Duly accomplished OMVSP application
form by the owner or duly authorized • lpha combination + Two (2) Numeric
representative. combination except 00.

• A certified true copy of the Official • PhP 35,000.00 for Three (3) Alpha and
Receipt (OR)/Certificate of Registration Four (4) Numeric characters: Any Three
(CR), issued by the TDO (3) Alpha combination + Quadruple
Numeric except 0000 or Any Three (3)
• Certification by the TDO that no plates Alpha combination + any Four (4)
have been issued to the motor vehicle Numeric combination which are not yet
together with the official receipt of issued as series.
payment of the certification fee
Following a period of about 7 working days,
• Sales Invoice (in lieu of other residents within Metro Manila will receive their
documents to authenticate the year plates, while territories outside of the Metro
model or to determine whether th4 should expect a longer lead time.
vehicle is brand new.
R.A 10586
• The ID of the Authorized Representative
or Owner
AN ACT PENALIZING PERSONS
• Authorization Letter from Owner (If DRIVING UNDER THE
Applicable) INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL,
DANGEROUS DRUGS, AND
Once applied for, there are a few things to SIMILAR SUBSTANCES, AND
consider in terms of price with regard to vanity FOR OTHER PURPOSES
plates based on the Memorandum Circular No.
2022-2335 REPUBLIC ACT No. 4136
IV. ACQUISITION AND PRICING SCHEME
AN ACT TO COMPILE THE LAWS
Under this program, the owner of the covered RELATIVE TO LAND TRANSPORTATION
brand-new motor vehicle or its duly authorized AND TRAFFIC RULES, TO CREATE A
LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
representative may apply at any authorized LTO
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Regional/District Offices for an OMVSP pair. The
price and the scheme of the OMVSP shall be as
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10913]
follows:

• PhP 15,000.00 for Three (3) Alpha and AN ACT DEFINING AND
Three (3) Numeric characters: Any Three PENALIZING DISTRACTED
(3) Alpha combination + Triple Numeric DRIVING
except 000, or Any Three (3) Alpha
combination + any Three (3) Numeric
combination which are not yet issued as
series.