A traffic fine you did not know about can block your registration renewal, add black points to your licence and stop you from selling your car. The good news is that you can check your fines online for free in a few minutes.
This guide shows how to check traffic fines in the UAE by plate number, driving licence and traffic file number, how it works in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and how to pay a fine online. Some people call a fine a traffic ticket or a challan, and the process is the same.
You can search for your fines with any of these details:
Checking fines online is free, and you only pay when you decide to settle a fine.
Wondering how to check a fine on my car? This is the most common way to check traffic fines. Open the service of your emirate, choose the fine inquiry and enter your plate number with the plate category and emirate.
The results show the fines linked to the vehicle, with their details. Fines belong to the car, so they stay on it even if a different person was driving.
To check fines on your driving licence, search with your licence number on the police services or the MOI app.
This shows the fines linked to you as a driver. Fines that carry black points also say so on the fine. Our guide to black points in the UAE explains how the points are added to your licence and how to reduce them.
In Dubai, you can check your fines in several ways:
Log in with UAE Pass where the service asks for it.
In Abu Dhabi, you can check your fines through:
The Emirates Vehicle Gate also lets you search for fines with your traffic code, plate number or licence number.
When you have found your fines, select the one you want to settle and pay by card through the secure payment page. You receive a digital receipt, and it is worth keeping it for your records.
For a traffic police fine online payment, use the police or RTA service of the emirate where the fine was issued. You can also pay at a service centre or a kiosk if you prefer to do it in person. In Dubai, the RTA has a Pay Fines for Others service, so you can settle a fine for another driver by entering the details of the fine.
If you are searching for how to pay a traffic challan online or make an online traffic challan payment, this is the same process for UAE fines.
Some fines cannot be paid online. A common example is a violation that comes with an impound. In our experience, the system then does not let you do anything with the fine until the impound is dealt with.
You can usually leave the car at a police yard, keep it at home with Smart Impound or pay to release it. In some cases, the traffic department of the police can link the black points and let you pay the fine, and you settle the impound separately.
Our guide to black points in the UAE explains the impound options and fees in more detail.
Unpaid fines have consequences beyond the amount itself:
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Use the official services: in Dubai the RTA, Dubai Police or MOI websites and apps, and in Abu Dhabi the Abu Dhabi Police website and app, TAMM or MOI. Search with your plate number, traffic file number, licence number or fine number.
Enter your plate number, including the plate category and emirate, on the RTA, Dubai Police, Abu Dhabi Police or TAMM service. The fines linked to the vehicle are shown with their details.
Use your driving licence number on the Dubai Police, Abu Dhabi Police, TAMM or MOI services. The results show the fines linked to your licence, and the black points that come with them.
It is the number of your traffic file, the record the police keep for you as a driver or vehicle owner. You can use it to search for fines, and it is also called the Traffic Code or TC number in Abu Dhabi.
Yes. Checking fines online is free. You only pay when you decide to settle a fine.
Check the fine on the official service, select it and pay by card through the secure payment page. You get a digital receipt, and you can also pay at a service centre or kiosk.
Some fines cannot be paid online, for example when the violation comes with an impound. In that case you need to deal with the impound first or visit the traffic department of the police.
Yes. Unpaid fines can block the registration renewal and the ownership transfer, so check and clear them first.
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