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A Mitsubishi car was found 'abandoned' in the basement car-park lot of a condo in Sengkang. The car has been unmoved from its present lot for a few weeks. The car does not belong to a resident of the condo, as there was no condo car disc pasted on the window screen. The car plate number is SGE2933K, and according to reply to a query using the LTA website, this car has been de-registered. The Road Tax disc shows "14 Sep 2015". Assuming that the car owner has paid another 6-months of road tax, but failed to replace the outdated road tax disc on the windscreen, the car will have reached its 10-year life span on 14 Mar 2016 (just about right for a SGE car plate number). According to LTA: Failing to submit disposal documents of a de-registered vehicle Offenders who fail to submit disposal documents as proof that the vehicle has been scrapped, exported, or sent to EPZ for storage, within a month from its de-registration may be prosecuted in Court, and face a maximum Court fine of $2,000 or 3 months' imprisonment. Similarly, first time offenders who are found keeping a de-registered vehicle may be prosecuted in Court, and face a maximum Court fine of $2,000 or 3 months' imprisonment. The deadline to sent the car for disposal is by 14 May (within 1 month), or the car owner runs foul of the law. It is hoped that the car owner does not forget about this.

If car COE expires 20/03/2015, I shd de-register the car on 20th or 19th March? I will go to LTA to submit the form. There is a dealer who want to buy car for $500. Ask me to meet him at LTA 2pm. So that I will submit the de-registration form on 20/03/2015. But said I only submit it at 4pm cos driving car to Malaysia. I will be given a letter for purchasing the car for $500. Is this a gd arrangement? If car is not exported I will lost parf right?