Ownership Transfer

Normal :-

  • Where the ownership of a motor vehicle is transferred, the transferor shall report the fact of transfer in Form 29 to the registering authorities concerned in whose jurisdiction the transferor and the transferee reside or have their places of business.
  • File an application online through Transport Department Portal Online Services for the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle under sub-clause
  • An application for the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle under sub-clause
    • of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 50 shall be made by the transferee in Form 30, and shall be accompanied by:-
    • the certificate of registration
    • the certificate of insurance,
    • the certificate of pollution under control
    • The appropriate fee as specified in rule 81.

Death :-

  • Where the owner of a motor vehicle dies, the person succeeding to the possession of the vehicle may for a period of three months, use the vehicles as if it has been transferred to him where such person has, within thirty days of the death of the owner informs the registering authority of the occurrence of the death of the owner and of his own intention to use the vehicle.
  • The person referred to in sub-rule(1) shall apply in Form 31 within the period of three months to the said registering authority for the transfer of ownership of the vehicle in his name accompanied by:-
    • The appropriate fee as specified in rule 81:
    • The death certificate in relation to the registered owner
    • The certificate of registration and
    • The certificate of insurance

Auction :-

  • the person who acquired or purchase a motor vehicle at a public auction conducted by or on behalf of the Central Government or a State Government shall make an application in Form 32 within thirty days of taking possession of the vehicle to the registering authority accompanied by:-
    • The appropriate fee as specified in rule 81;
    • The certificate of registration and insurance;
    • The certificate or order confirming the sale of the vehicle in his favour duly signed by the person authrorised to conduct the auction; and
    • The certified copy of the order of the Central Government or State Government authorizing the auction of the vehicle.
  • Where the vehicle auctioned is a vehicle without any registration mark or with a registration mark which on verification is found to be false, the registering authority shall, subject to the provisions of section 44, assign a new registration mark to the vehicle in the name of the department of the Central Government or State Government auctioning the vehicle and thereafter record the entries of transfer of ownership of the vehicle giving the name and address of the person to whom the vehicle is sold:
    • [provided that motor vehicle in the name of Central Government or State Government shall not be transferred by the concerned registering authority without verifying the proceedings of auction or disposal of the concerned vehicle].