Does anyone know whether there is the equivalent of a SORN "Statutory Off Road Notification" in Thailand or do you simply inform your insurance company that you no longer wish to insure?

 

Regards

 

Guemlum

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Yes and there is not ...

 

You just stop paying the 'road tax' ... when you want to use the vehicle again you need to pay ALL the back tax plus penalties. No need to tell your insurance company ... if you don't pay the annual premium your vehicle just won't be insured ...

pay ALL the back tax plus penalties? Please explain.

 

Regards

 

Guemlum

There is no SORN....if you dont pay the road tax,they will want the years you haven't paid to be paid before updating the blue book and giving you a new tax disc...the penalty for back payment is miniscule,paid at the time you make the back payment.

Right the car off & hand the book into DLT along with a letter from the police.

In Thailand no scorn just scrap..

There is no SORN....if you dont pay the road tax,they will want the years you haven't paid to be paid before updating the blue book and giving you a new tax disc...the penalty for back payment is miniscule,paid at the time you make the back payment.

Thanks johng. Might be worth just continually paying the tax then. The reason I ask is that hopefully my wife will be settling in the UK and the car will be at home, going nowhere.

Regards

Guemlum


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3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Right the car off & hand the book into DLT along with a letter from the police.

In Thailand no scorn just scrap..

"Right the car off", what does that mean?  If you mean write the car off, that is not something the owner can do, it is an action taken by the insurance company when the vehicle is beyond economic repair, isn't it?

I seem to recall that if you want to officially take your car/bike off the road and avoid the annual road tax (and accumulating penalties if you don't pay it) you need to return the license plate. Don't know about when you want to use it again - probably have to go through the whole process of getting a new plate.

You notify the DLT the vehicle is not being used on the road and fill in their form for it on the form is a box stating Temporary/Permanently with the latter you hand back the  N/plates with Temp i don't know haven't done it.