Shurugwi Town Council (Cycle Licensing) By-laws, 2025
Cycles kept in Shurugwi must be licensed at US$27 a year plus US$10 to apply, with US$5 penalties, and unclaimed impounded cycles auctioned after 30 days' notice in a newspaper.
These by-laws require every cycle ordinarily kept in the Shurugwi Town Council area — pedal cycles, tricycles, motorcycles and motorcycles with trailers — to be licensed before use on a road, and to carry the council token affixed to the machine.
Tokens may not be transferred between people or cycles, and neither the token nor the registration number impressed on the cycle may be obliterated, defaced or altered. The council keeps a register, issues duplicates, requires notification of a sale or change of ownership, and may inspect, enforce, impound and cancel licences.
Unclaimed cycles are dealt with publicly: the council publishes a list of cycles held for a month in a widely circulating newspaper, gives owners 30 days to claim, and sells the remainder by public auction with the proceeds paid into a council account.
Fees are US$10 to apply, US$27 for the licence, US$5 for a duplicate, US$5 for a change of ownership and US$1 in storage fees. Every listed offence carries US$5 — using an unlicensed cycle, failing to notify a change of ownership, failing to display or return a token, transferring it, and defacing a token or registration number.
What changed
- All cycles kept in the council area must be licensed and display a token
- Licence costs US$27 a year with a US$10 application fee; duplicates and ownership changes US$5
- Impound storage costs US$1
- Unclaimed cycles are advertised in a newspaper and auctioned after 30 days
- Every listed offence carries a US$5 penalty
Who this affects
- Cyclists and motorcyclists in Shurugwi
- Motorcycle delivery operators
- Cycle dealers handling second-hand sales
- Owners of impounded cycles
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.