Deregister a motor vehicle with NTSA
National Transport and Safety Authority · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Apply on the NTSA service portal and pay KSh 500; NTSA deregisters the vehicle in about 5 working days. Get a DCI motor vehicle examination first.
- Fee
- KSh 500Deregistration
- How long
- About 5 working days
- Where
- Online on the NTSA service portal (eCitizen login), after a DCI motor vehicle examination at a DCI Scenes of Crime office
What you need
- For the DCI examination: original and copy of the logbook (or copy of records), ID or passport and copy, an affidavit and a request letter
Steps
- Take the vehicle and your papers to DCI for a motor vehicle examination (DCI headquarters, or a county or sub-county DCI Scenes of Crime office).
- Log in to your account on the NTSA service portal and apply for deregistration.
- Pay KSh 500. NTSA completes it in about 5 working days.
Watch out
- Putting the vehicle back on the road later is a separate re-registration, priced by engine capacity and taking about 3 working days.
Official sources (4)
- NTSA Service Charter (English) 2026 ntsa.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- Motor Vehicle Examination dci.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- FAQs dci.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026
- NTSA service portal serviceportal.ntsa.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026