Court Orders São Paulo to Authorize Uber Moto Within 48 Hours

Overview

• The Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo ordered the Prefeitura to authorize Uber Moto within 48 hours, imposing a R$5,000 daily fine for noncompliance that can reach a R$500,000 ceiling, in a decision issued Tuesday, July 21.
• Judge Patrícia Persicano Pires found the municipality’s recent refusal to credential Uber repeated an act the court had already declared illegal and noted that Uber submitted signed insurance documentation on July 17.
• The city government and the Comitê Municipal de Uso do Viário had denied credenciamento citing missing proof of passenger-accident coverage, but the judge concluded those late-form objections went beyond what prior courts and federal rules allow.
• Mayor Ricardo Nunes said he will appeal the ruling on public-safety grounds, citing rising motorcycle fatalities and higher trauma costs for the municipal health system if passenger motorcycle service expands.
• The decision follows prior STF actions by Minister Alexandre de Moraes that suspended parts of São Paulo’s local rules for adding insurance, plate and training requirements, and it could prompt Uber to begin operations while the legal fight and municipal appeals continue; 99 already abandoned plans to launch in the city.