Here's how much you will pay for digitisation of pre‑2023 vehicle records

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has announced that vehicle owners whose cars were registered before 2023 will be required to pay GH¢25 to have their records updated on the Authority’s new digital system.

According to DVLA’s Director of Driver Training, Testing and Licensing, Kafui Semevo, the nationwide digital onboarding exercise is designed to verify ownership of manually registered vehicles and prevent uncustomed vehicles from being added to the system.

Semevo explained that vehicle owners must visit DVLA offices or designated centres with their vehicles, registration documents, customs declaration forms, and Ghana Card for biometric verification.

He emphasised that successful onboarding will provide owners with a title certificate and an electronic registration card, which will become mandatory once the new licence plate policy is introduced.

Meanwhile, vehicle owners will be required to validate their number plates every 2 years.

“Verification of documents and vehicles is free. The only cost is the bio‑data verification, which is GH¢25. We are not charging for the card or certificate now because they would carry the old number. Once the new regime begins, owners will then receive updated documents with new numbers. This way, you only pay once, which we believe is fair,” Semevo told journalists at a press briefing on Tuesday, January 13, 2026.

He however noted that vehicles registered between January 2022 and December 2023 are not yet included in the exercise.

Owners of those vehicles have been advised to wait until DVLA officially invites them to participate.

Vehicle Owners to Validate Plates Every Two Years – DVLA

Semevo also announced that vehicle owners will be required to validate their number plates every two years.

According to the him, the new plates, set to be rolled out later this year will be embedded with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.

This upgrade is expected to strengthen the security features of number plates and enhance road safety.

The RFID system will also make it easier to identify vehicle owners and help eliminate revenue losses caused by uncustomed vehicles that have been illegally licensed.

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