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The Highway Bureau is committed to provincial highway engineering, highway transportation management and highway supervision, simplifying administration and facilitating the people. The business scope is divided into three categories: road engineering, road transportation and road supervision, providing convenient and safe services for the public.
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  • Can I apply for light motorcycle driving license when I am 16 years old?
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    According to Article 60.1.1 of Regulations for Road Traffic Safety, applicants who apply for ordinary driving license or motorcycle driving license must be at least 18 years old. Currently, there is no regulation about lowering the limitation on age.

  • Will my driving license be still valid if I fail to renew it before expiration?
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    1. Since July 1st, 2013, the various ordinary driving license and motorcycle driving license that are newly issued or have granted will be exempted from license renewal except the situations mentioned on the next paragraph. Driving license will still be valid for driving after expiration.
    2. Professional drivers, foreigners who have not obtain alien residence permit, people from Mainland China, residences in Hong Kong or Macau or nationals with no household registration in the Taiwan area who obtain driving license in our country, and those who are punished permanently prohibited from driving license test apply for re-test and obtain one-year driving license shall maintain the regulation of periodic renewal. They should apply for renewal before expiration. According to Article 22.1.6 of Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act, drivers who drive with overdue driving license will be fined NT$1800~NT$3600 and shall be forbidden from driving.

  • What is the level of alcohol concentration (mg) in the air exhaled by a car driver that, if exceeded, will affect safe driving as described under Article 35 of the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act?
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    0.15mg.

  • How can I apply for the reissuance of new vehicle license plate registration form?
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    Required documents:
    1. Original copy of vehicle owner’s national I.D. card (or military services I.D. card or alien residence permit) (in individual’s name); official letters issued by the competent authority for the approval of the company’s or establishment’s registration (please enclose registration form if it is a company) or registration certificate issued by the competent authority for the company’s or the establishment’s (in the company’s name).
    2. Seal (only applicable to cross-district application).
    3. Vehicle registration certificate.
    B. Place of application:
    Please deal with it at the counter for change in the highway supervision authority.
    C. Fees:
    NT$15 for the photocopy of new vehicle license plate registration form.
    D. Notes:
    1. Companies and establishments that submit photocopies of above documents for verification must provide a copy of the latest business tax payment certificate.
    2. If only applying for the reissuance of “vehicle license plate registration form” without any other change registration, the violation of license plate tax and fuel tax will not be verified.
    ※Please deal with above business at business counter at the Motor Vehicles Office at your local area, and the address can be found from the following website:
    https://www.mvdis.gov.tw/m3-emv/news/office

  • How can I apply for small vehicle or motorcycle transfer?
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    Required documents:
    1. Transfer registration form.
    2. Original copy of national I.D. card from both the buyer and the seller (or military service I.D. card or alien residence permit). (In individual’s name: Please submit two forms of I.D. for verification if it is entrusted to the any person that is not working in the commissioned vehicle trading industry. Please refer to Notes. 6). Please submit official letters issued by the competent authority for the approval of the company’s or establishment’s registration (please enclose registration form if it is a company) or registration certificate issued by the competent authority for the company’s or the establishment’s (in the company’s name).)
    3. Seals from the buyer and the seller.
    4. Vehicle registration certificate from the original owner.
    5. Compulsory automobile liability insurance certificate (with validity more than 30 days) provided by the new vehicle owner.
    6. New vehicle license plate registration form (not applicable motorcycles).
    B. Place of application:
    Please deal with it at the counter for change in the highway supervision authority.
    C. Fees:
    Vehicle registration fee: NT$200 for automobile and NT$150 for motorcycle.
    D. Notes:
    1. Companies and establishments that submit photocopies of above documents for verification must provide a copy of the latest business tax payment certificate.
    2. Please pay off any outstanding penalty for violation first as well as overdue vehicle license tax and fuel tax as well as the taxes of the year (please enclose payment receipt if it has been paid within the past two months).
    3. If the vehicle is registered with movable property as a guarantee, please deal with the revocation registration of movable property as a guarantee first. Vehicles that are forbidden to change due to court order or notice from judiciary, public security organization or tax collection office will not be able to apply for transfer before cancellation.
    4. According to the provision in the Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance Act, no transfer registration can be carried out if the validity on the insurance certificate is less than 30 days.
    5. Vehicles that have been manufactured for more than 10 years and motorcycles for more than 5 years must pass temporary inspection before dealing with transfer.
    6. If the transfer is entrusted to anyone who is not working in the vehicle trading industry, please submit the entrusted person’s I.D. card and vehicle owners’ valid driving license or national health insurance cards or passports (including the buyer’s and the seller’s) other than the required documents above. However, notarized documents by the court or private notary publics can be used to replace vehicle owners’ valid driving license or national health insurance cards or passports.
    ※Please deal with above business at business counter at the Motor Vehicles Office at your local area, and the address can be found from the following website:
    https://www.mvdis.gov.tw/m3-emv/news/office
    Some of our offices only provide parts of the service items, and please do call the office before visiting.

  • How will the driving license management system for elderly drivers be implemented?
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    1. The objects for the elderly drivers’ driving license management system are the “drivers who are 75 years old after implementation” and the“drivers who are more than 75 years old and involved with violations or license suspension after implementation date”. Other than passing health examination as one of the reviewing method, drivers also need to pass “cognitive function testing” or submit “certificate of not suffering from moderate dementia or above” before they are allowed to renew a driving license for automobile (motorcycle) with a validity of three years.
    2. For those who failed to pass health examination or cognitive function testing, it means that there will be concern on road safety due to physical and mental conditions of the drivers’ and therefore, the driving license will not be renewed.
    3. If drivers over 75 years old fail to deal with license renewal according to the regulations and are stopped and reporter by the police, a fine of NT$1800~3600 will be imposed due to driving with overdue driving license according to Article 22 of Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act. Drivers will then be forbidden from driving and the license will be withheld.

  • What is the punishment on the vehicle with overdue and unpaid tax when it is found after overdue?
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    According to the provision of Article 28-1 in Vehicle License Tax Act, where it is discovered that a vehicle charged with unpaid tax continues to be driven on public roads or rivers, the tax collection authority shall order its owner or user to pay the tax due plus a fine no more than one times the amount of tax owed and shall not impose the surcharge of described in Article 25.

  • When can I collect the compensation fee?
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    According to the regulation, the compensation fee shall be issued within 15 days after the expiration of acquisition announcement. Therefore, the relevant municipal or county (city) competent authority will send a written notice for the time and location of compensation collection after published the information of acquisition.

  • Why are motorcycles allowed in long tunnels in other countries?
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    Due to different driving environments in different countries, not all long tunnels allow motorcycles to ride through. In addition, the ratios for different vehicle type are also different in the long tunnels in other countries, as well as the design of the tunnel is usually two holes with dual lane. Therefore, the control strategy of vehicle type going through the long tunnel will not be exactly the same. As the result, we have to evaluate the traffic condition in Taiwan when planning and controlling the type of vehicle using Suhua Highway improvement Project in order to maintain the road safety for users.

  • Do I need to pay land value increment tax on the purchase price through negotiation?
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    According to Article 11 of Land Expropriation Act, the purchase price through negotiation in market price shall comply with the provision of Article 42-3 in The Equalization of Land Rights Act, that those who voluntarily sell lands to the land acquisition authority in the compensation price for expropriation will be waived from land value increment tax.