Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) provides a service where customers can transfer ownership of cars and other vehicles online, eliminating the need to physically visit any service center.
The authority released a video on Wednesday providing details regarding the service, “#RTA provides vehicle ownership transfer service via its website rta.ae to facilitate procedures for users without the need to personally attend any service centres,” the caption read.
Steps to transfer vehicle ownership
- Go to the official RTA website
- Login to the portal with a registered username and password or create one
- Customers can also access the portal with the UAE Pass
- Navigate to ‘Licensing Services’ and click on ‘Vehicles’
- Select the type of vehicle to be sold and click continue
- Select ‘Change Ownership’ under the ‘Vehicle Licensing Services’ tab
- UAE Pass account details will be verified
- Select buyer and enter the requested details
- Buyer will receive an SMS to confirm the purchase
- Current number plates can be returned to RTA or kept by the original owner by selecting the ‘Keep your owned number plate option’
- Click on ‘I hereby approve the terms & conditions of the service’
- Buyer will receive an SMS to confirm the transaction and sign the purchase agreement, verify UAE Pass and agree to terms and conditions
- Following the buyer’s confirmation, the seller will receive an SMS to sign the sales purchase agreement, pay fees and approve terms and conditions
- Buyer will have to pay a knowledge fee of AED20 and a selling contract fee of AED400 for light vehicles
- UAE Pass will be verified
- Accept, confirm and finalise the service
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