Morbi RTO code: GJ-36 ARTO office and talukas

Morbi became a district of its own on 15 August 2013, and its vehicles carry GJ-36. The office is an Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO): The Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat titles its page ARTO Morbi (GJ-36).

On GJ 36 AB 1234, the first pair of letters says Gujarat and 36 says the Morbi office. After them comes AB, the series, and 1234, the four-digit number that only this car has in the series.

Worth knowing: A Wankaner or Halvad car registered before the district existed keeps whatever code it was given. A Morbi plate, old or new, changes only if the car is re-registered outside Gujarat or its registration details are changed.

Any GJ-36 car bought new from 1 April 2019 onwards should have left the dealer with a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP). For cars registered before that, Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 still requires one to be fitted.

Where to book: The Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat website names the booking portal Morbi owners use, along with the date set for GJ vehicles. Plate details are on our Gujarat RTO guide.

GJ-36 is Morbi’s one code. Wankaner came from Rajkot district and Halvad from Surendranagar, so an older car here may carry GJ-03 or GJ-13 instead, and the second table explains both.

The Commissionerate of Transport, Gujarat confirms the code and the office type in its page title, ARTO Morbi (GJ-36). The year GJ-36 was first issued is not known.

All registration, licence and RC work for a Morbi district address goes to the GJ-36 office. Its name and type are official, while the location below comes from one directory, so confirm it before you set out.

Morbi ARTO office, GJ-36

One directory puts ARTO Morbi in the Old Toll Naka Building near the bypass. Another still files the office under Rajkot district, a leftover from before 2013. As neither listing is official, confirm where the office is with ARTO Morbi before setting out.

Whether you live in Morbi town, Malia, Tankara, Wankaner or Halvad, an address in the district puts a new registration with the GJ-36 office. The address printed on your Registration Certificate (RC) is what counts.

Type any number, such as GJ36AB1234, into the finder at the top to see which office registered a vehicle.

Worth knowing: Moving from Halvad to Morbi town, or anywhere else in Gujarat, leaves the number alone. Record the new address on the RC and inform your insurer.

No Morbi charge is added to the Gujarat rate. Whether the car is registered in Tankara or Halvad, the ₹6 lakh example still works out at ₹36,000.

Being an assistant office makes no difference to the fees: GJ-36 charges the same national amounts as the Rajkot RTO. Owners pay them on the Vahan portal, and the dealer handles payment for a car bought new.

Worked example: Suppose a Wankaner buyer takes a loan for a new car. Registration (₹600), the smart card (₹200) and noting the loan (₹1,500) add up to ₹2,300, and Gujarat road tax comes on top of that.

Keeping a GJ-36 car past its fifteenth year means a ₹5,000 renewal, or ₹10,000 beyond twenty. A missed renewal date costs a car owner ₹500 for every month of delay, while motorcycles pay ₹300 a month.

A new car for a Morbi district address is registered at the GJ-36 office, wherever it is bought. The dealer applies on Vahan, so a Halvad buyer shopping in Rajkot still comes home with a GJ-36 number.

Is a bank loan (hypothecation) still on the RC? Form 35, with the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC), takes it off at no charge, and that has to happen before the sale. For the rest, read our Gujarat RTO guide.

From Malia or Tankara, there is no need to travel for most work. Vehicle services are on the Vahan portal and licence services on the Sarathi portal, and the GJ-36 office processes what you file.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Morbi

If a GJ-36 RC is lost, Form 26 gets a duplicate, and the fee for a car is ₹300. To see what the record says, check your RC status on Kiwi Insurance.

Driving licence services in Morbi

The learner’s licence and test booking for a Morbi applicant are both done on Sarathi, with the test itself at the office. Anything else on Sarathi is explained in our Gujarat RTO guide.

No insurance on a GJ-36 car means a ₹2,000 fine the first time it is caught, and ₹4,000 if it happens again (section 196, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988).

A challan issued in Morbi shows what is owed. Settle it on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or the mParivahan app, and see our Gujarat RTO guide for more fines.

Coming to Morbi with a GJ car from another district? Keep the number and update the address. With a car from outside Gujarat, section 47 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 allows 12 months in the state before it has to be registered here.

If you are leaving Gujarat, the same steps apply in reverse: Ask ARTO Morbi for the NOC on Form 28, then register the car in your new state.

Worth knowing: Your insurer needs to hear from you at two points, the change of address and the day the GJ-36 number is issued. The full process is on our Gujarat RTO guide.

For a Morbi resident whose job moves between states, the Bharat (BH) series avoids a No Objection Certificate (NOC) at each transfer. Defence and government employees can apply, as can private staff whose company works in 4 or more states or union territories, using Form 60.

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.

Tax on a BH car is collected in 2-year instalments, not as the single Gujarat payment. How much each instalment comes to is shown in our Gujarat RTO guide.

Before you submit: Each form’s document list is on the Parivahan Sewa website, as are all the other RTO forms.