The Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, has issued an urgent call to holders of lifetime Category A taxi licences to settle their outstanding debts as soon as possible. Speaking at a Tbilisi municipal government meeting, Kaladze warned that failure to clear the arrears on time would lead to the irreversible revocation of their permits.

“In accordance with the Georgian Law on Exemption from Administrative Penalties, we previously waived the fines accumulated by lifetime Category A taxi licence holders,” Kaladze noted.

“Despite this, more than 1,000 permit holders continue to disregard their licensing conditions. They are still failing to pay the required permit fees, meaning that alongside their accumulated arrears from previous months, their debt increases daily.

Naturally, we send text alerts directly to the personal phone numbers of every licence holder, so they are fully aware of the situation. However, I want to appeal to them once more: friends, you must pay your outstanding balances. Otherwise, we will be forced to revoke these permits, and they cannot be reinstated under any circumstances. No one takes pleasure in making such decisions, but it is simply impossible to proceed otherwise,” Kakha Kaladze stated.

According to Tbilisi City Hall, the warnings target individuals who have failed to pay their lifetime Category A taxi permit fees since October 2025 and continue to breach their licensing agreements.

“Written warnings are routinely dispatched to these individuals, and they are also contacted via phone to remind them to comply with their permit conditions. Non-payment will result in a threefold increase of the fine, ultimately leading to the withdrawal of the permit. The initial fine for non-payment of the permit fee is 100 GEL. If it remains unpaid, it triples to 300 GEL. Should the individual still refuse to pay, the fine escalates to 900 GEL. Furthermore, failure to clear these fines within the legally mandated timeframe will incur late penalties equivalent to double the amount of the issued fines,” the statement from Tbilisi City Hall read.