How to Transfer Your Bike Registration Transfer?
Are you contemplating the purchase of a used or second-hand bike?
If so, you’ll need to complete the bike registration transfer process.
The owner’s demise or the bike’s auction may also necessitate this transfer. It’s essential to consider bike registration transfer for in-state sales, inter-state transfers and sales. Additionally, when acquiring a bike, including pre-owned ones, ensure adequate bike insurance coverage.
Steps to Transfer Your Bike Registration
To facilitate a smooth ownership transition, transferring your bike’s registration entails crucial steps. Let us comprehend these steps through two distinct scenarios:
Within the State:
Step 1 - Application Form
It is the seller who needs to fill out an application for ownership transfer.
Step 2 - Document Transfer
The seller has to hand over all the necessary documents to the buyer. Both the buyer and seller need to provide some additional documents to complete the transfer. There is a fee involved here to wrap up the process.
Online Bike Registration Transfer (Within the Same State)
Some places offer the convenience of transferring bike registration online. For example, in Delhi, you can use the ‘Parivahan’ online portal to start the process. Here is what you do:
- Go to the online ‘Parivahan’ portal.
- You will need to fill out an application form.
- Submit your documents.
- Pay the fees.
Bike transfer charges include ownership transfer RTO fees, which vary between Rs 30 to Rs 35 depending on the state involved and smart card fees (if applicable) of around Rs 200 to the RTO.
Between States:
When transferring the bike from one state to another:
Step 1 – Bank’s NOC (For Bikes Bought on Loan)
If the seller purchased the bike on loan, the seller needs to get a ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the lender to transfer it across states. So, if you are a seller, contact your bank and give them the necessary documents to get this NOC.
Step 2 - NOC from the RTO of Initial Registration
The seller needs to get an NOC from his Regional Transport Office (RTO). This process requires documents such as chassis details and a bank NOC (No Objection Certificate).
Step 3 - Registration in the New State
Contact the local RTO in your new state with all the necessary documents. If you are selling your bike to someone in the new state, make sure the buyer's name is updated on the documents before you submit them.
Once you submit all the necessary documents, the authorities will complete the bike’s registration transfer within a few days, and you will receive a new certificate with the updated information. Note that this process is not required if you temporarily travel to a different state for up to 12 months.
Step 4- Road Tax
Road tax varies from state to state, and you must pay it again in your new state. If you have already paid a lifetime road tax in your initial state, you can get a refund for that payment.
You can also transfer the RC online in case of transfer of a bike from one state to another using the online portal ‘Parivahan Sewa.’
Bike transfer charges include ownership transfer RTO fees, which vary between Rs 30 to Rs 35 depending on the state involved and smart card fees (if applicable) of around Rs 200 to the RTO.
Conclusion
The transfer of bike registration is simple. We have discussed the steps you need to follow to transfer bike RC both within and outside the state. We have also shared bike transfer charges. Another point to remember while purchasing a bike is to invest in bike insurance.