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Road Traffic Act — Article 163 (Notification disposition)

도로교통법 제163조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-07-22. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-07-01) — check the Korean original.

(1) With respect to a person deemed a violator, the chief of a police station or the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (in cases of the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, the act of violation provided for in Articles 15 (3), 39 (6), 60, 62, 64 through 66, 73 (2) 2 through 5, and 95 (1) which are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 6 (1) and (2), and 61 (2) shall be excluded) may notify him or her of the payment of his or her penalty amount in the penalty payment notification clearly indicating the grounds for imposition of such penalty; provided, the same shall not apply to any of the following persons: <Amended on Dec. 30, 2014; Oct. 24, 2017; Oct. 20, 2020>

1. A person whose name or domicile is unidentified;

2. A person who is likely to abscond;

3. A person who refuses to receive a penalty payment notification.

(2) Where the Governor of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province takes a disposition to serve the notification pursuant to paragraph (1), he or she shall notify the chief of the relevant police station thereof.[This Article Wholly Amended on Jun. 8, 2011]

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