Question & AnswerQ&A (LTO MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 582-2005)
Officials such as the President, Vice-President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Secretary, Senators, Congressmen, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, Presiding Justice and Justices of the Court of Appeals, Chairman of the Commission on Elections, Cabinet Undersecretary, Solicitor General, Chief of Staff AFP/Chief PNP, and RTC Judges are entitled to use low-numbered (protocol) license plates.
The assigned number for the President of the Republic of the Philippines is number 1 and/or the word 'PANGULO'.
Senators and Congressmen can be assigned not more than four (4) pairs of low-numbered/protocol plates.
Yes, officials with equivalent rank or position as those listed may also be entitled to use low-numbered/protocol license plates subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation Communications upon recommendation of the Assistant Secretary of the Land Transportation Office.
The documents required include a letter request, certified xerox copy of Appointment and Oath of Office, and certified xerox copies of the vehicle's Certificate of Registration and the latest Official Receipt of Registration under the name of the official or spouse.
Such actions are strictly prohibited and can lead to revocation of the privilege, confiscation of the plates, and imposition of penalties under existing laws.
The fee is Three hundred Seventy Seven Pesos (P377.00), which must be paid to the LTO Diliman District Office.
The Chief of the Property Section prepares the monthly monitoring report which is noted by the Chief of the Administrative Division and submitted to the office of the Assistant Secretary.
Approved applications are forwarded to the Property Section for processing, then to the Chief of the Administrative Division for recommendation and indorsement, after which the Production Order is sent to the Plate Making Plant for production and finally, finished plates are delivered to the Property Section for issuance.