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Motor Vehicle Management

 

Change of Driving Permit

 

 

Required documents

1

Original copy of driving permit

2

Valid compulsory automobile liability insurance certificate

 

 

 

Fee Charge

1

Automobile driving permit fee: NT$ 200

2

Motorcycle driving permit fee:

Exhaust Volume: Less than 50 cc:

NT$750 / 2 years

(which includes NT$150 for driving permit fee and NT$600 for fuel tax)

3

Motorcycle driving permit fee:

Exhaust Volume: 51 to 125 cc:

NT$1050 / 2 years

(which includes NT$150 for driving permit fee and NT$900 for fuel tax)

4

Motorcycle driving permit fee:

Exhaust Volume: 126 to 250 cc:

NT$1350 / 2 years

(which includes NT$150 for driving permit fee and NT$1200 for fuel tax)

 

 

 

Notes

1

Traffic violation fines and driving permit tax should be paid off first. (Please bring in the receipts within one month.)

2

Driving permit should be reissued for the reason of lost or damage.

3

Please provide with certified documents in order to update the registered address.

4

Automobile driving permit should be changed every three years, and every two years for motorcycle. The vehicle owner will be fined from NT$ 900 to NT$ 1800 for driving with an expired driving permit, and the driving permit will also be suspended by law unit it is renewed.

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Ownership Transfer of Motor Vehicles

 

Required document

1

Original copy of ID cards or photocopies of business registration certificate of both original and new owners

2

Driving permit

3

Valid compulsory liability insurance certificate of the new owner

4

Name chops (seals) of both original and new owners

5

Original license plate application form

 

 

Fee Charge

1

Automobile: NT$200

Motorcycle: NT$ 150

 

 

Notes

1

Sinying Office has ownership transfer service only for the regular small car for private use.

2

Traffic violation fines and driving permit tax should be paid off first. (Please bring in the receipts within one month.)

3

For large buses or trucks with function of carrying passengers or cargos for private or business use, please apply for permission in advance.

4

New owner has to prepare ownership certificate of the motor vehicle which are auctioned by court.

5

For ownership transfer due to the death of original vehicle owner, please attach ID card of the heir to the property, related documents of property and certificate of inheritance tax (no need for motorcycles).

6

Car under chattel mortgage or before discard or revocation, the ownership can’t be transferred.

7

Used car over 10 years should have the temporary inspection first within one month of the ownership transfer day.

8

For the individual occupation limitation for application for vans driving permit for private use, please consult the “Table for Individual Occupation Limitation for Application for Vans Driving Permit for Private Use”.

9

All the remolded installation on training or remolded cars should be taken off first before inspection, registration and ownership transfer.

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Discarded or Revocation of Motor Vehicles

 

Required document

1

Driving permit (Please reissue if it was lost.)

2

Two vehicle number plates (one for motorcycle)

3

For those who can not present item 1 &2, please bring in vehicle owner’s ID card or photocopy of business registration certificate.

4

Name chop (seal)

 

 

Fee Charge

1

Free

 

 

Notes

1

Traffic violation fines and driving permit tax should be paid off.

2

If one or both of the vehicle number plates are lost, please attach the certificate of the reports to the police for the lost of vehicle number plates.

3

Vehicles which were discarded cannot be reissued.

4

For the vehicle without the certificate of reports to the police due to the reason that vehicle number plates were sold with the invalid vehicle, the vehicle owner should file an affidavit and then apply for discard or revocation of that vehicle.

5

Automobile with broken engine, chassis, electric system or door should be repaired immediately. If it can’t be fixed, owner should apply for discard or revocation of the invalid car.

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Cancellation of Stolen Motor Vehicles

 

Required documents

1

Individuals: Original copy of ID card

Government or business agents, school or social groups: Photocopy of official business registration certificate

2

Certificate of reports to the police for cancellation of stolen vehicles

3

The original license plate registration form

4

Driving permit (Please reissue if it was lost.)

5

Name chop (name seal)

 

 

Fee Charge

1

Free

 

 

Notes

1

Traffic violation fines and driving permit tax should be paid off first. (Please bring in the receipts within one month.)

2

For car under chattel mortgage, its driving permit should be cancelled first.

3

License plate tax and fuel tax should be paid off until the stolen day.

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New License Plate and Reissue of License Plate

for the Reason of Cancellation

 

For the reissue of motorcycle license plate for the reason

of cancellation, the vehicle has to be

 inspected before the application can be processed.

 

 

Required documents

1

Valid original copy of ID cards, photocopies of business registration certificate, staying permit or valid drivers’ license

2

Two application forms of new license plate (Please stamp the applicant’s name chop.)

3

Sale tax certificate

4

Manufacturer or import certificate

5

Receipt which states engine or car seal number

6

Valid compulsory automobile liability insurance certificate

7

For reissue of license plate after cancellation, besides items 1, 2 and 6, please also attach original license plate registration form, cancellation certificate and suspended license plate form. (for motorcycle only)

 

 

Fee Charge

1

Automobile:

Inspection fee: NT$ 450

License plate fee: NT$ 800

2

Motorcycle:

Inspection fee: NT$ 200

License plate fee: NT$ 450

 

 

Notes

1

Sinying office only accepts the applications for new license plate for the inspected regular small car for private use in the region of Chiayi area (including Chiayi, Yunlin and Tainan).

2

Pay off the license plate fee and fuel tax fee while applying for the new license plate. (No license plate fee for motorcycle under 150cc.)

3

Please attach the ownership transferring certificate. (Photocopies of IDs or business registration certificates of both transferee and transferor. Stamp both name chops and also attach a NT$ 12 tax stamp.)

4

Applicants under 18 years old, please attach the consent form of legal guardian.

5

Applicants for vans for private use check with the clerk at counter number 8.

6

Sinying Office has no service for automobile inspection.

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Driver Management    

Replacing R.O.C. Drivers’ Licenses with

International or Foreign Drivers’ Licenses

 

 

Required documents

1

Valid Foreign or international drivers’ license (Based on the reciprocity treaty between ROC to each country)

2

Valid passport

3

Valid ID or staying permit

4

One 1-inch photo

5

Application form for drivers’ license with a completed physical examination report

6

A copy of Chinese translation of foreign drivers’ license

 

 

Fee Charge

1

NT$ 200

 

 

Notes

1

Please pay off all the traffic violation fines first.

2

A complete physical examination has to be operated in governmental hospitals, local health center or certified private hospitals or clinics. (Physical examination report is valid for one year only.)

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Replacing International Drivers’ Licenses with ROC Drivers’ Licenses

 

Required documents

1

Valid drivers’ license (Holders of professional drivers’ license need a completed physical examination before expiration date)

2

ID or staying permit

3

Passport or any documents that provide the same English name as in the passport

4

Two 2-inch photos

 

 

Fee charge

1

NT$ 250

 

 

Notes

1

Please pay off all the traffic violation fines first.

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Drivers’ License Test

Written Test

 

 

Required documents

1

Valid ID, military ID, drivers’ license, oversea Chinese staying permit or passport with approved document of temporary housing address or certificate of entry and departure.

2

One latest 1-inch front image, no hat photo (same as the one attached on the application form)

3

Fill out the motorcycle drivers’ license registration form attached a photo and a completed physical examination report.

 

 

Fee Charge

1

NT$ 250

 

 

Notes

1

A complete physical examination has to be operated in governmental hospitals, local health center or certified private hospitals or clinics. (Physical examination report is valid for one year only.)

2

Applicants must be over 18 years old

3

Applicants who fail on the written or road test have to wait more than seven days to take the test again.

4

Please pay off all the traffic violation fines first.

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Post Service Items 

Payment through the post service, you don’t have to pay a visit.

It is a kind of time-saving and convenient service

 

Post Service Items of Sinying Station of Motor Veheicles

Change of automobiles & motorcycles driving license

Change of automobiles & motorcycles Registered address

Reissue of automobiles & motorcycles driving license for the reason of lost or damage

The cancellation, discarded or revocation of automobiles & motorcycles license

Ownership transfer of motorcycles

Change of automobiles & motorcycles driving license

Inspection of business vehicles driving license

NT$25 postal fee for the registered mail by mailing payment

Post transferring account:03645832

Pay the fine for violating traffic rule—The minimum amount will be collected within

    the due date; the maximum amount will be collected exceeding the due date

All post offices in every districts will handle postal transferring—for those cases within

    the due datenot hold on

For those cases exceeding the due date or pending-- mail the cash or draft order

Fine account by post transfer03785480

  

Service line:066352845, 6324240 extension no.:891

Address:No.55, Datung Rd. Sinying City, Tainan Hsien.

Sinying Station of Motor Vehicles

 

Application Items

Documents should be submittedVehicles

Change of driving

Permit of

Automobiles &

motorcycles

Automobiles:

1. Photocopies of front and reverse sides of driving permit

2. Photocopy of compulsory automobile liability insurance certificate

3.Driving permit fee: NT$200; NT$25 for the registered mail

 the tax and fine should be paid off

Motorcycles:

1. Photocopies of front and reverse sides of driving permit of tell the  car number and type.

2.fuel tax and fee charge: NT$the license tax and fine should be paid off

Exhaust volume

Less than 50cc

51 to 125cc

126 to 250cc

251 to 500cc

More than 501cc

Fuel tax

600

900

1,200

1,800

2,400

Fee charge

150

150

150

150

150

Registered mailing fee

20

25

25

25

25

Total

775

1,075

1.375

1,975

2,575

 

Change the registered address of driving

permit for

Automobiles &

motorcycles

1.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of ID card, or photocopy of business registration certificate

2.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of driving permitfree, the tax and fine should be paid off

3.     Photocopy of the compulsory liability insurance certificate

4.     NT$25 for the registered mail.

Reissue driving

permit of automobiles & motorcycles for the

reason of lost or

damage

1.     Application formwith no fixed format, only need to tell the car number and type

2.     The original copy of ID card, or photocopy of business registration certificate

3.     Photocopy of compulsory liability insurance certificate

4.     Fee charge: automobiles:NT$200, motorcycles:NT$150, NT$25 for the registered mail.The tax and fines should be paid off

The cancellation,

discarded or

revocation of

automobiles &

motorcycles license

1.     Application formwith no fixed format, only need to tell the car number and type

2.     Photocopies of front and reverse sides of ID cate, or Photocopy of business registration certificate.

3.     Driving permit

4.     The car owner’s sheet of plate license registration certificateno need for motorcycles

5.   Vehicles number plateautomobiles:2,motorcycles:1. if lost, please attach the certificate of the reports to the police, all the tax and fine should be paid off

6.     Certificate of reports to the police for cancellation of stolen vehicles,without charge, tax and fine should be paid off

7.     NT$25 for the registered mail.

Ownership transfer of motorcycles

 

1.     Transferring certificate, as shown follows.

2.     Photocopy of the front and reverse sides of driving permit

3.     Photocopy of the compulsory liability insurance certificate of the new car owner

4.     Photocopy of the front and reverse sides of ID cards of the original and new car owners or photocopy of business registration certificate

5.     Used motorcycles over 10 years should have the temporary inspection first

6.     Fee charge:NT$150. NT$25. for the registered mailfor those only one month left for the valid date of driving permit, the fuel tax should also be paid at the same time.】【The tax ane fine should be paid off

 

Transferring Certificate

Vehicle NO. :               Car Type: Heavy or Lingt

Name of new car owner:                    signature

ID card No. or Business Code No.:             

Tel:                           

Address:                                         

Name of original car owner:                   signature

ID Card No. or Business Code No.:                    

 

Application Items

Drives’ Documents should be submitted

Change of driving

license for

Automobiles &

motorcycles

1.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of the ID card

2.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of driving license

3.     One latest 1”, front image, no hat photoferrotype

4.     Fee charge:NT$200. NT$25 for the registered mail

Change registered

address of driving

license

1.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of ID Card after the address changed

2.     Photocopy of the front and reverse sides of driving licensewithout charge

3.     NT$25 for the registered mail.

Inspection of vehicles

Professional driving

driving

1.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of ID card

2.     Photocopies of the front and reverse sides of driving license

3.     Qualified physical examination report

4.     Labor insurance certificate or Photocopy of the labor insurance card with the seal of the company and the principal and the date, or the Photocopy of the labor insurance card of govemment employess.

5.     One latest 1”, front image, no hat photoferrotypeif need to change license, and fee chargeNT$200.Ifexceeding the inspection more than one month, but within one year, should pay a fine of NT$300: for those exceeding more than one year, cancellation their license

6.     NT$25 for the registered mail

 

The collection date of the vehicles license tax should be on April 1 to April 30,

automobile fuel tax on July 1 to July 30.

Please pay on time, or will be fined.

 

If you have any kinds of vehicles, please call 412111-169# for telephone paying

service for vehicles fuel tax.

 

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Citizen Service White Paper    

The White Paper for Public Service of Chia-yi Motor Vehicles Office, Directorate General of Highways, MOTC

Foreword:

The DMV’s affairs are close to contact with the public. The quality of service has a great influence on governmental image. With these thoughts of “Familiar, Convenient, Reduction, Incorruption, and Security” from Ministry and Transportation and Communications and Directorate General of Highways, we target “Cultural Concern, and Innovative Technology” and set up a “ Enhancing Service Quality Executive Plan in 2005 ”.Besides, we provide various simple and convenient services. Our all efforts have been acclaimed.

Location: No.29, Puzih 7th Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Hotline:05-3623939

E-mail:thbup001@ms1.gsn.gov.tw

Official website:http://www.cyi.gov.tw/

 

Organization:

District: Chiayi County, Chiayi City, Tainan County, Tainan City, and Yunlin County.

The other districts written in the operation rules are our districts.

Service Items:

1.      Motor Vehicle Administration: Including inspection, new plate pick up, change, and license renewal

2.      Driver Administration: Including test, audit, change, and license renewal

3.      Transportation Administration: Including set up application, change, and issue of temporary passé partout.

4.      License plate tax and fuel tax.

5.      Traffic Violation Fines: Including infraction judgment and penalties, appeal

Business Hours:

0800~1200, 1300~1700 for all services

1200~1300 for change in vehicles, driving license, and infraction judgment and penalties 

 

Important Measures of Simple and Convenient Service

1. Fulfilling opening and serving, and lengthening business hours, such as changing of vehicles and driving licenses, infraction judgment and penalties, we also serve during lunch hours.

2. We set up a “drive-through counter” for vehicle registration’s renewal only, which make the drivers drive through instead of stopping to renew.

3. In order to let the public pay the violation ticket fines nearby, we entrust convenient stores to collect fees for 24 hours, which is convenient for the public.

4. We set up facilities for defective, providing a non- barrier environment.

5. We pay attention to ambisextrous equality, and set up a nursing room.

6. We establishment a self-service of free watering and inflating facilities; we also provide to change bulb freely.

7. We supply driving license test in the country, saving the public precious time and money.

8. We provide driving license test for foreign spouse, solving their driving problems.

9. We combine counters, and simplify and announce operation procedures, including advising of documents and fees, which save the public time in transportation.

10. Without forms when the vehicles owners and drivers apply for changes, that could simplify their times.

11. Test registration for vehicles and motorcycles is that when passing the exam, the public could accept their license on the spot.

12. Actively refund fees of duplicated violation ticket fines and fuel tax.

13. We provide to application for mailing address.

14. We supply a networking in The DMV and the post office, which is able to close cases immediately.

15. Without application in advance, when the drivers apply for experience certificates or the public apply for the non-license certification, we issue to them immediately.

16. When the public would like to pay the fines of the 17th laws of highways, they could pay and register in the same counter, which may save much time for the populace.

17. We separate for counters for in person and counters for agency, and the public in person don’t have to waste lots of time in waiting.

18. Paying the violation ticket or fuel tax, the public are able to choose finance card or credit card by telephone or network.

19. We establish a small vehicle automatic numbering system, which is unhidden and transparent.

20. We establish a websitewww.cyi.gov.twto the public for network application.

21. We provide a go around service and help to inspect vehicles, which is rapid and convenient.

 

Effect to Enhance Service Quality

1. In order to realize latter service measures is correspond to the public or not, in every season, we process the public’s questionnaire survey in degree of satisfaction, analyzing

degree of satisfaction and reflecting opinion, to be an important standard to enhance service quality.

2. Actively fulfilling good manners movement, in every season, we process staffs’ “Service Attitude and Manners Training”, inviting scholars and experts to teach service idea to strengthen the staffs’ service attitude and politeness. In addition, we also handle the service model evaluation and praise, animating the staffs to promote service quality.

3. Regularly, handling the staffs’ affairs lecture and training and choosing the staffs to attend various specialized training, we look forward to promoting their ability.

4. Positively, encouraging the staffs to study and innovate, such as researching and developing international driving license inquiry system, and motorcycle test counselling system, we sincerely hope it could improve the service quality and efficiency.

5. Positively, recruiting volunteers to participate in DMV, and utilizing social resources to assist public affairs in solving manpower insufficient.

6. Renewing servicing facilities, and greening environment, we could promote the service image.

7. We establish three levels of duties agents system, and clock management in computer. Manager in every level non-periodically patrols environment and service, and spot-checks the staffs on duty or not.

8. Every week, staffs’ politeness test by telephone comes into operation, which could maintain the quality of service politeness.

9. We hold early meetings and establish staff proposal system, which promotes service quality.

10. Establishing director-general mailbox and civil ethics mailbox, we provide the

public to appeal.

11. Establishing the complaint disposal procedure for populace and the senior staffs assist to process populace dispute.

12. Inducting ISO-9002 guarantee and management way to establish each kind of operation standard and handbook, we would like to establish standard service procedure.

13. Announcing each operation procedure and processing time, and printing each operation introduction, we provide the public open and definite service information.

14. Cooperating with a district broadcasting station, we hold an airborne DMV to be closed to the public to strengthen guidance in laws and service, to provide the populace a consulting and suggesting pipeline on the scene, to establish a kind and interacting relations, and to promote service image.

15. Regularly, convening official conference to examine each service measure and reflect the public’s opinion, we also trace the effect to maintain service quality.

16. To avoid the populace neglecting or forgetting the vehicles inspection date, we initiatively inform the vehicle owners by e-mail .As long as surfing the internet and filling in the vehicle number, ID number, and the e-mail account number, the public could enjoy this thoughtful service.

 

Arduous Direction in the Future

1.Continually researching and developing various convenient and reductive measures:

We impel various convenient and reductive measures, and encourage the colleague to be able unceasingly to study and innovate, which reduce processing procedure for the public.

2. Strengthening staff in-service training, and promoting service quality:

 Regularly handling in-service training to promote staffs’ official knowledge and to enhance administrative efficiency, we also strengthen service idea that customer as the guidance, and enable each staff to display zealous and polite service attitude.

3. Each service with electronic

Positively promoting in on-line service, we set up network to supply for immediately on-line application, enquiry, announcement and guidance service.

4. Providing multiplex service, and positively impelling non-counter operation.

We research and develop and announce innovative and multiplex service measures, such as by telephone, convenient store, mail, and network, which would be convenient.

5. Planning to establish motive DMV, and extending service foothold

We positively plan to establish the motive DMV, which enable our service to

penetrate the populace and spread all over the world.

 

In the age of impelling entirely electronic, the DMV’s affairs have to supply for whole service in anytime and anywhere. Moreover, we need to strengthen the service in suburbs and in the minor group. Certain items could be reminded to the public by network or mail, and we must provide the door-to-door service.

Only have we an Earth, to continue human’s survival, so we suggest that environmental protection institution, according to the international joint pledge Kyoto protocol and the domestic correlative laws and regulations, could set up the motor vehicle total quantity control policy. In order to reduce the obsolete vehicles to discharge the exhaust gas, the authorities should positively recycle the exhaust gas vehicles, prevent from disposing stolen vehicles, carry out the vehicles license plate effective management, strengthen the populace transportation system, effectively display vehicles transportation function, enable transportation to be smooth, which help drivers be safer.

 

Director’s Speech

Since coming in, I have actively collected the public’s demand, matched up revision in laws, and improved software and hardware. Besides, with the thought of “Familiarity, Convenience, Reduction, Incorruption, and Security”, and according to the direction from the Directorate General of Highways, MOTC, we fulfilled reduction and convenience to enhance the service quality and effect.

In the vicissitude age, the electronic governments are looking forward to using network instead of road, saving time to enhance the service quality. The DMV have to  accomplish “E’s DMV Service ” ,in accordance with populace’s demand, and provide a warm service, which make the public feel respected and serviced.

 

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Location:     No. 29 , Pu Zi Seventh Rd., Pu Zi City, Chiayi City county Serve the telephone number.

Service number:    05-3623939

E-mail:  thbup001@ms1.gsn.gov.tw