Importing and Exporting cars between emirates

• If you're registering a 2nd hand car in a different emirate, you have to export it from the original emirate (go to traffic department with money, passport, driving licence, copies) and then import it to the emirate where you want to register it (go to traffic department with money, passport, driving licence, insurance, copies).
• Procedure in all emirates is much the same. Start at the typing counter of the Police Traffic Department and tell them you need to export your car, then follow their directions. When you get to the new emirate, start again at the typing counter of the Traffic Department.
• When you export a car, the number plates will be replaced by blue export plates. You have 2 days to get it imported and registered in the next emirate or you get fined each day over that.
• In Dubai you're not supposed to drive a car with export plates - it has to be transported. You will occasionally see people try though. If you try and succeed in getting to the traffic department without penalty, it's unlikely that they'll penalise you on arrival.