Insurance & Registration

Insurance & Registration A new car is first registered for three years. Thereafter registration must be renewed annually. Third party vehicle insurance is compulsory and costs KD19 a year. Comprehensive insurance is also available.

To re-register a car after the third year, the insurance must first be renewed and then the car taken for testing. The receipt issued by the insurance company and 'log Book' (daftar) must be taken with the car to a testing station at a Traffic Department (murour) in the governorate in which the car owner lives. Murour are located in Shuwaikh, Jabriya, Farwaniyah, Ahmadi and Jahra. The test is not onerous and, if the car is deemed roadworthy, the insurance receipt is stamped. Then, inside the murour, KD5 must be paid for a revenue stamp which the cashier sticks on the insurance receipt. Then a check must be made to see whether there are any outstanding fines on the car (such as for speeding and the like). If no fines are due, the insurance receipt is stamped. If any fines are due, a paper will be issued which must be used to pay the fines to the cashier. The cashier will stamp the paper which is then taken back to have the insurance receipt stamped. The stamped insurance receipt and old daftar can then be exchanged for a new daftar.