The legal process of acquiring personalized number plates is not as complicated as some assume.

There is a cost to incur and other requirements to meet.

How do you apply for personalized number plates?

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You might need these plates for security or prestige.

Regardless of your reasons, learn how to legally apply for a personalized number plate.

Choose a number or name.

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Bring the necessary documents with you for submission.

Alternatively, send the forms total.numberplates@westerncape.gov.zaor post them toPO Box 2603, Cape Town, 8000.

If your app is approved, you will be issued a letter of approval requesting some fees.

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After that, conduct an SAnumber plate checkprocedure to ensure it is registered.

How long does it take to get personalized number plates?

What is a personalized number plate’s cost in South Africa?

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The number plates prices vary with the charges your provincial traffic department has set.

Make inquiries at your local registering authority.

The City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality is in the southern peninsula of the Western Cape Province.

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It is the second-most populous city after Johannesburg and the second-largest economic centre in South Africa.

Apply for a personalized plate at any of the offices of Eastern Cape’s 40 municipalities.

Visit Alfred Nzo District, Amahlathi, Amathole District, Blue Crane Route, etc.

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You will love the services of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan’s local municipality.

you’ve got the option to also go to Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg Metropolitan, or other offices.

There are 11 municipalities in Gauteng province.

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The province has 54 municipalities.

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Mpumalanga has 20 local municipalities.

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The top five are Albert Luthuli, Bushbuckridge, Dipaleseng, Ehlanzeni District, and Emakhazeni.

The double-digit CAA plates cost R75 000.00, and the triple-digit CAA plates cost R8 000.00.

Others cost R1 750.00, but the maximum is seven letters or numbers.

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These number plates prices must have risen by now.

you’re able to always add a personalized touch to your vehicle if you want to.

The government fines those who break these rules.

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These fines are warnings; hence failure to pay them has grave consequences.

She has a Bachelor of Commerce & IT from the University of Nairobi and joined Briefly.co.za in November 2019.

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