Notification of Vehicle Non-Use in Thailand (DLT)

“แบบคำขอแจ้งการไม่ใช้รถ” (form ขส.บ.10ท-17/1-ท.) is the Thai Department of Land Transport (กรมการขนส่งทางบก, DLT) request by which the registered owner informs the Registrar (นายทะเบียน) that a car or motorcycle will not be used — temporarily (the form prints “ชั่วคราว (๒ ปี)”, i.e. 2 years) or permanently (ตลอดไป).

The form is in Thai only and has one page. The box at the top right (application number, date received, officer) is filled in by DLT staff. Thai press reports that without such a notification the annual vehicle tax keeps accruing with surcharges, and that if tax is unpaid for three years in a row the registration is cancelled and the plates are withdrawn — check the current rules with the office.

• the registered owner of a car or motorcycle, including a foreigner, who stops using it;
• temporarily — for example when leaving Thailand for a long time, or when the vehicle is broken and stored;
• permanently — when the vehicle has been scrapped, destroyed or taken out of the country;
• a company that owns the vehicle — the form provides for a copy of the company registration certificate;
• a representative with a power of attorney (DLT has its own power of attorney form).

• place of writing (เขียนที่) and date (Buddhist Era year, พ.ศ.);
• the province of the Registrar the request is addressed to;
• owner’s full name and age;
• address: house number, moo, soi, road, tambon, amphoe, province;
• details from the registration book: vehicle type (e.g. รย.1), plate number and province, make, chassis number, engine number;
• a tick for temporary or permanent non-use and the reason (two lines);
• attachments: the vehicle registration book (คู่มือจดทะเบียนรถ); a copy of a Thai ID card, of another government-issued card or of a company registration certificate; the licence plates handed in (how many) or a note that plates are lost (how many); other evidence;
• signature by hand.

For a foreigner, the “other government-issued card” is usually a passport or a pink card (Thai ID card for foreigners) — ask the office which copy it accepts.

• the vehicle registration book;
• the licence plates, if they are being handed in;
• passport or Thai ID card, plus copies (for a company — its registration certificate);
• if a representative files: a power of attorney and copies of both parties’ IDs.

There is a small fee set by DLT; amounts, deadlines and whether outstanding tax must be paid first depend on the case — check with the land transport office where the vehicle is registered. To put a temporarily unused vehicle back on the road later, file the resumption notification (form ขส.บ.10ท-17/2-ท.).

1. Open the chat on this page and write in any language which vehicle you stop using and for how long.
2. Answer the questions or send photos of the registration book and passport — the assistant fills the boxes and converts the year to พ.ศ.
3. Check the fields and download the PDF.
4. Print, sign and submit it at the DLT land transport office where the vehicle is registered.

Department of Land Transport form: dlt.go.th (PDF); Department of Land Transport: dlt.go.th. Checked on 2026-10-08. This is not legal advice.