The new DVDL plates will be used on all vehicles.
Owners of vehicles in the Cayman Islands are informed that last week the Department of Vehicle and Drivers’ Licensing (DVDL) initiated the first phase of its new Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR) system.
The DVDL’s initial focus is on replacing the temporary plates with new permanent plates, as well as issuing registration plates to newly-registered vehicles. Owners who were issued temporary plates are reminded that, when collecting the new plates, they must bring in the temporary plates, the windshield coupon (if not expired), as well as their logbook.
About 2,400 temporary plates have been issued in recent times, and all of these should all be replaced during May 2017.
Starting in June, DVDL will begin the process of replacing the registration plates on vehicles which are up for renewal that month. Customers will be issued the same plate number, and there is no cost for the new plates. Drivers are advised to renew their vehicles at the same location, as done previously, as this is where the new registration plate can be collected.
All registration plates are being embossed on-island by DVDL. Both the plates and the windscreen coupons are tamper-proof; they cannot be removed for illegal use on other vehicles.
Owners of vehicles being registered and licensed for the first time will pay the usual $75 fee for a set of plates, as well as the associated fees based on the respective categories of vehicles.
Plates are being issued at the DVDL’s three locations on Grand Cayman: the headquarters at 990 Crewe Road; Unit 9 in Banks Plaza on Reverend Blackman Road, West Bay; and Unit 2035 in the new South Coast Plaza, Breakers.
Customers are reminded that both plates need to be installed on vehicles in the prescribed manner. However, one significant change to the process is that the new coupons are to be installed in the centre of the inside of the windscreen, directly below the rear-view mirror. An instruction pamphlet is provided along with the new registration plates. “I thank the public for their patience,” said DVDL Director David Dixon. “I also want to recognise my staff, and those from the vendor, Toennjes, for their dedication and long hours during this transition.”
He added that the vendor has been on-Island in recent weeks, managing setup and training of DVDL staff.