Gujarat RTO codes and offices: GJ-01 to GJ-39

Gujarat RTOs are run by the Commissionerate of Transport in Gandhinagar, headed by the Transport Commissioner. A car registered in Gujarat has a plate that starts with GJ and then the code of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) that registered it, such as GJ-01 for Ahmedabad.

GJ 01 AB 1234 is a typical GJ number plate, and it is made up of four parts. GJ is the state code for Gujarat, 01 is the code of the Ahmedabad RTO that registered the car, AB is the letter series and 1234 is the four-digit number.

A GJ-01 car that is now kept in Surat was still registered in Ahmedabad, as the code shows the office that registered the car, not where the owner lives today. If the owner moves from Ahmedabad to Surat or anywhere else in Gujarat, the plate keeps its GJ-01 code. The GJ-01 code is replaced only when the car is re-registered in another state or its registration details are changed.

Worth knowing: Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara each have more than one code, so two cars from the same city can carry different GJ numbers.

Older Gujarat cars and HSRP

Older cars need one too. If your GJ car was registered before 1 April 2019, such as a GJ-06 car from Vadodara, get an HSRP fitted by the date Gujarat sets. Book the HSRP installation through the booking portal named on the Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat website, and check there which date applies to your GJ car.

Worth knowing: The rule rests on two notifications from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways: G.S.R. 1162(E) of 4 December 2018 and S.O. 6052 of 6 December 2018.

The GJ RTO code list runs from GJ-01 to GJ-39. Some codes belong to Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and the rest to Assistant Regional Transport Offices (ARTOs), which offer the same registration and licence services for their districts.

Office locations and jurisdictions can change, so confirm the current details with the Commissionerate of Transport before you visit. These GJ codes were last checked against the office list on 17 September 2026.

Ahmedabad has three RTO codes: GJ-01 for the Subhash Bridge RTO, GJ-27 for the Ahmedabad East office at Vastral and GJ-38 for the Ahmedabad Rural office at Bavla. The code on a car depends on which office registered it.

A car registered just outside the city in Gandhinagar carries GJ-18 instead, since Gandhinagar has a district office of its own. Open any guide below to see the office, its code and the localities it serves.

Vapi, Ankleshwar and Gandhidham are large industrial towns, but vehicles there are registered at the RTO for their district. The code on the plate is the district office’s code.

Vapi RTO code (GJ-15)

Vapi does not have its own RTO code. It is in Valsad district, so vehicles in Vapi are registered at the Valsad RTO and carry GJ-15 plates. See the Valsad RTO guide.

Ankleshwar RTO code (GJ-16)

A car bought in Ankleshwar is registered at the Bharuch office, since the town is part of Bharuch district, and it gets a GJ-16 plate. See the Bharuch RTO guide.

Gandhidham RTO code (GJ-39)

Gandhidham is in Kutch district. GJ-39 is linked to the Anjar office for East Kutch, so Gandhidham-area vehicles registered there carry GJ-39, while vehicles registered at the Bhuj RTO carry GJ-12. Confirm which office covers your address before you register. See the Bhuj RTO guide.

Gujarat road tax on new private cars and two-wheelers is 6% of the vehicle’s cost, paid once when the vehicle is first registered. The exact amount can vary with the vehicle category, ownership, exemptions and current notifications.

For example only: If a new private car’s taxable cost is ₹8 lakhs, 6% works out to ₹48,000. The amount you pay can differ, so confirm it through the Vahan tax service before you pay. The 6% rate on this page was last checked on 17 September 2026.

The RTO fee to register a new car in Ahmedabad is ₹600, and a duplicate Registration Certificate (RC) for the same car costs ₹300. These fees come from Rule 81 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, a national rule, so the amounts are the same at every RTO in Gujarat.

An RC issued as a smart card adds ₹200 to the fee. A renewal applied for late costs ₹500 more for each month of delay on a car, or ₹300 on a motorcycle, and battery-operated vehicles pay no fee to issue or renew an RC.

Worth knowing: These are the RTO’s own fees. The HSRP fitting, Gujarat road tax and any state service charges are paid separately.

When you buy a new car from a dealer in Vadodara, the dealer usually handles the registration and files the application on the Vahan portal. Road tax and the registration fee are collected along with the price, and the RTO issues the Registration Certificate (RC) once it has approved the application.

Some purchases need more, for example a document check, an inspection of the car or a visit to the RTO in person. Treat the steps above as the common route rather than a fixed rule.

Important to know: The dealer needs a valid policy to register the car, but the policy does not have to come from the dealer. You can compare cover and buy it yourself before delivery day.

When an owner in Surat sells a GJ-05 car, the RC must be moved into the buyer’s name. This is done on Vahan or at the RTO shown on the RC, which here is the Surat office. For a car, the RTO charges ₹300 to record the new owner.

As the buyer, you then have 14 days from the transfer to move the insurance into your name.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from the RC in Gujarat

When a car is bought on a bank loan, for example in Vadodara, the loan is recorded on the RC as hypothecation through Form 34. After the last instalment, get the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Form 35, then apply on Vahan. The RTO issues an updated RC without the loan entry.

An owner in Vadodara can start many RTO services online, as Gujarat works on the national Parivahan system. Vehicle work such as registration, the RC, tax and change of ownership goes through the Vahan portal, while licences go through the Sarathi portal. The mParivahan app and the e-challan service show vehicle details and any challans.

Some services can be finished entirely online and others still end with an office visit, depending on the transaction and the RTO.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Gujarat

If the RC of a GJ-27 car registered at Vastral is lost, stolen or damaged, the owner applies for a duplicate on Form 26. The fee for a car is ₹300, as listed in the fees table above. To see where an RC application or record stands, look it up on Parivahan Sewa or the mParivahan app, or check your RC status on Kiwi Insurance.

Driving licence services in Gujarat

A learner in Surat begins on Sarathi, and so does a driver renewing a licence in Rajkot. The learner’s licence, the driving test booking, licence renewal and the International Driving Permit are all applied for there, and Form 2 and Form 4A are in the forms section below.

A driver stopped in Ahmedabad without valid insurance faces a fine of ₹2,000 for a first offence and ₹4,000 after that. That amount, and the others below, are the national amounts in the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.

States can compound some offences at their own amounts, so the challan issued for a GJ vehicle shows what is actually due. To check or pay one, enter the vehicle or challan number on the Parivahan e-challan portal, echallan.parivahan.gov.in, or in mParivahan.

Worth knowing: Of the fines in this table, driving uninsured is the one a valid policy prevents. See car insurance in Gujarat below.

The documents asked for can differ by vehicle, state and office, so check the latest process on the Parivahan Sewa website or with the RTO. If you are leaving Gujarat, follow the same steps the other way round, and get the NOC from your GJ RTO before the car leaves the state.

A Bharat series (BH) number plate is a registration number that is valid across India, so it has no GJ or other state code. When the owner moves out of Gujarat, there is no need for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) or a new registration in the new state. It suits people who are transferred often, such as a defence officer posted in Ahmedabad. The series came in through G.S.R. 594(E) of 26 August 2021 and took effect on 15 September 2021.

A diesel car pays 2% more than the rate above and an electric car 2% less, and the tax is charged in 2-year blocks. A private car on a regular GJ number instead pays Gujarat’s one-time road tax of 6% of its cost.

The format is YY BH #### XX, where YY is the year of first registration, the four digits are allotted at random, and XX represents the alphabetic series, which can be a single letter or two letters. It is black on a white plate, like any other private car. When the owner later leaves Gujarat, there is also no road tax refund to claim. G.S.R. 879(E) of 14 December 2022 added rules for transferring ownership of a BH car and for converting an existing registration to the series.

Gujarat RTOs use the same national forms as the rest of India, set by the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. You can now fill in most of them online, through Vahan or Sarathi. Each card links to the official PDF on the Parivahan Sewa website, which you can use if an office still asks for a paper form.

Before you go, check the document list for your service on the Parivahan Sewa website, as some services also need address proof or a PUC certificate. Forms not shown here are in the full list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How your insurance links to the Gujarat RTO

Three moments link the policy to the RTO record. A new car is insured before it can be registered. After a used car sale, the buyer has 14 days to take over the policy. If the car is re-registered, for example after a move, inform your insurer so the policy shows the new number.

Worth knowing: When you buy a used GJ car, aim to complete the RC transfer and the policy transfer inside the same 14 days, so there is no gap in cover after the sale.