QuestionsQuestions (LTO Memorandum Circular No. AVT-2015-1969)
It provides the classification and registration rules for three-wheeler motorcycles, requiring that new vehicle models be properly classified prior to registration with the LTO.
It cites Republic Act No. 4136 (Land Transportation and Traffic Code, as amended) and Republic Act No. 8794 (Motor Vehicle User’s Charge, MVUC).
RA 8794 provides that any new model of motor vehicle in the market must be properly classified prior to its registration with the Land Transportation Office.
They shall be classified as MOTORCYCLE.
The registration fees shall be the rates prescribed for motorcycles.
A motorcycle is a motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground (with an exception for four wheels when two are functional parts of a sidecar).
It has a seat or saddle for the rider, and it is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground (with a sidecar exception for certain four-wheel configurations).
The circular’s text states that “Three (3) Wheeler Motorcycle as shown below shall be classified as MOTORCYCLE,” and it does not introduce exceptions within the quoted portion.
They are repealed and modified accordingly.
It signals that the LTO expects mandatory, not optional, implementation and enforcement of the classification and registration rules.
It was adopted on September 10, 2015.
It implies that LTO must determine the correct category first; registration is subject to that classification to ensure the proper compliance and correct fee/rules for the vehicle type.
ATTY. ALFONSO V. TAN, JR., Assistant Secretary.
To provide the official definition of “motorcycle” for determining classification under the LTO’s implementation of the circular.