QuestionsQuestions (LTO MEMORANDUM)
It regulates the use/display of commemorative plates/stickers and sets well-defined policies to ensure their use is confined to the purpose for which they are issued.
The DOTC Secretary must approve the application.
They must include the organization’s name/logo/emblem, the expiry date, and the specific event/occasion to be commemorated.
The commemorative plate must be the same size as the regular plate: 390 mm x 140 mm. The right portion (25 mm x 50 mm) must show the first and last characters (letter and number) of the regular plate, with a 15 mm margin from the right edge.
No two plates for the same organization may have the same markings, and they must not resemble or be similar to any regular plate (three letters and three arabic numerals) and low-numbered/protocol LTO plates.
Only cars, passenger vans, wagons, sport utility vehicles, and passenger Asian utility vehicles/owner-type jeeps/jeepneys/jitneys classified as "private".
No. Trucks and trailers, buses, delivery vans, similar commercial vehicles (regardless of classification), and all motorcycles (with or without sidecar) are not authorized; motor vehicles classified as "For Hire" are also not authorized.
Only one commemorative plate/sticker shall be issued per motor vehicle.
No. Under no circumstances shall a commemorative plate/sticker be issued, attached, or transferred to any vehicle other than the duly authorized one.
The written authority to use the commemorative plate together with the official receipt for the payment of the recording fee. These must be carried at all times and presented to enforcers/agents upon demand.
Obscene, vulgar, offensive, or barbaric markings, and those contrary to law, customs, morals, or public policy.
The commemorative plate shall be superimposed over the regular front plate in the space provided. The placement of the regular front plate must be maintained; removal is deemed a violation.
No. No commemorative plate may be installed at the rear of the motor vehicle; doing so is strictly prohibited and penalized accordingly.
The commemorative sticker must be posted at the upper right-hand corner of the front windshield. The regular validating sticker must be posted at the left upper side of the front windshield.
It is one (1) year from the month following its approval by the DOTC Secretary, unless expressly extended by the DOTC Secretary.
Upon expiration, the commemorative plate/sticker shall be immediately removed from the placement thereof.