Faqs

If you are transferring ownership of your vehicle or have altered your vehicle, the owner MUST inform the Director within 14 days of such a change.

For transfers, please:

• Complete the prescribed Form (T.R. 6)
• Submit to the Director the signed certificate of registration (log book- under section C) or a Transfer of Ownership Form. Signatures must be done in the presence of a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace or a DVDL staff member.
• Ensure all outstanding licensing fees, if any, are paid. DVDL will not execute the transfer until all such fees are settled.
• Ensure that there is no bank lien registered against the vehicle. If the vehicle was financed by a bank or a lending institution, a lien would have been registered with the DVDL. To proceed with the transfer of ownership, you must first obtain a “Notice of Lien Removal” from the lender. Removing a lien will incur an additional fee of CI$25 and this document must be submitted with the transfer request. The cost of a transfer of a vehicle is $25.00.

• As a “new resident” or a “visitor” to the Cayman Islands, the Act allows you six months on which to legally drive. After the six months, you will have to sit and pass both the written and road exams. If the written exam is done within the six months of residency, you need only take and pass the written exam provided you hold a valid driver’s licence from a Geneva country for the class of vehicle to be driven.
• If you are NOT a holder of a licence from a Geneva Convention country, i.e. Honduras or Colombia, you can only drive on your foreign driver’s licence for ONE month and MUST sit and pass both the written and road exams .

Both the Vendor and Buyer need to complete the appropriate paperwork and submit it at one of our offices. See our section on Transferring Ownership for more details