NTSA Sets Deadline For Motorists To Collect Physical Logbooks Before Disposal

Time is running out for motorists who never picked up their physical logbooks from the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) offices.

NTSA has issued a fresh reminder to motorists to collect their documents within the next four months, or risk having them disposed of altogether.

The notice, dated Monday, August 10, reinforces a warning NTSA first put out back in June: physical logbooks sitting uncollected at its offices won’t be held indefinitely. Six months is the cutoff.

“It is four months to the deadline, and we urge all motor vehicle owners who still have their logbooks at NTSA offices to collect them as soon as possible to avoid any inconveniences,” the authority said in its statement.

In other words, the clock that started ticking in June hasn’t stopped. Any logbook printed but never picked up is now on a countdown, and once that six-month window closes, NTSA says it will move ahead with disposal according to its internal policies.

The good news is that collecting the document costs nothing. Motorists just need to show up with their previous logbook and a valid ID for verification at the relevant collection centre or NTSA office.

NTSA warned that without the current or original logbook attached to an application, motorists could run into trouble accessing services that require proof of ownership.

All this ties back to a bigger shift happening at the authority. Since June 10, NTSA has been rolling out electronic logbooks as part of a broader push to digitise vehicle records and cut down on paperwork that can be lost, damaged, or forged.

NTSA clarified that anyone who applied before June 10 will still receive a physical logbook; those transactions won’t be automatically pulled into the new eLogbook system. But for applications filed on or after that date, it’s the electronic system all the way, with motorists issued eLogbooks instead of the paper version.

The push toward digital records, NTSA says, is ultimately about making vehicle ownership easier to verify and more secure, while cutting down the risks that come with physical paperwork changing hands.

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