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Q COSTARICA — With the start of November, the National Insurance Institute, the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), will begin collecting the 2026 vehicle registration fee. On Monday, starting at 8:00 a.m. At this time, the INS has not yet announced the amount vehicle owners will have to pay, as its technicians are still uploading the data. The link to check the amount will be available on Monday via the following link: https://marchamo.ins-cr.com/marchamo/Inicio “The 2026 vehicle registration fee will be collected on the first business day of November, which this year falls on Monday, November 3. Starting at 8:00 a.m. this Monday, INS branches will be open for payments, as well as other authorized locations and the usual information sites. Technical teams are currently uploading data to the systems, so the official information will be available this Monday, once the mass upload is complete,” the INS stated. As of mid-October, ¢41.5 billion in vehicle registration fees for 2025 remained unpaid by 142,000 vehicle owners, according to the National Insurance Institute (INS). SOA Increase Due to a higher number of accidents, drivers will have to pay more for Seguro Obligatorio (SOA) – Mandatory Insurance – in 2026, as previously reported by the General Superintendency of Insurance (Sugese). On average, the increase will be 10% and will cover all vehicles. The premiums have already been approved, so there is no going back on the increase; the SOA price hike has already been incorporated into the 2026 vehicle registration fee. “The new premiums reflect the reality of increased accidents on our roads. The increase aims to guarantee the sustainability of the insurance and adequate protection for victims,” said the Superintendent General of the Sugese, Tomás Soley. Concern for motorcyclists remains a primary focus. In 2024, 53.6% of traffic fatalities involved motorcyclists, marking a record high in national statistics.
