Yongin City Collects 7.24 Million Won Through License Plate Seizure of Overdue Vehicles

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 18th that on the 16th, it conducted a nighttime intensive crackdown on vehicles with delinquent local taxes in all areas except towns and townships within the jurisdiction, seizing license plates and collecting the outstanding amounts.

On that day, the collection department organized 24 employees into 8 teams to patrol apartment complex parking lots, side streets, and commercial facility clusters, identifying 25 delinquent vehicles and seizing their license plates.

By the afternoon of the 17th, 20 out of the 25 vehicles with seized license plates had paid their delinquent amounts and retrieved their plates, resulting in the collection of 7,249,000 KRW.

From January to October earlier this year, the city had seized license plates from 574 vehicles and collected 204 million KRW in delinquent taxes.

If a vehicle owner is delinquent on two or more automobile tax payments, their vehicle's registration license plate is subject to seizure. Once the license plate is seized, the owner can visit the city hall or district office to pay the delinquent amount and reclaim the plate.

Operating a vehicle without a registration license plate results in a fine ranging from 500,000 KRW to 3 million KRW according to relevant laws.

The city plans to deploy two teams of employees on the 23rd to seize additional license plates.

A city official emphasized, "We will continue to seize license plates of delinquent vehicles and impose strong administrative measures such as forced delivery orders and public auctions on habitual delinquents, striving for fair and just tax administration."

Meanwhile, there are 30,664 vehicles with delinquent automobile taxes in Yongin City, with a total outstanding amount of 8.03 billion KRW.

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