Scrap car Singapore: every figure itemised before you hand over
A scrap car Singapore quote is three pots of money in one number: a PARF rebate, a COE rebate for unused months, and the body value a buyer pays. Send the car’s details and get them back as separate lines.
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AS OF 14 SEP 2026LTA ONEMOTORING
The money, line by line
What a scrap car quote in Singapore is actually made of
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A scrap car Singapore quote is government rebate money plus one commercial figure. PARF is capped at $60,000 or $30,000 by COE bidding exercise, and a COE rebate covers the unused months. Both follow LTA rules, so the body value is the only line a scrap car dealer sets.
The rebate is government money; the body value is the only part a buyer pays
In the hypothetical slip beside this, a $31,000 headline holds $29,000 of LTA rebate and $2,000 of buyer money. Ask for all three as separate lines before anyone collects the car. Get an itemised quote
- PARF rebate GOV GOV $24,000
- COE rebate GOV GOV $5,000
- Body value BUYER BUYER $2,000
- Less loan settlement your figure
- Less towing your figure
- Less admin fee your figure
- Unused road tax refund automatic
Who funds the $31,000 in Scenario E
Car scrapping in Singapore, defined
How much do you get for scrapping a car in Singapore?
You receive any PARF rebate the car qualifies for, a COE rebate for unused months, and a negotiated body or export value, less deductions. PARF is capped at $60,000 or $30,000 depending on the COE bidding exercise, so no single figure fits every car.
What scrapping a car in Singapore means: deregistration, disposal and proof
Scrapping a car in Singapore is three recorded events, not one transaction. LTA cancels the registration, an appointed facility disposes of the car, and disposal documents reach LTA within 1 month.
- Deregistration: OneMotoring with Singpass, or form D01 at a counter.
- Disposal: a scrapyard appointed by LTA, an Export Processing Zone, or export.
- Proof: documents to LTA within 1 month.
Handing over the keys does none of this: until the third record exists, the car is still yours on paper.
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The order that keeps you legal
How to scrap a car in Singapore, step by step
Every car scrap Singapore job runs on three clocks: 8 calendar days for a non-PARF delivery, 1 month for disposal documents, 12 months to use the rebate. Read the full deregistration walkthrough for your vehicle type before you book anything.
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Establish the car’s status
COE end date, road tax, financing and lay-up history set the rules.
What to have ready
Registration number, COE expiry month, net ARF, and the financing bank if a loan is running.
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Get the money itemised
Ask for PARF, COE rebate and body value as three separate lines, plus every deduction.
How the lines are checked
Both rebates follow LTA formulas you can reproduce. A merged quote hides the only negotiable line.
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Confirm route and sequence
Scrapyard, Export Processing Zone or export, in the order your PARF status sets.
Why the order matters
A PARF car is delivered first; a non-PARF car is deregistered first, then delivered within 8 days.
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Collect the proof
Deregistration, disposal documents, loan released, rebate redeemed in 12 months.
What to keep
Keep the quotation, the disposal or export papers, and the OneMotoring record.
What this site covers
Scrap, export or lay-up: the guides behind every quote
Which scrap car dealers are LTA approved?
LTA appoints facilities rather than dealers, so the status to check is whether the destination is an LTA-appointed scrapyard.
Can I scrap my car on my own?
Yes. Book the facility, follow the sequence your PARF status sets, and deregister on OneMotoring with Singpass. A PARF car is deregistered at the facility itself, after it arrives.
- Body value
What a scrap car is worth
How a body value is set, and what the parts contribute.
Work out the value - Deregistration
Deregister a car with LTA
The OneMotoring sequence for each vehicle type.
Read the walkthrough - Higher payout
Export a car from Singapore
When an overseas buyer beats a scrapyard, and the 80% of QP cap.
Compare export - Government money
PARF rebate by cohort
Which bidding exercise your COE came from, and its cap.
Check your cohort - Timing
COE expiry and your options
What the last weeks of a COE are worth.
Plan the timing - Renew or scrap
Renew COE or buy another car
A 5-year or 10-year renewal against scrapping now.
Run the comparison - Facilities
Scrapyards appointed by LTA
Why LTA appoints facilities rather than dealers.
Check a facility - Pause, not exit
Vehicle lay-up rules
What a lay-up costs you in PARF eligibility.
Read the rules
Four moving parts
What decides your payout
PARF depends on your COE bidding exercise, not only the car’s age
PARF is a percentage of the net Additional Registration Fee paid, and the COE bidding exercise sets both that percentage and its cap. Two cars with $80,000 net ARF, both deregistered at five years or less, sit $36,000 apart on consecutive exercises.
- 75% of $80,000 ARF GOV cap $60,000 $60,000
- 30% of $80,000 ARF GOV cap $30,000 $24,000
Imported used and laid-up cars: when PARF does not apply
- An imported used car qualifies only if it was not more than 3 years old when registered here on or after 1 September 2007.
- A laid-up car loses PARF eligibility entirely; see the vehicle lay-up rules.
The COE rebate is unused months, and it reaches $0 on the expiry day
Can I scrap my car before the COE expires in Singapore?
Yes, and the rebate exists only if you do. It is the Quota Premium or Prevailing Quota Premium actually paid, times unused months, divided by 120: QP $100,000 with 30 unused months earns $25,000.
Why a COE rebate at COE expiry is usually $0
On the expiry day the unused months are zero, so the rebate is zero.
COE rebate by unused months, hypothetical QP $100,000
What is the minimum scrap value of a car?
There is no statutory minimum, because body value is negotiated. A car past ten years earns no PARF, so its quote holds only any COE rebate plus that body value. Question any COE rebate line on a quote for a car sitting at expiry.
The body value is the negotiated line, and export can beat it
Scrap, export or EPZ: choosing the disposal route
Body value is the one line negotiation can move. A damaged car goes to a scrapyard appointed by LTA; a car with an overseas buyer earns an export quote beside it.
- Exported within 2 years of registration, the COE rebate is capped at 80% of QP: $88,000 instead of $91,667 in Scenario C.
- An Export Processing Zone holds a car for up to 12 months.
- Removing parts before handover usually lowers the body value, so agree any removal in writing first.
Compare offers as net proceeds before you choose
Loans, towing and fees decide what actually lands in your account
Scrapping a financed car: the loan is settled before you see the money
LTA asks that a car is not under financing when it is deregistered, so an outstanding loan is settled from the proceeds first.
- Loan settlement: its own line, never a silent adjustment.
- Towing and admin: ask whether each is charged, and at what rate.
- Rebate division: $21.80 per new portion, and $20 per transfer, including GST.
- Rebate validity: 12 months from deregistration, split or not.
Road tax and insurance refunds are not the same thing
Unused road tax is refunded automatically to the last registered owner. Motor insurance is not: the policy decides, and you call the insurer after deregistration.
The model
How Carscrap works, and what it does not do
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Owners pay nothing
Our partner scrapyard pays for arranging the job. Owners are never charged.
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One enquiry, one reply
Your form goes only to our partner scrapyard, never around the trade.
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Itemised, not headline
Rebates and body value come back as separate lines, which makes quotes comparable.
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Figures checked at source
Every number is checked against LTA, SSO, CASE or the Judiciary, with its fetch date.
Compare two scrap car quotes with the Net Proceeds Framework
| Component | Check |
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| Status and identity | Registration, chassis numbers |
| Eligibility | Import, lay-up history |
| Timing | PARF anniversary, COE expiry |
| Government value | PARF, COE rebate |
| Commercial value | Body or export value |
| Route and sequence | Scrapyard, EPZ, export |
| Financial adjustments | Loan, towing, fees |
| Documentation | Written quote, proof |
| Net outcome | Value less deductions |
Before any offer arrives, you can work out what the car body is worth on its own.
Carscrap is not an operator
Carscrap does not scrap, store, export or transport cars, and does not handle payments, rebates or LTA submissions. What this site adds is the arithmetic and the sequence, written down before you agree to anything.
Order of events
PARF and non-PARF cars follow opposite LTA sequences
Delivery first for PARF cars, deregistration first for non-PARF cars
A PARF-eligible car is driven or towed to the scrapyard or Export Processing Zone while it is still registered, and deregistered only after it arrives, using Singpass two-factor authentication. A non-PARF car reverses that order: it is deregistered first, and the person you authorise must deliver it within 8 calendar days.
- Exporting a PARF car: deregister, export, upload documents within 1 month.
- Exporting a non-PARF car: export first, then deregister.
Taking the wrong order leaves a deregistered car sitting on the road, or blocks the deregistration an exporter is waiting on. This is the Singpass flow; counter applicants use form D01, and LTA can change the procedure, so check OneMotoring on the day you act.
Scrapping sequence: PARF car against non-PARF car
The 8-calendar-day window applies to the non-PARF delivery person
LTA lists that 8-day rule only inside the non-PARF steps, so it is not a deadline that applies to every car.
Deadline
Plan the car’s last drive before you deregister it
Keeping or using a deregistered vehicle
A deregistered car may not be used or kept on the road: up to $20,000 or 2 years, and on a repeat, $40,000 or 4 years. Book the drive or the tow, and the facility slot, before you pick the deregistration date.
Proposed, not yet in force: the 14-day disposal period
The current law allows 1 month from deregistration to submit disposal documents. A Bill from the Ministry of Transport, read for the first time on 8 September 2026, would cut that to 14 days. As of 14 September 2026 it is proposed and not yet in force, so plan against the 1-month rule and watch for the change.
Preparation
Get the car ready for handover
Five lines to clear
Vehicle handover checklist
Work through these before collection day.
Tick each line as you get it ready.
Owner liability
Handing the car to a dealer does not hand over your legal duty to prove disposal
The duty to prove disposal stays with the owner
Section 27(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 puts the duty on the registered owner or the person in possession: within one month of cancellation, they must prove to the Registrar that the car was removed from the roads, destroyed, or removed from Singapore.
- Section 27(3) sets the penalty: up to $2,000 or 3 months, and on a repeat, $5,000 or 6 months.
LTA also states that owners may still be held liable for false export information submitted by third parties, so paying a dealer does not move the duty across. Those are statutory maxima rather than typical outcomes, and the liability wording is LTA guidance, not a court ruling. Ask for the disposal proof and keep your own copy.
What proves your scrap is complete
- [ ] COPY 1
Deregistration record
Shown on OneMotoring with its date. - [ ] COPY 2
Disposal documents accepted
Within 1 month of deregistration. - [ ] COPY 3
Car loan (hire purchase) released
The financing interest is removed. - [ ] COPY 4
Rebate redeemed
Within 12 months of deregistration.
If a quote goes wrong: CaseTrust-SVTA and the Small Claims Tribunal
The CaseTrust-SVTA bond is capped at S$50,000 for fees and deposits, and the Small Claims Tribunals hear claims up to $20,000, or $30,000 where both sides consent. Neither covers every loss, so a written itemised quotation is still the document that protects you.
Before you commit
When scrapping is the wrong choice
Scrapping is the wrong move when renewing or exporting leaves you better off. A reliable car past its tenth year can justify a renewal at the Prevailing Quota Premium, though a 5-year renewal may be taken only once and leaves no rebate.
Worked examples
Three hypothetical owners, three different right answers
- Cohort decides PARF
Owner A, $80,000 net ARF
One bidding exercise separates a 75% rebate capped at $60,000 from a 30% rebate capped at $30,000.
Deregistered at five years or less $60,000 or $24,000 - Cap applies
Owner C, exporting early
QP $110,000 with 100 unused months gives $91,667, but export inside 2 years caps the rebate at 80% of QP.
Exported 20 months after registration $88,000 not $91,667 - The last drive
Owner D, deregisters on a Monday
A deregistered car cannot be driven, and the 1-month document clock is already running. Book the facility first.
Facility booked for the following week Up to $20,000 risk
Worked illustrations built from published LTA rules, not records of cars this site handled.
Answers first
Scrap car questions Singapore owners ask
If my exporter’s documents turn out to be false, am I still responsible?
You may be: LTA states owners may still be held liable for false export information submitted by third parties, although that is guidance wording rather than a court ruling. Keep a copy of every export document.
Why does a PARF car go to the scrapyard before it is deregistered?
LTA’s PARF sequence is delivery first and deregistration on arrival, so the car is still registered for its final trip. A non-PARF car reverses this, and the person you authorise then has 8 calendar days to deliver it.
How long do I have to use my PARF and COE rebate after I scrap my car?
Car scrap rebates are valid for 12 months from deregistration; dividing one costs $21.80 per new portion and transferring one costs $20, including GST. A quotation estimate becomes money only once LTA grants the rebate.
Is the 14-day disposal rule already law?
No. Proposed, not yet in force as of 14 September 2026. The current period is 1 month from deregistration, and the Bill was read for the first time on 8 September 2026.
Can I scrap a car that still has a loan?
Yes, but the car must not be under financing at deregistration, so the loan is settled from the proceeds first. Mention it in the quote form so the settlement appears as its own line.
Does a laid-up car still get PARF?
No. LTA states a laid-up car loses its eligibility for PARF rebates. The quote for such a car should hold only any COE rebate and the body value.
My COE ends on a weekend. Is the last working day too late to scrap?
It can be if nothing is booked, because a deregistered car cannot be driven and one deregistered on its expiry day earns a $0 COE rebate. A COE not renewed within 1 month of expiry means the car must be disposed of immediately.
Should I use a scrap agent who left a namecard on my windscreen?
Only after checking the destination facility against LTA’s appointed list and getting a written, itemised quotation. Handing the car to an agent does not move the disposal duty.
Do I need to remove parts before scrapping?
Remove personal belongings; taking out components usually lowers the body value, so agree it in writing first. Check the boot, glovebox and door pockets before handover.
Is my unused road tax refunded when I scrap my car, and is my insurance?
Unused road tax is refunded automatically to the last registered owner; an insurance refund depends on your policy. LTA does not cancel cover for you.
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Scrap car Singapore: get your itemised quote
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Figures are estimates based on published LTA rules. Your actual rebate and any quotation depend on your vehicle’s records and the terms you agree. This is general information, not legal advice.
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