LTO starts processing registration valid for 3 years of motorcycles with 200cc engines or smaller

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started the processing of registration of new motorcycles with an engine displacement of 200cc (cubic capacity) and smaller, which will be valid for three years.

In a statement, the LTO said more than a thousand brand-new motorcycles with an engine displacement of 200cc and below were registered through the Land Transportation Management System (LTMS) during the first day of the implementation of Memorandum Circular No. JMT-2023-2395 on May 15, 2023.

The MC JMT-2023-2395 expanded the three-year registration validity which only applied to motorcycles with at least 201cc engine displacement.

"Using the LTMS for the registration of these brand new motorcycles demonstrates how both the agency and the public benefit from the digitalization of LTO's frontline services. We must maintain this momentum and expand it to make services for the public easier, simpler, and more convenient," said LTO chief Jay Art Tugade.

Tugade earlier said that the LTO does not see any problem with the roadworthiness of brand-new motorcycles with an engine displacement of 200cc and below, thus justifying the issuance of an initial three-year registration validity.

Under its mandate, the LTO inspects and registers motor vehicles, issues licenses and permits, enforces land transportation rules and regulations, adjudicates traffic cases, and collects revenues for the government. —NB, GMA Integrated News