QuestionsQuestions (LTO Memorandum)
It is an LTO administrative memorandum/directive requiring LTO District/Extension Offices to accept a specific method (stenciling using adhesive or scotch tape) for cases where the engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled to the MVIR, addressing complaints that the method was being refused.
Motor vehicles whose engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled to the Motor Vehicle Inspection Report (MVIR).
It is limited. It authorizes acceptance only for vehicles where the engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled to the MVIR.
Stenciling the engine/chassis number using adhesive or scotch tape.
“For strict compliance.” LTO offices must follow the directive, accepting the specified method only for qualifying vehicles.
Atty. Alfonso V. Tan, Jr., Assistant Secretary of LTO.
They should not refuse the method if the vehicle falls under the memorandum’s condition (engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled to the MVIR).
It clarifies and mandates LTO acceptance of adhesive/scotch tape stencil in the specified circumstance, reducing refusals affecting processing related to MVIR requirements.
The MVIR is the document to which the engine/chassis number must be stenciled; the memorandum addresses situations where direct stenciling to the MVIR is not possible.
No. The memorandum’s acceptance directive applies only when the engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled to the MVIR.
It sets a condition precedent for acceptance; if the condition is absent, the directive does not grant blanket permission.
Whether, in their case, the engine/chassis number cannot be directly stenciled onto the MVIR (i.e., the physical or documentary reason why direct stenciling is not feasible).
Adopted: 21 July 2015; Date Filed: 29 July 2015.
It indicates mandatory compliance—LTO offices are expected to implement the directive faithfully, not as a mere guideline.
It reflects formal administrative issuance and publication of regulatory/interpretative guidance in the Official compilation (NAR), signaling its official character as an administrative directive.
Accredited manufacturers, assemblers, importers, and dealers benefit because it standardizes acceptance procedures in LTO offices for cases where direct stenciling to the MVIR is not possible, preventing rejections based on method rather than eligibility.