Salik

Deactivate the tag in your Salik account immediately on sale. Failing to deactivate continues to accumulate passes on the old plate against your account. The buyer must activate a new tag for their use of the vehicle.

Plate change (new vehicle, new emirate, new private plate) requires re-linking the tag to the new plate in the Salik account. Without re-linking, the gantry reads the plate as unregistered.

Open Salik > Fines, pay all open fines. Sync to RTA driver file is within minutes. Mulkiya renewal then proceeds. For amounts uncertain, the RTA app shows the consolidated Salik+traffic debt.

Even legitimate disputes are usually rejected past 90 days. The fine becomes payable. Lesson: monitor the trip feed weekly and dispute any anomaly within the window.

The rental company gets the fine and usually chases the renter within weeks; some rentals include Salik in the daily charge, others bill it afterwards. Confirm with the rental at pickup; the fine ladder applies to the registered owner regardless of who was driving.

The adhesive is one-time. Buy a replacement tag at AED 50 from any RTA Customer Happiness Centre or ENOC/ADNOC station. Do not attempt to re-fix the old tag; the RFID is damaged by peeling.

AED 6 per gate during peak hours (06:00-10:00 and 16:00-20:00 weekdays). AED 4 per gate off-peak (10:00-16:00 and 20:00-01:00). Free between 01:00-06:00 every day. Sundays are flat AED 4 except the free window. From 1 June 2026 a 5% VAT is added on top. Confirm exact rates on salik.ae before assuming a budget figure.

Dubai operates 13 Salik gates as of 2026, positioned on Sheikh Zayed Road (multiple gantries), Al Garhoud Bridge, Al Maktoum Bridge, the Business Bay crossing, the Floating Bridge, Al Safa, Airport Tunnel, and other key arteries. The full gate map is published on salik.ae.

The plate is read, the registered owner is identified through RTA, and an unregistered-vehicle fine is generated: AED 100 for the first offence, AED 200 for the second, AED 400 for the third, and vehicle suspension at the fourth. The toll is added on top of the fine.

No. Salik is Dubai-only. Abu Dhabi runs its own Darb toll system on Sheikh Zayed, Maqta, Mussafah and Sheikh Khalifa bridges, with its own separate account. Sharjah and the northern emirates have no toll system. A Salik tag passing under a Darb gate does nothing; the vehicle owner gets a Darb fine.

No. The tag adhesive is one-time and the RFID is plate-linked. You must buy a new tag for the new vehicle and deactivate the old one in your Salik account. Failing to deactivate continues to accumulate any passes on the old plate against the old vehicle, which can affect a buyer.

Log in to salik.ae or open the Salik app, navigate to Fines. The same data appears in the RTA driver file on rta.ae and in DubaiNow. Mulkiya renewal will not proceed while Salik fines are unpaid, so most residents clear them in the same session.

No. Salik is the road toll system for private vehicles. Nol is the RTA's transport and micro-payment card used on Metro, bus, tram, water bus, and at parking meters and Nol-enabled retailers. They are separate accounts run by separate teams, although both ultimately roll up under the RTA umbrella.

Open salik.ae or the Salik app within 90 days of the violation, navigate to Fines > Dispute, and submit. Evidence that works includes: photo or video showing the gate gantry was inoperative or showing your vehicle was not at the gate at the timestamp (geo-tagged dashcam footage is strongest); a Salik receipt showing payment for the same passage from a separate account; an ownership transfer record showing the vehicle was no longer in your name at the time of the alleged passage. Disputes are rejected most often because the user did not have an active tag and is simply objecting to the AED 100/200/400 unregistered-vehicle fine ladder - which is not a dispute basis. Successful disputes reverse both the toll charge and the fine. Outside the 90-day window even legitimate disputes are usually rejected, so file promptly. For repeat dispute issues call Salik on 800 72545.

From 1 June 2026, 5% VAT applies to all toll passages and the AED 100 tag activation fee. For a typical Dubai commuter doing 40 weekday round-trips per month through 2-3 gates each way, the pre-VAT cost runs roughly AED 400-700/month under the variable schedule (peak AED 6, off-peak AED 4). VAT adds AED 20-35/month. For high-mileage users (deliveries, sales, ride-share), the VAT can add AED 50-100/month. The line item appears separately on the monthly statement which makes expense reimbursement and VAT recovery on business journeys straightforward. Reimbursement claims need the new line item to match the receipt; older expense templates that lumped Salik into a single figure should be updated. Confirm specific rates on salik.ae at the moment of activation.