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Vehicle Transfers
Normally, once “attached” to a vehicle, the license plate stays with that
vehicle until the vehicle is disposed of by the owning agency. However,
sometimes, agencies elect to transfer vehicles to new agencies or transfer
vehicles between activities and/or locations within the same agency.
Vehicle Transfers to a New Agency
The GSAFleet.gov Users Guide explains how to transfer a vehicle from
one agency to a new agency within the GSAFleet.gov environment
(Chapter 3.1.4, Transferring a Vehicle). The original license plates
attached to the vehicle that is being transferred to a new agency must be
disassociated from that vehicle within the GSAFleet.gov, have their status
updated within the GSAFleet.gov as “Pending Destruction” (PD) or
returned to UNICOR for destruction (RT).
The actual license plates should be removed from the vehicle and
returned to UNICOR following the SOP (found on the GSAFleet.gov main
menu page). The new agency will be responsible for purchasing license
plates for the transferred vehicle and updating GSAFleet.gov to confirm
the new agency, the new POC, and the new license plate number.
Vehicle Transfers within the Same Agency
When a vehicle is transferred within the same agency (from one bureau to
another, or from one location to another), internal agency policy should
determine if the tags remain with the vehicle or should be replaced.
Some agencies use license plates with assigned number ranges or suffix
letters to designate specific bureaus or locations. Thus, agency fleet
managers within those agencies may require tag replacement to align the
transferred vehicle to its new bureau or location.