The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has reminded motorists that they have four months left to collect physical logbooks awaiting pick-up at its offices, warning that any documents left uncollected after the deadline will be disposed of.
In a public notice dated August 10, 2026, NTSA said it would not hold onto already-printed logbooks for more than six months from the date of an earlier notice issued on June 11.
“It is four months to the deadline, and we urge all motor vehicle owners who still have their logbooks at NTSA offices to collect them as soon as possible to avoid any inconveniences,” the authority said.
The affected logbooks belong mainly to motorists who applied for registration, transfer or duplicate logbooks before June 10, 2026, the day Kenya’s new electronic logbook, or e-Logbook, system officially came into effect.
Applications submitted before that date were processed under the old paper-based system and are still due a physical logbook, while transactions from June 10 onwards are now issued electronically instead.
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The shift to e-Logbooks forms part of a wider government push to move vehicle registration and other public services onto the eCitizen platform.
Under the new system, ownership records are updated instantly once a registration or transfer is completed, and each e-Logbook carries digital encryption, secure hashing and QR code verification, features NTSA says are designed to reduce forgery and fraud long associated with paper documents.
Financial institutions, insurers and prospective vehicle buyers are able to verify ownership electronically before finalising transactions.
NTSA has said that collecting a logbook remains free of charge.
The authority has warned that motorists who fail to collect their logbooks in time may face difficulties accessing services that require the original physical document, including insurance processing, ownership transfers and vehicle financing applications until they secure their documents.
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