Policy basis and purpose
- The memorandum recognizes that license plates and stickers have been reported lost and that a general alarm was issued through the Chief of the Law Enforcement Service.
- The memorandum declares the use of lost plates/stickers by unscrupulous persons to mislead authorities as illegal.
- The memorandum requires enforcement action to prevent unlawful use and to support subsequent prosecution.
Coverage: when plates or stickers trigger action
- The memorandum applies when lost license plates and stickers are found attached to another vehicle.
- The memorandum treats such attachment as a condition requiring confiscation and impoundment.
- The memorandum targets the unlawful use of number plates/stickers for misleading authorities.
Required enforcement steps
- LTO personnel must confiscate the number plates/stickers whenever found attached to another vehicle.
- LTO personnel must cause their impoundment after confiscation.
- LTO personnel must conduct a proper investigation concerning the incident.
- LTO personnel must file necessary charges in appropriate courts when warranted by the evidence.
Reporting and timing
- A report of the confiscation, impoundment, investigation, and case disposition must be submitted soonest to the LTO office that issued the memorandum.
- The memorandum requires reporting as part of the enforcement cycle after charges are filed and evidence is secured.
Compliance and directive force
- The memorandum contains a direct instruction to implement the specified actions for strict compliance.
- The memorandum frames confiscation, impoundment, investigation, and filing of charges as the required enforcement response to the prohibited situation described.