7-692: The Regional Transport Office or District Transport Office or Regional Transport Authority ( RTO/DTO/RTA ) is an office administered by the State Governments constituted under Section 213 (1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 of India and is responsible for implementing the various provisions of this Act. It operates under the Transport Department of the State Government. It is responsible for maintaining
14-741: A database of drivers and a database of vehicles for various states of India . The RTO issues driving licences , organises collection of vehicle excise duty (also known as road tax and road fund licence ) and sells personalised registrations . Along with this, the RTO is also responsible to inspect vehicle's insurance and fitness and clear the pollution test. Function of RTO: The officer ranks are categorized as: (Rank from lower to higher, Mostly known by different names for designations across different states) The RTO identifies untaxed vehicles (Periodic or Lifetime), and identify keepers of cars entering various Indian states, or who exceed speed limits on
21-749: A motor vehicle after the expiry of Green Tax validity and after the completion of Life Time Tax (Petrol vehicles up to 20 years and Diesel vehicles up to 15 years) is also carried with the Regional Transport Office of the respective states. Certain states in the country also ensures the Regional Transport Office/Officer to inspect and issue a certification for protocol management of VIP convoys for to ensure safety and to avoid mismanagement. List of Regional Transport Office districts in India This
28-445: A road that has speed cameras by matching the cars to their keepers utilising the RTO database. The High Security Registration plates (HSRP) were introduced to help reduce vehicle crime and improve security. It is intended to deter criminals from disguising stolen cars with the identity of written off or scrapped vehicles. The RTO database will include important details such as Make, Model, VIN number, and further changes (if any) and
35-577: Is a list of the Indian Regional Transport Offices and the assigned codes for vehicle registration . These are broken down to states or union territories and their districts. The Andhra Pradesh state government has decided to issue uniform registration numbers for vehicles across Andhra Pradesh. Since February 2019, all new vehicles in Andhra Pradesh are registered with AP-39 code by default. Andhra Pradesh
42-407: The owner of the car is completely entitled to with any law offense or change of ownership or renewal procedures. There are various portals where one can check their license status. The owner of a vehicle can apply and get duplicate copy of the vehicle registration certificate from the concerned RTO office if it is stolen, lost, destructed and completely written off. A complaint should be lodged to
49-819: The police station which is situated under the jurisdiction / area of lost before approaching the regional transport officer. After completing the formalities, the owner has to submit FORM 26 and the Police Certificate to the Registering Authority along with the required documents for applying duplicate vehicle registration certificate. Certain states in the country allow for acquiring a certificate for candidates appearing to Heavy Motor Vehicle licenses to which Government of India or Government of India allied centers take responsibility in teaching Road safety, Public driving skills and risk aversion management. Vehicle certification pertaining to scrappage of
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